The Perk - Saturday Evening

Mar 06, 2010 19:49

This ship clearly was more spacious on the inside than the outside had indicated.

Rose DeWitt Bukater, however, was more disturbed about the fact that the servants had apparently mixed up her luggage with the clothes of someone who couldn't decide if he was a man or a prostitute.  The clothes that were in the closet of her stateroom!  Rose ( Read more... )

kyle reese, jack priest, rosemarie hathaway, roy harper, perk, daniel osbourne, drake dèmon, dinah lance, gwen cooper

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bitten_notshy March 7 2010, 01:03:41 UTC
Jack had been wandering town a bit aimlessly, looking for Rose or any sign of the ship. He still wasn't sure he believed he was in 2010.

When he spotted her, his heart stopped and he took a moment to appreciate the image of Rose in the window before rushing in.

"Rose! Rose. We aren't on the ship, Rose. I can't believe I found you."

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guardianborn March 7 2010, 01:08:49 UTC
"Jack!" Rose jumped to her feet to rush over to him. And then looked around because while it wasn't proper to be doing such things, it wasn't like she ever remembered that while the things were being done. "I thought I'd lost you! What do you mean we're not on th ship?"

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bitten_notshy March 7 2010, 01:17:02 UTC
It was impossible to remember to be proper with Rose. Jack's arms twitched, but he managed not to embrace her there and then.

Though his eyes left little doubt but that he was thinking about it.

"We're not on the ship," Jack repeated as he brushed his hair out of his eyes. "I talked to some people back in the building where I woke up and they said we're in Maryland. And, get this, a hundred years in the future. Rose, I'm not sure if I'm in your dream or you're in my dream but there's no way this makes any sense."

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guardianborn March 7 2010, 01:26:21 UTC
And the look in his eyes had her blushing a little and ducking her head before she glanced up to try to show him just how much she wished he had.

"How can we not be on the ship?" Rose asked, a little confused. "I mean, it seems so much bigger than it was last night, and I didn't know even the Titanic had parks and ponds, but it does seem very strange, Jack, if you're telling me we're in the future."

She paused. "...but if this is our dream why does Cal have to be in it?"

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bitten_notshy March 7 2010, 01:38:05 UTC
And he went a little pink at the pink in her cheeks, though he was distracted by glancing over to the man in question.

"I don't know," he said. "I don't know how any of it works. I'm just glad to find you. It can't be a bad dream if you're here. Cal or no Cal."

He let his hand slide forward to brush his fingertips against hers lightly.

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guardianborn March 7 2010, 01:52:33 UTC
There was a smile, and Rose slipped her hand into Jack's openly, daring Cal to say something.

"If you're here and I'm here and we're already in America, then -" she took a step closer to him, thrilling at his closeness and remembering the feel of his arms around her. "Maybe it is a very good dream."

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bitten_notshy March 7 2010, 02:05:34 UTC
He brought a hand up to her waist for a moment -- not quite a hug, but definitely more than he should do of a woman with Rose's social class. Especially in front of her fiance.

The risk felt good.

"The kind of dream where you don't want to wake up," he finished with a firm nod. "I bet we could get up to New York from here and just stay there a while."

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guardianborn March 7 2010, 02:21:11 UTC
She wasn't ever moving away, and Rose's hand came up to just touch the rough fabric of his shirt over his chest.

"Do you think we could, Jack?" she asked. "Maybe we'll only talk about it, but do you really think we could? Just - run off to New York?"

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bitten_notshy March 7 2010, 02:36:09 UTC
"Sure. I think a girl like you could do about anything she wanted to do," Jack said, and his heart was thudding now. This was just talk, right? She wasn't going to give up her whole life for him. They both knew it.

"And a guy like me -- I'd be lucky just to have you around." More intimately, he added, "I'd draw you every day."

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guardianborn March 7 2010, 02:50:31 UTC
Her breath came faster as she looked up at him, moving a little closer again until they were far too close for propriety.

"You could draw me now," she murmured.

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bitten_notshy March 7 2010, 03:00:14 UTC
Jack lowered his voice to a rasp. "How soon do you think you can get away from the penguin?" he asked. "I got a room back where I woke up. Nothing fancy but the light's to die for."

... yes, he was reading "draw" as meaning something a bit less innocent. Dun judge him.

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guardianborn March 7 2010, 03:07:15 UTC
"I don't care what he thinks," Rose said heatedly, her entire focus on Jack. "We could go now."

And she was entirely planning on paying him a dime for the drawing.

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bitten_notshy March 7 2010, 03:19:06 UTC
"We could go now," Jack agreed. Rose was still a brat, and she was asking for something they might both well regret ... and he decided he didn't care. "My tea's not that good anyhow."

He took her hand more firmly and reached for the notebook he'd repurposed to sketch in, tucking it under his arm before he turned to her with a cocky grin. "Ready when you are, Rose."

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guardianborn March 7 2010, 03:27:14 UTC
She burst into laughter. "It's terrible, isn't it?" Still laughing, Rose squeezed his hand, starting towards the door. "I'm ready right now."

She didn't care about what might come from this. She didn't care that Cal might be right there and that this was throwing everything to the wind. It was the only thing that seemed like a choice she could make on her own. One that didn't lead straight down that corseted road to live the same life her mother did, the same strict round of parties and people and marriage.

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weetinyreese March 7 2010, 01:14:31 UTC
"This is not a ship?" Chekov asked a short while later. He didn't want to interrupt anyone's conversation, after all.

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bitten_notshy March 7 2010, 01:20:49 UTC
Jack shook his head, fighting through the rush of adrenaline he always felt just from being around Rose to be polite to the poor guy.

"No, people back at the building" -- he jerked his thumb toward the dorms -- "said this was Maryland. I'm guessing that's not too close to home for you, huh?"

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