Chapter Two
"I know what you have planned and I think you should go for it." Sergei said to Charlie.
Charlie slid off his pants. "What do you mean?" he finished undressing and crawled into bed.
"I found the engagement ring."
"What? Did you tell Jody?"
"No, but I think you should go for it." Sergei said. "She loves you. I really think it could work."
The next day, the group was our having ice-cream. "Jody, I have a question to ask you." Charlie said. He caught Sergei's eye. He nodded.
"What's that?" Jody asked.
Charlie got on one knee and pulled out his box. "Will you marry me?" He opened the box to show the ring.
Jody looked at Eva and Maureen. They nodded. Maureen held up her hand to show that Jim proposed too.
"Yes, Charlie Sims, I will marry you." Jody said.
"Yes!" Charlie exclaimed. He slipped the ring on her finger, twirled her and kissed her.
"Where will we live?" Jody asked.
"Actually, we were thinking of getting an apartment together." Maureen spoke up.
"We who?" Jody asked.
"Maureen, Jim, you, Charlie, Sergei, Galina, Eric and i." Eva explained.
"You guys knew about this?" Jody asked.
"Only I did." Sergei said. "I found the ring."
"Yeah. The only thing they knew was about us getting an apartment together." Charlie confirmed.
Jody hugged Charlie once again. "So, stud, when's the wedding date?"
"I was thinking in about a month." Charlie responded.
"The sooner the better." Jody smiled.
Eric looked at his watch. "Um guys, don't you have to be somewhere?"
"Oh, shit." Charlie called. "We need to get going."
"I'll see you after practice." Jody said. She kissed Charlie and headed toward Cooper's studio.
Charlie watched her go. "You see that?" he asked the others. "That's my soon-to-be wife."
"Yeah, yeah, Romeo. We need to get going." Sergei said, tugging on Charlie's shirt.
