Hope it felt good

Round 13: Summer 2019



Brooke Harper is 27 and Charlie Greene is 25.
(Tom is 26 and Dixie is 25.)

Narrated by Brooke Harper.

Things are going well with me and Charlie. It's like we never were apart.

Lately I've been feeling that maybe it's time for us to take the next step in our relationship. I've been dropping hints that I might want to get married before I turn 30 but Charlie usually just pretends that he doesn't understand what I'm talking about. He feels that we're still young and we shouldn't rush into things.

I know I shouldn't be too pushy. He's been really stressed lately without me pressuring him. He was fired some time ago because of some stupid argument with his boss.

He had to take a job as a mail carrier and he's not happy about it at all.

He has weekends off but he says he just gets bored at the apartment when I'm at work. He usually ends up cleaning the apartment and the dinner's always ready when I come home.

We're trying to save up money for a bigger apartment or a small house so instead of going out we usually invite friends over. We've become very close with Dixie and Tom because their life is pretty much in the same stage as ours. All our other siblings already have kids so they can't come over so often anymore.

Dixie has always been closest of Charlie's sisters to me. She's quite shy in a bigger crowd but you wouldn't know that when it's just the four of us hanging out together.

Most nights I sit in front of my computer though. I work full-time for the Gazette but I also write quite a lot of articles for other magazines as a freelancer.

Charlie usually works out in the living room while I write. He's determined to get back in the adventure field and I think he has his goal set on a job as a whitewater rafter. I just wish he could've picked a less dangerous dream career.

I have to admit that I usually get distracted when I see him shirtless and sweaty after his work-out.

I do feel bad for him when I see how he checks the magazine and the internet for any open jobs every day.

He gets so frustrated because he knows he's good at what he used to do and now he's stuck in this crappy job that he hates.

I tried to cheer him up by suggesting that we'd invite our parents over for dinner. Charlie agreed that it's about time that they all met. Our dads have barely met even though they've lived in the same town for about 45 years!

I've always felt like Bobbie wasn't very fond of me after Charlie and I got back together. I guess she was upset that I broke up with him but we had a good talk after dinner and I think things are a lot better now.

I know I talk about getting married but deep down inside I know that even if we never tied the knot it wouldn't matter that much. No other man could ever make me even half as happy as Charlie does and no proposal or wedding can change that.

Notes:

• Title from "Hope if felt good" by Nikka Costa.
• I hate chance cards and the feeling is mutual! Charlie got fired due to a chance card. The adventurer career didn't come up in the job openings but I'll most likely cheat him back to that career later this round.
• Brooke rolled the want for a baby but it rolled away pretty quickly. She's also talking a lot about marriage and babies so I'm taking this as a hint that she's thinking of more serious commitment. Neither of them have rolled the want to get engaged or married though.
• I know that updates have been very rare lately but I've been busy with several RL issues. Things are certainly looking a lot brighter than they did just a few days ago but I might not be able to update more frequently in the future either. I'll try to squeeze in a play session whenever I can and update as often as possible.