3 GUYS, A GIRL, AND A ROSE
Chapter Eighteen
Rose and Jack stumbled into his apartment,
laughing.
"That was my first train ride,"
Rose yelled.
"What?" Jack asked.
"Yeah, my first train ride and my first
time in Brooklyn."
"Well, glad your first ride was with
me." Jack smiled. He grabbed her hands, rubbing them with his thumbs.
Rose got a sudden urge running through her
body. She kissed his fingers softly. Jack pulled her closer to him. Rose kissed
him. They wrapped their arms around each other. Their kiss deepened with
passion. Jack ran his hands up and down her body, running his hands through her
hair. He then lifted her legs up. She wrapped her legs around him and Jack held
them up.
Jack and her continued to kiss and he made
his way into his bedroom. He dropped her onto his bed. Then he lay on top of
her and kissed her again. Rose lifted his shirt up and helped him take it off
and Jack did the same to her. They continued to kiss each other and stopped
when she was just in her bra and panties and he was just in boxers.
"Are you nervous?" Jack asked,
staring at her.
"No," she answered.
"Are you sure you want to do this?"
"Yes. You’ve already seen me naked, and
we’d never even kissed yet," Rose said. Jack laughed and kissed her and
Rose stopped.
"What now?" he asked.
"You have a condom?" Jack reached
over into his night table and pulled one out. She smiled and they spoke not
another word.
Rose had done this before with Cal, but this
was her first time making love.
*****
Jack woke up and smiled to see Rose next to
him. It was 10:20 in the morning and he remembered what happened last night. He
made love to Rose. She looked so beautiful while she slept.
He put on a pair of sweatpants and went to
the bathroom to brush his teeth after he went to the kitchen. He made himself
some coffee. He made enough for Rose.
He couldn't help but to smile. He finally did
it with some one he was in love with. That's what made it so special. He sat
down drinking his coffee and reading the newspaper from yesterday.
He collected his thoughts together. Couldn't
help but to think of last night. Rose and him just started to kiss and it led
to the bedroom. Her lips felt so soft. He couldn't let go and her body was so
warm.
Then a soft knock on his door interrupted
him. Who the hell could this be so early in the morning? He thought to himself.
He got up and answered the door.
"Hi!"
*****
Christina woke up bright and early. She had
went to bed shortly after Fabrizio left. She woke up at 8:30 to get ready and
tell Jack she was in love with him. She took a shower and washed her hair. She
got dressed into the outfit she wore the first time they met. Her hair was
blown out and she put her makeup on lightly.
She was too excited to eat so she left. She
didn't want to wait for the bus either because it took forever so she decided
to walk. She felt like the world was going to end tomorrow.
She reached Jack's apartment at 10:30. She
didn't press his door buzzer because someone had held the door open for her to
enter. She caught the elevator and made her way up to the fourth floor.
She was so excited. She knocked on the door
with happiness.
"Hi!" Jack said when he opened the
door, looking a little shocked to see her this early.
"Good morning!" She made her way
into his living room. Jack looking at her and closed his door.
"What brings you here this early?"
he asked, taking his cup of coffee and bringing it to the kitchen.
"I wanted to talk to you!" she
yelled out. She sat on his couch and saw his art portfolio on the coffee table.
She grabbed it and looked through to see if he had any new drawings in there.
She looked through and her heart stopped. She saw the nude picture of Rose. Her
fantasy had become reality for Rose. She thought it couldn't have possibly
meant anything, though. Not like Jack was all of the sudden in love with her,
or so she thought. She closed his portfolio and placed it back on his coffee
table. She stood up from the couch and Jack entered the living room.
"What do you want to talk to me about
that you couldn't possibly tell me over the phone?" Jack asked her,
curious to know.
"Well, hard for me to say this, so I'm
just gonna say it."
"All right. Go ahead." Christina
searched for the right words to say, hoping that once she said it that he'd
grab her and kiss her like they did in the movies.
"Jack I'm in…" She stopped when she
heard the familiar voice.
"Jack, do you have an extra
toothbrush?" Rose came in wearing nothing but an old shirt that was big on
her. She stood still when she saw Christina.
"I'm sure you had a pleasant night,
Jack!" Christina said, starting to cry.
"Christina, it's not what you
think!" Christina gave him a disgusted look. "Okay, it is what you
think!"
Christina started to shed tears and she made
a run for the door. She heard Jack run after her and calling out her name.
"Christina, wait! Let me explain!"
Christina didn't stop. She ran to the elevator pressing the buttons but the
elevator wasn't coming. It appeared stuck on the second floor. She
continued pressing the button. Jack caught up to her and she made a run to the
stairs.
"Christina! Come on!" He ran after
her. She ran down the stairs really fast this time. Jack running after her.
When she almost reached the bottom of the second floor stairs she lost her
balance.
She tripped and fell down the stairs. Jack
was too late to catch her. He saw her fall and hit the bottom with a sick thud,
her head hitting the last step. She lay there on the floor, not moving. Jack
ran down the stairs and kneeled down next to her unmoving body. He held her up
with his hand behind her head.
It felt sticky and warm. He pulled his hand
out and her head rested on his knee. His hand was covered with blood.