JACK AND ROSE: PRESENT TIME
Chapter
Fifty-Two
Rose looked happily
around her history classroom. This was the last time she'd be here. She felt
relieved, yet sad. She would miss all of the good times she had with Tommy in
this class. She'd also miss Mr. Andrews.
"Hey,"
Tommy said. "What time are you going to Dom's party tonight?"
Rose looked over at
him. "We're going over at seven. It's gonna be so awesome!"
They were talking
about Dominique's 'End of the School Year Blast'. Rose ran her fingers through
her hair. "I can't wait!"
"Rose,"
Mr. Andrews said. "Will you bring your text book up please?"
Rose smiled and
picked up her book. As she handed it to him, she noticed something. He was her
favorite teacher she had ever had. She just never knew it.
Rose smiled at him
and handed him her book. She went back to her seat just in time for the bell to
ring.
Tommy and Rose
raced out of the classroom after saying a goodbye to Mr. Andrews. Right when
they entered the hall, they saw Dominique and Jack coming there way.
"They you
two," Dominique said in a happy voice. "Tommy, you coming
tonight?"
"Of course I
am," Tommy said. "I never miss a wild party."
Jack put his arm
around Rose and gave her a quick kiss. "Only an hour left of school,"
Jack said.
Rose smiled.
"I know..." Rose trailed off as she saw who was coming closer.
"Hey
guys," Cal said. "I heard about the shooting, Jack," Cal said
quitely. Rose thought for a second that Cal actually cared. But, just for a
second. "Next time, you should be a man and not be stupid enough to get
mad at Tony Dawson."
"You act as if
you know him personally," Jack said.
"I do, in
fact," Cal replied. "I bought some weed from him a while back. Good
buisness man."
Dominique rolled
her eyes. "Come on you guys, we gotta get to class."
They all left Cal
alone to his thoughts. He stood there, thinking. Maybe he was a little to hard
on Dawson, but he figured Jack deserved it. Jack was the one who took away the
girl of his dreams. "Yeah..." Cal thought. "Jack deserved
it."
"Oh
shit!" They heard Tommy say. Then they heard what he was hearing. It was
on the intercom. It was Tommy singing! "Let me see that thong..."
"I'm gonna
kill him!" Tommy said. Fabrizio had gotten him good this time!
Jack, Rose, and
Dominque continued to laugh as Tommy ran off. "Tommy has one heck of a
voice," Dominque said.
At The Party...
"Oh my gosh!
Rose, I love your dress," Dominique said as Rose and Jack came through the
door.
"Thanks Dom.
Yours is cute, too."
Dominique smiled
and then her face lighted up. "I have to tell you two something..."
She said, lowering her voice. "Don't tell Tommy I told you...but Alexia
told me that they did it for the first time last night!"
Jack and Rose
looked at each other. "Oh my gawd!" Jack said. He had no idea that
Tommy was so in to her.
"Are you
serious, Dom?" Rose asked.
"Of course I
am! Isn't that weird? I mean, you know them being together."
Rose shook her
head. "Totally weird."
"Did you
invite him?" Jack asked, looking over at a dancing Cal.
Dominique shook her
head with disgust. "Hell no! You will never believe it. Him and Katie are
going together!"
"Really?"
Rose asked. "Katie could do so much better."
Dominique nodded in
agreement. "Well, I gotta go make sure the house is staying in one piece.
You two have fun!" She said before she went off.
"Do you wanna
dance?" Jack asked, not seeming to into it.
Rose shrugged her
shoulders. "I dunno...do you wanna go for a walk instead?" Jack could
sense that Rose needed to talk to him.
Jack smiled and
said, "Sure. I want to make sure that we stay clear of Cal tonight."
So, he took her hand and they walked out the back door.
Rose and Jack
enjoyed the nice breeze.
"Jack?"
Rose started. "Have you ever wanted to tell someone something so bad, but
when you tell them you think that they'll take it bad."
Jack smiled and put
his arm around her. "Rose, whatever it is we'll go through it
together."
"I wouldn't
know how to tell..."
"Rose, just
tell me."
"I'm
pregnet."
Jack's eyes widened
and he suddenly felt like he was going to faint. "I...I...I need to sit
down," Jack said.
They both took a
seat on the curb. Rose kept her eyes looking straight into Jack's.
"How could
this happen?" Jack said. "We were always so careful."
Rose shrugged her
shoulders. "I don't know." Rose suddenly got scared. Jack was being
so mean. Was he just going to abandon her and their baby.
"Are you
sure?" Jack asked.
"Well my
period is five weeks late and I took the test...but I havn't been to a
docter."
"I'm sorry
Jack," Rose said as she started to cry.
Jack cradled Rose
in his arms. "Rose, don't worry, honey. We'll get through this, alright? I
promise."
There was silence
for a moment.
"Do you wanna
get one of those abortion things?" Jack asked.
Rose looked back at
Jack. "I could never to that, Jack. It's our baby. Our baby."
"So what do
you want to do?" Jack asked.
"I just wanna
keep it a secret for while. Not telling anybody, especially Mom and John. We
just need to think things through."