ALL MY LIFE
PART NINE
"Are you alone?"
"Not exactly. My friend Olivia is over…"
"Hi Charlie! Jody was just telling me how you were getting married! Congratulations!" Olivia said, after putting Jody's phone onto speakerphone.
"Um, yeah, thanks. Jody… I kinda need to talk to you alone."
"Ok." Jody clicked it off speakerphone so Olivia couldn't hear. "I'm… out of earshot basically."
Olivia pouted and Jody hit her shoulder playfully.
"Shh!" Jody whispered to Olivia. "Charlie? You gonna tell me or not?"
"Yeah, I am. It's more like a question. The other day, I called back like 5 minutes later and some Scott guy said you were in the shower."
"Oh. Yeah, Scott, he's my boyfriend. He was just over for like a visit." Jody tried to explain nervously.
"Yeah, that's what he said. Um, and he was saying that I had made you cry. And I just wanted to say I was sorry for whatever I did and see if you were ok."
Jody gasped and closed her eyes. Kill Scott, Jody thought to herself. "Oh, yeah. I was just tired and… it was just a really big shock that you were… getting… married. But I'm ok, thanks for asking though, it was sweet."
"Yeah, well, I was just worried about you. I thought maybe I did something wrong… I mean, I always knew leaving for Russia was wrong."
"No, no, no, don't say that. It was a great opportunity for you… I'm… I don't know what else to say Charlie. I can't talk at all to you anymore, weird isn't it?"
"Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. I mean, I used to be able to tell you anything, and it took me about a week to finally tell you the best… news… of my… life." Charlie said softly.
Jody smiled. "Yeah, so when is it?"
"3 weeks from yesterday."
"Well, sounds like fun."
"Yeah, you can bring Scott if you want."
Jody bit her lip. "Ok… I dunno if he'll want to, but I can always ask."
"Ok." Charlie nodded.
"CHARLIE!! HURRY UP IN THERE!! WHO ON EARTH ARE YOU TALKING TO?" Someone called in a distance on Charlie's end of the line.
"HOLD ON, IT'S JODY!" He called back. "Sorry about that, Kathy has some big surprise for me out there so I gotta go, ok?"
Jody nodded. "Bye Charlie." She said quickly and then hung up. Turning to Olivia, she groaned.
"What did he say?" She asked.
Jody shook her head. "Not much… my life sucks."
Olivia smiled and got up again. "Well, now I really do have to go. Ok? Bye."
"Bye Livie, thanks… I guess." Jody called as her friend left again.
Jody slammed the phone down and sighed. "ARRGGG!" She screamed out. No one heard her. No one cared. She was all alone. She had no one and she didn't know what to do. Life truly sucked.
Just then Matt burst into her apartment. "I love you." He blurted out.