Charlie and Jody have Problems Too… Part 2
Jody ran into Cooper's arms, crying.
"What did he do this time?" Cooper asked.
Jody rubbed her head in Cooper's chest and sobbed.
"Come on. You can tell me."
Jody pulled back and rubbed her eyes. She looked into Cooper's blue eyes and sighed. "Cooper, this is so hard. I love him , I really do. But I think he's trying to ruin our relationship or something."
"That's because he doesn't know what a good thing he has. He's an idiot. He doesn't really care about you."
Jody nodded. "Maybe you're right."
"Of course I am."
Jody looked at Cooper and smiled. "Why do you always have to do that?"
"Do what?"
"Be so… good."
"Good?"
"Yeah. You're so sweet and understanding and… good to me."
Cooper smiled. "I don't know."
The Next Day At Charlie's Apartment…
Charlie and Jody sat on the couch kissing. They had a movie playing but… who cares? Charlie pulled back and looked at Jody. She looked so beautiful. He smiled.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Jody demanded.
Charlie shrugged. "I love you." This was the first time he said that to her… or anyone.
Jody looked at him. "You what?"
"I love you." Charlie smiled.
Jody was speechless. And she had thought Charlie was trying to ruin their relationship! She looked into Charlie's eyes and saw fear. What was he afraid of?
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"What do you mean?"
"Something's wrong. I can see it in your eyes. What are you afraid of?"
Charlie stood up. "I'm not afraid of anything."
"Come on Charlie! I thought you loved me, you can tell me anything."
"There is nothing to tell." Charlie said stubbornly.
"Come on Charlie! You know what, you are lucky you told me that you love me. Yesterday when we had out fight, do you know where I went? Do you know? CHARLIE!! DO YOU KNOW??"
"No." Charlie said quietly.
"Cooper Neilson."
Charlie's eyes suddenly turned hard and cold. "Cooper." He growled.
"And Cooper was nice. He doesn't tell me I look to skinney or to fat or to… slutty. Charlie, I know you hate him, so just be glad you said that… because I thought you were trying to end it… so what are you afraid of? TELL ME!!" Jody said, trying not to yell to loud, Charlie's walls were very thin.
Charlie looked at Jody and tried not to get angry. It didn't work. "What the hell were you doing with COOPER NEILSON that you can't do with ME??" Charlie yelled.
"Nothing. Cooper can't give me half the stuff you give me. You love me! He doesn't……" Jody didn't dare voice the rest.
Charlie didn't know what to say. Was he still supposed to be mad? Was he supposed to forgive her… for flirting with the one person he truly hated. "You know how much I hate Cooper?" He asked coldly.
"Yeah?" Jody said softly.
Charlie looked into her eyes. "I love you twice as much."
Jody stared at him. She smiled. "No one's ever said that to me before."
"Are you serious?"
"Yeah, why?"
"I just… I'm amazed. How could anyone not love you." Charlie sat down again. "You are the most… amazing person I've ever met. You are beautiful and fun and nice and caring and loving and…" Charlie smiled. "I love you."
Jody smiled. "Oh God, you are so sweet." Jody leaned into kiss him.
Charlie decided not to bring up the fact that she hadn't said anything back and kissed her. The movie credits came on and a few minutes later the tv screen went black and it started rewinding itself.
5 Months Later…
Charlie sat on Sergei's couch thinking about how much he hated Cooper. Less then 2 weeks after Charlie had told Jody that he loved her, she dumped him. She told him that she loved Cooper. Charlie couldn't believe it, and he didn't. He knew that Jody didn't really love Cooper. She was just confused. But he and Cooper seemed to be the only people who realized this. And Cooper was taking advantage of it the best he could.
Charlie could just imagine what they were doing. It was 7pm where he was… so it would be 10pm in New York. Charlie shuddered. He didn't even want to think about what that jerk was doing… the jerk being Cooper… with Jody. He could just imagine one day when Jody comes home to find Cooper sleeping with some other unsupecting girl. He would break Jody's heart. And then Jody would come crawling back to Charlie. Charlie would act like he didn't care, but then he'd take her back and they'd get married and… Sergei broke into Charlie's thoughts.
Charlie had moved in with Sergei and Galina 4 months ago. Sergei and Charlie shared a room at first, and Galina had her own room. Now Sergei and Galina shared a room, and Charlie had a room to himself.
"Yo Charlie! Snap out of it! You ready to out for dinner?" Sergei asked.
"Uh, I don't know. I was thinking of just staying here tonight."
"Come on Charlie! You have to get out of here, this isn't healthy, just look at yourself!" Galina said.
"I need a mirror thank you very much. Besides, I'm just not that hungry."
"Fine, but we are gonna bring you back some food, and you are gonna eat it." Sergei said.
"Sure." Charlie said, knowing he couldn't change their minds.
"Are you sure you don't want to come?" Galina asked hopefully.
Charlie smiled. "Ok, ok, I'll go. Where are we headed tonight?"
"Pizza Hut." Sergei smiled.
"What??" Charlie almost screamed.
"Whoa! Chill out! I'm just kidding. We are going to Subway."
"Eh. I hate Subway."
"You prefer Blimpie?"
"Not really. Maybe I will just stay home tonight and make myself something."
"Since when can you cook?" Galina laughed. She had learned not to let Charlie cook.
"I dunno. I'll just have some cereal or something."
"Oh come on! Please come with us! We can drive around and find something you like." Sergei said.
Charlie sighed. "Sure. Why not?" He stood up and left with his friends.
When they got about 2 hours later Charlie was stuffed. They had ended up going to a buffet place and all eaten 2 days worth of food.
Charlie stuck his tongue out. "I'm gonna hurl." He smiled.
Sergei smiled. "Whoa. Maybe that was a bad idea. I'm stuffed.
Galina groaned. "You have no idea."
The phone rang.
Galina stumbled over to the phone and clumsily picked it up. "Hello?…. Jody?" Galina turned away from Sergei and Charlie.