MY HEART BELONGS TO YOU
Chapter Fifteen
After a passionate night, Rose lay in Jack's
arms. "The children are quiet, aren't they?" Rose whispered.
"Mm, hmm," Jack mumbled, resting
his head gently against Rose's.
"I should go check on them," Rose
said.
"They're fine. Let's just lay here a
couple more minutes," Jack said.
"Well, the last time you said that,
Jack, we ended up staying the whole day in bed," Rose said.
"Well, you never know when Kyle or
Samantha are going to walk through the door, and want to climb in bed with
us," Jack said.
Rose yawned. "You're right, Jack, but I
still would like to go and see how they are doing. I know you do, too."
Jack smiled. "You amaze me, Rose."
Rose smiled and got out of bed. "Come,
husband, a new day has come. Let's enjoy it," Rose said, pulling Jack out
of bed.
"How?" Jack asked.
"How about a picnic?" Rose asked.
"Sounds fun," Jack said.
"I know that they are a little young,
but they will enjoy it," Rose said, and opened the door to their rooms.
The door creaked, and the room revealed the
sun shining on the cribs. Rose looked over Samantha's and Jack looked over
Kyle's.
"Hello, Sam." Rose said, and she
smiled back at her mother with a giggle.
Kyle was smiling also, as his eyes shone into
Jack's. "Are you two ready for your milk this morning?" Jack asked,
holding Kyle, and looking over Rose's shoulder to talk to Samantha.
Samantha smiled, and lay against Rose's
shoulder. Kyle started to cry, and Jack patted him on the back.
"Oh, someone is hungry," Jack said.
The two descended the stairs, and Jack sat down, still holding Kyle.
"Here, Jack, you can hold them both
while I make their bottles," Rose said, handing Jack Samantha.
Rose then went into the kitchen, and started
to turn on the oven. Jack looked at his children. It was amazing; at the age of
six months, they both showed so many different expressions. Yet they weren't
speaking, or crawling, it was still unbelievable.
"Here Jack, I'll hold Kyle, and you can
hold Sam," Rose said, handing Jack a bottle of warm milk.
"All right, Kyle, here is breakfast.
There, that's it," Rose sweet-talked to her son.
She decided to make it last now, since you
never know when you will be able to have another chance.
*****
"How long has it been since we went
swimming?" Jack asked Rose as they lay down with their children.
"It's been a while," Rose said.
"Well, why don't we make the best of it,
and take the children in for a swim?" Jack asked excitedly.
"I don't really have a decent swimming
outfit to wear, Jack," Rose said with a chuckle.
"Well, you can just wear that,"
Jack said, pointing to what Rose was wearing.
"Jack, are you joking? I couldn't
possibly go swimming in this," Rose said.
"Yeah, you can," Jack said.
"Jack!" Rose said, laughing.
"Please, Rose? Please?" Jack asked,
kneeling and talking like a five-year-old.
"Well, all right, but no splashing,"
Rose said.
"Yes, Mother," Jack said. Jack took
off his socks and boots, and took off Kyle's clothes. "All right, Kyle,
are you ready to learn how to swim?" Jack asked, holding Kyle. Kyle just
looked at the water as it came closer to him. "Oh, this is cold!"
Jack said with a yell.
Rose laughed as she took off her shoes, and
her daughter's clothes. "How cold is it?" Rose asked.
Jack dipped Kyle in so his hips and below
were in the water. "Not that cold. Kyle doesn't seem to mind," Jack
said.
"All right. Here we come," Rose
said. Rose carried Samantha into the water. "Oh, it is kind of cold."
"You get used to it after you have been
in a while," Jack said, as he swirled Kyle around in the water.
"Samantha and Kyle both seem to like the
water, don't they," Rose said.
"Yeah, they do." Jack came closer
to Rose. Kyle and Samantha yawned. "I think it is time for some people to
take a nap," Jack said, kissing Samantha on the cheek.
"I suppose," Rose said.
Rose went out of the water, and looked at her
dress. The dress was not all wet, and it seemed that it would dry really
quickly. On the other hand, Jack's clothes were completely soaked. Rose
laughed, and she went over to the laundry poles to grab some towels. She
wrapped up Samantha, and then handed two to Jack. Jack bundled up Kyle, and
dried his hair a little.
"It's amazing, Jack, how you can get
wetter than both of the children combined," Rose said, shaking her head.
"Oh, just wait after we put Kyle and
Samantha to bed. Then, you'll be changing your mind about THAT statement,"
Jack said.
"Oh, will see about that MISTER
Dawson."
Rose then opened the back door, setting down
the picnic basket on the kitchen counter. Jack followed Rose up to Kyle and
Samantha's room. They dried each of the children, and placed a long shirt over
each of them. Rose kissed Samantha on her cheek, and closed the door while Jack
followed her out. The two stared at each other. Rose ran down the stairs
laughing.
"You can never escape from me, little
girl! Ha, ha, ha!" Jack said in an evil voice, chasing after Rose. Rose
then tripped and Jack picked her up.
"No, no! Jack, no, stop! Put me down!
No, no Jack, not the water!" Rose yelled.
Jack walked across the dock. "One, two,
three!"
Jack let go of Rose, and she went into the
water. She swam to the top taking a big gulp of air, and choking on water. Her
hair was straight, and her dress was now completely soaked. Jack jumped in, and
started to swim towards Rose.
"That wasn't funny! Look at me, I'm
completely soaked!" Rose said, splashing water towards Jack.
"Hey, remember now, no splashing."
Jack splashed Rose. Rose started to laugh and splash Jack.
"Well, well, if it ain't Mr. and Mrs.
Dawson," a voice came from behind.
Jack and Rose turned around to see Teddy and
Hannah standing there. Jack and Rose looked at each other.
"Hey, Teddy, how long has it been since
you went for a swim?" Jack asked.
"Oh, a while. Why?" Teddy asked.
"Well, I think that you should,"
Jack said, and pulled Teddy in. Hannah started to laugh hysterically.
"What are you laughing at, Hannah?"
Rose asked, and splashed her.
Hannah was shocked. She started at Rose, and
Jack started to laugh.
"You brat! You're going to pay for
that!" Hannah yelled, and jumped in.
"Run, Rose, run!" Jack yelled.
Hannah caught Rose and dunked her under.
"Hey! Hannah, it was only a
splash." Rose laughed.
"Now look what you made me do. I'm all
wet now," Hannah said.
"It's your own fault." Rose
laughed.
"Wow!" Jack said.
"What?" Teddy asked.
"Something just touched my leg,"
Jack said, looking around.
"It must have been a fish," Hannah
said.
"There it is again," Jack said.
Rose started to come closer.
"That is some fish," Teddy said.
Suddenly, Jack was pulled under.
"Jack!" they all yelled.
Jack then came back up with Donald by his
side. "Got you!" Donald laughed.
"Where is Jessica?" Rose asked.
"Right here!" Jessica yelled, and
then jumped in.
She started to swim towards them. Then Kevin
and Rachel were in the water, and a whole water war assembled against the boys
and girls. In the end, everyone was completely soaked, and ended up going
inside the Dawson's to drink lemonade.