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A Whole New Life

Chapter 8

Jack and Rose were now in a car on their way to their new home. Molly had gone her own way, back to her husband presumably, but told Jack and Rose multiple times, that if they needed anything-she was just a telegram away.

They have now been in the car for around an hour and not much had been said between the two young lovers. Not that they needed to say anything because all it took was a look from Jack to Rose or from Rose to Jack and the other knew exactly what was on the others mind.

"Did you hear about what happened Titanic?" the, blatantly unaware, driver, Dominick Jeeves asked. At that moment Jack looked over at Rose and placed a reassuring arm around her shoulder and at the same time Rose placed her hand on Jack's knee. The pair exchanged worried glances. Jeeves was quiet, and hoping that he had finished speaking they both, simultaneously, breathed a sigh of relief but then...

"I heard it crashed into an iceberg! So much for unsinkable eh? Oh well, it could have been worse right? I mean imagine If they didn't have enough life boats. I dread to think". The driver was obviously very badly informed about the events that happened in the early morning of April 15th but did he not understand tact?

"With all due respect sir I suggest you get your facts right about Titanic, before speaking of such a horrendous event." Rose blurted out to both Jack and Jeeves's surprise. Jack's grip tightened around rose's arm at that point.

"Oh miss I'm sorry I didn't mean to offend you, did you know anyone in the boat then?" That was the final straw for Jack who was trying to keep his temper; how dare this man have the audacity to pick them up from dock 51 where the rescue boat from Titanic had been docked, but now to blatantly ignore Rose's hint to be quiet? That was disrespectful and Rose was a lady and she was his.

"I think you'll find it was a ship, Sir not a boat- a ship. And yeah, in answer to your question of whether we knew anyone, not even thought it's not any of your business, but we were both in fact on Titanic,"

Jack was not shouting, but was spitting out the words in livid fury

"and for your information there weren't enough lifeboats and people did have to wait around in the water for boats to come back and before you ask, yes it did in fact snap in half!" by now Jack was almost red in the face with anger. He was so focused on setting the arrogant driver straight that he didn't even notice the rather terrified look on Rose's face. She had never seen that side of him before she didn't know whether to be scared of his temper or happy that he had protected her. He then turned around to see the look on his Rose's face. It broke his heart.

"Rose" he whispered "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to scare you. You know that I would never do something like that to you, never, you mean too much to me" Jack placed a small kiss on her cheek. A wave of guilt seeped over and through Rose

'how could I have doubted him' she thought.

"I know Jack, I know. It's just.. Cal used to get really angry with me and I never thought it would.. but I guess it's stuck with me". This made Jack's heart break even more, of course he wanted to know what Cal had done to her but he would never pressure her into saying anything. When the time was right for her to tell, she would. If the bastard had hurt her, though; he was as good as dead.

~*Castle Point, California*~

The rest of the ride was a quiet as it had been when they first set off. Rose just wanted to get there, to start her new life with Jack. She'd waited 17 years for him, and she wasn't prepared to wait another. millisecond. She knew Jack would get a job but she wanted one too, she didn't want to just sit at home all day like Cal and her Mother had expected her to. She was deep in thought, so deep that she wasn't even aware of the fact that they had arrived at their destination.

"Rose... Rose, we're here" Jack said as he nudged her gently.

"Oh, sorry, I was just thinking" Rose said with a smile. "about?" Jack simply asked, a smirk on his young, beautiful face as he traced her prominent jawlines with his right index finger. Rose's breath shallowed and she breathed in sharply, then composed herself

"Just.. things" she replied with a loving smile. Jack gave her a concerned look

"Well..okay then but I'm here for you, okay?". They shared look full of passion and love then remembered that they hadn't got out the car yet and that the were getting a very odd look from the driver. So they 'thanked' the driver, Jack more through his teeth and got out the car. Molly had already payed him for the journey.

There they were. Standing there in front of their new home. Their home. It was red bricked with terracotta pots placed on either side of the large mahogany door. On the outside was climbing ivy, and some honeysuckle. There was a dirt path leading up to it, and as Rose looked up, she noted it was two storey, and had large, paned windows. It was so beautiful. Rose loved that. Her home. So do did Jack.

"You ready to go in Rosebud?" Jack asked as he glanced down at her. She smiled at her new nickname. Her Father called her that. He said she was Rose, and she was his 'Bud'-ergo; Rosebud.

"I've never been so ready. The house was a lovely size, it looked the same as the rest of the houses on that road well all the other houses had flower beds outside and theirs didn't but Rose would soon fix that. She would plant beautiful flowers she had seen in the gardens near her old house-not her old home; a home entails love; and in London; there was nome. It may have looked similar; but her house was perfect; because Jack was there, and she was with him.

She could have lived in a cardboard box by the sidewalk; but as long as Jack was with him; she was happy.

Hand in hand they made their way up the path to the front door, when they got there Jack reached into his pocket and took out a key, put it into the lock and took a deep breath before he opened the door. However much to Rose's surprise before we walked through the door he picked Rose up bridal style and carried her onto the house. Rose was laughing hysterically as she wriggled

"Jack!," she shrieked "Put me down! Please! No no no please don't tickle me". Jack was spinning Rose around and around and showed no sign of stopping. About 20 seconds later Jack had slowed down almost to a stop and was now simply cradling Rose in his arms. Rose let out a large yawn, covering her mouth of course though.

"I think someone's tired" Jack tried to seriously remark but a smile couldn't help but play on his lips. "Mr Dawson, would you be so kind as to take me to bed; I am awfully tired" Rose said this in a very exaggerated first class British accent.

"Why yes Mrs Dawson, it would be my pleasure" Jack replied mocking her tone of voice. Without putting her down Jack carried her to their room and laid her down on the bed, only for her to get back up to remove her dress which she discovered she wasn't able to do on her own. She turned around to find Jack undoing his pants, revealing his boxers, but he had already thrown his shirt onto a love seat. This wasn't the first time she had seen Jack in not very many-or no clothes but it still made her to weak at the knees.

"Er.. Jack could you please help me get out of this dress?" for some reason she was nervous asking this

'what's wrong with you. What? Are you scared he won't like what he sees?' she thought to herself. "Of course, sweetheart" Jack could tell she was nervous and though he didn't know why. but he still was as comforting as ever. One he was done Rose's dress fell to the floor and now she too was only in her undergarments. She was facing away from Jack who turned her around to face him.

"Rose, I know I've taken you to the stars already but we can still wait if you're nervous. As long as I'm sleeping next to you I'm happy". A tear appeared to fall down Rose's cheek as she remembered a smilier conversation her and Cal had had over breakfast the morning after she had been down to steerage, how Cal had told had that she was his 'Wife by practice if not yet by law' and how 'she should honour him the way a wife honours a husband', Jack was so different, he was willing to wait for her to be ready.

"Hey, don't cry, what happened?" Jack asked worriedly as he caressed her cheek with his thumb. "Nothing's wrong Jack, I'm happy". Nothing more needed to be said so they both made their way over to the bed and got under the covers. Rose laid as close to him as she could, her legs intertwined with his and his arm places tightly around her. They laid there for 15 minutes neither of them asleep both of them knowing that there was something wrong, that something had to be said. Even though it had been Rose who had been upset most of the day she knew that Jack was as well but he didn't want to show it because he didn't was to upset her.

'It was my fault,' he thought 'I could have saved them'these thoughts had been running round frantically through Jack's mind ever since he told Tommy's and Fabrizio's Moms and Ciara and her kids about what had happened to them. He tried to hard to hide it from her and he was sure she didn't know that it was eating at him.

He was wrong. Of course she knew.

Rose snuggled up closer to Jack and said soothingly

"It wasn't your fault. You know that right? Don't blame yourself. Please, because there is nothing you could have done to save them". He knew there was no point in fighting it so he did all that he could do. He pulled her into a kiss, a kiss that said 'thank you'. The kiss started off soft and sweet but it quickly turned into much more. Rose loved the way that Jack whispered her name as he kissed her, it was almost as if he was asking her permission before each one.

"We can't do this" Jack said as he reluctantly pulled away from the kiss. She stared at him in surprise

"Why? Do you not like what you see?" Rose asked, voicing her earlier insecurities and feeling embarrassed. Jack pulled him self up and sat Rose on his lap "No, no sweetie, you're beautiful and I love you but that's not why we can't. You aren't ready". Rose looked up at him, her green eyes glistening with tears. Relief? Sadness? She didn't know.

"I don't know. I think I want to wait. I know we've done it before..but I've never been with someone without having to honour them and I want you to love me for me". Now he understood. Cal. It was him that had done this to his Rose. He obviously wasn't going to ask her what he had done.

"I understand Rose but I want you to know that I'll always love you, not matter what" Rose felt relieved. She loved Jack more than air. He was so different to Cal. With that thought Rose gave him one last, long, kiss then moved off his lap and assumed the position she was in before and they both surrendered themselves to a peaceful sleep.

A/N: Talia wrote this-I helped with editing. 9&10 will be her too cause she writes fluff and I'm more of a descriptive person and can't be cute for toffee. Mm..toffee. Keep reading! Love and virtual hugs