JACK AND ROSE PRESENT TIME 2: JUNIOR YEAR
Chapter Two
Rose entered P.E. with a worried face. What
was this going to be like? Having friends and enemies with her...they even had
a mean gym teacher, Mr. Lovejoy. Rose had heard he was one of the toughest
teachers around.
"Hey Rose," Jack said, coming
towards her. "How was Math?"
Rose smiled. "Fine, except I hardly know
anyone." Math class had been a complete disaster. She didn't have any
friends at all in that class. But, it was okay. As long as she got to see Jack
a lot, she'd be fine.
"Everyone take their seat in
alphabetical order!" Mr. Lovejoy yelled over the commotion of all of the
teenagers.
Luckily, Dawson and DeWitt Bukater were right
next to each other. Rose and Jack sat down on the floor, Jack caressing her
hand softly. He loved being with her life this, even if they were at school.
"Sit down Mr. Ryan!" Mr. Lovejoy
snapped. This guy was mean! Everything they heard about this teacher was
bad...really bad. And, everything they heard was right.
"Starting tomorrow," the teacher
said. "You will be dressing out for my class. If you do not participate
you will fail..." Lovejoy looked over at Dominique who was putting on
lipstick. "That includes you, Miss Parker." Dominique quickly put her
make-up back into her small purse.
"What's up with this guy?" Jack whispered
to Rose.
"Would you like to share that comment
with the class, Mr. Dawson?" He asked sarcastically.
Jack starred at this guy. He had heard
stories about him, but this was the first time that he had seen him face to
face. In a weird way...he looked familiar.
"I was just saying what a great teacher
I heard you were." Mr. Lovejoy could catch the sarcasm in Jack's voice as
the rest of the kids laughed.
Rose was surprised that Jack had enough guts,
but then she remembered last year's Math class. It had been fun. Jack asked her
on her first date in that class. She would never forget it as long as she
lived.
"I can't wait until this day is
over," Jack said to Rose, after Lovejoy had turned around. "I just
wanna go home and lay in my bed..."
"You always lay in your bed!" Rose
said with a slight laugh.
Jack playfully punched her in the arm. Then,
he looked sweetly at her and ran his fingers through her hair. He was glad she
wore her hair down today. He loved it when her red hair fell freely down her shoulders.
Jack was about to kiss her when...
"Hey Jack!" Tommy yelled from
behind. "This is P.E., not Sex Ed."
Jack started to laugh and kissed Rose
anyways. They weren't supposed to kiss in school, but neither of them really
cared at all. After everything that had happened to them, nothing like that
mattered anymore.
Finally the bell rang, and they all went to
their next class. *****
"Well, I guess school went okay
today," Jack said at the dinner table, after Ruth had asked them how their
day went.
"That's good to hear," Ruth
replied. "Do you have any classes with Caledon Hockley?"
"Yes!" Rose said. "I have two
classes with him. It totally sucks."
Jack saw the worried look on Ruth's face.
"Don't worry, Ruth, I'll be there for Rose. I always will be."
"I'm going out of town this
weekend," Ruth said with a yawn. "I trust you two will be on your
best behavior for Sarah."
Rose smiled at her mother. "We
will."
"I'm gonna go take a nice long
bath," Rose said, getting up from her chair. She felt so tired. She was
just glad that the first day of school was out of the way. Maybe this year
would be a lot of fun and less problems.
Rose went upstairs to her own bathroom. She
took off her clothes and threw them into the next room, onto her bed. As she
started to turn on the water, she felt Jack come up from behind and wrap his
arms around her.
"You're not trying to take a bath
without giving me a kiss first, are you?" He asked with a smile on his
face.
Rose giggled and kissed him lovingly on his
lips. "Why don't you get in here with me?"
Another smile spread across Jack's face.
"I thought you'd never ask."