JACK AND ROSE: PRESENT TIME
Chapter
Twenty-Eight
The whole room was
filled with laughter. It was Saturday night and the whole gang was hanging out
at Fabrizio's house. They were all in his living room. Both of Fabrizio's
parents were out of town to a wedding, so they had the house to themselves.
"You guys, I'm
having so much fun! We never hang out at Fabri's house," Dominique
commented as she put her arm around Tommy.
"Do you guys
wanna all sleep over here tonight?" Fabrizio asked.
"Can we
really? That would be awesome!" Dominique replied.
"Yeah, my mom
and dad won't be back till tomorrow night," Fabrizio stated.
"Well, I'm
gonna call my mom and tell her I'm spending the night at Dom's," Rose said
as she reached for her cell phone out of her light blue bag. "My mom's
over at Jack's house, so I'll call there."
"Why is she
over there?" Dominique asked.
"She's having
dinner with Jack's uncle," Rose said, not really caring too much about it.
"Fabri, can I
use your phone?" Tommy asked.
Fabrizio nodded and
Tommy left the room. After Rose hung up, Dominique used her phone and called
her parents and said that she would be spending the night at Rose's house.
"Jack, are you
okay?" Rose asked as she noticed her boyfriend was staring into space.
"Yeah, it's
just that your mom and my uncle have gotten very close lately. They're like
boyfriend and girlfriend," Jack said.
"If they got
married, wouldn't that make you guys, like, related?" Tommy said as he
came back into the room.
Rose rolled her
eyes. "Do you think they're getting serious about each other?" Rose
asked Jack.
"Well, Rose,
they have been spending a lot of time together ever since I noticed that
picture, I dunno. My uncle loves it that he's dating his sister's best friend.
When my mom died, it really hurt," Jack said as he shrugged his shoulders.
Rose went over to
Jack and sat next to him. Jack wrapped his arms around Rose and kissed her on
the top of her head.
"I love
you," Jack said.
"I love you,
too," Fabrizio said as a joke.
"I love you
Jack," Rose said as she gave him a passionate kiss.
"Ah, that
gives me an idea," Fabrizio said. "Let's play Spin the Bottle!"
Even though Tommy
and Dominique didn't want to, they ended up playing it anyway. They were all in
a circle.
"I'll go
first," Fabrizio said. He spun and it landed on Tommy.
"Oh, no! I
ain't lettin' Fabrizio kiss me!" Tommy exclaimed.
"You have
to!" Dominqiue said with a laugh.
"No, I'm
not," Fabrizio said.
"Then you
gotta kiss the girl closest to me...Rose is the winner!" Tommy said.
Fabrizio smiled and
leaned over to kiss Rose. Jack felt a little uneasy about this. Jack was
shocked! The kiss was way longer than it had to be. It was even French!
Tommy looked over
to Jack. Dominique gave a disgusted look at Fabrizio.
"Rose!"
Dominique said. She put her hand over her mouth in shock.
"What?"
Rose asked cluelessly.
"We'll be
right back," Dominique said as she pulled Rose into Fabrizio's bathroom.
"Rose! What
the hell did you think you were doing?" Dominique yelled.
"What? It's
spin the bottle."
"Yes, Rose,
it's not make out with Fabrizio time! You kissed him for like a minute!"
"I did?"
Rose asked.
"Yu-huh!"
Dominique said. "Rose, I dunno what Jack's going to do, but I'm glad I'm
not in your shoes!" Dominique said as she left the bathroom.
Rose sat down on
the edge of the bath tub, stunned. She didn't mean to do that, Fabrizio was
just such a good friend, and she knew he hadn't had a girlfriend before, except
for Dominique.
Rose came out of
the bathroom and saw Jack sitting on the couch. She came up to him. She sat
down and looked into his beautiful blue eyes.
"Jack, I'm
sorry."
Jack smiled
slightly.
"Jack, it's
just that I guess Fabrizio's one of my best friends, life has been so hard
lately. With Tonya gone, I don't have that many good friends. I know Fabrizio
hasn't really had anyone since Dominique and everything, I just got caught up
in the game. I'm sorry."
This time, Jack
gave her a big smile. "I was never mad Rose, I know you love me."
Rose smiled and
hugged Jack. Their love was so strong, it would never fade.