CHAPTER TEN
It’s two days later and the small
group of teens have been released from the hospital and they all stood in the
lobby waiting for their parents to pick them up.
“Rose! Rose!” Ruth ran for her daughter as she came in with the other
parents.
“Momma!” Rose cried, running for
the safety of her mother’s arms. “Oh
mom it was horrible! I was so scared!”
Rose cried.
“Shhh Rosie, it’s ok. You’re safe now,” Ruth stroked her
daughter’s hair. “When I heard about
that big wave in the middle of the ocean and a boat turning over, I was so
afraid and no one would tell me anything.
I think god you’re all right.”
Looking past her mother’s
shoulder as she hugged her, Rose noticed Jack and Heather hugging Mrs. Dawson
tightly. Jack hadn’t talked to Rose for
the past couple of days since they’ve been rescued. According to Tommy he hasn’t talked to anyone. He just stayed to himself and the only
person he would say two words too was Heather.
She bet that Heather just loved the fact that Jack wasn’t talking to
her. But maybe she could change
that. She’s about to go over there
when Sam stepped in front of her.
“Are you going to be ok?” She
asked concerned.
“You mean the nightmares? Seeing all those people drown? Seeing Fabrizio fall…” Rose took a deep
breath, trying to calm her hysterics.
“I’ll be fine. It’s Jack I’m
worried about. Has he spoken to
you or Tommy?”
“No. He’s shut everyone except
Heather out. I’m surprised he’s not
talking to you though. After…” Sam’s
eyes widened as she finally noticed Rose’s mother standing there and quickly
came up with something. “With all the
time you two spent together…”
“He probably just needs time and
space. He’ll probably call me after he
gets back home,” Rose looked over in Jack’s direction again and was
disappointed to find that the Dawson family was gone. He had left without saying goodbye to her. Or promising to call her.
“Come
Rose. Let’s go home,” Ruth squeezed her
daughter’s shoulder and led her out of thehospital lobby, wanting to get her
safely home as soon as possible.
*
Rose laid in her bed, her eyes
staring up at the ceiling. She
occasionally glanced at the phone, waiting for it to ring, but it never
did. Goodness, It’s been three days now
and still no word from Jack. Maybe he
didn’t want to see her anymore? Maybe
he thought everything was her fault.
Maybe he was right. Maybe it was.
She jumped when the phone rang
and immediately answered it.
“Jack?”
“No it’s Sam. He
hasn’t called you yet?”
“No he hasn’t. I guess he’s not ready to talk to me,” Rose
sighed sadly. “So how is everything?”
“My father is not letting me out
of his sight. It’s driving me mad! But gladly he’s going to let me go to the
funeral tomorrow. You are going aren’t you?
Surely Jack will be there. You
can talk to him then.”
“Of course I’m going to be there
Sam. Fabrizio was my friend too. He was a good guy.”
“Too bad Kat is too scared of Cal
to go.”
“What?”
“She wants to go but Cal had
forbidden her. He thinks all those poor
kids are bad luck and he doesn’t want any of that bad luck to rub off on her
and off of her onto him,” Sam sighed.
“Why doesn’t she just dump Cal
and get a normal boyfriend?” Rose asked exasperated.
“Who knows. Hey you want to set with Tommy and me? We’ll be glad to have you.”
“I was kind of hoping to set with
Jack. But since he hasn’t called or
anything I guess I will.”
“Rose why don’t you call him?”
“I’ve tried, but every time I do
Heather answers and tells me he’s not there.
I don’t want to argue with her so I just say ok and hang up,” Rose
shrugged. “I don’t even know if she
tells him I call.”
“Well you’ll tell him tomorrow at
the funeral,” Sam snorted. “If it makes
you feel any better he hasn’t spoken to Tommy either.”
“That just makes me even more
worried,” Rose sighed.
“Oh. Well I’ll see you tomorrow. I’ll have Tommy pick you up. C-ya.”
“Bye,” Rose hung up the phone and
turned to find her mother in the doorway.
“Mother?”
“I’m just making sure you’re not
having anymore nightmares,” Ruth explained.
“Mother…has anyone stopped by
while I was sleeping? Like say…”
“Jack? I’m sorry darling no. No
one has stopped by. I’m sure you’ll
hear from Jack soon.”
“Sure,” Rose sighed.