As Cal and Rose walked back to Cal's stateroom, Rose grabbed Cal and kissed him briefly but passionately on the lips. He smirked.
"Does that mean, we're getting closer to sleep—" Cal had began to say before Rose interrupted.
"No," Rose interrupted with a smirk, "it was just my way of saying thank you and I love you and—let's go down to the third class for drinks."
Cal sighed and backed away from her with his smile fading.
"Well I was actually thinking we could stay up here." Cal said. "Maybe just let me hold you in my arms and we share quiet together time with each other."
Rose looked at him with irritation.
"I'm not sleeping with you, Cal." Rose snapped.
Cal looked down and briefly laughed.
"I know, I'm not asking you to," Cal replied. "I just thought, we'd stay in here and talk and get to know each other. I mean, we basically came together three months ago, via an arranged meeting. We don't really know everything about each other like we should, so I was thinking we could stay in here, order champagne and we get to know each other better."
Rose looked down at the floor with disgust, getting to know Cal was the last thing she wanted to do. Everything about Cal, she found to be boring.
"Cal, I don't want to do that—not now." Rose said seriously. "I want to go down to third class and have some fun, besides it could help you with being nicer to those in third class."
Cal frowned.
"Yes, but Rose, didn't we just come from there last night?" Cal asked. "Every night we have to go down there? We can't spend any time together—just us?"
Rose frowned angrily.
"That's all you want, isn't IT." Rose snapped. "To just have me all to yourself, so you can use and abuse me."
Cal frowned with confusion.
"Rose, what—come on, you know that is absolutely untrue." Cal said strongly, feeling himself get upset by the second. "I just want to spend some TIME with my girlfriend, just you and I, how is that wrong?"
"Because Cal, I never get to have fun—especially when I'm with you, and I am tired of it. I want to live a life of excitement, of FUN." Rose snapped.
Cal frowned even deeper with anger.
"Oh and I'M not fun!" Cal yelled angrily. "Rose I've been bending over backwards since yesterday morning, trying to please you and it seems you STILL aren't satisfied! All I'm asking for is just this ONCE, we do something I want—let us spend time together—alone—without sex, why is that so wrong! You'd think you'd go for it, since I said WITHOUT SEX!"
Rose looked at him with disgust and anger.
"Fine Cal, if after spending months of doing what YOU want to do, we can't do what I want, then maybe I'll just do what I want—ALONE!" Rose yelled before walking to the door of the room.
Cal sighed loudly and frowned as he briefly closed his eyes.
"Rose—Rose, wait." Cal said as she stormed out the room, slamming the door behind her. "Rose! Rose!"
Cal sighed again and frowned deeper as he sat on the sofa in the room. This was what he would consider a big argument that he had, had with Rose, an argument of which Cal was afraid would drive Rose straight to Jack.