Georgie
I needed him, Charlie. We've been friends for a long while, he understands me and there is no denying that the death of Elvis has brought us closer together. No-one else understood what we are going through so it was natural to lean on each other for support.
He had been so supportive, I couldn't believe he had feelings for me, but I wanted him to, needed him to because I was feeling so alone. I knew that he & Molly were going through a tough patch because she couldn't understand what he was going through, that she trying to make him leave him Army. We'd talked about it when he was injured in the jungle, when he first told me he had feelings for me yet when he was barely conscious, he called out for Molly. He looked disappointed when he saw it was me there and I'm not going to lie that hurt a bit but she doesn't understand wants he needs now. Anyway, I thought his feelings had changed since then, he's told me so and I believed him. They've decided to split up so he can't still love her like he did.
Yet when I was falling from that cliff, thinking it was the end, all I could think of was Elvis, that at least I would be with him again. Not once did Charlie enter my head. I've used him to make myself feel better, tricked myself into believing I could move on from Elvis. Move on from the man I love, the man I saw blown up in front, the man I had only just got back when I had accepted that I would never love anyone again like I loved him! I had accepted that what Elvis and I had was special, that we were meant to be together and he was only one for me. Then why did I believe I could love Charles so easily and more importantly, why did I believe he could love me when all the signs were there to tell me different. I saw the devastation in his eyes following the call from Molly when he told me that they had decided to end things yet I accepted his excuse that it was just shock because I didn't want to lose him. Didn't want to lose another person who had become so important to me. I also saw the guilt in his eyes after we had slept together and that was a little harder to ignore yet still we choose not to talk about it. However, it was when I was sitting by his bedside, whilst he was recovering from the injuries caused by the cliff jump that I finally accepted the truth. He called out for Molly again, Molly, not me, because it is Molly that he loves, Molly that he needs, not me. I've used him to make myself feel better, when I should have been supporting him as a friend and recognising that he was grieving just as much as I was. He has wrecked his marriage due to a misguided belief that he had to look after me, had to replace Elvis I guess & I feel so so ashamed that I let him.
I know, I've always known that she is the love of his life. Elvis once told me that he had never seen Charlie as happy as he was with Molly, that Molly was his perfect match because she made him him again after the farse of his previous marriage and beacuse she was prepared to stand up to him when he needed putting in his place. I knew too that our relationship was wrong but I was too weak, too broken to not need him. I clung to him because he was all I had left of Elvis and I know that is why Charlie was drawn to me too. Looking back now I can see that mine and Charlie's relationship was based on nothing but guilt, fear and grief. My only hope now is that I can get Charlie to see that too and that maybe, just maybe it isn't too late for him to patch things up with Molly.
Author's note:
Firstly, thank you to all of those who have left a review and say you like the story, it inspires me to keep going (and also makes me think I'm not quite a sad as my husband would have me believe, for being Molly & Charles obssessed).
Secondly, in my little story, no-one knows that Charles & Georgie have slept together. I'm not going ignore it but I think that if Molly was ever going to forgive Charles (and I'm still not sure if she will yet) it is important that she isn't publically humiliated. Therefore, to the lovely reviewer who said they would like to see 2 Section's reaction, I won't be doing one as they are unaware. Although of course if I did, they would be on Molly's side.
Finally, I go on holiday tomorrow so it may take me a little while to update. I am also planning on doing Charles next so it will probably take me longer to write too.