Ch. 4 Snobby Mommy
Jack and Rose were still on deck talking and hanging out. It was evening time and the sun was setting.
Jack mostly talked about his drawings and what he's done.
As Rose listened to him she imagined him as a great artist. She imagined him being famous for his drawings and going places all over the world. She wondered 'how can I be like him? just go out into the world whenever I feel like it and be free.'
Jack even talked about going to that place and do crazy things. "Come on!...let's do this!"
"What?" Rose was surprised that he would do it for real.
"I'll show you how it's done Rose!" he grabbed her hand.
"Jack what are you doing? No!" she begged pulling back.
"Come on it'll be fun!" he kept pulling.
"No Jack this is absurd!" Rose yelled.
"No it isn't! It'll be fun!" Jack continued to pull her and led her to the side of the ship. "Here watch this." He then snorted as much snot as he possibly could before hacking it up and then spat it out.
"That is so gross!" she said in disgust.
"Alright…..you're next." He turned towards her.
Rose looked at Jack like he was crazy for saying that she was next. "You've got to be kidding me!"
"No I'm not! Go on! Give it a shot!" he encouraged her.
So Rose snorted and hacked before she let out her first spit.
Jack looked disappointed. "What was that? That was pathetic! You really have to hack it back and use some leverage. Lean back and use your arms." He snorted, hacked it up again and spat.
After she saw him do it again, Rose did a few more hacks and performed a little better but still needed practice. Rose had never done anything like this before so what could she expect? But as they kept spitting, Rose saw her family coming. "Oh no."
Just before Jack spat, he heard what she said. "What?" He turned around and saw Rose's family. He became embarrassed because they were all high class women. He had to swallow before finally saying, "Uh…..how do you do?"
"Mother." Rose acknowledged her mother and stepped aside from Jack. "I'd like you to meet…Jack Dawson."
When Ruth first looked at Jack she couldn't believe what she saw. She saw a poor nobody because of what he wore. He had to be poor. Ruth's only question was 'what's my daughter doing with a poor guy like him? even worse…..a nobody? what could she possibly see in him?' "Splendid to meet your acquaintance." Ruth then looked at her daughter like 'what are you doing with him?'
The others weren't so judgmental. Molly seemed the nicest and the most accepting. She smiled and greeted him.
As Rose continued her introduction to Jack, Ruth stared at Jack like he was a foreigner, an alien, like someone that didn't belong on the ship. 'Look at his hair, it's not even combed properly. surely this guy is poor. but what's Rose doing with him? haven't I raised my daughter better than this? Surely she has more taste than this!' Ruth had these thoughts going on in her head.
By Molly being the most friendly and nonjudgmental, she finally said, "Well Jack it seems like you're a good man to have around here."
After that it was time for dinner.
"Time to get dressed mother!" exclaimed Rose leaving with her mother. "See you at diner Jack."