A Storybook Romance
Chapter Two
Rose opened her eyes and looked at the surroundings around here. She certainly was not up on deck anymore... Where was she?
"Good morning, angel," Jack said as she looked up at him. "Someone likes to sleep in, huh?"
Rose smiled at him. She didn't even remember coming to his room last night, she had been so tired. She was so glad that she wasn't in first class. She never wanted to go back to that life. Now, she had a new and better life with Jack.
"Good morning," Rose said with a yawn. "How did I end up here?"
Jack tied his other shoe, and sat on the bottom bunk with here. "Don't you remember?"
Rose let out a little laugh. "Not really."
"I took you back to my room last night when you fell asleep on that bench," Jack said with a laugh. "I guess you were half asleep."
Rose looked down and saw that Jack had slept on the floor. He didn't need to do that. They had made love last night...she wondered why Jack didn't just get in bed with her. Maybe he was just being a gentleman.
"Do you wanna go get some breakfast?" Jack asked as he took her hand and kissed it.
Rose nodded. "Sure."
As they walked down to the third class dining area, they talked about what they were going to do about everything. After knowing Cal for only a few days, Jack knew exactly what kind of man he really was.
Rose sat down at one of the tables, and Jack went to get their breakfast. Rose looked around at the people around her. They were very different from the people in first class. They were actually having a good time.
When Jack came back, he set the tray of food on the table. "Do you like eggs, bacon, and toast?"
Rose smiled. "Of course I do."
As they both started to eat, something caught Jack's eye. He saw Spicer Lovejoy peaking from the corner. He obviously was spying on them. Jack turned his head quickly and acted as if he saw nothing.
"Rose," Jack said quietly.
Rose raised her head and saw the serious expression on Jack's face. "Jack, what's wrong?"
Jack leaned over a little but closer to her. "Don't look, okay?" Jack paused. "That guy, Lovejoy, he's standing over by the stairs."
Rose had thought she had showed Cal that she didn't want to be with him, but she must have made her point. What would she have to do to get through to this guy? Gosh, how she hated Lovejoy. He was always there. Always.
"What does he want?" Rose asked, speaking out loud to herself.
"I bet Cal sent him looking for you," Jack said. "Maybe we should get out of here."
Rose nodded. She hated bringing Jack into her old life like this. She didn't want him to get hurt. That was the last thing that she wanted to happen. She loved him so much. Wait...they hadn't even told that to each other? Did he love her, too? She wasn't exactly sure.
Jack and Rose casually got up and quickly walked out of there. They walked down one of the back hallways and were on their way to the deck. As Jack held her hand tighter, he looked behind his shoulder to make sure that they were not being followed.
They weren't...so far. As they opened the door, the sunlight hit their face. It was a beautiful morning. For a minute, they both forgot their problems. But, only for a minute. They heard a voice behind them.
"Miss DeWitt Bukater," Lovejoy said in a evil voice.
They both turned around, not up for running from him again. "What?" Rose asked in a rude tone. She was so sick of this guy.
"Mr. Hockley would like to speak with..."
Rose cut him off. "I don't care! I don't want to speak to him."
Lovejoy pulled her arm toward him. "He has sent me to get you."
Rose immediately pulled away and looked into his eyes. "I don't care!" Jack came closer and took Rose's hand again. He wasn't going to let her go back with this guy. After seeing all of the bruises on her body, he wanted to kill Cal and his stupid valet.
"If you don't come back with me," he said. "You'll both have hell to pay."
Rose looked at Jack and watched him glare at Lovejoy. "Come on, Rose," Jack said. "Let's go see what Cal wants."
As they both followed Lovejoy back to Cal's stateroom, they whispered things to each other. "What does Cal want?" Rose asked.
"I dunno, Rose," Jack said. "We'll find out though, okay? I'm here for you."
Rose smiled. She didn't have to be scared. She had Jack. That's all that she needed. She knew that she had to break off the engagement to Cal once and for all. She knew this is what she had to do.
As they entered the room behind Lovejoy, Cal stood up from his chair. "I see you brought that trash with you."
Rose starred at Cal with disgust. "Fuck you."
Jack almost let out a laugh, and Cal's eyes widened with shock. How could a first class girl like her be saying those words? A better question, how could she be with him? Cal could barely keep his anger under control.
"Rose," Cal said. "You're being ridiculous. We have a wedding when we get back..."
"A wedding?!" Rose asked with a laugh. "There's no way that I could possibly marry you after all of this."
"I know that you love me, Rose," Cal said.
"Goodbye Cal," Rose said as she tried to walk away with Jack. Cal took Jack by the arm.
"You can't just take my fiancee away with you," Cal said, trying to make Jack scared. Jack had never been so angry in his whole life. How could this guy think Rose loves him after he beat her up the night before.
"I'm not," Jack said. "She doesn't want to be with you. It's her decision."
Cal looked into Rose's eyes. "This is really what you want?" Cal sighed and tried to explain things better to her. "This might be fun on the Titanic Rose, but what happens when you two dock...hmmm? Where will you go? Are you just going to go sleep in the gutter? You are nothing without me, Rose."
"But I have everything without you," Rose said back. Cal was just about to slap her, but Jack caught his arm.
Jack punched Cal, and he ended up falling to the floor. Jack and Rose both ran out the door. Lovejoy just stood there and looked down at his boss. "Go after them, you fool!" Cal yelled.
Cal was way to sick of this crap. He knew that he needed to get rid of Jack Dawson. He knew he'd have to get rid of him the hard way.
"Say goodbye to your boyfriend, Rose," Cal said as he reached into the side drawer and lifted out a gun.