ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING
Chapter One
"Mom!" sixteen-year-old
Rose DeWitt-Bukater complained. "Why do I have to get up?"
"It’s your first day at your
new school, Rose," said Ruth DeWitt-Bukater as she tried to get her
daughter out of bed.
"Fine. Whatever."
"Are you sure you don’t want
me to come with you, Rose? I mean, it is your first day!" said Ruth.
"Mom, no! I will be
fine!"
Rose got up, took a shower, got
dressed, did her makeup, put her hair up in a ponytail, and went downstairs to
eat. She went to the garage and got in her car, started it up, and backed out
of the garage.
"Redmingdale, California
high school," Rose mumbled as she got out of the car. She took her
backpack and purse and went into the school and to her new locker. She put her
backpack and purse in there and got out her books. She was going towards her
first class, not paying attention, when she ran into someone.
"Oh, my gosh! I am so
sorry!" said Rose. "I wasn’t paying any attention!" She picked
up her books, and then looked up and saw the hottest guy she had ever seen
walking with a few people.
"It’s okay. It was my
fault!" said the guy. He helped her pick up her stuff.
"Jack Dawson," said
Jack, looking at her beautiful face.
"Rose DeWitt-Bukater,"
said Rose.
"I might have to get you to
write that down," he said as they laughed. "So, are you new
here?"
"Yeah. I just moved here
from San Francisco."
"Well, welcome to
Redmingdale!"
"Thanks!"
"So, do you need someone to
show you around the school?" asked Jack.
"Yeah. That would be
nice!" said Rose.
"Oh, by the way, let me
introduce you to my friends!" said Jack.
"This is Fabrizio di Rossi
and his girlfriend, Adrienne Dahl, and Tommy Ryan and his girlfriend, Autumn
Jolene."
"It’s nice to meet all of
you," said Rose.
"Well, what’s your first
class?"
Rose looked at the piece of paper
that had her classes on it.
"English with Mrs.
Hockley," said Rose.
"Fabrizio, Adrienne, and I
have that, too!" said Jack. "Tommy and Autumn are going to math with
Mrs. Brown, so come on. Let’s go!"
"See ya later, Rose! It was
nice meeting you!" called Autumn and Tommy.
"Bye, guys!" she
called. "Your friends seem really nice, Jack," said Rose as they
entered English class.
"Yeah. You guys will get
along great!" said Jack.
"Okay, everyone, have a
seat! Also, I hope we have absolutely no cell phones in here!" shouted
Mrs. Hockley.
She pointed to Jack and Rose.
"You two sit in the second row of desks, and Fabrizio and Adrienne, sit in
the fourth row."
That Afternoon
"Okay, Rose. Well, there is
a lot in this town to see, so I thought I could take you to the park and then
go eat," said Jack.
"All right. Let’s go!"
They walked around the park and
talked about anything and everything. Rose found out that Jack really liked art
and was really good, and Rose talked about how her dad had died when she was
little, and she found out that Jack’s dad had died also.
"Jack, I like you. I mean, I
really like you!" said Rose.
Jack was relieved to know that
she liked him as much as he liked her.
"Rose, I know this is crazy,
but I really like you, too!"
They kissed.
The Next Day
At school, their friends looked
at them in shock when Jack carried Rose around on his back.
"Okay, what’s going
on?" asked Fabrizio.
"Are you guys dating now, or
what?" asked Adrienne.
"We’re dating,"
confirmed Rose as she looked up at Jack and smiled.
He kissed her, and then they
started making out until they were interrupted by their friends.
"Hello! We are still here!
Save it for later!" said Adrienne.
"Oh, really? Like you and
Fabri don’t make out by your lockers every morning!"
Adrienne and Fabrizio turned
bright red at the comment, and Fabri playfully punched Jack.
"Like you had to say
that!" said Fabrizio.
"Oh, trust me. He had to say
that," commented Rose.
"Okay. Stop fighting,
people, and let’s change the subject. How ‘bout we all go out to that new
restaurant tonight, The Vegas Diner. Autumn and I went there the other day, and
they have great food!" Tommy said.
"Okay!" they all said
at the same time.
That Night At Dinner
All six of them squeezed into a
round booth, with the guys sitting with their girlfriends. Jack and Rose were
right next to each other, sharing a menu.
"Oh, look at the
lovers!" said Autumn, pointing at Jack and Rose.
"You know, I think if we
took that menu down, it would reveal them making out behind it," said
Fabrizio.
They took the menu down, and Jack
and Rose were sitting there making out, not noticing that their cover was
blown. All of the others sat there, laughing hysterically, until Jack and Rose
finally noticed and jumped apart, looking guilty.
"And exactly how long have
you been watching?" asked Rose, whose face was bright red.
"I think the real question
is, how long have you guys been making out?" asked Tommy, laughing
hysterically.
"Oh, whatever," said
Jack.
The rest of the night they talked
about everything, and were laughing as the older couple sitting in the booth
behind them looked strangely at the younger generation. Then they walked to the
beach before going home and enjoyed the night.