Exit Stage Left Chapter 4/

Exit Stage Left Chapter 4/?

By: Fele414

Once again I would like to thank everyone for the feedback. It's really exciting when I sign on and I hear that, "you've got mail," and find a bunch of reviews from fanfiction.net. Anywho, I'm getting really quite excited with this story, and can't wait to continue. Once again, I barely have time to write this with my busy schedule and do not have time to have it beta-read or whatever they call it, and I don't have time to revise is myself, so please try and overlook all the grammar and spelling errors. Thanks again and enjoy my next installment.

The next day…

Jodi couldn't get out of bed, she felt so physically ill it hurt just to breath. She thought of calling Cooper, she missed hearing his voice, seeing his comforting smile; she felt bad for not calling him since the day she arrived, but not even Coop could console her right now. She laid in her bed staring out at the morning sun which soon became the afternoon sun, then finally the moon.

Suddenly there was a knock at the door waking Jodi from her dream. What a wonderful dream she thought. In it she and Charlie were together… with their baby. But she knew it had to be a dream, nothing in life was ever that perfect and no one is as happy as that.

Jen peaked through the door, "Honey what is wrong with you," Jodi didn't answer, she just stared back at her. "Come on out, I think there's someone who wants to see you." Jodi's interest peaked, wondering who would be here to see her, she didn't know anyone here. "Who," "Charlie." She instantly shot out of bed slightly opening the door to get a good look, and sure enough, there was Charlie. She slammed the door, touching her hair, "I look like crap, I can't let him see me like this." That's just what Jen was waiting to hear, "I knew it," "knew what," "I knew there had to be something between you and Charlie to set Katie off like that last night. I just didn't know what, until now. What exactly went on between you two?" Jodi bit her lower lip, still not wanting to tell her, but having no other choice she conceded, "okay, tell you what. Help me get ready and I swear I'll tell you what happened tonight." "Deal."

Jodi strolled out of her room looking a great deal better than she felt. She could feel the butterflies in her stomach as Charlie's head picked up. "Oh hey Jodi, you… you look great," "Thanks Charlie, um I don't think Katie's here." "Yeah I know, I actually came here to speak to you. She told me what happened last night. Ummm… do you think that we could talk about this alone," indicating to Jen in the back. "Oh, I was just leaving ya' know. Have to walk the dog and all," "Jen, we don't have a dog," "oh yeah, good point. Maybe I'll go buy one." Charlie sat down on the couch as Jen passed by leaving the apartment. Jodi crossed her arms in nervousness. Those damn butterflies just won't go away she thought. Why was she so nervous? This was just Charlie.

"Charlie," she stepped forward, "what is it?" "You know when I first saw you that day I was… I felt," Charlie searched for the right words. "I missed you Jodi. Not having to see you in the last 2 years I was able to justify my anger toward you, especially once I heard that you and Cooper were an item again. That hurt, God that hurt," she could hear the emotion drip from his voice. " But the second I saw you again, standing there in the hall, all those thoughts of anger and resentment were gone. The truth is Jodi, there will always be a part of me that will love you. I can't help that, but just like you have Coop I have someone too. I care about her a lot. I think it's love, not like the love we had, but different." "Good different," she's asked sitting next to him. He looked into her eyes for the first time since she told him she had fallen out of love with him and put on the bravest face he could. "yeah, good different. I know it's going to be weird not only working together but you living with my girlfriend, but I was wondering if we could be friends." "Friends?" "Jodi, too much has happened between us not to be friends. You probably know things about me no one else does." She nodded her head, "then friends it is." With a half easy smile the two hugged with an obvious passion rekindling within the two. I can't believe it, Jodi thought, he still cares. He still loves me.