LOVE IS MORE THAN A FEELING
Chapter Fourteen
It was now Christmas morning,
1912. Jack and Rose were still asleep.
Jack woke up first and looked over at his
wife. She looked so peaceful sleeping, but he couldn't help himself.
"Rose! Wake up!"
"Hmm?" Rose mumbled.
"Rose! It's Christmas morning!"
Rose finally opened her eyes and saw her
beautiful husband smiling at her.
"Jack...please. Just another few
minutes!" Rose whined.
"Rose...it's Christmas! Santa Claus
came!" Jack said like a little kid.
"Oh, Jack, I..."
Before Rose could finish, Jack put his finger
over her mouth. "No excuses, Rose," he said as he gave Rose a kiss.
They walked hand-in-hand to the parlor. It
was around nine o'clock, and they and Monica and Fred had all bought gifts for
each other.
"Merry Christmas," Fred said as he
saw them come down the stairs.
"Merry Christmas," Rose replied.
"Rose," Monica said as she came up to
her friend, "we've got presents to open."
They all sat down around Fred and Monica's
tree.
Everyone gathered all their presents.
Everyone had three to open.
"Who goes first?" Monica asked.
"Um…let's all go at the same time,"
Fred said.
They all opened one of their gifts.
"Oh, my goodness! Monica, it's
beautiful!" Rose said as she looked at the butterfly earrings she had gotten
Rose.
They opened the rest of their presents. All
that was left was for Jack to open Rose's.
Jack opened it up, and in the big box was a
little piece of paper. He looked at it, confused, then read it. It said:
Jack, you're going to be a daddy.
"Rose..."
Rose smiled at him.
"What does it say, Jack?" Fred
asked.
"I'm gonna be a daddy?" Jack asked.
Rose shook her head.
"Wahoo!" Jack yelled as he took
Rose into his arms and kissed her all over.
"Rose, you're in the family way?" Monica
asked. "Oh, my goodness!"
They were all very excited about it. Rose had
found out about it a few days ago at the doctor’s office.
"Thank you, Rose, for the best Christmas
present a guy could ever ask for!"
"I love you, Jack."
"I love you, too."