MORE THAN THAT
Chapter Eleven
Jack looked at her hair blowing in the wind.
He thought his eyes were playing tricks on him, but he was seeing the real
thing.
"Stay back! Don't move any closer!"
Rose turned to him, her green eyes glowing. Jack had been smoking, the
cigarette butt still in his hand. He moved closer, motioning that he was going
to throw the cigarette out. He threw it over the railing.
"Rose, take my hand. I'll pull you
over," he said, moving closer.
"No! Stay back, Jack! I mean it! I'll
let go!" Rose leaned more towards the ocean.
Jack touched his chin. "No, you
won't."
"What do you mean, no I won't? Don't
tell me what I will and will not do! You don't know me! Ugh!" Rose yelled.
"You would have done it already. Come
on, Rose. Take my hand."
"You're distracting me. Go away!"
"I can't. I'm involved now. You let go,
and I'm gonna have to jump down after you."
"You are talking crazy, Jack! You'll be
killed!"
"You'll get killed also. I'm not looking
forward to jumping in after you, but like I said, I'm too involved now. You
jump, I jump."
"You're crazy!" she yelled out at
him.
"I'm not the one who wants to jump off
the bridge here." Rose rolled her eyes, looking down. "Come on. Give
me your hand, Rose. You don't want to do this." Rose looked at him,
knowing that he was right. She didn't want to die for a very long time.
Jack held out his hand, and she turned
around, trying not to fall. Rose took Jack's hand. It was cold. With his other
hand, he wiped the tears off her face, then rubbed her hands.
"Phew! That was a close one!" Jack
said. Rose smiled.
Rose stepped onto the railing as Jack was
pulling her up. The rail was slippery as she stepped onto it. Rose fell, but
Jack still had his grip on her hand, holding it tight now with both hands. She
dangled as she screamed at the top of her lungs.
"I'll pull you up, Rose!"
Rose tried lifting her legs up to touch the
railing, but she didn't get very far. She continued to scream.
"I need you to try to pull yourself up!
I won't let go!" Rose nodded at him. Jack continued to pull her up. Rose
helped by pulling herself up as well. Her hand reached the railing, and she
pulled up. Jack grabbed her around the waist, picking her up. Her arms were
around his neck, and he successfully got her over the rail.
Rose hugged him tightly, her tears getting on
his shirt. Jack stroked her hair, trying to calm her down.
"Thank you, Jack! Thank you!" she
said.
"Let me take you home." Rose nodded
her head. Jack picked her coat up off the ground and put it over her shoulders.
It was amazing how nobody was driving by to witness that. Maybe someone had and
didn't care.
Jack opened the passenger side door, and Rose
quietly got in. Jack drove off. He heard Rose crying the whole way. He wanted
to know what could have possibly happened to want to make her end her life.
He didn't have a CD player in his car, so he
just turned the radio on to drown out the silence.
I can see that you've been crying
You can't hide it with a lie
What's the use in you denying
The words you have at home
I heard him promise you forever
But forevers come and go
Baby, he would say whatever
It takes to keep you alive
Tell the truth between the lines
Oh, I will love you more than that
I won't say those words, then take them back
Don't give loneliness a chance
Baby, listen to me when I say
I will love you more than that
Baby, you deserve much better
What's the use in holding on
Don't you see it's now or never
Just why you can't be friends
Baby, knowing in the end
And I will love you more than that
I won't say those words, then take them back
Don't give loneliness a chance
Baby, listen to me when I say
There's not a day that passes by
I don't wonder why we haven't tried
It's not too late to change your mind
And take my hand, don't say good-bye
I will love you more than that
I won't say those words, then take them back
Oh, I will love you more than that
I won't say those words, then take them back
Don't give loneliness a chance
Baby, listen to me when I say
I will love you more than that
Oh, I will love you more than that
I won't say those words, then take them back
Don't give loneliness a chance
Baby, listen to me when I say
I will love you more than that.
He dropped Rose off. He waited for to get
inside the house. She waved and he left. He hoped Rose would never attempt
suicide again.
Song: More Than That
Artist: Backstreet Boys