Chapter 9
"Charlie!!" Sandra screamed in Jody's face.
Jody quickly moved out of the way as Sandra attacked Jody in a hug. After a few seconds Charlie pulled away and went to go stand next to Jody. He cleared his throat and turned to face Sandra.
"Jody, this is Sandra Evans. Sandra, this is my girlfriend, Jody Sawyer." He said, taking Jody's hand.
"Uh huh, hi." Sandra said, barley even glancing at Jody, "Oh Charlie! It's so great to see you again!" She said, hugging him again. She jumped up on him, wrapping her legs around his waist. This caused Charlie to put his hands under her butt to prevent her from falling. He gave Jody an apologetic look and she gave him a phony smile, though he didn't know it was fake.
Sandra jumped down off of Charlie and gave him a look that said, "Ha! Ha! Take that!"
Jody's whole face fell as she sat down on the couch, but Charlie didn't seem to notice. Sandra sat down on the other side of the couch and Charlie sat in between them. He put his arm around Jody.
They talked foe several hours until Sandra started to get nosey.
"How long have you two known each other?" She asked in a fake sweet voice.
"A few years. We met in ABA." Charlie explained.
"I see. So, Charlie, what do you do now?"
"The same."
"BALLET?? God, when are you going to get a JOB??"
Jody was beginning to get really pissed off at Sandra. "Ballet is a real Job." She said softly.
"What was that?" Sandra asked.
"BALLET IS A REAL JOB YOU ASS-HOLE!! YOU ARE JUST TO BLIND TO SEE A GOOD THING- NAMELY CHARLIE- WHEN YOU SEE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR FUGDE FAT FACE!!!" Jody yelled.
Charlie sighed deeply, trying to ignore the whole thing.
"CHARLIE SIMS LOVES ME!!!" Sandra yelled back.
"CHARLIE NEVER LOVED YOU!! HE TOLD ME HIMSELF!"
"NO YOU FLICK HEAD!! Charlie just doesn't know who you are. You have SEX with other guys while you're engaged to Charlie!!"
Jody began to cry and she ran into Charlie's room.
"SANDRA! Stop it NOW! Ok? I DON'T LOVE YOU!!! I love JODY and she's been trying really hard, she just wants to be your friend. But you're not making it any EASIER now, ARE YOU??" Charlie screamed into Sandra's face. Then he went into his room and locked the door.
Sandra stared at the door for a moment before picking up her bags and placing them into the guestroom. She sat down on the bed and looked around. The walls were blank and there was nothing in the room except furniture and except a poster in the middle of the floor. It was the poster logo for THE COOPER NEILSON DANCE COMPANY in Chicago. She picked up the poster and looked at Cooper holding Jody up in the air.
She took the poster and found some tape in the desk drawer. She taped it outside the bedroom door and shut it, sitting down on the couch. She turned on the tv and waited for Charlie or Jody- mostly Charlie- to come out of the room. Neither came out, so at 10 Sandra went into the guestroom and fell asleep on top of the covers.
The next morning when she woke up, both Charlie and Jody were already at ABC. She grabbed a bagel out of Charlie's fridge and warmed it up in the microwave. She ate it while shuffling through Charlie's room.
She didn't find anything she was looking for, but she did find Jody's diary.
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Dear Diary,
I'm moving to New York tomorrow. To live with Charlie. I love him. But if I stay here in Chicago, I'll end up with Adam. Or even worse, Cooper. I don't want to hurt Charlie like that. Or me. Or Adam. Or Charlie. Especially not Charlie. So that's why I'm moving. I'll miss Chicago, sure, but I'd miss Charlie 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times more.
~Jody
Dear Diary,
Today Charlie's parents came to visit for a surprise. They came right after me and Charlie….. yeah. It was soooo embarrassing. Then Mr. Sims kept asking Charlie all these questions about Jamalee and Sandra and poor Charlie got so mad. So we were kissing in his room and his parents barged in and I was half-naked and they saw me!!! It was so embarrassing! I don't know how I can ever face them again. Well, that's kind of stupid. Anyway, they can't expect me and Charlie to only hold hands after all that's happened between us so far. Our almost wedding, and my almost Cooper's baby, and all that. And with Jamalee and Charlie's adorable little baby.
Speaking of Erik, I didn't know that Mr. and Mrs. Sims knew about him! Oh well, it's not like Charlie could hide his own son! But I don't think Sandra knows though. She's Charlie's ex. The one that dumped him for dancing ballet. How stupid is that! It shouldn't matter what a person does as long as you love them. Oh well, her loss. Her MAJOR loss. Charlie is so sweet. I don't know how I could have hurt him like that. Cooper's such an ass anyway. And Charlie's hotter. And sweeter. And…… well, I think Cooper might be a little cuter, but only sometimes, oh yeah, that made sense.
Anyway. Sandra's coming tomorrow. I don't know if I should be nervous or what. Charlie did tell me he never loved her, but still. Anyway, it's late and I should get some sleep. Bye!
~Jody
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Sandra put the diary back into the desk drawer and placed everything neatly back where it came from so no one would find out what she had done. She went back to the door to the guestroom. She drew all over Cooper's face on the poster with a black marker. She smiled at her work and then looked at her watch.
It was almost 11:30, so she went out to her car and drove to the nearest McDonalds. She odered a double cheeseburger, large fries, and a large soda. She sat down at a 2-person booth and ate.
She couldn't figure out for the life of her how Charlie managed to go so long with out fatty, greasy foods, especially McDonalds or BurgerKing. She admired Charlie for doing that, but knew it was just for his career. Which brought up another point. Why the hell did Charlie dance ballet? It was so girlish. And Sandra knew so many gay ballet dancers, it was scary. She couldn't figure out why Charlie loved it so much. The performances were just so boring, she had a hard time not falling asleep when she came to one. It bothered her a lot that he found someone that not only encouraged his dancing ballet, but was a ballet dancer herself.
And what was with this baby? What had Jody ment in her diary about a baby? Charlie had a son? Named Erik? Ew! If he had a son, why would he name it such an ugly name? Actually, now that she knew the name Erik had something- anything- to do with Charlie, she loved it. Sandra was like that a lot. If something had to do with the guy she loved- namely Charlie- she loved it right away. Except ballet, she could never love ballet. Especailly because it was the one thing that tore them apart. If Charlie had done anything else- anything in the whole world- they would be happily married right now.
But no! Of course, Charlie had to find someone he loved that didn't hate ballet. Someone that was perfect in her outside appearance, as well as inside. Sandra didn't think that Jody was a bitch or anything, just perfect. Or at least, perfect to Charlie. And that made Sandra hate Jody. Now there were 2 things that stood between her and the man of her dreams, ballet and Jody Sawyer.
Sandra sighed and finished her lunch. Afterward she drove around, trying to find the ABC building. She couldn't find it in 30 minutes so she gave up and went back to Charlie's place. When she got there Charlie and Jody were waiting for her. And boy, were they mad!
