Dropping her groceries on the kitchen counter, Jodie Sawyer hit the button
on her answering machine.
"You have 2 messages," it chimed happily in its monotone voice.
It beeped and then, "Jodie! It's mom! You need to come visit. Oh! We have your plane tickets all ready for you. We got two so that you can bring Charlie with you. We know that you two aren't together anymore, but we want to see him again. He so sweet! Anyway, call us back as soon as you can!"
Jodie laughed as she listened to the next beep. "Jodie, it's Charlie. We need to get together so we can talk about rehearsal times. Call me back when you get the time. Bye," the machine beeped and concluded. Jodie sighed recalling that Charlie had just joined Cooper Neilson's company with her. He hadn't been happy at ABC.
She sighed again and picked up the phone. "Hi, it Jodie, is Charlie there? Yes, I'll hold," she switched the phone to her other ear as she began to unload her groceries.
"Jodie! How are you?" came Charlie Sims' friendly voice from the other line.
"Hey Charlie, I'm fine. Listen, my parents want us to come visit them in a week. They've already gotten us plane tickets. My mom wants to see you again. I think that Cooper will give us time off. He's usually pretty generous about it. And since you two are friends.just kidding!"
"Oh my gosh! That would be so great! Your mom's too cool. Listen about rehearsal times, we need to get in more since we're gong to be dancing Romeo and Juliet together."
"Yeah, I was thinking that we could practice during vacation. We have a studio in our house from my old dancing days. I could ask my mom to clean it up a little bit."
"That sounds great!"
They proceeded to coordinate the rest of the details. Then, Jodie put in a call to Cooper. She got his voicemail. "Listen Cooper, Charlie and I are going back home to visit my family. We're going to be practicing though, don't worry. We are going to leave this Sunday and we won't get back until the following Sunday. Have fun with the chorale! See ya soon," she explained and signed off.
~~~~~6 DAYS LATER~~~~~
A taxi honked outside the apartment building and Jodie rushed out the door. She ran smack dab into Charlie on the sidewalk. "Oops! Sorry! I'm just a little nervous,"
"Why? We're not dancing for the president or anything. We're just going to see your parents," said Charlie flashing his gorgeous smile.
"I know, it's just that I haven't seen them for so long. I feel like I'm not going to know them," she said pulling her suitcase over to the trunk of the taxi.
"It's okay, they're your parents. And, we're going to have a great time! We'll lay out in the sun and dance all vacation long!" he said hugging her reassuringly.
"Yup, now let's get this show on the road!" she laughed and pulled him into the taxi with her.
Not realizing that they were flying first class, they immediately got comfortable in their seats and proceeded to mess around with the channels on their headsets. They both found the same classical station and started to choreograph a ballet in their minds. The started to write down the details.
"Wow Jodie, we should seriously show this to Cooper. He'd like it. Then, we could dance it together!" smiled Charlie putting the finishing touches on it as the plane landed. He helped her out of the plane and they walked into the main terminal and got their luggage. Then they immediately began to look for Jodie's parents.
"Jodie! Over here!" yelled Mr. Sawyer. "Here, let me help you with those!
"You have 2 messages," it chimed happily in its monotone voice.
It beeped and then, "Jodie! It's mom! You need to come visit. Oh! We have your plane tickets all ready for you. We got two so that you can bring Charlie with you. We know that you two aren't together anymore, but we want to see him again. He so sweet! Anyway, call us back as soon as you can!"
Jodie laughed as she listened to the next beep. "Jodie, it's Charlie. We need to get together so we can talk about rehearsal times. Call me back when you get the time. Bye," the machine beeped and concluded. Jodie sighed recalling that Charlie had just joined Cooper Neilson's company with her. He hadn't been happy at ABC.
She sighed again and picked up the phone. "Hi, it Jodie, is Charlie there? Yes, I'll hold," she switched the phone to her other ear as she began to unload her groceries.
"Jodie! How are you?" came Charlie Sims' friendly voice from the other line.
"Hey Charlie, I'm fine. Listen, my parents want us to come visit them in a week. They've already gotten us plane tickets. My mom wants to see you again. I think that Cooper will give us time off. He's usually pretty generous about it. And since you two are friends.just kidding!"
"Oh my gosh! That would be so great! Your mom's too cool. Listen about rehearsal times, we need to get in more since we're gong to be dancing Romeo and Juliet together."
"Yeah, I was thinking that we could practice during vacation. We have a studio in our house from my old dancing days. I could ask my mom to clean it up a little bit."
"That sounds great!"
They proceeded to coordinate the rest of the details. Then, Jodie put in a call to Cooper. She got his voicemail. "Listen Cooper, Charlie and I are going back home to visit my family. We're going to be practicing though, don't worry. We are going to leave this Sunday and we won't get back until the following Sunday. Have fun with the chorale! See ya soon," she explained and signed off.
~~~~~6 DAYS LATER~~~~~
A taxi honked outside the apartment building and Jodie rushed out the door. She ran smack dab into Charlie on the sidewalk. "Oops! Sorry! I'm just a little nervous,"
"Why? We're not dancing for the president or anything. We're just going to see your parents," said Charlie flashing his gorgeous smile.
"I know, it's just that I haven't seen them for so long. I feel like I'm not going to know them," she said pulling her suitcase over to the trunk of the taxi.
"It's okay, they're your parents. And, we're going to have a great time! We'll lay out in the sun and dance all vacation long!" he said hugging her reassuringly.
"Yup, now let's get this show on the road!" she laughed and pulled him into the taxi with her.
Not realizing that they were flying first class, they immediately got comfortable in their seats and proceeded to mess around with the channels on their headsets. They both found the same classical station and started to choreograph a ballet in their minds. The started to write down the details.
"Wow Jodie, we should seriously show this to Cooper. He'd like it. Then, we could dance it together!" smiled Charlie putting the finishing touches on it as the plane landed. He helped her out of the plane and they walked into the main terminal and got their luggage. Then they immediately began to look for Jodie's parents.
"Jodie! Over here!" yelled Mr. Sawyer. "Here, let me help you with those!
