CH 7: Rose Finds Cal Hard to Quit
The next day, Rose was back at high school. She scoped Jack out, but she was not able to find him. Instead, as she was fumbling with her locker combination, by her locker door, she looked up, and she looked straight in to Cal's eyes. She soon found herself lost in his deep and devilishly charming and scintillating eyes. The naughty smirk on his face simply drove her crazy with intoxicating happiness. Soon, she felt as though she was on cloud nine, and she was forgetting about Jack's warning to her, as well as her other encounters with Cal that made her have second thoughts about him. Somehow, her gaze simply melted into his rich, and dark chocolate coloured eyes, and with her gaze, followed her heart, hopelessly into his calculating, and cunning clutches.
Cal simply smiled at Rose in a very gentle and warm manner, which made Rose feel very relaxed and warm all over. For that one moment, Rose was convinced that Cal was actually in love with her. She thought, 'I mean he must, look at the way he looks at me. How can someone who doesn't truly love me look at me like this, and toy with my emotions in this way?'
Unfortunately, Rose was too young and naieve to realize that some in this world have nothing but malice and evil on their minds, and would stop at nothing to try to ensnare an innocent and pristine heart into their claws, for their sheer manipulation. Rose also did not realize that some in this world are very good at acting as though they are in love, when such could be further from the truth.
However, at that very moment, Rose was absolutely smitten by Cal, once again, and she opened her mouth, but found herself at a loss for words. It was then that Cal stole Rose's heart by looking at her in a very tender manner, and saying very softly, in a tone that simply swept over Rose's ears with its melodious tone, "So, it'll be a movie, later this week." Rose gave Cal a mesmerized look, as she gushed out, "When?" Cal smiled at her, quite gently and said, "When do you want?" Rose said, "How about tomorrow after school?" Cal said, "Ok, so it's a date!" Rose closed her locker, she was completely blinded by what she thought was love. She was so overcome by Cal that she completely forgot she was supposed to have gotten her binder out of her locker for homeroom. Jack, on the other hand, had watched the entire encounter from afar, and he had not been mesmerized by Cal, he realized that Cal was simply using his charm as a way to bait Rose, and wait for the perfect time when he could strike Rose's soul. While watching the encounter between Cal and Rose, Jack sensed that a hawk- like spirit was stirring inside Cal. This spirit was kept under careful wraps by Cal, because this spirit was so evil and horrible in nature, that if anyone ever saw it, he or she would realize that far from being a gentleman, Cal was actually an evil spirit in sheep's clothing. Jack sensed that Cal used charm and romance as a way to lure innocent young girls into his private life, and that when he was alone with the girls, he sprung his true nature on them. Jack sensed that Cal was some sort of perverse being, who thrived by consuming the emotional and psychic energy of other people. In this way, Cal was some sort of sick parasite. Needless to say, Jack did not trust Cal, and he wished Rose could see in Cal what he could see.
It was history class, and Mrs. Holmes was discussing the impact that The Black Plague had on the European populace. Rose rolled her eyes in disgust and boredom. What did she care about some dumb plague that supposedly wreaked havoc on an entire continent way back when, and scarred an entire generation, as well as upset the social fabric of an entire society permanently. Rose was far more interested in practical things, and for her, such abstract and deep events really failed to make any impression on her. Rose took up her usual practice of writing notes in class. She, sometimes wrote notes to herself. However, she quickly bored of that, so she would write notes to friends like Mandy, or Katie, on the sly. Today, however, she looked to her left, and she saw, that exactly to the opposite and left of her, sat Jack. Unlike her, Jack was astutely paying attention to what Mrs. Holmes was saying, and religiously writing down every word she was saying, and contemplating on her words, by writing his own notes down in his journal. Rose scoffed, 'How can he find her lecture so interesting? It's all I can do to keep from falling asleep.' It was at this point in time that Rose suppressed a yawn. She wanted to yawn very loudly, so that she could keep from falling asleep, but she knew that she would have hell to pay for from the teacher if she did that!
Rose, very subtly yanked at Jack's sweater. Startled, Jack, subtly looked around him, to see what had suddenly pulled at his sweater. It was then that Rose seized on her opportunity. She wrote down the following on a piece of paper: So how are you doing? And passed it to Jack. Jack immediately wrote: Rose, we can't pass notes now, it's class time!
Rose responded: Why not, I do it all of the time, and I have never been caught!
It was at this point in time, that Jack, when he read the note, smiled to himself in amuzement, and shook his head, it became obvious to him, then, that Rose was a free-spirited and independent thinker. He wrote: Ok.
Rose replied: I have a date tomorrow to see Cal at the movies. Neat huh?
When Jack read this note, fear gripped his note, and Rose could notice that his spine, suddenly quickened, as though, he had been jolted into a new reality and consciousness by some sort of outside force. Rose thought that this was interesting. She wasn't much into spirituality herself, but when she saw this, it was something that she couldn't ignore, because it was a different and unique reaction.
Jack replied: What? Why?
Rose wrote: Because he asked me. Jack, you don't understand, HE REALLY LOVES ME!
Jack wrote in response: Rose, you idiot! He loves you as much as I love a mosquito buzzing around my room at night, please, listen to me, THIS MAN IS NO GOOD FOR YOU!
Rose felt quite indignant when she read this response, she thought, 'How dare Jack write this way to me! He's being plain rude, just because he can't be popular, like I can!' In response, Rose wrote: Jack, you're just jealous that none of the popular girls look at you! This man is happening!
Jack simply sighed in disappointment when he read this note. It was obvious to him that Rose, just didn't get it. Jack thought, 'I guess some in this world just have to learn their lessons the hard way! But, still, I KNOW I HAVE TO HELP HER!' It was at that point in time that a look of determinism entered into Jack's eyes. Then he wrote: Well, have fun then. But promise me one thing, tell me where you're going to be going. I think I might know some places where you could get a shake from. Do you like ice- cream shakes?
Rose replied: Jack, I love ice-cream shakes. Maybe you could come too?
When Jack read this note, a lump formed in his throat. He knew Cal hated him, and the last thing he wanted to do was spend a night alone with that guy! He replied: I'll think about it.
Rose perked up, when she read this, she wrote down: Sure, hey, I'll SMS you when I know for sure tomorrow. Do you have a cell phone?
Jack replied: Yes.
Rose wrote down: What kind?
Jack wrote: A Nokia
Rose responded: You do? So do I! Hey, maybe we could SMS each other for fun, or something!
Jack replied: Perhaps, but not in class. Rose, I like to learn knowledge in class.
Rose replied: So maybe we could do it during lunch, and after school.
Suddenly, Jack felt a warm feeling in his heart, and he smiled, he thought to himself, 'Yes! She's finally getting my message!' Jack replied: I think that's a great idea.
Rose said: What do you do for fun?
Jack replied: Surf the Internet, and hang out with friends. Rose, let's stop note passing, I fear Mrs. Holmes will catch on soon!
The note taking stopped. However, little did Jack realize, that far from maturing, and finally getting his message, as he had thought, Rose was just embarking on her discovery towards self-discovery, which would, inextricably, involve Jack.
Day passed into night, and Rose went to sleep that night. She had one dream she would never forget. She could see, and perceive every detail in that dream in so much clarity that she swore that she was actually living out that dream. Unlike other dreams she had, she would never forget any of the details of that dream which so disturbed her, and influenced her mind, that she woke up out of it in the middle of the night in a cold sweat.
It was in this dream that Rose saw herself at the local movie theatre. Cal was there. Initially, Cal appeared to be a gentleman. But then, his shadow, which Rose could see, as a specific dark grey form, on the sidewalk began to shift. Rose saw, in her dream that it was very sunny outside. Rose noticed that, initially, the shadow turned into a hawk, but, then the shadow became animate, and it, literally began to rise out of the ground, as though it was becoming human. Rose was quite stunned to see that the shadow was Dracula. Dracula was looking at Rose, with beady red eyes, and Rose could see that the figure of Dracula was merging with Cal's figure, until they were one and the same. Suddenly, Cal no longer looked lovely and charming. Now, Rose could see that he was some sort of beast like evil creature, which resembled a glowering, and snarling creature, with a hawk's head, and a lion's body. The creature breathed out the words, "I am pure evil, I have come to get you, my dear innocent beauty." Rose, noted, in shock, that the creature looked at her with evil, beady red eyes, as though it realized she existed, and it was out to get her. Suddenly, the beast developed fangs, and made a lunge towards her neck. Rose screamed in shock. She tried to outrun it. Initially, she was successful, but then the beast sprouted wings, and began to fly, until it was right above her, then it swooped down on her, until it looked as though it was about ready to claim its coveted prize, her neck. It was then that Rose was screaming out, "HELP! HELP!" Help arrived in the form of Jack, who put his arms around her waist, and pulled her into the ground. The next thing she knew, she and Jack were sitting on the sidewalk, looking at each other in the eyes. It was at this time that Rose, in her dreams said, "What happened." Well, simultaneously, Rose woke up, in a state of confusion and fright, and she said, "What happened?"
Rose could not realize what had happened, because she lacked the insight, but she did realize that it may have been some sort of message. It would take time for Rose to realize, exactly, what type of message it was.
The next day, Rose was back at high school. She scoped Jack out, but she was not able to find him. Instead, as she was fumbling with her locker combination, by her locker door, she looked up, and she looked straight in to Cal's eyes. She soon found herself lost in his deep and devilishly charming and scintillating eyes. The naughty smirk on his face simply drove her crazy with intoxicating happiness. Soon, she felt as though she was on cloud nine, and she was forgetting about Jack's warning to her, as well as her other encounters with Cal that made her have second thoughts about him. Somehow, her gaze simply melted into his rich, and dark chocolate coloured eyes, and with her gaze, followed her heart, hopelessly into his calculating, and cunning clutches.
Cal simply smiled at Rose in a very gentle and warm manner, which made Rose feel very relaxed and warm all over. For that one moment, Rose was convinced that Cal was actually in love with her. She thought, 'I mean he must, look at the way he looks at me. How can someone who doesn't truly love me look at me like this, and toy with my emotions in this way?'
Unfortunately, Rose was too young and naieve to realize that some in this world have nothing but malice and evil on their minds, and would stop at nothing to try to ensnare an innocent and pristine heart into their claws, for their sheer manipulation. Rose also did not realize that some in this world are very good at acting as though they are in love, when such could be further from the truth.
However, at that very moment, Rose was absolutely smitten by Cal, once again, and she opened her mouth, but found herself at a loss for words. It was then that Cal stole Rose's heart by looking at her in a very tender manner, and saying very softly, in a tone that simply swept over Rose's ears with its melodious tone, "So, it'll be a movie, later this week." Rose gave Cal a mesmerized look, as she gushed out, "When?" Cal smiled at her, quite gently and said, "When do you want?" Rose said, "How about tomorrow after school?" Cal said, "Ok, so it's a date!" Rose closed her locker, she was completely blinded by what she thought was love. She was so overcome by Cal that she completely forgot she was supposed to have gotten her binder out of her locker for homeroom. Jack, on the other hand, had watched the entire encounter from afar, and he had not been mesmerized by Cal, he realized that Cal was simply using his charm as a way to bait Rose, and wait for the perfect time when he could strike Rose's soul. While watching the encounter between Cal and Rose, Jack sensed that a hawk- like spirit was stirring inside Cal. This spirit was kept under careful wraps by Cal, because this spirit was so evil and horrible in nature, that if anyone ever saw it, he or she would realize that far from being a gentleman, Cal was actually an evil spirit in sheep's clothing. Jack sensed that Cal used charm and romance as a way to lure innocent young girls into his private life, and that when he was alone with the girls, he sprung his true nature on them. Jack sensed that Cal was some sort of perverse being, who thrived by consuming the emotional and psychic energy of other people. In this way, Cal was some sort of sick parasite. Needless to say, Jack did not trust Cal, and he wished Rose could see in Cal what he could see.
It was history class, and Mrs. Holmes was discussing the impact that The Black Plague had on the European populace. Rose rolled her eyes in disgust and boredom. What did she care about some dumb plague that supposedly wreaked havoc on an entire continent way back when, and scarred an entire generation, as well as upset the social fabric of an entire society permanently. Rose was far more interested in practical things, and for her, such abstract and deep events really failed to make any impression on her. Rose took up her usual practice of writing notes in class. She, sometimes wrote notes to herself. However, she quickly bored of that, so she would write notes to friends like Mandy, or Katie, on the sly. Today, however, she looked to her left, and she saw, that exactly to the opposite and left of her, sat Jack. Unlike her, Jack was astutely paying attention to what Mrs. Holmes was saying, and religiously writing down every word she was saying, and contemplating on her words, by writing his own notes down in his journal. Rose scoffed, 'How can he find her lecture so interesting? It's all I can do to keep from falling asleep.' It was at this point in time that Rose suppressed a yawn. She wanted to yawn very loudly, so that she could keep from falling asleep, but she knew that she would have hell to pay for from the teacher if she did that!
Rose, very subtly yanked at Jack's sweater. Startled, Jack, subtly looked around him, to see what had suddenly pulled at his sweater. It was then that Rose seized on her opportunity. She wrote down the following on a piece of paper: So how are you doing? And passed it to Jack. Jack immediately wrote: Rose, we can't pass notes now, it's class time!
Rose responded: Why not, I do it all of the time, and I have never been caught!
It was at this point in time, that Jack, when he read the note, smiled to himself in amuzement, and shook his head, it became obvious to him, then, that Rose was a free-spirited and independent thinker. He wrote: Ok.
Rose replied: I have a date tomorrow to see Cal at the movies. Neat huh?
When Jack read this note, fear gripped his note, and Rose could notice that his spine, suddenly quickened, as though, he had been jolted into a new reality and consciousness by some sort of outside force. Rose thought that this was interesting. She wasn't much into spirituality herself, but when she saw this, it was something that she couldn't ignore, because it was a different and unique reaction.
Jack replied: What? Why?
Rose wrote: Because he asked me. Jack, you don't understand, HE REALLY LOVES ME!
Jack wrote in response: Rose, you idiot! He loves you as much as I love a mosquito buzzing around my room at night, please, listen to me, THIS MAN IS NO GOOD FOR YOU!
Rose felt quite indignant when she read this response, she thought, 'How dare Jack write this way to me! He's being plain rude, just because he can't be popular, like I can!' In response, Rose wrote: Jack, you're just jealous that none of the popular girls look at you! This man is happening!
Jack simply sighed in disappointment when he read this note. It was obvious to him that Rose, just didn't get it. Jack thought, 'I guess some in this world just have to learn their lessons the hard way! But, still, I KNOW I HAVE TO HELP HER!' It was at that point in time that a look of determinism entered into Jack's eyes. Then he wrote: Well, have fun then. But promise me one thing, tell me where you're going to be going. I think I might know some places where you could get a shake from. Do you like ice- cream shakes?
Rose replied: Jack, I love ice-cream shakes. Maybe you could come too?
When Jack read this note, a lump formed in his throat. He knew Cal hated him, and the last thing he wanted to do was spend a night alone with that guy! He replied: I'll think about it.
Rose perked up, when she read this, she wrote down: Sure, hey, I'll SMS you when I know for sure tomorrow. Do you have a cell phone?
Jack replied: Yes.
Rose wrote down: What kind?
Jack wrote: A Nokia
Rose responded: You do? So do I! Hey, maybe we could SMS each other for fun, or something!
Jack replied: Perhaps, but not in class. Rose, I like to learn knowledge in class.
Rose replied: So maybe we could do it during lunch, and after school.
Suddenly, Jack felt a warm feeling in his heart, and he smiled, he thought to himself, 'Yes! She's finally getting my message!' Jack replied: I think that's a great idea.
Rose said: What do you do for fun?
Jack replied: Surf the Internet, and hang out with friends. Rose, let's stop note passing, I fear Mrs. Holmes will catch on soon!
The note taking stopped. However, little did Jack realize, that far from maturing, and finally getting his message, as he had thought, Rose was just embarking on her discovery towards self-discovery, which would, inextricably, involve Jack.
Day passed into night, and Rose went to sleep that night. She had one dream she would never forget. She could see, and perceive every detail in that dream in so much clarity that she swore that she was actually living out that dream. Unlike other dreams she had, she would never forget any of the details of that dream which so disturbed her, and influenced her mind, that she woke up out of it in the middle of the night in a cold sweat.
It was in this dream that Rose saw herself at the local movie theatre. Cal was there. Initially, Cal appeared to be a gentleman. But then, his shadow, which Rose could see, as a specific dark grey form, on the sidewalk began to shift. Rose saw, in her dream that it was very sunny outside. Rose noticed that, initially, the shadow turned into a hawk, but, then the shadow became animate, and it, literally began to rise out of the ground, as though it was becoming human. Rose was quite stunned to see that the shadow was Dracula. Dracula was looking at Rose, with beady red eyes, and Rose could see that the figure of Dracula was merging with Cal's figure, until they were one and the same. Suddenly, Cal no longer looked lovely and charming. Now, Rose could see that he was some sort of beast like evil creature, which resembled a glowering, and snarling creature, with a hawk's head, and a lion's body. The creature breathed out the words, "I am pure evil, I have come to get you, my dear innocent beauty." Rose, noted, in shock, that the creature looked at her with evil, beady red eyes, as though it realized she existed, and it was out to get her. Suddenly, the beast developed fangs, and made a lunge towards her neck. Rose screamed in shock. She tried to outrun it. Initially, she was successful, but then the beast sprouted wings, and began to fly, until it was right above her, then it swooped down on her, until it looked as though it was about ready to claim its coveted prize, her neck. It was then that Rose was screaming out, "HELP! HELP!" Help arrived in the form of Jack, who put his arms around her waist, and pulled her into the ground. The next thing she knew, she and Jack were sitting on the sidewalk, looking at each other in the eyes. It was at this time that Rose, in her dreams said, "What happened." Well, simultaneously, Rose woke up, in a state of confusion and fright, and she said, "What happened?"
Rose could not realize what had happened, because she lacked the insight, but she did realize that it may have been some sort of message. It would take time for Rose to realize, exactly, what type of message it was.