A Chance of Rain

      The next day Bo packs his suitcase and checks out of the hotel. He begins his drive to the airport and decides to call Jennifer to advise her of his flight details.

      "Hello Jen? Yes, I'll be there tomorrow. I'm flying out early this afternoon,” says Bo.

      "Great! Are you bringing your partner?” asks Jennifer.

      "No, she's not coming and I don't want to talk about it,” says Bo.

      "Bo,” replies Jennifer, who rarely calls him by his first name, “this sounds serious. I don't normally pry into people's personal issues, but I am concerned. Please talk to me,” says Jennifer.

      Bo tells Jennifer of the breakup. “Jen, I really feel like I'm walking away from the best thing in my life. I think I'm making a mistake,” Bo says.

      "You are making a mistake. We need to prevent you from making that mistake,” says Jennifer. “You need to stay there. You'll never be happy if you walk away from her,” continues Jennifer.

      "But what about the meeting tomorrow?” asks Bo.

      "I can handle it,” replies Jennifer. “If you want you can patch in via teleconference. Now go back and get your girl, sir. And that's a direct order from the acting president, sir,” Jennifer says in a humorous voice.

      Bo is suddenly filled with vigor. He knows in his heart that being with her is all that he wants, over and above anything else.

      Bo immediately turns his car around and drives towards the farm house. As he drives he becomes excited. He cannot wait to see the look on her face.

      While Bo is driving, it starts raining. Bo is so anxious to see her that he does not stop to retract the roof of the convertible vehicle. Rain drenches the cabin of the vehicle, and does not spare Bo. The rain becomes fierce, and turns into a storm. Bo makes one final turn and continues to drive down the urban road that the farm house is situated on.

      Up along the road, he sees an older lady walking, holding an umbrella. He stops and offers the old lady a lift. It happens to be Ms. Drubble, who lives just down the road.

      "Ms. Drubble, why don't you get in? I can give you a lift,” offers Bo.

      Ms. Drubble takes one look into Bo's car and says, “Son, I'll stay drier under this umbrella than in your car. No thank you.”

      Bo smiles and wishes her well.

      He finally arrives at the house and speeds up the driveway, coming to a sudden stop. As Bo gets out of the car he calls out, but there is no reply. He enters the front door.

      "Hello?” calls Bo.

      He walks over to her bedroom and peeks through the entrance. She is not there. He decides to leave her a note. Bo glances over at the night table and spots a pen and note pad. He opens the note pad to write in it, and realizes it is her diary. He begins to read the notes made, expecting to find romantic comments of their relationship. Bo flips through the diary and comes to a page a little past the center of the book. The entry was made on the day they first met at the audition hall.

      `My date with Bobby went well.  He is so handsome when he is dressed up.  Maybe he'll marry me one day!'

      "Bobby?" says Bo. He becomes angry and drops the diary on the floor, running outside of the house in distress. The diary lands upside down, open to the page he has just read.

      Clearly upset, Bo enters his car and speeds off to the airport. “I can't believe I wasted all this time,” he says to himself. “Why did she just drag the relationship on? Why didn't she have the decency to tell me?” Bo questions aloud. “Bobby, who's Bobby?” he asks of himself. Bo swears that he will never return to the small town.

      Bo arrives at the airport and drops the car off. The parking attendant looks at the drenched vehicle, holding a curious demeanor.

      "Sir, this car is soaked. There's going to be some extra charges for this,” says the attendant.

      "Charge me whatever you like. I couldn't care less right now,” replies Bo. Bo takes his luggage and enters the airport.