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Eight
When Charlie and Jody returned from walking the dogs, they let them inside and went into the kitchen. Jody was about to offer Charlie something to drink when Michelle called for her. Jody shrugged and excused herself from Charlie. She ran up to the 3rd floor and into the den.
"What?" Jody asked, slightly out of breath.
"Where did you go?"
"Uh, just walking the dogs.
"By yourself?"
"No, I have a visitor."
"Oh, who!?" Michelle asked, stopping her movie.
"Charlie Simms." Jody said, unable to hide the excitement in her voice.
"From New York! No way!"
"Yeah, but I wanna talk to him, so don't bug us, ok?"
"Ok." Michelle nodded and Jody went back down stairs.
"Do you want something to drink Charlie?" Jody asked, entering the kitchen.
"Um, sure. Just ice water would be great." Charlie said.
"Ok." Jody put ice into two glasses and filled them with water. "Here." She handed one to Charlie and set the other one down for herself.
"Thanks." Charlie said, taking a sip.
"So, what exactly are you doing here Charlie?"
"I'm really not sure. On the plane I had everything planned out perfectly. But, as soon as I saw you again my mind went blank and I have no idea what I'm doing." Charlie admitted quietly. "All I know is that I really want to kiss you right now."
Jody smiled. "No one's stopping you."
Charlie grinned and stepped forward. He about to kiss her, but was stopped by Michelle's shrill voice.
"JODY!!! COME QUICK!!! IT'S MOM!!!"
Jody closed her eyes and sighed deeply. "Hold that thought." She mumbled and raced up to the 2nd floor.
Nick heard to and ran through the kitchen on his way to the stairs. He stopped quickly when he saw Charlie standing there.
"Uh, hey. Who are you?"
Less than 15 minutes later, Jody watched as the ambulance drive her mom off to the hospital. They had called Mr. Sawyer and he was driving straight there. So Jody was stuck at home with 2 hyper dogs that Nick had forgotten to feed, 2 14-year-old who were worried sick⦠and Charlie.
