"Wait," she stammered as she turned around- again. "I don't have to leave," She began walking towards me, our faces closer. "this is my part of the ship." She raised her hand pointing for me to go.
"You leave!"
Her voice seemed to have echoed in my head, I only began to laugh- this was just too funny. "Ohohoh! Now who's being rude!" I laughed.
She laughed in a disgusted manner, and I watched her irritated face, as I felt something snatch my sketch book away from me. Her cold hands.
"What is this stupid thing you carry around?" She said in a bitter voice.
Without even my permission, she pulled it away and opened it without hesitation. She opened the leather sketch book, stared at the page for a second, then turned her eyes back on me. "So, what are you? An artist or something?"
I just kept smiling in the most sarcastic manner I would manage.
This was just humorous, the way she kept trying to be rude, and disgusted by me. But just wouldn't even leave- in fact, snatched my book away, that only gets her to stay longer.
She turned her eyes from the sketch book, and back, as she walked towards a chair. She sat herself down as she observed the sketches. I followed her, and sat beside her.
The wind blew harder from this angle, the chairs were wooden and with far set arm rests.
The sun was directly upon us, as I kept my eyes on Rose. Her eyes were trailed down on the sketch book on her laps, her long eyelashes creating a shadow on her face.
The view of the ocean and the horizon was in front of me, but I would rather look at Rose.
"These are rather good..." She said, turning the pages.
After flipping a few pages, and observing for a long moment, she spoke again, losing her sarcastic bitter voice. "Jack, these are very good! You have some exquisite work!"
"Nah, they didn't think too much in paree." I told her.
"Paris?" Her confused eyes blinked. "So, you do get around... for being a p-" She trailed off suddenly, as if air had been caught in her throat. "Well, umm... For a person of limited greens." she corrected herself.
I laughed, "I'm a poor guy, you can say it." I told her.
She turned her eyes back on me, as she smiled bashfully. I was starring into her eyes, she had her face profile to me.
The people behind her, the ocean, the waves, the sky, the chairs, tables- everything. From behind her, were only blurred away, as my only attention was on her.
She had a beautiful, and perfect profile.
"Well, well, well..." She said once she turned to the page where the drawings of nude women laid.
Oh great, she reached that part. I shouldn't feel wrong, it is art anyways.
I watched her pale hand flip another page, as she turned to look at me in the eyes. Her expression showed an embarrassed, bashful look. "And, these were drawn from life?" Her voice was soft and timid, she raised an eyebrow, but her eyes showed the timidness she felt.
Her voice sounded almost as if she tried to sound mature.
I grinned at her, before replying, a man strolling by watching us, Rose pulled the leather sketch book closer towards her, avoiding his eyes on the sketches.
We waited until the man walked away. Oh Rose, she seemed so pure to have done that- so innocent.
"Well, that's one of the good things about Paris. Lot's of girls willing to take their clothes off." I told her with a light hearted tone of voice.
She looked at me, and I watched as she began to laugh. She turned her eyes back towards the sketch book. "You like this woman," She raised her eyebrows. "you used her several times."
"Well," I began, I pulled my body forward to reach out my arms onto the sketch book, and flipped the page showing her hands.
"She had beautiful hands, you see..." I ran my fingers across the rough paper, until I met Rose's eyes.
She began to laugh to herself, as she raised an eyebrow and said. "I think you must've had a love affair with her..."
Her smile showed her perfect white teeth as I immediately felt awkward, and uncomfortable.
"No, no, no... No, no, no, no... just with her hands- she was a one legged prostitute, see!" I told her, grinning awkwardly at her.
Rose was confused, as I flipped the page to show the drawing.
"Oh, oh..." Her cheeks flushed. I began to laugh, Rose laughed in return.
"Ahh, she had a good sense of humor though." I told her. Rose had her face tilted staring at the drawing, a closed-lipped smile ran across her face. "Oh, and this lady," I began.
I reached out my hand and turned the page. I looked at Rose in the eyes, "She used to sit at this bar every night, wearing every single piece of jewlwey she owned, just waiting for her long lost love.
They called her, Madam Bijoume, see how her clothes are all moth-eaten?"
"Well," She gave me a closed lip smile, her eyes held on the sketch.
"you have a gift, Jack..." She turned her eyes up, and smiled at me. I stared them, and saw my reflection from them.
Her smile was like no other, timid but inviting. "you see people." She told me. Her words seemed to have been revolving through my head like an echo. I see people? I did not show the affect I had on her words, and simply kept on staring at her.
Not one moment moving my eyes down, as I told her,
"I see you."
Her eyes looked at me, as her lips curled into a smile. "And...?" She gave me a piercing, yet sarcastic look.
"You wouldn'ta jumped." I told her.