THEN YOU LOOK AT ME
Chapter Ten
Rose's Diary
Seattle, Washington
August 2000
My Dear Diary--
I am so, so, happy I remembered to pack you along! I thought I had forgotten,
but I was looking for a shirt and I found you! LOL. Wow. Oh my gosh, the past
few days have been so awesome. Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow,
wow, wow, wow, wow, and wow. It's Tuesday and the days before just seem like a
blur. Let's see...Jack and I got into Seattle on Sunday, at about noon. We got
our hotel room (he he...you know, the one with the one bed...the one where they
think we are married) and "moved in." Its been nice, just us around
for once. Yeah, I know that you are dying to know one thing. Have you and Jack
"done it" yet!?!?! LOL. Hmm, well, no. We have been sleeping in the
same bed. And we have been "snuggling" while we sleep. But we haven't
done anything yet. It's been hard, though. And I don't think just for me. I
think its been hard for Jack, too. I mean, there have been a few times when I
have almost started something, and the same goes for Jack. Sigh. We were asking
for trouble when we got the one bed, I think. Oh well, whatever happens,
happens. Right?
I always thought I would be a virgin until
I got married. But dear Lord, Diary, that imagine is fading quickly. I want to
make love to Jack. I want him to love me back as well. Gosh, this is so hard. I
know about the consequences; I've had then drilled into my head since I was in
the sixth grade. That's what happens when you go to a Catholic School. But Jack
is just so wonderful, diary. I can't imagine being with anyone but him anymore.
I can't see myself making love to anyone but him. Every time I dream, he is
there. He is always in my head. I just, wow, I think I may be a little obsessed
with him. Ugh. I am just rambling on now. Hmm. Lets see. What have we done?
Well, all yesterday and this morning we toured the campus. Jack arranged for a
private tour and we got someone to take us around on a little golf-cart type
thing. LOL. I felt kind of stupid, but it was still so much fun. The campus is
wonderful; so beautiful, diary. I know Jack and I are going to love it there.
This afternoon we went and walked around downtown Seattle, you know, Pike Place
Market and all that. I'd been there a few times before, but being there with
Jack was something new. He made everyone so much more fun and exciting. He he.
We saw the men throwing fish! That was so awesome. One time they threw it right
over our heads. LOL. We are going back tomorrow just to see them do that again,
only this time we are bringing the video camera (which we have been using a lot
lately! LOL, we are going to come back with like fifty tapes). On the way back
to the hotel (it was late, by the way, since we stopped for dinner) we found
this dance club and stopped in there. We only stayed an hour, but it was kind
of fun being in a place like that. Hmm, Jack is in the shower now. He claimed
he smelled like fish and I laughed at that. We are going to watch a movie and
then head to bed once he comes out. Happy Sigh. I think I am heading toward
heaven Diary. I'm floating on air...la la la la. LOL Okay, Rose...calm down.
I'm am going to put this away now. Night!
The next day, Wednesday...
Diary--
He he he. I have had the most awesome day
of all! Oh, my goodness. Let's see, it started out by Jack waking me up with
breakfast in bed. I had never had anyone do that for me, and my gosh it was
wonderful. He brought up cinnamon rolls from a little bakery close to our hotel
and along with that were fresh mocha's. He hopped back into bed next to be and
we ate together, just looking out the window at the Seattle skyline. It was so
nice. I think I was on a happiness high all day just because of that. Anyway,
after all that lovely stuff we showered and got dressed and then set out for our
first full day in downtown Seattle. The first thing we did was walk down to the
monorail boarding area and jumped on that, where we rode it to the Pacific
Science Center. Once we were inside the huge center area, we went through every
one of the exhibits, one by one. LOL. They have this sort of greenhouse area
that has just about every sort of butterfly you could imagine fluttering around
inside of it. One landed on the tip of my nose and Jack got a picture before it
flew off. My favorite though, was inside where they had all these experimental
things and fun little things that seemed like games. There was even a set of
table and chairs that was at least twenty, maybe thirty feet tall! Jack and I
climbed up with the video camera and filmed from the very top. He he. It was so
much fun. They even had this room where you would stand against this green wall
and this flash would go off. Then you would move away and a shadow picture of
your form would be on the wall. It only lasted a few moments after you stepped
away, but it was still awesome. After the Science Center, we got in line for
the Space Needle, which is close to the center. We rode to the top and ate
lunch in the little restaurant they have up there. I never did like high
places, but being up there with Jack made me feel safe and I completely forgot
about being afraid.
We also went back to the Market and
watched the men throw fish again. LOL. There were so many people around
watching with us. They just kept wrapping this fresh fish up and throwing it to
the next person who would either put this sticker type thing on or would put it
in a crate. I was hoping they would be filming a commercial for their company,
as they sometimes do, and that Jack and I could be in it. But they weren't. It
was still fun to be down there though. And we went through the rest of the
Market as well. It was so crowded! And there are so many shops! Goodness, we
couldn't go into all of them in one day. Even if we tried, it would be really
hard. There were so many smells too! Fish and other sorts of food, candles,
animals (from the trading things they had going on with chickens and ducks),
fresh wood, salt water, even smells from a bakery. It was so crazy. Oh, but so
much fun. I had a blast.
After all that, we spend the rest of the afternoon shopping LOL. I must have
dragged Jack into ten dozen different stores, but I don't think he minded. He
was smiling and laughing the whole time. We both had a lot of fun. I got a
couple of cute things for Mollie and I managed to get a rare CD that Liza has
been wanting. I still haven't found the perfect thing for Sara yet. She's hard
to buy for, LOL.
It hasn't rained yet. The whole time we
have been here it's been sunny and quite warm. And I probably just jinxed the
weather, but who cares? I've got Jack by my side, and nothing else matters to
me right now. And I do literally mean right by my side, he he. He is lying next
to me in bed, his head leaning against my waist, and he is clicking the remote
for the TV every few moments. Oh, now he just looked over and started teasing
me about always writing in this thing. LOL. I do love him. Jack says he is
getting tired, so I had better go. I love sleeping in his arms and falling
asleep with him. Happy sigh. Did I mention that I love Jack? He he. All right,
okay, I'm going. Good night.