JACK AND ROSE: PRESENT TIME
Chapter
Twenty-Three
Jack woke up
holding Rose in his arms. He smiled and kissed her gently. He looked around the
room and saw Fabrizio sleeping on the hard floor. Dominique was sleeping in the
other room, and Tommy was on the other bed.
Jack looked at the
clock. It was 6:00 AM. He decided to take a shower.
After he was done,
he got dressed for the day. He saw Rose stirring in her sleep. He whispered her
name and she opened her eyes.
"Good morning
beautiful," Jack said.
Rose rubbed her
eyes. "Good morning cutie," she said as she stood up and walked to
the bathroom.
When she came out
Jack asked her, "Do you have any nail polish?"
Rose laughed.
"Why?"
"Do you?"
Rose nodded and
went to her bag. She got out some red nail polish and handed it to Jack.
"Shh, come
here," Jack said as he took her hand. They sat by Fabrizio, who was still
sound asleep on the floor.
Jack started to
paint his nails, with Rose laughing.
"Oh, Fabrizio
looks so pretty," Jack said when he was done in a girlish voice.
Rose started to
laugh harder. Since it was almost 8:00 AM, and they had nothing else to do,
they decided to go swimming.
Rose and Jack got
on their suits and went to the pool they had on the ship.
Rose and Jack both
thought back to their first date at Rose's house, and their first kiss.
They did what they
did on their first date, they held hands and jumped in at the same time. It was
cold.
They swam around
for a while, enjoying each other's company.
Then, they saw
Fabrizio and Dominique coming their way in their swimming suits.
They jumped in and
swam to Rose and Jack.
"Where's
Tommy?" Rose asked.
"He said he
needed more rest," Fabrizio replied.
Jack started to
laugh as he looked at Fabrizio's nails, which he obviously hadn't noticed. Rose
started to laugh too.
"What?"
Dominique asked.
Rose whispered what
happened in Dominique's ear and she also started to laugh. Jack finally pointed
to Fabrizio's nails.
"What
the?" Fabrizio questioned.
"When? Why?
How?" Fabrizio asked as he looked down at his painted finger nails.
"While you
were sleeping," Rose said through her laughter.
Fabrizio smiled
slightly. "Don't worry, I'll get you guys back."
After about an
hour, they all got out of the pool. "Jack, do you think the ordeal with
Cal is over?" Rose asked.
Jack shrugged.
"I dunno Rose, I just don't know. But one thing's for sure, whatever
happens, we'll go through it together."
Rose smiled. She
had total trust in Jack, but she knew what kind of a man Caledon Hockley was.