FEELINGS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Chapter Nine

Months passed, and Rose and Ben argued more than ever. Ben was a very jealous man, but he didn’t spend any time with Rose. She was just tired of trying to make it work. She didn’t love him, and sometimes even hated him. They were invited to a party and thought about not going, but they finally decided to go.

When they got there, their security guards pushed photographers out of the way. They barely managed to get into the party. As they walked around, they would smile and pretend nothing was wrong and talk to friends. As Rose was talking to a girl, she felt someone poke her shoulder.

"Hey, weirdo!" Jack yelled. She turned around and smiled. She had not felt so happy in a long time. She hugged him and kissed him on the cheek.

"Goof, I have missed you! How are you?" she asked, smiling.

"Just around, and a bit sad because I haven’t seen you in a while," he said, smiling and still holding her hand. Ben walked to them and looked at Rose.

"Oh, Jack, I think you have already seen him, but if you don’t remember, this is my husband, Ben," Rose said, looking at Ben and Jack. Jack shook his hand, and Ben gave him a weak smile.

"Well, you sure have changed a bit, Jack. The last time I saw you, you were at that party. You look older, in a good way," Ben said. He noticed that Rose was just staring at Jack and that Jack was just staring at her. Both had huge smiles on their faces.

"Well, it was nice talking to you, Jack, but Rose and I have to go talk to some people," Ben said, and grabbed Rose’s hand. She managed to wave at Jack and give him a smile.

As they were walking, Ben grabbed her arm harder.

"What will people say if they see you hugging and kissing Jack Dawson? Another romance rumor?" he asked angrily.

"Don’t be jealous! He is just my friend," she said.

"Oh, yeah, just a friend that you talk to all the time, with very pretty blue eyes. I’m not stupid, Rose!"

"I don’t care what you or anybody says anymore! I’m sick of this! I want to go home now!" Rose said, and headed for the door.

*****

A few months passed, and Jack was sitting in a chair on his movie’s set. The cast and crew were on a break and were watching television. The news was on, and Jack was about to change it when he saw Rose’s face.

"Well, maybe when they say Hollywood marriages don’t last…there is nothing more true than that. After just one year and a half of being married, Rose Bukater and Ben Stone have called it quits. They are divorced, and nobody really knows the reason or what went wrong," the reporter said, and Jack almost fell. He smiled and quickly wiped it away.

*****

Jack went to Rose’s house and was more nervous than ever. She opened the door and was shocked to see him.

"Jack? Jack, what are you doing here? Are you sure nobody is following you?" Rose asked.

"I don’t know, but then again, I don’t care. Rose, I heard what happened. I’m sorry about you and Ben," he said, and she looked away.

"It’s okay, Jack. I guess it wasn’t meant to be with Ben," she said, looking sad.

"Does it make you sad?" he asked.

"No. I’m just tired of trying to find that one guy, you know. Everything seems to end so quickly. I guess what I’m trying to say is that I’m not happy," she said, and Jack touched her hand.

"Would you like a friend’s company?" he asked, giving her a shy smile.

"Yes. I would like that. I think that would help me a lot," she said, and Jack stepped into her house. The radio was on and the house seemed empty. He sat on the couch, and she sat next to him. They stayed quiet for a while, staring at each other. He smiled at her, grabbed her hand, and placed it inside his. She smiled back at him, looked into his eyes, and felt like her heart wanted to jump out. Everything inside her was wanting him and needing him. After all this time, she still felt so much for him, and she didn’t know how to get rid of those feelings. He looked at her and noticed the look in her eyes.

We are idiots. We are stupid. We are always with someone else, and yet we want to be together, he thought to himself. A song started to play on the radio. It was Let’s Make Love, by Faith Hill and Tim McGraw. Jack smiled and got closer to her.

"Rose, what have you thought about these past years? What has been on your mind?" he asked, and his smile became a serious look.

"I don’t know…what do you mean?" she asked nervously as he got closer.

"Who do you think about?"

"I…think about a lot of different people. Why do you ask?"

"I don’t know…I was hoping you would say me. That sounds a bit arrogant, but I was hoping this because I feel like fool. All I think about is you and that night. You are always on my mind." He said and she became even more nervous.

"Jack…no…please, don’t do this to me. Don’t play with me." Rose said getting up.

"But I’m not playing with you. I have been playing with my feelings and I have been trying to hide them for to long." He said and stood up and got next to her.

"What are you talking about Jack?"

"What you and me have been feeling." He said laying his hands of her arms. "Remember that day when we had to shoot that love scene?" he asked.

"I…yes I remember. What about it?"

"Do you remember I was acting strange and wouldn’t even look at you?"

"Yes, I remember, but what does that have to do with anything?"

"That day I thought I could handle making that scene with you, but I couldn’t. I had made many of the same love scenes and yet I couldn’t with you. It was just too much."

"Why?"

"Because I wanted to be with you, I wanted that scene to be real. I wanted to make all those cameras disappear and have you…all of you. But I knew I was wrong…Regina didn’t deserve for me to think about you like that. I forced myself to forget about you, but I couldn’t. I could feel you in my soul." He said with passion in his eyes.

"Jack, where are you trying to go with this?" she asked with tears in her eyes. "Why did you come?"

"That night I went to my apartment and I made love to Regina."

"Okay why are you telling me this?" she asked and pushed him away.

"Because the whole time I was thinking of you, no matter what I did you were on my mind. I closed my eyes and imagined it was you who I was kissing." he said getting closer to her again and grabbing her arms.

"But I knew that already, deep down I knew that, but I gave you a choice that night in England and you said nothing." She said crying.

"I know, I was a coward, I was worried about my career. But I can’t hide it anymore it’s just too much. After the movie I was hoping time and the distance would help me forget you, but it didn’t. Time hasn’t managed to make me forget you I still have the taste of your lips." He said and pulled her next to him and kissed her with all his might. She kissed him back and touched his face. She let go of him and looked at him.

"I love you. I have loved you since I first saw you. I love you Jack always have." She said and kissed him back. He rapped his arms around her and kissed her back with all his love and passion. She stopped kissing him even though she didn’t want to stop. He looked at her confused and his eyes asked why she had stopped. She held one of his hands and pulled him towards her room and just like the song said Rose said it with her eyes. When they got there Jack started to kiss her again and rapped his hands around her waist. She rapped her arms around his neck. She started to unbutton his shirt and pulled him to her bed. Jack caressed her back and slowly took her clothes off. What he once wished was a reality was now a complete truth.

As the hours passed Jack and Rose laid on the bed. He had his arm rapped around her as she looked up at her ceiling. He started to play with her hair and got closer to her. He kissed her neck and laid on top of her.

"You don’t know how much I have dreamed of this moment, how much I have dreamed of holding you and touching you. You don’t know what you do to me, every time I see you. All I want to do is be with you until the cruel sun sends the moon away." he said and kissed her again. She kissed his neck and caressed his head. He started to run his hands down her back.

"Again Jack?" she asked smiling.

"Yes again and forever." He said smiling and kissed her.

*****

The next morning Jack woke up and searched for Rose with his hand but didn’t find her by his side. He got up and found his clothes and put them on. He walked through her house and finally found her outside. She was sitting down next to her pool and had her feet in the water. He sat next to her and wrapped his arm around her. He kissed her cheek and she looked at him.

"What’s wrong Rose?" he asked.

"Jack I have been thinking and I love you, but…"

"No please no buts!" Jack said standing up.

"Jack this is just to sudden. What are we going to tell the media? Huh? You said it your self, the media will tear us apart. I just don’t want to be another celebrity couple. Do you know what I mean?" she said standing up and he hugged her.

"Don’t worry Rose. We’ll figure something out, don’t worry about it. We’ll be together no matter what." He said and she believed him and buried her face in his chest.

Chapter Ten
Stories