Exit Stage Left Part 2/?
By: Fele414
Like I said before this is my first piece of
fanfiction, so while I encourage reviews please make them constructive I can be
very sensitive. Also I haven't read
over it so I hope the grammar and what not isn't too bad.
Jodi sat in the back of the cab watching the busy streets
of San Francisco. It wasn't all that
different from New York. While the
streets were busy they weren't an endless sea of taxis. The people walking down the sidewalks seemed
a lot more carefree and friendlier. Typical skyscrapers were replaced by palm trees and people on roller
blades.
The cab finally reached the San Francisco Theatrical
Building. The place was crawling with
dancers running to and from classes. Jodi couldn't help but smile at all the excitement going on around
her. She looked around for Sarah
Conner's office, she was the orientator. She finally stopped three young girls and asked them where it was. They pointed in the direction and she
rounded the corner of the hallway and stopped dead in her tracks. There at the end of the hallway was Charlie
kissing another girl.
Jodi quickly dashed back around the corner before they
could spot her. She leaned against the
wall biting her lip nervously and clutching her necklace tightly in her
hand. She peaked her head back around
the corner to get a better look. The
girl was her height and had short blond hair, she looked just like her. As much as she hated to admit it, she was
jealous. Jodi watched intently as
Charlie gazed into the mystery girl's eyes. She was smiling ear to ear casually letting out a chuckle every now and
then. But that didn't bother her as
much as their body language. 'Yep' she
thought, they were definitely serious.
"Excuse me miss," someone tapped Jodi on her shoulder,
"miss, can I help you with something?" Jodi nearly fell over in surprise, she turned around to see a rather
tall, gangly looking woman standing in front of her. "Yes, yes sorry. Hi," she
shook her hand. "My name's Jodi
Sawyer," "Oh, yes I've been waiting for you." "You must be Sarah Conner," "none other than." Ms. Conner pulled out a set of keys and started walking around
the corner, Jodi hesitantly walked with her keeping up conversation. "I'm so happy that you could join us, I know
you'll just love it here. I have a
schedule in my office for you classes and practice times. Oh there's Charlie, you'll have to meet him,
he's just he nicest boy." Jodi began to
shake her head, "um actually he looks a little preoccupied at the moment, "Oh
nonsense girl, Charlie. How are you
doing today?" Charlie picked his head
up and caught glimpse of Ms. Conner and Jodi. If he was surprised he sure didn't let on.
"Hi Ms. Conner… Jodi." Ms. Conner's face lit up, "so you two know each other, that's so
great!" "um yeah, Charlie and I went to
ABA together." "Well then Charlie, I
was going to show Jodi around, but if you're not busy you could do it, that
would be super "actually," Charlie began to interrupt, "fantastic. Jodi here's the papers you two have a good
time and I'll see you tomorrow." And as
quickly as she had entered into Jodi's life, she left it. For a moment the two just stood there
neither knowing exactly what to say after so long. "Look Charlie, I know she kinda pushed you into this, you don't
have too." "No, it's okay. Let me just tell Gretchen and I'll be
back."
Jodi watched as the two talked, the mystery girl now
known as Gretchen didn't look too happy. Gretchen finally picked up her bag rather sharply and passed Jodi giving
her a dirty look. Charlie scratched his
forehead and lightly hit the wall in anger. He picked up his bag and walked back over. "She looked a little mad," Jodi spoke up. "Yeah, she was." "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cause you any problems. Why don't you go talk to her, I'll be fine
really." Charlie looked as if he was
debating over it for a minute but then shook his head, "no it's okay, she'll
get over it." The two started walking
and for a minute the two were completely silent. "So you two been dating long," Jodi started digging, "yeah for
about a year now," "wow," she was surprised. "So it must be pretty serious then between you two." Charlie didn't answer, "How's Coop? Last I heard you two were pretty
serious." "Well you know, he's Coop.
He's," "Jodi why are you here?" Jodi
stopped walking and looked at Charlie almost not knowing what to say, "what do
you mean," "you know what I mean, what exactly are you doing here, you were
never interested in San Francisco." She
looked down then continued walking again, "things change Charlie," "not some
things," he shot back.
That night Jodi sat in her hotel room crying. She picked up the phone and dialed the first
number that came to her. "Hello," "hi
Eva," she could barely manage to talk over her sobs. "Jodi, girl what's wrong? Why are you crying?" "This was a
mistake, a big mistake. I knew it would
be hard to see him again but I didn't think it would be this hard." "Girl, calm down. I'm sure you're just exaggerating," "no Eva, no," she sobbed, "he
hates me. And he doesn't even
know." "know what Jodi?" "The reason I broke up with him, " "why did
you break up with him Jodi?" "I'm sorry
Eva, I can't tell you, I just can't tell you." "Jodi, I know you were going through a really difficult time when
Charlie left. You wouldn't talk to
anyone for weeks, sometimes the best thing you can do is confide in
someone"Okay, you remember when Charlie got accepted to San Francisco, "
"right." "Well he proposed to me, he
told me that he couldn't imagine living his life without me." "And you refused, girl 'chu are so crrasy,
what's wrong with you?" "Eva, no matter
how much I loved Charlie I couldn't just pick up and leave. San Francisco was his dream, being in
Cooper's Ballet was mine. But there's
something else," "uh oh, why doesn't that sound good," "because it's not. I got pregnant." "Whaaah," Eva yelled so loud Jodi had to take the phone away from
her ear. "Why didn't you tell me, what
did Charlie say?" "Nothing, I never
told him." "What do you mean you didn't
tell him, how could you not tell him something like that Jodi, girl what's
wrong with you." "Look Eva, that was a
really difficult time in my life. I
couldn't ask Charlie to give up his dream and I wasn't willing to give up
mine." " Don't tell me you got an
abortion," "no, I mean I was thinking about it, but I miscarried." "Wait a second, I'm confused," Eva was
freakin' on the phone. "Charlie told me
he caught you kissing Cooper and then you told him that you didn't love
him." Jodi wiped the tears from her
face and blew her nose, "I had to give him a reason to leave. He would never had left otherwise. I know it sounds twisted and bizarre but I
did it all for him. I loved him too
much to deny him his dream." "Well what
happened to the ring?" "I went to give
it to him, but he wouldn't take it back and just left. Eva, I don't know what to do, I still love
him, I never stopped." "Man I don't
know what to tell you Jodi."
