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"The course of love never did run smooth.."
-William Shakespeare
A Whole New Life
Chapter 10
"ROSE!" Jack gasped. It took him only two strides to get from the bedroom door to the bed where she was curled up into a ball facing away from him. She was shaking, and sobbing in a strange, gaspy way. When Jack had got to the bed he clambered on to it and lay curled up next to Rose. He wrapped his arms around her and held her with all the strength he had in him.
"Please tell me, please. I want to help you. Tell me what happened" Jack said as he rocked her back and forth, placing tender kisses on her forehead.
"I can't, you'll be angry with me. Look Jack, I'll be fine. You see?" Rose said, faking a smile that she knew Jack would never fall for.
*~Castle Point,California~*
He was so angry with Cal. How could he have done this to her? He made her lose all of her confidence in men, so now she would never divulge freely what was troubling her. It wasn't fair.
"Rose, I swear to God, I'm not like him," Rose knew exactly who Jack was talking about when he said him.
"I won't be angry". Jack was still holding her and stroking her long, now tangled hair, her head was buried in his chest. Not moving her body out of it's foetal position, she began to speak quietly.
"He touched me" was all that she managed to get out before she started crying hysterically again. Jack was almost in tears himself seeing his Rose so upset . Tears of fury, not sadness;however
"Who?" he asked, his voice cracking. Whoever it was-he'd destroy them.
"Please don't be angry with me.. but when you were at work..I..I decided that I wanted a job too because I didn't want you to feel like you were the only bringing in any money. I don't want to be your damsel in distress, Jack."
Jack could tell that she was about to start crying again so he tightened his grip around her and kissed her head softly. He felt the need to interrupt her and tell her that she shouldn't think that way, but he also knew that she had to get this out into the open, for her sake as well as his.
"Our new neighbour, Mary, came over to welcome us and told me that the post office was hiring so that's where I went," Rose took a deep breath and Jack studied her features. She looked completely calm, but her eyes distraught.
"When… when I got there I was told that I should ask the owner if there were any job openings,"
'Come on, Rose! Pull yourself together!' she thought to herself furiously. "I went into his office and he told me that there were no jobs free at the post office.. but that he had a different kind of job for me… that he wanted me to.. to… to honour him and then he touched me and he tried to kiss me..and.. and I didn't like it" at that moment Rose lifted her head up so her eyes could meet Jack's and when they did she could see that there were was rapid stream of tears flowing down his perfect, youthful cheeks too. "He did that to you?" he asked stroking her face with the palm of his hand, soothingly.
"I'm sorry" Rose murmured, trying to get out of his embrace
"I was being stupid, it wasn't even that bad what he did right?"she was trying to get on with life. Her Mother ad always told her to move on and pick herself up after troubled times like a lady should. She had to get ready..go to Mary's with a smile on her face.
"Woah! No no no! You're not going anywhere. You're staying right here with me" he insisted as he sat up on the bed. She was sat facing him with her legs wrapped around his hips. They just held each other for a few minutes. Peace. Perfect peace. Neither of them had had that for a very, very long time. Rose because she had been forced to marry Cal, and from her waking moment her maid, Rebecca would tie up her corset and send her for breakfast in their parlour. Jack because living under a bridge in South Hampton and before that in a shed in Monterey was pretty much loud twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. It was moderately quieter during term time, as the person who's shed he was sleeping in's son, Josiah was at boarding school. His parents didn't talk much, and when they did it was refined and sharp.
"Rose, what he did, ok? It was wrong. All wrong. And don't you-look at me, Rose!," Rose's eyes watered as Jack continued
"-for one second think that this is your fault because it isn't, okay? Now listen, when you're feeling a little better- I'm gonna go to that bastard and give more than a little talking to because no body upsets my Rose". Jack hugged Rose and once again her face had made it's way to his chest. She seemed to be almost hiding.
"No one" Jack repeated with a sigh.
Jack and Rose had now been sitting on their bed, in silence, for around half an hour now. Every so often, Rose would bring herself close into Jack's embrace and he would kiss her forehead and tell her that he loved her. It's was seven pm already. "Jack, Mary from next door invited us for dinner so we should probably get ready." she tried to get up off of the bed, and went over to the bathroom door. Meanwhile, Jack was still lain on the bed showing no signs of getting up.
"Jack, what are you doing? We have to get ready to go!" she cried incredulously as she walked over to the bed and grabbed Jack's hand in an attempt to pull him off-but all that happened was that Jack pulled her on top of him so now they were both lying on the bed.
"We have to get ready…" Rose whined. She hated being late for absolutely anything. Jack gave her a grin and pulled her into a passionate kiss. He moved slowly, gently moving tilting his head, so he was now trailing kisses over her cheek until he reached her ear.
"I know you don't want to go," He whispered. Rose was enlightened. She had never been given the choice before. "I know you're not in the mood," He once again whispered lovingly in her ear. He shifted his eyes so that they were staring straight into hers
"in fact" he began, his lips millimetres away from hers
"I know that you want to stay here with me," a kiss
"sit around," another kiss
"and talk about our lives together" a final kiss, this one longer than the past two and stayed that way for a good three minutes.
"I'll go next door and tell Mary that something's come up and we can't come, okay?" he said softly after he reluctantly broke the kiss. Rose sighed and pulled him closer to her again.
"Thank you- but don't be long. I love you"
"Don't worry, I won't. I love you too" and with that Jack left the room to go next door. Once he had gone Rose decided that she didn't feel like wearing a dress anymore so she went to the closet and found a pair of trousers and a shirt and put them on instead, they were very baggy on her and she hoped that Jack wouldn't mind. He shouldn't-they were Mr Brown's anyway. She was indeed very grateful that she didn't have to go to that very awkward dinner with the Brians', as she could feel when Mary was in their house earlier, her condescending glare; her high pitched unkind voice. She reminded Rose a lot of her Mother-just a blond version; and a better actress at that.
"I really am sorry, Mary. She just isn't up for leaving the house at the moment" Jack apologetically told Mary. Mary smiled warmly, but Jack couldn't help but feel it was very false.
"Its fine, I hope that after whatever's happened to her she will be alright. Oh, I feel so awful for suggesting she goes to that awful Longshaw for a job! You will give her my apologies and best wishes?"
"Yeah, of course. Thank you, Mary." Jack was just about to turn around to go home when..
"Jack what are you and Rose planning on eating for dinner?" Mary's voice momentarily startled him, then when he turned and saw her eyes, open and warm, he relaxed
"I don't know. I guess we'll go to town, find a store and see what they have"
"I'm sure Rose doesn't want to leave the house. Wait here and I'll give you something" before he could even think about opening his mouth to protest, Mary had already disappeared into the house. Around two minutes later she came back with a pot full of food for them.
"There you go! Now, get back to your wife. She'll be worried" Mary said gently nudging him down the path. Jack sighed in exhaustion, but smiled at her
"OK. Oh and thanks again" Jack said almost apologetically, and made his way back to the house.
"Rose? I'm back! Let me tell you- that woman is crazy! But hey; she gave us dinner so…" Jack stopped in his tracks when he saw her asleep on the couch wearing men's clothes. To him it was the sweetest thing he'd ever seen. He didn't want to wake her- but she needed to eat.. so he put the large pot down on the coffee table and made his way over to Rose. He moved her legs so he could fit on the couch too then he lent down so his mouth was next to her tiny ear and gently sung in her ear "Come Josephine in my flying machine going up she goes.."
"Up she goes" Rose carried on, her eyes still firmly shut. Smiling at the memory she then opened her eyes and sat up.
"Was Mary angry?
"Not at all sweetheart, she even gave us dinner-see? she said she's sorry for suggesting you go to the post office. " Jack said pointing to the pot on the table. Rose sat up and opened the lid. A big puff of steam made her cough, and Jack laughed as got up and went to the kitchen in the hope of finding a fork and he did and plates and glasses and well everything there should be in a kitchen
"She didn't need to apologise...oh I feel bad now! I'll go and thank her first thing in the morning.'' Rose said, raising her voice loud enough for him to hear it. However, Jack was preoccupied by the bulging cutlery cupboards.
"Wow they didn't take anything did they.." he thought aloud to himself.
They ate in silence at first. It was rather new to them-being allowed to have peace, and a nice meal in a nice house on china..a nice house. Their house.
"if you could have any kind of wedding- what would you have?" he asked inquisitively, looking up at her. Rose smiled, small enough to be able to mask, but large enough for Jack to see and reciprocate
"I don't know. I guess a white dress would be a good start.. and white and pink roses, at sunset, outside on the beach, no in a park." Jack chuckled.
"I want it to be small, only a few people- because there's only one person who I really, desperately, and truly want to be there." Jack felt envy cloud his judgement and he tried to mask it but forking another lima bean, rather hard. Rose giggled as he peered up at her
"And who's that?"
"Well.. his names Jack Dawson. He has gorgeous blond hair, an amazing smile, a loving personality but best of all" she edged herself closer to Jack "he treats the woman he loves like she is the only woman in earth, and I know that when they are together she feels like a queen, like she can do anything, like she could reach the stars if she had him to help her. " Rose had a smile on her face that could almost be seen from space it was so big.
That night they lay in bed curled up against each other never wanting to let go. "Jack are you awake? There's something I need to say". Jack turned around to face Rose to see a serious look on her face. He cupped her cheek with his hand and pulled her closer to him.
"Of course. Tell me"
"I'm sorry, but because of what happened at the post office and between Cal and I...I don't know if, right now, I'll be able to honour you in the way I'm supposed to" Rose looked down.
"Don't say that word" was all Jack could say.
"What word?"she asked, genuinely confused.
'why is he angry with me?'
"honour. I don't like it or what it's done to you. You don't have to 'honour' me. I don't need that, I'm not that kind of guy. All I need is for you to be happy, I know its going to take you time and if I never have sex with you again I don't care because as long as I get to wake up next to you every day then I'm happy". Jack said softly then placed a kiss on her cheek.
"So you're not angry with me?" Rose asked.
"How could I be? You are all I'll ever want, I love you, not what you can give me, okay?"
"Have I ever told you how much I love you, Jack Dawson?"
"Maybe a few times.. but I still love hearing it, Rose Dawson."
"And I still love hearing that" she said, a great loved up smile on her face.
"What?"
"Rose Dawson". And with that they shared one last passionate kiss then slipped into a dreamless slumber.
*~Castle Point, California, 2:32 AM~*
Rose tossed and turned. Her mind at night was more frightening than anything she had ever experienced during the day
"Rose..Rose.." something called her, it's voice as hushed as a lullaby, but it's enunciation sharp. Her head shot up, and she followed the voice to a black door, which was spotted with red. She pushed it open, and as she did; she felt something forcing her indoors from behind her. As she looked up, she screamed. Her Mother, Cal, Lovejoy and Rebecca, her maid were glaring at her, almost burning a hole in her forehead. Ruth had her arms crossed as she frowned at her daughter, Rebecca with the strings of a corset, swinging them back and forth-similar to a hangman's noose. It was Cal and Lovejoy; however, who terrified them. Cal held a bloodstained blade, and Lovejoy held in his right hand, a small pistol. She tried to back away and out of the door, but it was bolted. She screamed and hammered on it with her tiny fists, almost climbing the walls in desperation.
Suddenly, she felt something pooling around her feet. It was freezing cold-as cold as..the water. Rose looked down slowly, and gagged as she saw instead of clear, icy water, blood. A whole ocean full of blood, freezing as the atlantic. As she realised where the blood was coming from, she looked over,tears in her eyes at her ex family. She started screaming, loud and desperately at what she saw.
Jack. The clothes he wore on the ship drenched with red. A sickening dye. There was almost a flower like pattern coming from his chest, and blood poured out. She realised with a jolt that he had been shot there by Lovejoy. She moved back, shaking her head in disbelief as she noted the corset strings pulled tight round his neck, a cruel strangulation, but she starting screaming again as she saw the place under the string as Cal pushed him forward and his head flopped back. His throat had been cut, open and dirty. His flesh and muscles exposed.
Dead. Jack was dead.
"NO! JACK!" she screamed, over and over as they advanced, their arms outstretched, murmuring words of comfort as she pushed at the door, screaming for Jack. Closer and closer, and then; to her horror, the wall moved away, as did the door. She tried running after it; but it was now a speck in the background. She fell to the floor and sobbed hysterically as hands engulfed her..suffocating..
"Rose! Wake up! Come on, Rose! It's just a bad dream. Sh..it's ok. Jack's here." she sobbed desperately as she awoke, safe in Jack's arms. She had to check he was real. His body was still muscular, and she felt safe in his arms. She threw her arms round his neck and cried into his nape, holding him close as she could.
"It's ok, sweetheart. Jack's here. Jack's got you. What was that about? Huh? You were calling me." she held him tighter, the horrible memory flowing back to her.
"Oh, Jack. It was so horrible." he rubbed soothing circles into her back, and her sobbing soon subsided. He smiled down at her as she released him
"Hey, there." he whispered, smirking. She giggled and wiped her eyes, smiling up at him
"Hi, stranger." Jack fiddled with a strand of her hair
"Hey, Rose? Can I ask you something?" Rose took his hand in hers, entwining their fingers. She kissed them softly, before smiling up at him, cradling her
"Anything." Jack took a deep breath, then looked down at her. He seemed nervous.
"Rose..I don't wanna wait. I want us to be married. Soon. What would you say if I told you I could arrange us getting married by say, Sunday?" Rose's eyes grew wide. Sunday? Like in a few days Sunday? She thought about it, her mind instantly trying to find issue; but surprisingly for her; she found nothing. She smiled at him, kissing their fingers again
"I would say, I do." Jack smiled, bigger than he ever had before. Rose giggled as he lowered his face to hers and pressed his lips against hers. She snaked her arms round his neck and pulled him closer, putting her legs round his waist to pull him closer. He pulled away immediately, looking worried
"Rose..we don't have to do that." Rose leaned up and kissed him passionately, and he responded nervously. She held his cheek and met his gaze
"I love you." Jack swallowed and leaned her back down on the bed, kissing her eyelids, cheeks, nose..before hovering above her lips
"You're sure?" she nodded, pulling his lips to hers impatiently.
They were led to the stars, as they had on Titanic. They had never felt so happy as she lay next to Jack afterward; his bare skin touching hers, his arm round her waist protectively, like he would never let go again.
But then, he never did in the first place.
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