Decisions from Confusion

Charlie and Jody Together Forever……????

Tuesday, April 10th, 2001

Chapter 1

Charlie Sims walked from his dressing room to back stage nervously. He knew it was stupid to be nervous, but he couldn't help it. He had been dancing with ABC for 2 years and he had recently become a principle dancer for the company.

Jody Sawyer sat in the audience. She was a principle dancer in the Cooper Neilson Dance Company. She was sitting next to some old guy and a very thin woman who had obviously been a ballet dancer at some point.

The curtain came up and Charlie began to dance. A thin girl came on-stage and Charlie began to dance with her. Jody sat in her seat and watched in amazement. She hadn't seen Charlie in 2 years, let alone seen him dance. He had improved a lot, which even she found hard to believe, because she had thought that Charlie was wonderful. Now, his dancing was indescribably fantastic.

Charlie danced his heart out on-stage. His partner, Jamalee Willkenson, danced beautifully as well, but Charlie couldn't help but compare her to his secret love.

After the performance there was a big party to congratulate the new choreographer and the new principle dancer. Jody was sitting at a large table with about 12 other people that she didn't know.

She looked around, but didn't see any familiar faces for almost a half-hour. Then she saw Jonathan Reeves and his ballet dancer wife, Kathleen. She didn't say anything to them, because they probably wouldn't have remembered her anyway. She searched some more, but didn't see anyone else she knew.

She was just about to get up and leave when she felt someone's eyes on her. She almost didn't turn, afraid see would see some jerk just after her body. She had known to many people like that (namely Cooper Neilson), and was very cautious of meeting new guys.

She turned slowly and saw him. He walked slowly up to her and sat down in the empty chair next to her. She looked into his eyes and she could feel her heart skip a beat. She tried to breathe, but her smile was so big she couldn't.

"Hey." he said sweetly, but Jody could tell he was really nervous, "I'm so glad you could make it!"

Jody's smile was getting so big she felt like her face was expanding. "Well, you know......" Jody said, not sure what to say.

He smiled and tried to get his blushing under control. They locked eyes for a minute and Jody could see that even though he seemed happy enough to see her, he was hurting secretly inside.

He looked into her eyes and couldn't figure out what message she was sending him. He had never been very good at doing that through people's eyes, while she could do it with everyone through their eyes.

They sat there for a few minutes longer until the party ended. Jody got up and he followed her to get their coats.

"So," he asked, "where are you staying?"

Jody paused a minute before answering. "No where yet. I just flew in from Chicago today, and all my stuff is in a rental car. I was going to go rent a hotel room tonight."

He sighed and thought about that for a minute before saying, "Well," he started, "I do have an extra room in my apartment, if you want a place to stay without charge. I don't have a roommate. You don't have to. I was just offering."

Jody looked in his eyes and smiled. "I'd love to! Thanks so much." Jody said, hugging him, The hug felt kind of weird, especially when he didn't really hug back. She knew it was because off his hurting that he wouldn't show. She sighed and grabbed her coat of the hangar.

Jody Sawyer and Charlie Sims left the party and drove to his apartment.