JACK AND ROSE: PRESENT TIME
Chapter
Twelve
It had now been a
few days since they all came home. It was the day after Christmas. Tonya spent
the night at Rose's the night before. They had just woke up.
"Gosh! You
sleep so damn late!" Rose said as Tonya finally opened her eyes.
"Well, what do
you expect Rose? We stayed up till like three in the morning last night,"
Tonya said.
Just then the phone
rang and Rose answered it. It was Jack.
After she was done
talking to him, she hung up the phone.
"What did he
have to say?" Tonya questioned.
"Oh, he
invited us to go to play football."
"Football!"
"Yeah, want
to?"
"Rose, we
might get dirty!"
"I know...but
all the guys are going, and Jack said he even got Dominique to go!"
"Alright..."
"He's picking
us up in a half hour," Rose said. "What should we wear?"
"I have no
idea...but I need to borrow something of yours."
"Okay..."
A half hour later
Jack was in his truck. Tonya and Rose ran out of Rose's house and got into his
truck.
"Hello
sweetheart," Jack said as he gave Rose a kiss. "Hey Tonya."
"Hi
Jack," she replied as she shut the door.
"Tommy,
Dominique, and Fabrizio are meeting us there," Jack said.
When they got to
the park they say Tommy and Fabrizio throwing the ball back and forth and
Dominique laying down on a blanket with her headphones on.
Rose and Tonya went
up to Dominique.
"Hey
Dom," Rose said.
Dominique took off
her headphones. "Hey guys. Are you ready to play?" she asked as she
stood up.
"Ready as I'll
ever be..." Tonya said.
It was time to pick
teams. Rose hoped she wouldn't get picked last again. But, she had an idea.
"Can I be a
captain?" Rose asked. There was a way to not get picked last.
"Sure, but I'm
first captain," Tommy said.
Rose nodded.
"Jack,"
Tommy said.
"Um I pick
Fabrizio."
"I got
Dominique," Tommy said.
"Tonya...you're
with us," Fabrizio said.
They were ready to
start. Tommy's team went first. He kicked it off and it went right to Rose.
Rose wasn't a good
player, but at least she knew how to play.
She ran with the
ball until Jack came up behind her and pulled her down.
"Jack! Now,
I'm all dirty," Rose said.
"Rose,
sometimes that happens in Football," Jack said as he gave her a kiss on
the cheek and stood up and then helped her up. Rose stuck her tongue out at
Jack and went back to her team.
After the game was
over they all went over to the big swing set.
"Aw are we
gonna swing?" Tommy asked.
"Yeah, it
looks like fun," Dominique said.
They all got on a
swing.
"I love doing
this, it feels like flying," Rose said.
"I
know..." Tonya said.
"I bet I can
go the highest," Dominique said.
"No way,"
Tommy said as he started to punch harder.
After they were
done swinging, it was time to go home. Everybody was going home in Dominque's
car, except for Jack and Rose. They were happy to get some time alone.
As Jack was driving
her home he said, "Thanks again for that cool art set you gave me
yesterday."
"Thank you for
that necklace you gave me."
Jack looked over at
her and smiled. "You're welcome."