JACK AND ROSE GOING TO EUROPE
Chapter Five
The Next Day
Rose woke up and
noticed that Jack was still sleeping. She carefully got out of bed so she would
not wake him. She walked over to the dresser, opened the top drawer, and pulled
out some underclothes. She closed the drawer, walked over to the wardrobe, and
grabbed a blue dress. She grabbed the book she was reading from the nightstand
and walked into the bathroom. She laid the underclothes on the toilet and hung
the dress on the hook on the door. She walked over to the bathtub and turned on
the water. As the bathtub was filling up, she got undressed. When the bathtub
was half-filled, she put some bath salts in the water. Turning the water off,
she got in. After taking a long bath, she washed her hair standing up, using
the shower. After she finished washing her hair, she turned the shower off.
Getting out of the bathtub, she slowly dried herself off and got dressed. She
then started to braid her hair.
Jack woke up and
noticed that Rose was not lying beside him. He got out of bed and knocked on
the bathroom door.
"Rose, are you
in there?"
"Yes,"
Rose replied. "Can you please help me braid my hair?"
"Sure,"
Jack replied, opening the bathroom door.
"Thank
you," Rose replied.
"You are
welcome," Jack replied, as he was braiding Rose's hair.
"Do you want
to go and eat now, or later?" Jack asked, as he was finishing braiding
Rose's hair.
"Now. I am
getting hungry," Rose replied. "Also, we are to meet my mother at the
second class dining room in fifteen minutes."
"Okay,"
Jack replied. "Well, I am done. I hope you like it."
Rose walked over to
the mirror. "I like it a lot."
"Let me get
dressed. Then we will go to the dining room."
Rose nodded her
head.
Jack walked over to
the wardrobe and grabbed a pair of pants and a white shirt. Since he was not
naked, he got dressed right there.
"Are you
ready?"
"Yes, I
am."
"Let's go,
then."
As they were
leaving, there was a knock on the door.
"I wonder who
that could be," Rose said as she was opening the door.
"Hi, Rose and
Jack," Ruth said.
"Hi,"
both Rose and Jack replied.
"Are you doing
anything right now?" Ruth asked.
"Yes, we are
about to get something to eat," Rose replied.
"I forgot we were
to meet for breakfast this morning. I already eaten. When you are done, please
stop by my cabin. There is something I want to tell you, and I think what I
tell you will make you happy. It is about possibly adopting two girls and two
boys. They are two set of twins."
Rose could not
believe it. She and Jack might become the parents of four children.
Jack could hardly
believe it either. "I can't believe we might become parents, a lot sooner
than I thought we would."
"Me, either,
but I am ready to have kids," Rose replied happily.
"Me,
too," Jack replied.
"I hope it
works out for you two," Ruth said.
"It has
to," Rose replied.
Ruth nodded her
head and said, "I will be going now."
Rose shut the door
and screamed with delight.
Jack hugged Rose.
"Do you still want to eat?" he asked.
"Yes, but I
don't know how much I will be able to eat," she replied.
"Let's go,
then," Jack replied.
A few minutes
later, they walked into the dining room.
"Where do you
want to sit?" Jack asked.
"How about by
the window?" Rose suggested.
"Good
idea," Jack replied.
They walked to a
table by the window and sat down.
"Can I help
you?" a waiter asked.
"Yes. Just
some hot cocoa and a piece of toast with butter," Jack replied.
"I will have
the same," Rose replied.
The waiter wrote
down their orders and left.
"I can still
hardly believe it," Rose said.
"Me, too. I
keep thinking I will wake up from a dream."
"That is how I
feel, too," Rose replied.
The waiter then
came back with Jack and Rose's hot cocoa and toast.
"I think this
is one of the best things that ever happened to us," Jack said.
"No, it is the
best thing that ever did happen to us," Rose corrected.
"You are
right. It is the best thing that ever did happen to us. Are you ready?"
"Yes, I
am," Rose replied.
"Let's
go," Jack said.
*****
The doctor examined
Cal, who remained unconscious.
Lucy walked in and
said, "Sorry I am late. My alarm clock did not go off."
"That is
okay," the doctor replied.
"Has there
been any change in him?" Lucy asked.
"No. He is
still unconscious, and is showing no signs of waking up anytime soon."
"Do you think
he will live?" Lucy asked.
"No, I
don't," the doctor replied.
"Do you want
me to stay here and keep an eye on him?" Lucy asked.
"No. You can
have the morning off. Just be sure you are back by 12:30."
"Okay,"
Lucy replied, leaving the ship's hospital.
*****
Rose and Jack
walked into their cabin and shut the door.
"Wait. We were
supposed to go to my mother's cabin after we were finished eating," Rose
said.
"We will,
after we celebrate becoming parents first," he replied as he started
kissing Rose.
Rose kissed Jack
back.
They were about to
take off each other's clothes when there was a knock at the door.
A bit upset, Rose
went to answer the door.
"Can I help
you?" she asked the middle-aged man standing at the door.
"No, but I
have a telegram for you," he said, handing the telegram to her.
Rose thanked him
and shut the door.
"What is it,
Rose?" Jack asked.
"Let's
see," Rose replied, opening the envelope. The telegram read: You are
three weeks pregnant.
Rose stood there in
shock.
Jack took the
telegram from Rose, who was frozen still. "Rose, this is great news. We
have been trying to have a baby since we were married over eight years
ago."
Rose recovered, and
replied, "I went to the doctor's for a blood test, about four days ago,
because I been feeling not too well. Now I know why."
Rose and Jack got
into bed, and ended up falling asleep in each other's arms.
*****
Five hours later,
Rose woke up. She shook Jack and said, "Wake up. We have to get dressed
and meet my mother at her cabin."
"Okay."
Jack sighed, getting out of bed.
Jack and Rose got
dressed in the same clothes they had on earlier.
"Are you
ready?" Jack asked.
"Yes, I
am," Rose replied.
"Okay. Let's
go," Jack replied, putting his arm around her waist.
They left their
cabin and headed for Ruth's cabin. Both of them could not wait to give Ruth the
good news.
Rose had a feeling
that she and Jack were about to become the parents of five children. Four
adopted and one biological child, who would be born nine months from now.