Author's Note: This is where it should start to get goooood. Yupp.
Disclaimer: First Chapter.
The hand instantly retreated at the sound of Rose's piercing scream. She sat up, still screaming, her eyes closed tightly and her hands clasped over her ears. She wasn't able to tell that all else had gone silent and that two uniformed men were instantly at her side.
"Sir!" one of the men yelled over Rose's scream as Jack sat down next to her, trying to get her to open her eyes and look at him. "Sir!" the man yelled at Jack again. "What?" he snapped, glaring at them as he took Rose's head in his arms and brought it to his chest. She thrashed against him, pounding on his chest with her closed fists. "Get off of me! Leave me alone! Go away!"
One of the uniformed men attempted to pull Jack's arms off of Rose as she shouted, but he twisted his body, pulling away from the man. Putting his hands up in defense, the first man shouted something to the other man, who ran off upon hearing his words. "Rose!" Jack yelled, trying to pull her hands away from her ears. "Look at me!" Her scream died down momentarily as she went to take a breath and Jack took the opportunity to turn her head to look at his face.
Rose's eyes shot open and went wide with shock as she looked at his face. "Jack…" she whispered, falling back onto his chest, grinning wildly. "Are you real? You're really alive?" Jack draped his arms around her, hugging her to his chest and let out a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, two of the ship's officers along with the two uniformed men were there, one of them grabbing Rose and pulling her away from Jack and the other three tackling Jack to the bench to hold his arms behind his back.
"No! Let him go! Let him… No!" Rose cried hysterically, trying to breath free of the officer's grasp. Jack stumbled as three sets of hands tried to hoist him up and pull him in different directions and he fell to the ground. "What're you doing?" he grunted, trying to stand up, again. "Quiet, you!" one of the men yelled, twisting his arm. Jack gasped in pain.
"Look, 'ere!" one of the other men yelled, his accent so heavy, it was almost hard to understand him. "E's already got 'imself a pair of 'cuffs!" The other three men laughed as Rose finally broke free of the officer's grasp. She was suddenly at Jack's side, desperately clutching at his shirt. "What are you doing?"
The man with the heavy accent looked utterly confused. "Was this man not just assaulting ya', missus?" Rose's face flushed. "I… He… I was having a nightmare. I thought he was someone else." This time, it was the men's turn to blush. "Pardon us, miss," the officer who had been restraining her apologized, tipping his hat as the other's released Jack.
Jack put his arms around Rose as she glared at the men, giving them each a dirty stare before looking up at Jack. "No harm done, right?" he shrugged, smiling casually. Just as the couple was about to saunter off, arm-in-arm, Cal appeared, his own set of officer's following him.
"That's the man who robbed me!" he shouted, pointing an accusing finger at Jack. Rose blanched, holding Jack tighter. "You've got to be kidding me…" he muttered as Cal's two men approached.