Spreading Our Wings
Eight
Charlie and Jody spent the next few days at the beach. Charlie spent all his alone time planning out the perfect proposal. As the week went on, he got more and more nervous, but Jody didn't seem to notice. On Friday night, Charlie drove them to Sunset Beach, to watch the sunset (obviously).
They walked onto the rocky beach, covered with people, and went to sit down on the rocks. They walked carefully to the last rock and sat down. Charlie wrapped his arm around Jody and kissed her, the beautiful colorful sky sparking behind them. After the sun had set, Charlie was nervously preparing to take out the ring.
"I love you." Charlie whispered and leaned into kiss her.
"I love you to." Jody mumbled, kissing him fiercely.
Charlie pulled away and smiled at her. "This has been the best week of my life and-" Charlie was all set to propose when a loud shrill voice cut him off.
"JODY SAWYER??" Someone called from the other end of the slippery row of rocks.
Jody spun around and stood up immediately and ran to the other end, almost falling several times. Charlie sat there, and pulled out the ring.
"And I want you to know how much I love you." He said dully. "You've made me happier than I ever thought I could be in this world. And you could make me the happiest man alive. I love you Jody Sawyer, will you marry me? Yes!" Charlie mimicked Jody's voice and sighed deeply. He put the back in his pocket and stood up carefully. He walked down to the end of the rocks to see who had stopped him from making the most romantic proposal ever.
Jody was standing in the middle of the beach with 3 other girls around her age. Charlie came up and stood next to her, wrapping his arm around her waist.
"Hey Jody." He gave her a quick kiss on her check and turned to the others. "Um, hi."
Jody smiled excitedly, completely unaware of Charlie's original plan for the night. "Charlie, you'll never guess! These are my 3 best friends from Indiana. This is Charlotte, Jamie, and Amy." Jody said, pointing out her friends.
"Hi, it's great to meet you all." Charlie said.
"Can you believe this Charlie? I mean, an Monday I met your friends, and now you can meet mine!"
"Cool." Charlie said, forcing a smile.
"Guys, this is my boyfriend, Charlie."
After a few minutes, they 5 left to go for desert. Charlie drove behind Jody's friend's car, wondering if he'd ever get a chance like that again. They stopped at an eat-in Dairy Queen. Charlie and Jody only ordered smalls, so Jody's friends did the same. They all sat at a round table outside to eat.
When Jody got up to throw her half eaten cone and napkin away, she pulled Charlie up with her. When they were safely out of earshot at the trashcan, Jody questioned Charlie.
"Are you ok? You seem a little off."
Charlie shrugged it off and shook his head. "It's nothing, trust me."
"Ok, do you just wanna go back to the house?"
"Sure." Charlie nodded and shoved his trash into the tall trashcan. "Let's go." Charlie headed back to the car after a quick wave to Jody's friends.
Jody walked back over and leaned against the gravel table. "Um, we're gonna go. Sorry about Charlie, he's usually really sweet and all. I'm not sure what's wrong, but I have the feeling he's not gonna tell me."
Jamie nodded. "Ok, good luck. But, it was great seeing you again."
They all hugged and then Jody ran off to her car, her hair curls bouncing.
