Humiliation

A few minutes later chaos erupted. The master at arms came and took Jack in handcuffs Rose told me that his name is Jack. Harry and the other crewmembers stand and watch. Cal and his friends come out. Colonel Grace offers a cigar to Rose. she hunched over crying on a bench nearby, but she waves it away. Cal is more concerned with Jack. He grabs him by the lapels.

"What made you think you could put your hands on my fiancee?!" Cal roared at Jack, who looks at us in confusion. "Look at me, you filth! Don't you look at my fiancée or my cousin. What did you think you were doing?!"

Rose looked at Katherine, but Katherine's eyes were glued to Harry. He glanced down at them, then back up again at the others. He is obviously trying to keep their friendship or whatever it is that is going on between them a secret. Rose regained herself,

"Cal, stop! It was an accident." Rose shouted, walking between them. Cal looked incredulous "An accident?!"

"It was stupid really. I was leaning over and I slipped." She said smiling nervously; she realized none of us is buying it. Rose looks at Jack, getting eye contact.

"I was leaning way over, to see the... ah... propellers. I slipped, I would have gone overboard..., Mr. Dawson here saved me, and he almost went over himself."

"She wanted to see the propellers" Cal said, to the others smiling. He didn't know that Rose was into machinery. She has to be lying, Rose has never mentioned that she liked machinery, before. I know what she was trying to do. She was going to kill herself.

"Women and machinery do not mix." Colonel said shaking his head.

"Was that the way of it?" the master at arms in his Irish accent said. Rose is begging him with her eyes not to say what really happened.

"Uh huh. That was pretty much it." He looks at Rose a moment longer. Now they have a secret together.

"Well! The boy's a hero then. Good for you son, well done!" Colonel, walking back "So it's all's well and back to our brandy, eh?" to Cal. Jack is uncuffed. Cal doesn't move, he looks at Katherine,

"Katerina!" he hissed. She jumped so did the others, Why did he call me that? He never does only that when he is angry or introducing me to other people.

"Yes Cal?" I say walking up to him. He doesn't say anything but the look in his eyes says it all. He is mad at me for leaving Rose, well I didn't leave her. I wasn't with her at all. A sting met me to my right cheek; my cheek went to the side. I gasped and my hair covered my face, I held a hand to my face. I looked back at him, with shock and hurt. He has never done that to me before.

"Cal!" Rose shouted, hand over her mouth. The other officers looked at me with unreadable expressions and Harry tensed.

"That's for not being with Rose, after you disappeared. You lied to me." he snapped. I quickly ran down the decks my heels clicking the floor. Tears were making their way down my cheeks. How could he do that to me? I am not about to tell him I was with Harry. Then there would be trouble.

Cal gets a shocked Rose to her feet, "You must be freezing." Cal is leaving without a second thought for Jack. "Ah... perhaps a little something for the boy?" Colonel said lowly to Cal.

"Oh, right. Mr. Lovejoy. A twenty should do it." Cal said moving with Rose again. She stops him, with a displeased look on her pale face.

"Is that the going rate for saving the woman you love?"

"Rose is displeased. Mmm... what to do?" he said, then Cal turns back to Jack. He appraises him condescendingly... a steerage ruffian, unwashed and ill-mannered. "I know" to Jack "Perhaps you could join us for dinner tomorrow, to regale our group with your heroic tale?"

"Sure. Count me in."

"Good. Settled then." Cal said he turns to go, putting a protective arm around Rose. He leans close to Colonel as they walk away.

"This should be amusing."

"Can I bum a cigarette?" Jack asks Lovejoy. Lovejoy smoothly draws a silver cigarette case from his jacket and snaps it open. Jack takes a cigarette, then another, popping it behind his ear for later. Lovejoy lights Jack's cigarette.

"You'll want to tie those." Lovejoy motions to Jacks shoes.

"Interesting that the young lady slipped so mighty all of a sudden and you still had time to take of your jacket and shoes. Mmm?" Lovejoy's expression is bland, but the eyes are cold. He turns away to join his group.

Katherine ran in her cabin, sobbing, Emily heard this and rushed out of her room. She saw Katherine crying. Katherine didn't say a word, but just ran into Emily's arms. She has just been humiliated.

Chapter 6 done

Hope you all like this.

Sarahmichellegellarfan1