MY HEART WILL GO ON
Chapter Thirteen
"Tickets, please!" the baggage
claimer said, as he opened up Jack and Rose's cabin to find the couple sound
asleep. Yet, the baggage claimer's voice awoke them, and frightened them.
"No, I won't go on that lifeboat!"
Rose yelled. And then opened her eyes to find herself next to Jack on a train.
"Rose, are you okay?" Jack asked
her.
Rose nodded her head, and said, "Yes,
just a bad dream. That's all. I'm better now." She smiled.
"Tickets, please," the baggage
claimer said, reminding the couple.
"Oh, here you go," Jack said,
taking the tickets out of his pockets.
"Thank you. Enjoy your sleep," the
baggage claimer said, and closed their door. Jack and Rose laughed at the man's
remark, and Jack looked out the window.
"Look, Rose, there it is--Santa
Monica," Jack said.
Rose smiled, and said, "It is wonderful.
I heard the actors and actresses talking about it, but not this way."
Jack smiled, and said, "Well, here it
is, in all of its charm and beauty."
"What's the place that we're staying at
called again?" Rose asked.
"The Rainbow's End," Jack replied.
"It sounds wonderful," Rose said,
looking at the clouds.
"It is," Jack said, looking at
Rose. Rose caught Jack looking at her, and she blushed.
The engineer came, and started to shout out,
"We will be stopping in ten minutes."
Jack looked at Rose, and said, "Well, we
better get our things together."
Rose started to grab her things, and Jack
helped Rose up from her seat. "Thanks."
Jack kissed Rose passionately, and the train
stopped. It made Jack and Rose end their kiss, and they grabbed their suitcases
to get off the train.
"Let's wait a while. If we go right now,
we will be swamped with people," Jack said.
Rose nodded her head, and said, "All
right."
They waited about ten minutes, and the
corridors were not that deep with a crowd. Jack and Rose left their cabin, and
exited the train.
"So, what do you do now?" Rose
asked.
"Easy. Get a cab," Jack replied.
Jack was about to wave his arm out, when Rose
stopped him. "No, let me do this," Rose said, put two fingers to her
mouth, and whistled, getting everyone's attention, including one of the cabs,
which slowed down, and stopped.
Jack smiled at Rose. "Now, who did you
learn that from?" Jack asked.
"Jessica," Rose said, stepping into
the cab.
"Jessica? Who's Jessica?" Jack
asked, curiously.
Rose shrugged, and said, "I didn't tell
you about Jessica yet? Forgive me. She is one of my closest friends. She and I
both made it big as movie stars together. She has some feelings for Donald,
too."
Jack nodded his head, and said, "Where
does she live?"
"New York," Rose replied.
"Oh, I see," Jack said, nodding his
head.
"Where do you two want to go?" the
cabdriver asked.
"The Rainbow's End hotel," Jack
said.
"Right," the cabdriver said, and he
drove them to the hotel.
"How much?" Jack asked.
"Five," the cab driver replied.
Jack gave him the money, thanked the cabdriver, and headed towards the hotel.
As Jack and Rose approached the front desk, they could smell the scent of the
sea calling them.
"Can I help you?" the clerk at the
front desk asked them.
"Yes. Reservations for Dawson,"
Jack replied.
"Dawson. Dawson," the clerk said to
himself, taking his pencil and looking down the list.
"Ah, yes. Dawson. Room thirteen,"
the clerk said, and rang the bell. A bellhop arrived, and took the keys from
the clerk. "Room thirteen, and don't mess up this time. You
understand?" the clerk told the bellhop.
The bellhop sounded tired, and exhausted, and
said, "Yes, sir." The bellhop then took Jack and Rose's luggage. They
started to follow the bellhop to the elevator.
As they approached the elevator, Jack stopped
him, and said, "Listen, you don't have to do this. We got it." The
bellhop looked perplexed.
"Are you sure?" the bellhop asked.
"Yeah, we got it," Rose said,
giving the bellhop a tip.
"Thank you. Have a lovely stay at The
Rainbow's End. If there is anything I can do for you, please let me know. My
name is Charlie," the bellhop replied.
"Actually, there is something you can
do. Where is the nearest place that you can rent horses to go on the
beach?" Jack asked the bellhop, making sure Rose didn't hear.
"Pass the Fairbanks restaurant. There is
a stable where there are horses. You can't miss it. Tell them Charlie sent
you," Charlie said, whispering back.
Jack smiled, and said, "Thank you."
Rose looked curious, and said, "What was
that about?"
"I was asking Charlie where the best
place to have a romantic dinner with my new beautiful wife is," Jack said.
"Oh," Rose said.