Rated PG-13
© 1999 Isobel Christian @ ELIZAFAIR@aol.com
based on some characters
and situations originated by James Cameron
"He's outside the door." Brian whispered to Maggie. She was still holding Rose. She was relieved to hear Jack had come back.
"Rose. I'm gonna go downstairs now. Everything's going to be fine. I know it will be." Maggie gently let go of Rose and walked out
with Brain. She smiled and nodded at Jack as they walked down the stairs.
Maggies little sign of affection gave Jack the confidence he needed to face Rose. He slowly opened the door. Rose was hugging
her knees and staring across the room. He knew she heard him come in because she shuttered. Jack sat down on the couch. He
realized it was the exact same spot that he had started yelling at her in. Rose looked up at him. Jack's heart ripped into a million
pieces her eyes were beat read. Her face was stained with tears. "I'm the cause of all this." He thought.
"I'm so sorry." Rose said and put her face in her knees and started to cry.
Jack inched closer to her. He was almost afraid to touch her. He felt like he shouldn't be allowed to. He took hold of her hands.
She looked up at him. She had stopped crying but was sniffling gently.
"Rose you need to know something. Before I was scared. When you said you weren't happy with the way things were going, I
thought you were talking about the marriage..."
"Jack no I...."
"I know, I know. Now that I had time to think about what you were saying. Before everything just hit me so fast. And I was scared.
Scared of loosing you."
"Jack I meant I wasn't happy with how you just went to work everyday and we never had time to ourselves. I hated the idea of us
not getting to share all those things with each other." She looked down. "I was scared to. I was scared that when you walked out
you weren't coming back." She looked back up at him. "Jack you'll never leave me will you?"
"As long as there's a breath in my body, I'll be with you." He ran his fingers through her hair. Then his eyes changed. "But the
things I said to you." Jack started to cry. "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean any of it. You do care about other people. I do want to see all
those places with you."
Rose put her arms around Jack. "I'm not going to say it didn't hurt. But I know you didn't do it on purpose. You were hurt to. We
both made mistakes. I shouldn't have been so distant. I was like that because I was thinking about everything. I was going over
everything in my head. I shouldn't have just sprung it on you like that, I should have explained myself."
They sat holding each other for a long time. They were just glad that that was in the past. It was behind them. They knew what
they had done wrong and wouldn't do it again.
"Rose?"
"Yes?"
He lifted his head. "What do you say we go?"
"What? Go where?"
"Go off. You know, and see the world. We'll got to Europe, Australia, Asia, and Africa. It'll be fun."
"Jack you have work."
"I can quite. We don't need the money, we have more than enough."
"But, it's work, it's important."
"I never planned on the job getting so big. It's gotten so important that it's in the way of us. All those things I promised. I really
meant it. I want to see all those places with you. Work is work. I'll quite and when we come back I'll find a new job."
"Jack before I was just upset. We don't really have to go. It had just been building up inside me." Jack looked at her and
something inside her melted. "I would like to go."
"Then well go. We'll start planning it tomorrow and then well go."
"This doesn't make any sense." Rose said gently.
"I know that's why I trust it."
Rose smiled brightly when she heard him say that. She put her arms around his neck and started to pull him towards her. Just
before there lips touched she said. "I trust it too."
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