ALL MY LIFE
PART THREE
CHARLIE: When he was 21 years old, he was in love with Jody Sawyer, and they had been dating for 3 years. They were so in love. Jonathan suddenly suggested that Charlie go to Russia for a few years to dance and study there before coming back to ABC to dance as a principal. It sounded good to Charlie except for one thing… Jody. He'd rather die than go through 1 day without her. To go all the way to Russia for years without Jody, would be living hell.
After a few months, Jody finally convinced him to go. His last week in New York Jody got off work and Charlie had no work for going to Russia. That week, there wasn't one second when Charlie and Jody weren't together. It was the sweetest, most romantic thing you had ever seen in your life.
Waiting at the airport in each other's arms, Charlie was more reluctant than ever to go. Boarding the plane at the last possible moment, Charlie realized his chances with Jody were lost. Breaking up seconds before he entered the gate, they kissed their final, dreadfully painful good-bye at last. Staring, teary-eyed, out the window until she couldn't even see Charlie's plane any longer, Jody was heart broken.
Being in Russia for 4 years without Jody was, as he expected, a living nightmare for Charlie. He couldn't wait until his 4 years were over so he could go back to her when they would be… 25. But his last year there, he met this American ballet dancer, Kathy Robinson. They were friends for a while until she realized she was falling fast for him. When she asked him out, he was a bit reluctant, but gave in after a week or so.
Going on their first date, Charlie had the best time he'd had in 3 long years. Feeling tremendously guilty about having this much fun without Jody, he considered dumping her. But after a while he stopped thinking about Jody so much and fell in love with Kathy.
Moving back to the states, Charlie suddenly thought of Jody. But he never heard anything from her, so he shrugged it off, though it hurt him. He and Kathy moved into the same apartment building as Eva and Erik and the 4 friends lived on the same floor. Eva and Erik in a 2-bedroon apartment, and Charlie and Kathy in another 2-bedroom apartment down the hall. Eva never mentioned Charlie's return to Jody. They lived almost 2 hours away anyway, so it wouldn't matter much.
JODY: Watching the love of her life leave for Russia on a plane, Jody could actually feel her heart break. She loved Charlie so much. The next 2 years were miserable for both of them. Jody met Matt when he joined Cooper's company.
They dated for about 2 months before they broke up. Deciding they were too good of friends to lose each other just because their relationship ended. So they broke-up and remained best friends.
One year later Scott joined the Cooper Neilson Dance Company. He and Matt became best guy friends right away and after a while he introduced his two best friends. Scott and Jody went out a few times on casual dates, but then it changed. Another year went by and they were in love. Yet another year and that brings us to now. They are dating, in love, happy, and… dancing with Matt as the leads in Cooper's new ballet.
MATT: Meeting Jody was the best thing to ever happen to Matt. When they broke-up, he thought they'd just be like casual friends. Instead they were best friends and closer than ever. He was happy for Jody when she fell in love with Scott, because it meant she was happy. But he still missed her a little. Sometimes, he thought he still loved her. What he had with Jody had been special, something he had never felt before. He didn't want to that.
SCOTT: Scot was very in love with Jody. Planning the right time to propose, because he didn't want to ever let her go. Sometimes he got a little jealous around Matt, because he and Jody were still very close. But then Jody would smile at him and he forgot that. He just loved her so much.
COOPER: Cooper dated Jody after Charlie and after Matt. And every time he left her for some meaningless fling with some girl he'd never see again. But he loved Jody.
MOST OF THESE PEOPLE WERE VERY HAPPY AND ON THE RIGHT TRACK IN THEIR LIVES. BUT THAT ONE SINGLE PHONE CALL WOULD START THE BIGGEST ADVENTURE OF ANY OF THEIR LIVES.