Chapter 25: Smiles and Surprises Pt 2
April 7, 1913: Jack and Rose's House
"What is it mother?" Rose asks still wondering why her parents showed up at her door this early in the morning. "Please tell me your aren't seriously ill." Rose said remembering that her mother hasn't been well lately.
"No Rose, I'm not seriously ill." Ruth said to her daughter. Rose sighed in relief.
"That's good." Rose replied. "I don't want to lose you." Rose said remembering how she almost lost her mother a few months before they boarded the Titanic.
"I'm not seriously ill, but you will have a little brother or sister sometime in late October or early November." Ruth replied hoping Rose would take that well.
"Really?" Rose said. Ruth wasn't sure if she was excited or mad. Ruth just replied with a nod. "I always wanted a little sister." Rose said happily. Ruth sighed in relief that her daughter took that well.
"That's good to hear, your mother though you wouldn't take it well because you already have a child of your own." William said.
"I don't care about social statuses anymore, the age between me and my sister or brother does not matter." Rose said. Ruth nodded in agreement.
"That's true, I forgot about how it is frowned upon for first class women to have children after they are thirty." Ruth said with a frown. "Or that's what I was told at least." Ruth said.
"It's also frown upon for first class women to have more than four children." Rose said with a frown. "Jack and I want a big family." Rose said with a chuckle. This made Ruth laugh.
"First class women are forced to wear dresses that they can't breathe in." Ruth said adding to the list of things her and Rose would be going through now had they went back to Philadelphia with Cal.
"They wouldn't be allowed to cook for their family either." Rose said with a laugh. Ruth laughed that that. She was getting better at cooking. William was touched by the sight of his daughter and wife getting along. It had been a long time since he had seen Rose and Ruth actually getting along.
"I don't mean to interrupt you two, but would you two like to go have lunch in town today?" William asked. Both women nodded in agreement. William was planning on taking his wife, daughter and granddaughter to the little café to have lunch.
"I would love to." Rose said. "Let me go get Jewel." Rose replied as she made her way to her room to get Jewel out of the bassinet. Rose walked into her and Jacks room to find a happy Jewel.
"She's such a good baby." Ruth said. Rose agreed, Jewel actually slept through most of the night and only cries when she's hungry or needs a new diaper. "You were the same way." Ruth said. Ruth then takes Jewel in her arms. Jewel looks at her grandmother and smiles slightly. "Did she just smile?" Ruth asked not believing what she thinks she just saw.
"Yes she does, and she has been making a fool out of me when I tell Jack she smiles." Rose said with a laugh. Ruth couldn't help but laugh at this.
"Well I believe you, she just smiled at me." Ruth said as she and Rose made their way back down stairs to the living room. William was already by the door waiting for them.
"Wait up for a minute." Rose said as she grabbed a piece of paper and a pen. "I'll leave a note incase Jack gets home early and I'm not here." Rose said as she started writing Jack a note saying that she would be out with her parents for lunch.
Dear Jack,
If you get home before I do, Jewel and I are not in any danger. My mother and father knocked on my door not long after you left for work. They told me some great news, so we are going celebrate by going out to lunch. We will be back soon.
Yours Always,
Rose
"Rose are you almost ready?" William asked wondering how much longer his daughter would be. Ruth understood how Jack and Rose were when it came to them being separated.
"William, calm down she's just letting Jack know she will be gone for a little while." Ruth said trying to calm her husband down. "She wants to make sure he knows she's safe, and that she wasn't taken by Hockley. He's still probably after her you know." Ruth said with a frown.
"Oh, I had no idea he was still after Rose. I would have thought that he would have married someone else by now." William said with a frown. Rose was making sure the lights were out and the door was locked before making her way to her mother and father.
"I'm sorry I took so long it's just that..." Rose was about to explain herself but her father finished what she was about to say.
"I know, Jack wants you safe. You mother informed me that Hockley could still be after you." William said. "With Jack and I around, you are definitely safe." William said with a laugh. They made their way towards town in a carriage.
