Of Anime, Poetry and Falling in Love: Mack and Rose
Disclaimer: Oh get over yourself.
Challenge: Green Eyed Monster
Timeframe: Post At All Cost
Summary: In which Ronny needs to leave the country for fear of Rose's wrath.
All through the movie and the burgers, Rose couldn't concentrate on anything but the fact that Mack was still back at the manor, locked into a game of foosball with Ronny.
But she wasn't jealous. No she wasn't. Not jealous of the way Mack had been grinning at his yellow counterpart as the two competed, not jealous of the fact that Ronny was all alone with Rose's Mack.
Did she really think of Mack as hers? Mack, who was easily the sweetest (and most attractive, at that) guy that Rose knew; Mack the courageous leader who always tried to make everyone feel a little better at the end of the day; Mack with all his charm…did Rose really regard him as hers? Yes, yes she did.
"Rose?" asked Dax, sounding like he'd been trying to gain her attention for some time. "Did you hear what I asked you? What was your favorite part of the movie?"
The truth was that Rose hadn't paid any attention to the movie after the hero, Matt, had been stolen from Violet by Bonnie. It was too eerily similar to what she was afraid of: never telling Mack that she felt more than friendship for him and letting Ronny take him.
"I didn't have one," Rose mumbled into her soda cup. This earned a chuckle from Will.
"Looks like someone wants to get home to her man," teased the black ranger. "Come on Dax; if we're lucky she and Ronny will have a cat fight."
"I am not going to have a cat fight with Ronny, Will," snapped Rose angrily. "So quit dreaming."
"Notice that she doesn't deny Mack being her man," retorted Will. Dax nodded his head vigorously.
"Can we just go?" questioned Rose loudly to drown out the sound of Will's laughter. "And shut up about Mack, alright?"
"As you wish, Mrs. Hartford," put in Dax. Rose glared at them. Dax and Will snickered. "She has quite the temper, doesn't she Will?" probed the blue ranger. Rose looked livid.
"If she's always going to be like this when Mack is with another girl then we may have to put Ronny in the witness protection program or something, just for her own good," said Will.
"I'm not jealous," insisted Rose, stomping out of the restaurant and leaving Dax and Will with the bill. "I'm not jealous."
She repeated this to herself all the way back to the Hartford mansion.
"Hey Mack," said Will when the red ranger's elation of winning the foosball game had died down, "You're gonna have to stop hanging out with Ronny on a one on one basis. Rose is about ready to kill her, she's so jealous."
"I am not!" cried Rose as Mack pushed Will out of the room. The red ranger stared at her.
"Ronny's not my girlfriend, you know. We're just friends. There's no need to be worried, Rose."
"I'm not worried, nor am I jealous," she said as she stomped from the lounge.
Deny everything.