shoulder.
“Cody.” She smiled at him with expectant eyes.
“Hey...ummm...”
“Michelle.”
“I knew, that...Michelle.”
“No, you didn’t,” she said kissing his ear, “but, that’s okay. I bet you won’t forget it now.”
Cody sighed. He had to figure out how to get rid of her.
There was a knock at the door. Cody pushed her away dismissively and grabbed the sheet to pull around his waist. “Probably Alex,” he said walking to the door and opening it.
It was Laura.
“Cody,” she said, eyes red, words rushing from her mouth, “maybe I made a mistake.”
Cody was so happy to see her, he couldn’t believe it.
“Laura, I thought you had a test...you said it was over...”
“I did, I mean, I do, but I couldn’t let you go so easy. Not after all we’d been through.”
“Oh, Laura.” Cody was stunned and ashamed.
“Co-dy...” Michelle’s voice broke the moment.
A look of sheer horror came across Laura’s face as she pushed passed Cody into the room.
“It’s not what you think,” he said, not knowing why he bothered to lie.
Laura’s eyes grew wide as she saw Michelle, naked, sprawled across the bed. An empty condom wrapper glared like a neon sign from the nightstand.
“Oh, my God,” she exhaled, “Oh my God!” Laura ran out of the room with tears burning in her eyes.
“Laura,” Cody called out, running after her down the hall with the sheet wrapped around him.
He caught up to her at the elevator. She was pushing the down button repeatedly.
“Stay away from me,” she hissed.
“Laura, I thought it was over, I thought...”
“I’m glad I meant so much to you that three days later you could jump into bed with some tramp.” Tears fell down her face like rain.
“I’m so sorry...” he whispered.
“I’m the one who’s sorry for ever loving someone like you.”
Cody had no response.
“It is over Cody. It is really over.”
The elevator opened and Laura went inside. Cody didn’t bother to follow her. It was no use. She was right.
It was over.
Chapter 17
Jonny just finished his last break when Dana came in for her shift.
“Hey Jonny.”
“How you feeling today, Dana?”
“Not much better,” she sighed. “You know, I can’t believe I haven’t heard from Sam since he left. We lived together. Don’t you think he’d at least call to see how I was doing?”
“Men are pigs.”
She leaned against the opposite side of the console. “You speak from experience?”
“I’ll ignore that remark given your delicate state.” He smiled at her.
Dana returned the grin. “You’re sooo sensitive.”
“The songs almost up Dana, you gotta talk.”
Dana walked around the console and took the headphones from Jonny.
“Good evening...Dana Drew here, back again for four hours of music and mayhem. Let’s kick off this rock block with a little Pearl Jam.” She hit the music and took off the headphones. The phone board lit up.
“Looks like you’ve got listener calls already,” Jonny observed.
“Don’t go anywhere, I still wanna talk to you.”
Dana hit the button on the audio board to answer the phone. The phone line ran through the board to record listeners they wanted to put on the air. Dana spoke into the microphone to talk to the listeners while their voice came over the speakers. If she was recording them, their voice only came through her headphones. She wasn’t recording the call.
“Hello…Dana Drew here.”
“Hi Dana, it’s Larry.”
“Larry, hi, what can I do you for?”
“Dana, it’s your friend, Larry. We finally met in person last night.”
“Oh, right, Larry. How the hell are ya?” Dana shrugged her shoulders at Jonny and mouthed, “chronic.” He understood immediately. Some listeners truly believed the deejays were their friends. They listened every day and felt close to the jocks. Unlike TV, radio deejays were accessible. You could call them and see
“Cody.” She smiled at him with expectant eyes.
“Hey...ummm...”
“Michelle.”
“I knew, that...Michelle.”
“No, you didn’t,” she said kissing his ear, “but, that’s okay. I bet you won’t forget it now.”
Cody sighed. He had to figure out how to get rid of her.
There was a knock at the door. Cody pushed her away dismissively and grabbed the sheet to pull around his waist. “Probably Alex,” he said walking to the door and opening it.
It was Laura.
“Cody,” she said, eyes red, words rushing from her mouth, “maybe I made a mistake.”
Cody was so happy to see her, he couldn’t believe it.
“Laura, I thought you had a test...you said it was over...”
“I did, I mean, I do, but I couldn’t let you go so easy. Not after all we’d been through.”
“Oh, Laura.” Cody was stunned and ashamed.
“Co-dy...” Michelle’s voice broke the moment.
A look of sheer horror came across Laura’s face as she pushed passed Cody into the room.
“It’s not what you think,” he said, not knowing why he bothered to lie.
Laura’s eyes grew wide as she saw Michelle, naked, sprawled across the bed. An empty condom wrapper glared like a neon sign from the nightstand.
“Oh, my God,” she exhaled, “Oh my God!” Laura ran out of the room with tears burning in her eyes.
“Laura,” Cody called out, running after her down the hall with the sheet wrapped around him.
He caught up to her at the elevator. She was pushing the down button repeatedly.
“Stay away from me,” she hissed.
“Laura, I thought it was over, I thought...”
“I’m glad I meant so much to you that three days later you could jump into bed with some tramp.” Tears fell down her face like rain.
“I’m so sorry...” he whispered.
“I’m the one who’s sorry for ever loving someone like you.”
Cody had no response.
“It is over Cody. It is really over.”
The elevator opened and Laura went inside. Cody didn’t bother to follow her. It was no use. She was right.
It was over.
Chapter 17
Jonny just finished his last break when Dana came in for her shift.
“Hey Jonny.”
“How you feeling today, Dana?”
“Not much better,” she sighed. “You know, I can’t believe I haven’t heard from Sam since he left. We lived together. Don’t you think he’d at least call to see how I was doing?”
“Men are pigs.”
She leaned against the opposite side of the console. “You speak from experience?”
“I’ll ignore that remark given your delicate state.” He smiled at her.
Dana returned the grin. “You’re sooo sensitive.”
“The songs almost up Dana, you gotta talk.”
Dana walked around the console and took the headphones from Jonny.
“Good evening...Dana Drew here, back again for four hours of music and mayhem. Let’s kick off this rock block with a little Pearl Jam.” She hit the music and took off the headphones. The phone board lit up.
“Looks like you’ve got listener calls already,” Jonny observed.
“Don’t go anywhere, I still wanna talk to you.”
Dana hit the button on the audio board to answer the phone. The phone line ran through the board to record listeners they wanted to put on the air. Dana spoke into the microphone to talk to the listeners while their voice came over the speakers. If she was recording them, their voice only came through her headphones. She wasn’t recording the call.
“Hello…Dana Drew here.”
“Hi Dana, it’s Larry.”
“Larry, hi, what can I do you for?”
“Dana, it’s your friend, Larry. We finally met in person last night.”
“Oh, right, Larry. How the hell are ya?” Dana shrugged her shoulders at Jonny and mouthed, “chronic.” He understood immediately. Some listeners truly believed the deejays were their friends. They listened every day and felt close to the jocks. Unlike TV, radio deejays were accessible. You could call them and see
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