Chapter Eleven: Catchin' A Train
"Jack, how in the world do get on these things without a ticket?" Rose whispered in his ear, clutching his wrist.
"Well, a ticket requires money, and obviously, we don't have that, so we have to… you know," he replied, just as quietly.
"You mean…?" Rose asked, a bit surprised. Jack nodded.
"All aboard!" the conductor cried. The whistle began to screech, the wheels began to chug along. Jack squeezed Rose's hand.
"This is it," he said. He began to lead her nonchalantly toward the luggage boxcars, toward the back. He threw their coats and bag onto it, and turned to Rose.
"You ready?" he asked, with that wonderful grin on his face. Rose nodded, and stepped forward. He placed his hands on her waist, and lifted her aboard, jumping on himself just at the last available moment. He pulled the door shut, and collapsed onto the floor next to Rose. Suddenly, Rose started to laugh. Jack looked at her, and unable to contain himself started to laugh too.
"What are we laughing about?" Jack asked her.
"I don't know what you are laughing at, but I know what I am! A month ago, if you had told me that I would sail on a ship that would sink, fall in love with a forbidden man, nearly die on the open ocean, come back to his hometown believing he was dead, find him alive and well, marry him, and end up in a luggage boxcar, I would most likely have stared incredulously at them!" Rose said between gasps of laughter.
"I do love you, Rose. I love you more than anyone or anything in this world," Jack said, holding her.
"I love you too, but much more than anything in this world. I love you more than the moon, the sun, and the stars," she said.
"I love you more than flying, I love you more than freedom, and I love you more than love itself," Rose said into his shoulder. Jack ran his hands through her hair.
"That's foul play. You take away any of my options to counter that. The only thing I can say to that is that I feel that ten times more than that. But, while we're on the subject of the stars…" Jack replied.
AN: That is probably the most suggestive thing I will ever put in my writing. Anyway, I don't want Rose and Jack to settle down, like I said before. They're going to have adventures together, and this is Rose's first one ever, really. Tell me what you think of this. I've never seen it done before, and I just love to be different!!! Love, Lady Annabelle