The fourth chapter is finally here! I couldn't think of a title for it at first. I didn't know whether to call it, "Forgiven" or "Support". I didn't know what title fit best so I had to finish the chapter completely before I could find the title; "Ruth's Support". Hope you like it the story!
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Jack and Rose had been talking to Ruth for almost an hour. Cal, who had been listening to the conversation started to get bored.
"I'm going to get some brandy downstairs. Ruth, do you want me to get anything?" he said turning to Ruth.
"Not for me thank you, Cal." Ruth responded. "Jack, Rose, do you want something?" she asked looking at them happily.
Jack and Rose looked at each other and just by looking at each other they knew the answer, "No thank you, Ruth." Jack replied for both Rose and himself. "We should be back in the infirmary in half an hour." Jack added.
"Oh, all right then. Actually Cal, would you be so kind to get me some tea?" Ruth asked, changing her mind.
"Of course," Cal responded, heading off to the door. Once he was out of the room Ruth turned to Jack and Rose once again.
"Rose," Ruth started, "I would like to tell you I'm glad you called off the marriage with Cal. I saw you were unhappy with him, but I didn't care that much at first. I was only thinking about our money. I wasn't thinking about your happiness. But now I see how happy you are with Jack." She continued looking at Jack kindly. "If you decide to go off with him, I will allow you. I have kept you unhappy for so long." Ruth said almost getting into tears.
"Mother," Rose responded, "Don't cry, please." She begged her mother.
"I'm sorry; I just got a bit carried away." Ruth responded. "Jack," she started looking at Jack and whipping away her tears. "Please, take good care of Rose." Ruth said.
"Don't worry, Ruth. I will take care of her with all my heart." Jack replied, wrapping an arm around her shoulder, holding her close. "With all my heart," he repeated to make sure they had both heard what he said.
"I believe you Jack." Ruth said, getting of the sofa across them. "Therefore," she started, as she was opening a chest drawer "I'm going to give you some money to find a place to stay and start your new life." She concluded taking two packets of bills out of the drawer she had opened.
"No, mother," Rose said. "We can't afford to take your money. You have little money left, you should keep it." Rose said, as Ruth was holding out the money towards them.
"Ruth, thank you but, you don't need to do that," Jack assured her.
"Don't worry. This is not my money." Ruth assured them. "This is Cal's. He told me everything about trying to shoot you, on the Titanic. I am so unhappy with him that I want to give you part of the money. Just take it and I will be glad. If he asks anything about it, I will just tell him he never had that much money saved from the sinking." She said giving the money to Jack. "I know you will use it for a good purpose, unlike Cal." Ruth finished.
"Thank you, a lot." Jack said, smiling gratefully at Ruth.
"Jack, I think we have to go now. We have to be back at the infirmary in 10 minutes." Rose said getting up. Jack put the money in his pants pockets while Rose thanked her mother for everything, hugged her, said good-bye and left the room with Jack.
"Your mother has been very kind to us today." Jack said to Rose, "I don't recall her smiling at me before." He added.
"Yes, I agree." Rose acknowledged.
As Jack and Rose walked back they heard someone shout, "Wait! I have something to tell you!"
They turned around to see Cal running after them, holding a bottle of brandy and a cup of tea that had started to spill on the carpet. "Wait." Cal repeated.
"Cal, we have nothing to say to you anymore. What do you want?" Rose said as patiently as she could.
As he reached them he looked at them, "I would like to say sorry for what happened on the Titanic. I was jealous of Jack. How he did things for you, he cared about you. And he wasn't afraid to show that." Cal said.
"But, Jack" Cal continued, looking at Jack with keen eyes, "I had her first, and then you stole her from me. You, you gutter rat!" Cal said angrily.
"You speak of Rose, as if she were a possession but she has her own life, her own wishes and her own wills. You can't decide everything for her!" Jack replied, taking Rose's hand.
"Besides Cal," Rose started, "You never had me. I already told you. I never really cared about you, you treated me as if I couldn't do anything alone, you never encouraged me…"
"If you think you are going to win Dawson then believe me, you don't know me well enough. You will hear from me again." Cal finished as he walked away angrily.
"Come on lets go, we've lost enough time. We should go back to the infirmary." Jack said to Rose, as he wrapped an arm around her waist. They reached the infirmary just in time and took back their passes form the man they gave the passes to earlier. The man smiled at them noticing their happiness together. Jack and Rose walked back to their beds and spent the day together in happiness.
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I hope you liked this chapter! I was not sure if I wanted to make Cal nice, so I showed two sides of his character. I know this chapter is a little shorter than the other ones but I'll try to make the next one a bit longer. Anyways, I would love some backup on my writing and what you think of my story. Review!