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The Unlikely Couple:
Charlie and Claudia
(A chapter from "Helping Out")
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Charlie and Claudia
(A chapter from "Helping Out")
(Link back to where this 1x1 began)
Explanation: This is a conversation/interaction primarily between two characters from the roleplay, "Helping Out". We are writing this here because it is easier to both write and read outside of the main IC thread. This first post is a word for word copy of the post in the main IC thread that lead to this 1x1.)
Outside Charlie Reed's house
7:30 am, Thursday, March 27, 2025,
(OOC thread for this thread and the main IC thread)
Charlie had set an alarm in his phone, in his radio alarm clock, in his Smart TV, and in his laptop. It was all done to ensure that he woke up on time to be ready for Claudia's arrival at 7:30. Viola had given Claudia a car, an incredible Mercedes convertible, on Monday. On Tuesday, she'd gotten insurance. On Wednesday, they'd each gotten permission to drive to school in Carlson Creek with each other. And today they were doing just that for the first time.
He'd hurried through his shower, dressing, and breakfast to ensure he was outside. Claudia had made it clear that if he wasn't on time, she couldn't afford to be late to school. Claudia was very much the dedicated student, likely to become Class Valedictorian or, at the least, Salutatorian. She wasn't going to risk that because her boyfriend wasn't on time to get to school in the last month of their last year of high school.
As he hurried out to the end of the driveway, Charlie thought to himself, Boyfriend. I'm Claudia Owens's boyfriend. And he wasn't just her boyfriend. He was her lover. Oh, sure, they'd only had sex just that one night. But dear God, it had been the most exciting night of his life. He'd been hoping that they would have done it again since then, but things just hadn't turned out that way. Yet! he told himself, yet again.
He looked down the road toward the City of Toland for Claudia's car. The Reed home sat just outside the City of Toland, the first house north of city limits on the west side of Main Street. (Map) Actually, out here beyond city limits, Main Street wasn't Main Street anymore. On most maps, the road was identified as State Highway 15, but the Reeds' address according to the United States Postal Service was 25255 North River Barge Road.*
Suddenly, there was the Silver Bullet, streaking up the road toward Charlie. The Silver Bullet was the name Charlie had come up with the car. Claudia had laughed at the suggestion and, even now days later, hadn't yet told him whether or not she liked it or not. Well see, he said as it approached, slowed, and stopped at the end of his driveway. Claudia called to him, "Let's go, boyfriend!"
Charlie smiled wide at her speaking the word boyfriend. It was the first time she'd said it that way to him, and it made him very happy. He ran around to the passenger side and leapt in. He would lean her way to see if Claudia wanted a good morning kiss, but he'd be casual about it, not wanting to look overanxious.
* River Barge Road: Alice2015 has a good story about this, but it hasn't been posted yet. Be on the lookout for it.