JACK AND ROSE: PRESENT TIME
Chapter
Forty
Rose smiled as she
looked at herself in the mirror in her new blue bikini. She had her hair up in
a french braid, and her fingernails matched her bikini.
"Hey, who's
that beauitful woman?" Jack asked coming in to Rose's bedroom.
Rose smiled at him.
"When is everybody coming over?"
"They should
be here in a few minutes."
The whole gang was
coming over to their house to go swimming. But, Jack had to tell Rose who else
was coming.
"Rose? Umm is
that okay if Tommy's bringing Alexia?" Jack expected Rose to get angry and
yell. But, she didn't.
"Great, we
need to get to know her better."
"Really?
So.." Jack paused. "Are you two getting along?"
Rose smiled.
"Yeah, she's not that bad."
Just then they
heard the doorbell ring. They both raced downstairs to open the door to find
their friends.
"Hey
guys," Fabrizio said, coming in.
They all walked out
into Rose's backyard. Jack started to think about the past. He started to think
about Rose. Their first date, their first kiss. Everything. Jack wasn't too
worried about the attacker anymore. It had been four weeks since then. Even though
they never caught him, Jack felt that Rose was now safe.
"Oh, Alexia! I
love those sunglasses!" Dominique said.
"Thanks,"
she replied politely.
Fabrizio looked
down into the water. It looked pretty cold. When he wasn't looking, Dominique
came up behind him and pushed him in. Everybody laughed.
"Very
funny," Fabrizio said, coming out of the water.
After about two
minutes, everybody was in the pool. "Do you guys wanna play tag?"
Alexia asked.
"Tag?"
Fabrizio asked.
"Yeah, freeze
tag. When you gotta swim under their legs to un-tag them."
"Oh,
okay!" Fabrizio said, thinking of Dominique.
"Not it!"
Tommy yelled.
So did everybody
else, but the last one to say it was Fabrizio.
"Poor
Fabri," Jack said, splashing water in his face.
Everybody scattered
out. Fabrizio chased Rose and Tommy for a while. He finally managed to tag
Rose.
"Jack!"
Rose yelled to Jack, who was near her. He swam underwater under Rose's legs.
Tommy spaced out.
He was glad that Alexia was getting along with his friends now, becasue he
really liked her. He reminded her so much of...
Tommy's train of
thought was interrupted by giggles of Jack and Rose.
"Oh Jack, not
here," Rose said. Tommy rolled his eyes at their sexual contact. He looked
over at Alexia who was swimming by Dominique, both getting chased by Fabrizio.
He smiled.
"Tommy watch
out!" Dominique said as Fabrizio swam torward him. Tommy of course swam
faster.
"Where's Jack
and Rose?" Alexia asked.
Tommy pointed to a
lay-down lawnchair which had Jack and Rose making out on. "Hey! Tommy
said. "Isn't it enough that you sleep with each other every night?"
"Shh,"
Rose said. "My mother don't know that."
Jack smiled at
Rose. He was so lucky to have a girl like her. He really was.
"I love you,
Rose."
"I love you,
too," Rose said. "I'll be right back, I gotta go splash Tommy,"
Rose said. "Don't leave."
Leave?
He couldn't think
of any other place he'd rather be.