A/N: With lyrics from the hit song, "No Air" by Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown
It was an hour later, and Lovejoy and Rose were lying in bed asleep, sound asleep. Rose was lying asleep in Lovejoy's arms when a knock, a LOUD knock came at Lovejoy's door, only Rose was the only one to hear it at the time, she lifted her head up slowly and opened one eye and looked around the room as the loud knocks came on the door again. Rose turned over and looked at Lovejoy and shook him lightly.
"Lovejoy, Lovejoy, someone's knocking on the door." Rose whispered.
Lovejoy slowly opened his eyes and sat up.
"What—what?" Lovejoy said in a low, half awake tone.
The loud knocks at the door came again. And a voice was yelling on the other side of the door.
"Lovejoy!" The male voice yelled from the other side of the door. "Lovejoy, open up, RIGHT NOW! We have an emergency!"
Lovejoy's eyes widened with shock. Lovejoy knew that voice, it was Cal's voice.
"Holy shit!" Lovejoy yelled, as he quickly jumped up out the bed.
"Oh my God, that's Cal!" Rose yelled as she too jumped up out of bed. "What do we do!"
Lovejoy looked all around the room frantically as he was getting dressed quickly. He quickly ran over to where she was and grabbed her arm and quickly pulled her towards the bathroom in the room and pushed her inside.
"Stay in here, alright!" Lovejoy said in a low voice. "DON'T make ONE noise, alright? I'll let you know when he's gone!"
Rose nodded and Lovejoy quickly grabbed the door knob of the bathroom door and slammed the door shut as the knocks on his front stateroom door became louder and more increased.
"LOVEJOY, OPEN UP DAMN IT!" Cal yelled angrily.
"Uh-um, al—alright, Mr. Hockley, hold on!" Lovejoy yelled as he quickly ran and picked up the remaining of Rose's belongings off the floor and pushed them under his bed. He quickly scanned the room to make sure no trace of Rose remained and then he quickly ran to the front door and opened it and sighed loudly. Cal stared Lovejoy up and down with anger.
"What TOOK you so long, Lovejoy!" Cal yelled.
Lovejoy looked down and swallowed hard with a nervous look.
"I—I'm sorry, Mr. Hockley," Lovejoy said nervously. "I—I was asleep."
"Well we are in an EMERGENCY." Cal said coldly as he pushed Lovejoy aside and walked into Lovejoy's room. "Rose is missing—I don't know WHERE and I asked Ruth if she's seen her and she hasn't and so—We have to find her NOW!"
Lovejoy looked at Cal with nervousness as he closed the door to his room and walked over to where Cal was standing.
"Oh? Have you asked Trudy and the other stewards?" Lovejoy asked in a slight nervous tone.
Cal looked at Lovejoy briefly with an eyebrow raised, before quickly rolling his eyes at Lovejoy.
"No, I have NOT." Cal snapped. "That's why I'm coming to you, you are going to find her. I want you to go ask all the stewards, check every area, every corner and FIND HER."
Lovejoy looked down briefly and nodded like a good, loyal bodyguard and manservant.
"Yes sir." Lovejoy said lightly.
Cal shook his head and frowned angrily.
"You know, I—I have this STRONG inkling, that, that WHORE is cheating on me, Lovejoy." Cal said with anger filling his voice.
Lovejoy stared at Cal with nervousness. Lovejoy felt his heart beat a bit faster with fear.
"What—what makes you think that, Mr. Hockley?" Lovejoy asked in a light, nervous tone.
Cal stared at Lovejoy with a brief, bitter smirk.
"I KNOW women, Lovejoy." Cal replied. "Neither Ruth nor I have seen Rose in almost eleven hours, she's either cheating with some other man or she's fallen overboard. Either way, something's wrong and I DEMAND to know what."
Lovejoy looked down at the floor and frowned with a hint of worry and blinked repeatedly.
"I tell you what though, if I find out she's betraying me by sleeping around with some other man, I'll murder both her and the poor bum she's sleeping with. NO ONE makes a fool out of Caledon Hockley, I don't care WHO they are." Cal said angrily.
Lovejoy looked up at Cal with a stunned look, slight fear began to fill Lovejoy's expression but he tried his best not to show it. Lovejoy looked away from Cal as his face slightly went pale. Cal patted Lovejoy on the shoulder before walking away.
"Go find her, Lovejoy and send her to me, when you do." Cal said strongly.
Lovejoy stared at Cal with a worried expression, and Cal stopped at the door of the room and turned and looked back at Lovejoy with a brief smirk.
"Oh and Lovejoy, I know I never say this to you, but, thanks," Cal said lightly. "You always prove to be a great bodyguard."
Cal scoffed with a brief smile before leaving out the door of the room.
"If I should die before I wake, it's 'cause you took my breath away. Losing you is like living in a world with no air." ~ 'No Air' ~ Jordin Sparks/Chris Brown
Lovejoy looked down and briefly closed his eyes and frowned, he felt his eyes cloud with light tears. As he opened his eyes, his light tears streamed down his face. At that moment, Rose walked in the room slowly and looked at him.
"Is he gone?" Rose said lightly.
Lovejoy turned and looked at her with a frown of slight hurt. He nodded slightly.
"Rose, this is becoming dangerous." Lovejoy said in a low voice.
Rose frowned with confusion as she walked over to him.
"What do you mean?" Rose asked.
Lovejoy looked down and sighed and closed his eyes tight shut and frowned deeply. He could feel his emotions rising up within him and he couldn't break down—not in front of her, that just wasn't his way.
"Get out." Lovejoy said in a low, cold tone of voice, a voice that was breaking with light tears, as his eyes remained closed, with him frowning.
Rose frowned more at him with confusion.
"What—what, why?" Rose asked. "Lovejoy—"
"Get OUT!" Lovejoy yelled before looking up and away from her and sighing loudly. "I—I can't do this! I—I—I thought I could but I can't! We're going to end up DEAD for doing this with each other."
"But how do you expect me to live alone with just me. 'Cause my world revolves around you
It's so hard for me to breathe." ~ 'No Air' ~ Jordin Sparks/Chris Brown
Rose looked at him with sympathy.
"Oh Lovejoy," Rose said as he walked over to him closer. "I—"
"NO." Lovejoy said firmly between a cracking voice as he took steps back from her.
"Lovejoy, look, we CAN do this." Rose said with a frown. "FORGET Cal! He is just the problem, we can get away from him. I love you, you love me, why can't we—"
"NO Rose!" Lovejoy yelled louder, his voice filing with emotion. "No, oh—GOD, Rose, just—just, go, please, alright, just—just leave, God, please—go, go, go, GO!"
"Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air. Can't live, can't breathe with no air
It's how I feel whenever you ain't there. It's no air, no air" ~ 'No Air' ~ Jordin Sparks/Chris Brown
Lovejoy quickly turned and walked out the room and into another room, and slammed the door to the room behind him. Rose looked down with a hurt expression, tears clouding her eyes. She quickly left the room, closing the door behind her.
As Lovejoy heard her leave the room, he leaned up against the door of the room he was in and sighed with a hurt frown. He stared down at the floor as tears clouded his eyes. His heart became weighed down with sadness and hurt all in a matter of seconds. It was heartbreaking to him that the one thing he wanted, desired, more than anything in the world, he couldn't have. It was a heartbreak too painful for him, and yet he still had no idea what trouble Cal had in store for both him and Rose…..