Spreading Our Wings
Five
Charlie rang the doorbell to his friend's beach house. A tall blond guy, maybe 24, opened the door.
"Hey Charlie. We're so glad you could make it." He said, giving Charlie a small hug.
Charlie laughed. "Cut that shit out, will you?"
"Sorry, Holly made me say it. Uh, come in." Charlie friend let them in and shut the door.
"Rich, this is my girlfriend Jody. Jody, this is Rich. He's a complete idiot, you can just ignore him." Charlie said.
Jody smiled and shook Rich's hand. "It's nice to meet you."
"Same here. Everyone's upstairs, come on." Rich led them up the narrow staircase to the living room. There were 9 other people already there. And Jody wondered how all of them managed to find a place to sleep. After they all attacked Charlie, they calmed down a bit and sat back down.
"Everyone, I want you to meet my girlfriend, Jody Sawyer. Jody, this is… everyone."
"Hi Jody." Some of them said.
Jody smiled. "Hi." She turned to Charlie and took his hand as they sat down on an empty couch.
Jody looked around at all the other people as Charlie whispered in her ear who they were."
"That's Jen and Sally- they're twins, obviously. And Holly- she and Rich are engaged. And that's Matt- I've known him all my life. He's pretty hilarious, but he's also a complete moron. And that's Kyle- he's pretty much my best friend. And Rich, Mark, and Chris- beware of them, they are extremely weird. And that's Rachel and Mandy."
"And they're all from Washington?"
"Yeah, but not all of them live there anymore. Now most of them are in college, but they've gotten together every year since graduation and come down here for about a month. This is the first year I've gotten to come anywhere near here."
"Wow, ok. Now, which is the one that dumped you for going to New York?"
"That's Rachel over there. I talk to most of these guys a lot still, but not her. So don't worry, ok? I don't love her, I love you. You know that right?"
"Yeah." Jody smiled and gave him a small kiss.
Rachel, a tall thin redhead, glared jealously as Charlie and Jody flirted across the room. She still loved Charlie, and was dying to get him back.
