Jody, Cooper, and Charlie: 16
The twins had just turned two. Jody's parents had moved to New York to be closer to all of them shortly after the twins were born. They only lived about 15 minutes away in a car.
Charlie had been sleeping in the guest bedroom for almost 5 months. He and Jody hadn't had a real conversation in even longer. They hadn't even kissed in months. Being all the way down the hallway, Charlie didn't even know that Jody cried herself to sleep every night.
One day, Jody and Charlie were visiting Jody's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer didn't know what was going on, but they had an idea that something wasn't right.
"Why don't you two leave the twins with us for a weekend so you can have some time off?" Mrs. Sawyer offered.
Jody glanced at Charlie. "That's ok mom. We couldn't ask you to do that."
"You're not asking. I'm offering. Go on, have fun. We'll be fine. Besides, you guys haven't had a real vacation in almost a year!"
"Well, I guess we could use the time to catch up on some sleep." Charlie said.
Jody looked at him, then turned back to her parents. "Alright, I never could change your minds."
"Great! How about next weekend!" Mrs. Sawyer exclaimed.
"Ok mom. But, now we really have to go. Come on Noah, Tricia." Jody picked up Tricia and headed to the door.
Charlie picked up Noah, who was screaming not to leave. "Bye." He hurried out the door to put Noah in the car. One of the only ways to stop him from screaming was to have the radio on, so Charlie quickly turned on the car.
Jody came out a minute later and set Tricia up in the second car seat. The she climbed in next to Charlie as he drove away.
"What do you think about going to the cabin for the weekend?" Charlie asked dully. His parents had a mountain cabin type thing a few hours away from their house. They used to go their all the time before they had the twins.
"Ok." Jody nodded and looked out the window, imagining the disastrous weekend they would have. Every time they talked they just started another fight.
