Charlie kissed Chelsea goodbye, then blew her another kiss out the window of his car driving away mouthing the words, ‘I love you’. Chelsea toke the leash of her dog then got ready for bed. At the park, Charlie surprised her with a picnic dinner, what a great guy. She brushed her teeth then got into bed, it was only nine, but she had an early class the next day, (Monday). Chelsea couldn’t sleep; she tussled and turned watching the night hours go by slow, so slow. The letter remained on her mind. She soon couldn’t take it anymore and went to her desk. She toke out a piece of paper and pen and started to write back. As she went to turn on her light, she knocked over a picture of her and Charlie. She stared at it for a few moments then stated to write.
Dear Zach,
I love you to, I never got over you after we broke up, and every day is so full of pain without you. I miss you terribly and can’t live another day without you. You know all my secrets and all my shame, and I can’t be without you anymore. Please write me back…
Love, Jade
Chelsea smiled as she licked the envelope closed. ‘Poor Charlie, but technically it’s not cheating, and he’ll never find out so its ok, its just a harmless prank to pull on this other man, and an adventure for my boring life.’ Chelsea thought as she sealed the letter with stamps, it would be off to Zach the next day, and her ‘adventure’ would begin. Chelsea crawled back in bed and feel asleep with a grin on her face. At seven a.m. the next morning her alarm clock went off. She hit the snooze button. Fifteen minutes later she burst out of bed. “Late, late I’m gonna be late!” She hollered out loud. Addie jumped in surprise from her owners yelling. Chelsea burst into the bathroom and turned on her straightener as she did her make up. She got dressed and rushed down stairs into the kitchen pouring a bowl of cereal. Then she grabbed the letter of her countertop and ran to her car driving to her collage. On her way she dropped of the letter at the post office then got to school. As Chelsea parked her car she had second thoughts about the letter. ‘What if Charlie finds out? He’ll be heart broken, and so will I! What about Zach? What if he really loves this woman and when he finds out it’s me pranking him and not his love writing back, what will he do?’ She thought. But it was too late, the letter was in the box soon to be on its way to Zach. Chelsea grabbed her backpack and ran into her classroom. “Sorry I’m late, there was traffic.” She told the teacher, Mr. Levin. He nodded and continued his accounting lessons. Chelsea got out her notebook and opened it. Inside was a small folded paper, she opened it and read. Meet me at the beach after school. –love you, Charlie. Chelsea felt a guilty feeling, why did she write Zach back? It’s not like she wasn’t happy with Charlie, It’s not like Zach was some super-hot dude writing to her, he was writing to his lover, Jade, and Charlie was such a great guy. She just felt bored with her life and this was a way to spice it up, that’s all… that’s all…
