Chapter Two: Charlie

Subject: The Last Day

Date: May 19, 2008

Time: 6:04 AM

Today is the day I leave. I'm moving to Arizona. I barely got a chance to say goodbye. I'm going to miss all my friends terribly, especially Roxy. I'm so in love with her and it's going to be unbearable not being to see her beautiful face everyday. I saw her yesterday for the second to last time. We had an amazing time, and she even made me a cake. I'm taking the cake with me but I'm never going to eat it… I'm going to save it. I got her a teddy bear and I gave her a t-shirt of mine, it was her favorite, I also gave her a bottle of my cologne. She gave me a stuffed giraffe, and a t-shirt and a bottle of her perfume, like in that song by Senses Fail, 'I stole your perfume to spray in my room, you will always be there'. I'm feeling kind of depressed right now so I think I'm going to get off, but Roxy, if you're reading this…I love you more than anything.

Charboo

I sighed as I turned off my laptop and put it in my bag that I was going to take with me on the plane. "Charlie, hun, we're leaving in ten minutes!" My mom called from downstairs. We were packing up the last of our belongings and putting them in the car. The movers had already taken our furniture yesterday so we had to sleep in sleeping bags the night before. I stuffed my tooth brush, my hair brush, my giraffe, Roxy's shirt and her perfume into a bag and went downstairs.

"Is everything out of your room?" My dad asked. "Yeah I got the last of it." I said, with a "tone" in my voice. I really didn't want to move. My family knew how much it was killing me inside to have to leave. Then the doorbell rang. I opened it to see Roxy, Caitlin, Tiffany, Kenzie, and Jasper. "Hey!"Roxy screamed and hugged me. I wrapped my arms around her and held her, she smelled amazing. "Hey," I whispered in her ear, trying to hold the tears in. We let go of each other, and I saw tears in her eyes. Everyone else said hi to me and gave me a hug. "We're going to miss you so much," Roxy said. "I'm going to miss you guys too."

After they all left we got in the car and left for the airport. We decided my friends probably shouldn't come to the airport because it would make the goodbyes too long and hard. I stared out the window as the scenery sped by. My earphones were in my ears and music was blasting into my veins. The pain stabbed. I felt as if I couldn't breathe. I held the tears in. I didn't want my family to see me cry. Especially my brother, Shayne, he was the person I looked up to. He was 17 and he was the best guy I knew. He had been there for me since day one, we were best friends. Then I had my younger sister Polly and my parents, the five of us.

I sat in the terminal, still listening to my iPod. Shayne was listening to his too, and Polly was playing with two of her Barbie dolls that she brought along, and our parents were talking about something. I still found it rather hard to breathe and I felt like crying but once again I didn't. All of the sudden though, I couldn't stop it. "I'm going to the bathroom real quick, I'll be right back." I said and quickly went to the bathroom. I went inside a stall and locked the door. Then I began crying. I was sobbing, letting every last emotion out. Then I saw it, on my phone, a text from Roxy and she had sent a picture of herself. She looked beautiful. It was taken outside, her blonde hair was shining in the sun. Her ocean blue eyes were sparkling, and she was smiling the way she smiled when I told her I loved her. Then I started bawling. I couldn't control myself, I started screaming. I sunk to the floor and hugged my knees. I started rocking back and forth.

"Charlie?" I heard Shayne knock on the door of my stall. "What do you want?!" I shouted. "Gee, I was just checking to see if you're okay…because you don't sound okay…" he said. "I opened the door and he came in and sat next to me. "So what's bugging you?" I sniffled and stared at the ground. "What do you think?" I grumbled. "Look, you're not the only one who's in pain right now. What do you think everyone else feels like? You know what, I'm going to be honest, I freaking adore Daphne, Roxy's sister, but I never got a chance to tell her, and it's not like she would like me anyway." He sighed. I sniffled, slowly starting to pull myself together. "I'm sorry; I know I'm being a big baby…" I said. "No, I understand, I can tell you guys are in love and it's rather tragic you have to be apart." he whispered.

After our heart to heart (so to speak) we went back to the terminal and it was time to board the plane. I got a seat in the middle aisle. Polly sat in between me and Shayne and our parents sat on the outside aisle next to Shayne. I was still listening to my iPod and I was texting Roxy.

The hours passed rather fast and we were there in what seemed like no time. We got off the plane and my aunt, uncle and cousins were waiting for us. "Hey!" My family said to theirs. We all greeted each other, picked up our luggage and picked up our car. Then we drove to our new house.

The moving van was in the drive way and there were people carrying our furniture in. The house was nice from the outside, now we just needed to see the inside. "I'm finally at my new house," I texted Roxy. Our whole family went inside. Our new house was beautiful. It was older but it was nice and big.

I went upstairs and found the room that had all my furniture in it and my boxes. I decided that the way the movers put the furniture in looked fine so I started unpacking boxes. I unpacked my bed sheets first and made my bed. Then I unpacked the box that had Roxy's stuff in it. I hugged her shirt and then spritzed it with her perfume. I felt the emptiness all over again. Then I pulled out my laptop. Luckily she was online.

charboox: hey sweetie

foxxayyroxxay: hey babe!

charboox: I miss you already.

foxxayyroxxay: I miss you too! like crazy.

charboox: I had a short flight which is good 

foxxayyroxxay: that's good! how is it there?

charboox: good I guess, I haven't seen much yet.

charboox: brb

The door bell rang so I went to see who it was. My mom had already gotten it and everyone in our family was coming to see who it was. A man, woman and two girls were standing at our door. "Hello, we're the Johnsons, we live next door!" The lady was saying. "I'm Tina, this is my husband Phil and these are my two daughters Heather and Star, Heather is 13 and Star is 15." she said. "We're the Thompsons, I'm Jean, this is Greg, my husband, and this is Charlie, he's turning 14 in a few weeks and this is Shayne, he's 17." my mom introduced us. "Well, we wanted to invite you over for dinner perhaps tomorrow night if you don't have anything planned." Tina told us. "Sure! That sounds lovely, what time?" My mom said. Wow…Heather was gorgeous and so was Star. And we were going to her house tomorrow night. But then I remembered Roxy and instantly I felt guilty. I ran back upstairs.

charboox: srry, someone was at the door, new neighbors

foxxayyroxxay: oh thts cool, r they nice ?

charboox: yeah they seem nice, were going to have dinner their house tomorrow nite

foxxayyroxxay: thts cool!

charboox: for sure.

foxxayyroxxay: omg I miss you boo 

charboox: I miss you too. I'm going to love you forever and you know that. I just wish I could be with you tonight. Like you have no idea how bad I want that…

foxxayyroxxay: I feel the exact same way about you baby and you know that  I need : I know sweetie, I need you too. I want to hold you in my arms and never let go. I just want to touch your face, smell your hair, hold your hand, look into your eyes and kiss your lips, you're my true love, and you're the only girl for me, remember that.

The next morning, or should I say afternoon considering I didn't wake up until around 12:00, was odd. It was strange to wake up in a totally different place than you're used to. Every morning, well almost every morning, I had woken up in that same old bedroom back in Seaside.

I checked my phone, no new messages.

I went downstairs, still in my boxers and white t-shirt. I grabbed a bowl, a spoon, and a box of cereal. "Hi Char!" Polly giggled. Polly was the cutest. We had the best relationship ever and I loved it. "Hey Polly," I said, ruffling up her hair. "I want to play princesses, but none of my friends are around to play, will you?" she asked. "Sure, just let me eat first."

Polly and I played a lot but it looked like we were going to be playing more now that she didn't know any girls her age around here. I poured my cereal and milk into my bowl and ate it fast. Then I put my bowl in the sink and went to Polly's room.

"I'm ready, Pollyboo," I said. "Okay, you're the prince and I'm the princess and we have to go to the ball." she explained. She put on one of my mom's dresses and we started dancing. A few moments later, the doorbell rang. "Charlie, we're the only ones home and I'm in the shower, so you need to get that!!" Shayne yelled to me.

I made my way to the door. "Yo," I said as I swung open the door, only to see Heather standing there. "Uhm, hey…Charlie is it?" She stuttered. "Yeah, it's Charlie, Heather right?" I asked. "Yeah, Heather. My mom wanted me to come over and see if you wanted to like, hang out." she said. She began to giggle. She had bleach blonde straight hair. She was short and skinny and she had the most amazing legs. She was seriously hot. STOP IT! I yelled to myself. "Well, I'm playing princesses with my four year old sister. I laughed. She giggled and then she stared into my eyes…with those baby blue ones of hers. "That sounds fun actually, I love little kids! Do you think she'd let me play?" Heather asked. I nodded, "yeah, I think she might. Come on in!" I let her in and she followed me up to Polly's room.

"Hey, Pollyboo, guess what! We have a visitor!" I said to her. "Hi sweetie, I'm Heather." Heather smiled. "Hi Heather!" Polly said. "You can be another princess."

Hello Princess Heather, care to dance?" I asked. She laughed and walked over to me. Polly came running behind her. Taking a deep breath, I put my hands on her waist and her hands found their place on my shoulders. Our eyes were locked in a stare. My whole body felt like I was spasming. I dared to move a little closer to her and she moved closer as well. "The prince needs to kiss the princess for the spell to be broke!!" Polly squealed. "Uh, I don't know." Heather laughed. I just giggled and rolled my eyes. Oh gawd…she was so irresistible. "Should we?" she mouthed. "I guess," I mouthed back. What was I doing?!? Then I puckered up my lips and kissed hers softly. Instead of pulling away after that moment, Heather kept going. We kissed for a few minutes, even opening our mouths a little bit. Finally I pulled away. She stared into my eyes and then let go of me completely. "Is my curse gone?" she asked Polly. Polly nodded; she had a huge grin on her face. Then my eyes caught a glimpse of the picture of me and Roxy. Oh no.

"Well I better get home," Heather said. "I guess I'll see you at dinner tonight!" she said. I nodded at her and then she left.