ALL MT LIFE
PART TWENTY
"Come in!!" She called from inside.
Charlie walked in and saw Jody modeling the blue dress from earlier that night for herself in the mirror. She caught Charlie's gaze in the mirror and smiled. She turned around and sat on the bed. Charlie sat down hesitantly next to her.
"Jody, how well do you know me?"
"What?"
"Like… on a scale from 1-10, how well do you know me?"
"Kinda a weird question but… I guess 9.9 if anything."
"So, then, where do you think this conversation is going?"
"I dunno Charlie. You are probably gonna tell me something really big."
"Right. Now, can you guess what it is?"
"Why?" Jody asked.
"I just wanna see if you know."
"Well… whatever I guess would probably be more of a wish than a real guess."
Charlie smiled. "Well, tell me anyway."
"Um… either that Scott's back or… or… or…"
"Yeah?"
"Or… um… or that Scott… called or something." Jody lied. How could she ever tell Charlie what else she really wanted?
Charlie's face fell momentarily, but he quickly put on a slight smile to cover it up. "Oh. Well, I'm sorry I can't make those wishes come true..."
"What did you want to tell me?" Jody asked slowly.
"Um… if you give me Scott's number… I can go call him… and try to get him back up here…"
Jody thought about that for a minute, knowing it wasn't really what he wanted to say, but grinned anyway. She hugged Charlie tightly. "Thanks Charlie… but you shouldn't even bother. I should just go back home. You're not allowed to see me anyway… Good-bye Charlie." Jody got up and started packing, fighting to hold back her tears.
Charlie watched her pack and sighed deeply. "Jody?"
"Yeah?"
Charlie stood up and went to the door. "Come here."
Jody stood up and walked over to Charlie. Not daring to look up at him, the tears started down her face. "Yeah?"
Charlie hugged her tightly and she hugged him back. After a few minutes he finally said, "I'm gonna miss you Jody. But… I'm glad you're finally happy with Scott."
Jody sighed and kissed him softly. "I'll miss you too. Good-bye Charlie."
"Bye… Jody… Sawyer…" Charlie gave her a quick kiss and walked down the hallway. He stepped inside his room to see Kathy sitting on the bed, still crying. He sat down next to her and pulled her into a hug. "Hey Kathy."
"Charlie? But… what are you doing? I though you'd left or something."
"No… I… I just finished saying good-bye to Jody. I…" Charlie didn't know what else to say. He didn't want to marry Kathy. He wanted to be with Jody. But Jody loved Scott. And he'd rather have her happy than himself. So he'd given her up for good.
Kathy smiled and wiped her eyes. "Thank you Charlie. I love you so much. I'm so happy we're gonna get married!"
Charlie let go of her and smiled weirdly at her. "Me too Kathy… me too."