One mistake leads to another…
And a huge aftermath could destroy them all…
Bailey Pickett sits, bored at the counter of One of a Kind, a boutique where she works, on the SS Tipton, the boat where she is going to school, and will be graduating from in May. It was currently October. Business was slow today, and she had nothing to do. She sat thinking about her boyfriend Cody Martin. She was so lost in thought that she barely noticed somebody talking to her.
"Um…Bailey…hello?" Bailey looked up and saw Zack looking at her.
"Wha—Oh Hi Zack…why are you in a clothing store…much less a woman's clothing store…?"
"I…um…wanted to talk to you about something…"
"Um…okay you can tell me anything…"
"Well it is a question about girls…"
"Couldn't you just ask London…?"
"No, she wouldn't understand…" He looked into Bailey's eyes. "And I couldn't do this." He kissed her on the lips.
"Zack…I should slap you for that…" She giggled nervously. "But I would be lying if I said that I didn't like it."
Bailey laughed her signature laugh…Zack turns to see Cody looking him in the eye…
"Oh my god Cody…!" Bailey said.
Cody ran out of the store.
"Bye Zack…I have to leave." She left before he could reply
In Cody and Woody's Cabin
Cody sat on the bed writing a note. When he finished writing it he taped it to the small velvet covered jewelry box that contained a ring. He left the cabin and went to One of a Kind where he found Bailey.
"Cody...I-I'm…"
"Save it for someone who cares" Cody interrupted, leaving the box on the counter and storming out of the room.
Bailey picked up the box and was about to open the note attached, but before doing that, she had a realization. The words in this note could change her life forever. She opened the note. It said:
"Bailey I love you, and I thought you felt the same way about me, but apparently I was wrong about you. I can't believe you cheated on me with my own brother. I was going to propose tonight under the stars at midnight, but I guess that is off. Goodbye Bailey, tonight I am going to jump from the Sky Deck and end my misery at midnight. I hope you can have fun with Zack."
Bailey cried out in shock. She ran after Cody. She got him cornered.
"Cody, just listen to me"
"Bailey I saw-"
"No, I need you to listen to me."
"Okay fine" Cody said rolling his eyes "This should be good. I can just imagine what you are going to say 'I didn't kiss him; it's not what you think.' Yeah right."
Bailey was mad but she kept her cool. "I did kiss him, but it was friendship. He wanted to know about girls; in fact I will explain the whole conversation: I was sitting at the counter of the store, and there was nothing to do so I was thinking about you. Zack came in when I wasn't paying attention, and he said: 'Um…Bailey…hello?' when I realized he was there I said hi and he asked for my help with girls and I asked why he didn't just ask London. He said 'because she wouldn't understand and I couldn't do this' and he kissed me. That is all that happened. Please Cody, I love you."
"Bailey…I can't…I don't understand…"
"What don't you get? I don't have a thing for Zack!" Bailey lied
"How do I know you're telling the truth?"
"Don't you trust me?"
"Yeah I guess I do, I have for a year, so why shouldn't I? Oh wait! How about the fact that I saw you kissing my brother!"
"Cody…please." Bailey started crying.
"But why did you do it?"
"Do what?"
"You kissed him; you didn't pull back or anything."
"Well I'm sorry, it just reminded me of you I totally lost it and thought I was kissing you. I'm sorry. Just forgive me."
"Bailey…I just don't know."
"What don't you know? What's not to know or understand? I love you, and I made a mistake"
"So you are honestly saying that was all Zack and you felt nothing?"
"Yeah I am" Bailey said lying again.
"Okay I'm sorry I didn't believe you."
"Um…Cody…?"
"Yeah Bailey?"
"Were you really going to…propose?
"Yes I am"
Bailey laughed her signature laugh. Cody laughed too. Cody walked her to her cabin and they said good night. Bailey started thinking about Zack. She stayed up until she finally got the nerve to call him. She dialed his number and waited for him to answer.
"Hello?"
"Hey, it's Bailey"
"Oh hey"
"Want to meet somewhere? I feel like talking to you"
"Okay. I guess we do need to talk"
"Okay let's meet at One of a Kind"
"Okay see you there Bailey"
"Okay bye. See you there"
Bailey got dressed and hurried to One of a Kind.
Zack hurried and got dressed. I hope Bailey can help me figure things out…Zack thought.
Bailey got to One of a Kind.
Zack came in behind Bailey.
"Zack, we need to talk."
"Yeah I agree"
"We can't be together…"
"Wha—Whoa what do you mean?"
"Uh…I really like you, but I am Cody's girl…"
"Whoa…wait were you considering being my girl?"
"Uh…well yeah kind of…"
"Um Bailey I'm sorry but I don't feel the same…"
"WHAT? You kiss me, and now you tell me you don't like me?"
"No! I was practicing for the girl I needed help with? Remember we talked about it?"
"Whoa…really?"
"Yeah…what did you think I liked you…?"
"Uh…yeah I did considering you kissed me …but you don't? That's relieving… Who do you like then?"
"Uh…well…um…you…uh…don't know her…yeah that's right you don't know her"
"Yeah right Zack. Spill"
"Okay fine, it's London
"Ahhh! Zack! You love London! You guys are perfect! We have to tell Cody!"
"NO! Cody can't know about this...at least not yet."
"Why not? He is your brother and my boyfriend. You we can trust him. Maybe he can help."
"I don't know…"
"Well if you don't want his help, you know I will be here for you, right Zack?"
Zack smiled "Thanks Bails"
"You're welcome Zack." They smiled at each other
"You're a great friend Bails, thanks again."
"Well…I guess we better call it a night" Bailey said, yawning as if on cue
"Okay, night."
"Night"
They left at the same time, and snuck back to their cabins.
The Morning: London/Bailey's Cabin
It was the weekend, and they didn't have school.
"Bailey…can we talk?"
"Well…there is this…guy…"
"Oh my god London! Who is he?"
"Umm…well…uh…you…don't know him…"
Bailey realized that it must be…Zack! She gasped. "It's Zack, isn't it?"
"Um…no…"
Bailey raised her eyebrows…
"Okay fine yeah it is…" London said.
"London, I know how to figure this out, just leave it to me."
"Okay…are you sure…?"
"Yes. I need to go talk to Cody." Said Bailey as she grabbed some clothes and went to go get dressed.
Cody's Cabin
Bailey went and knocked on Cody's door. Woody answered.
"Hey Bailey, what's up?"
"Nothing much, I just came to talk to Cody. What about you?"
"Well I was just going to go and see Addison."
"Oh cool! Tell her I said hi!"
"Okay I will."
As Woody went to go see his girlfriend, Bailey went in to see her boyfriend.
"Hey Cody!"
"Oh hi Bails!"
"I need to talk to you about Zack."
"What about him? What did he do? Did he kiss you again? Oh I'm going to kill him for that!"
"No Cody, listen. He told me he kissed me because he…well it was a long story, but basically I found out that Zack likes…you're not going to believe this…he likes…London!"
"He likes London? How? When did you find out?"
"Well I thought we needed to talk, so we could gain an understanding, so we talked over the phone, and decided to meet, and then we…talked things through…and the rest as they say is history"
"Oh…so he kissed you as practice for London?"
"Yeah basically"
"Oh okay…"
"Yeah, and then this morning, I talked to London, and I found out that she has a thing for Zack"
"Really?"
"I know. And I think we need to set them up…on a surprise date."
"Oh" Cody said intrigued "So what do you have in mind?"
"Well, since you are such a good cook, and we are Zack and London's friends, I think we should set them up for a date on the Sky Deck at night."
"Oh, so I will cook them dinner, and they can have a date?"
"Yeah, and I was thinking, I could help you cook food for all of us, You, Me, Woody, Addison, Zack, London, and Marcus, but we could have a separate table for London and Zack. Then maybe we could have a dance, just the 7 of us."
"Huh, that's a great idea."
Bailey smiled. "How about tonight?"
"Okay, let's get Woody, Addison and Marcus."
"Okay, I will go get Addison and Woody, you go get Marcus, then we will meet up here"
Bailey went down to Addison's cabin and knocked on the door.
"Come in" Addison called.
Bailey went in.
"Hey guys, will you come up to Cody… "She looked up at Woody "and your room?"
"Sure, why not? We have nothing else to do, right?" Addison said looking at Woody.
"Yeah, okay. Let's go." Woody said.
"Okay great!" Bailey said, as they started walking to the cabin.
"So, why do we need to go there?" Woody asked "Is there a problem?"
"No," Bailey said "We just need your help with a party/dinner plan"
"Oooh dinner!" Woody said excitedly.
Addison laughed "Will there be candy?"
"Yeah probably."
"Ooooh! Yay!" Addison said.
"Not too much though Addison!"
They all laughed. They got to the cabin just after Cody and Marcus. They went inside, and shut the door.
"Bailey explained the whole situation to their astonished friends.
"Zack kissed you?" Asked Addison.
"Yeah. It wasn't a real kiss though."
"Oh okay" said Addison with a knowing look.
Cody, Marcus and Woody rolled their eyes.
"Is there even a difference?" Marcus whispered to the guys.
"Girls" Woody said, rolling his eyes and receiving a playful slap from Addison.
Everybody laughed. Then they got serious. Cody came out with a plan.
"Bailey and Addison, get London up to the Sky Deck at 8:00, we will meet you guys up there with Zack. We need to convince them that there's a party up there, and to wear nice clothes, and believe it or not, I got Mr. Moseby to let us use it for ourselves tonight!"
Bailey/London's Cabin 7:30PM
Bailey, London and Addison were getting ready for the "Party" as it was known to London. They were all talking about who they hoped to dance with. Bailey and Addison got texts telling them to start coming and to meet them so that they could go to the Sky Deck together. When they got there everybody (Except Zack and London) yelled surprise.
"What is this?" Zack and London asked in unison.
"We set up a date and a party with just the 7 of us, because you guys both really like each other." said Bailey.
Zack and London sat in their respective chairs at the table for two. Everybody else sat at the table arranged for seven. Cody and Bailey went in to get the appetizer. They brought it out and placed it on the table. They explained what they would be bring out (In 7 courses!) and then brought a bottle of Sparkling Cider out for them to drink. They brought out identical food for the table of seven. Zack and London were having the best time ever. Their friends were so excited; they kept watching Zack and London
After they finished their last course, and were just sitting, talking and drinking Sparkling Cider. Cody stood up and said "I have an announcement…" everybody turned their attention to their friend. He started his announcement. His announcement was…he proposed to Bailey. She said yes, and all of their friends clapped. Zack said that he had an announcement too. He said that he and London were making it official. They are now dating. Bailey went and turned the music up. Everybody started dancing. They were all having so much fun. There were snacks too, that made Woody happy. And, to Addison's delight, there was lots of candy. They didn't even notice that it was way after curfew. They finally decided to go to bed. Well Bailey thought That went really well…and Cody's surprise was amazing! Bailey and London let Addison stay in their cabin tonight.
When they got back to the cabin, she got another surprise.
"Bailey and Addison thank you so much. That was amazing, and I loved every minute of it. You are the best friends ever!" London said hugging them.
"Wow London. I'm glad things worked out in your favor" Bailey replied smiling. "I only wish that we could get Marcus a girlfriend…"
"Oooh! We can I have an idea!" London replied excitedly.
"Okay what is your idea?"
"Well remember Moseby's niece Nea? I think she and Marcus would get along really well, because he is rich, and she loves money."
"Ha-ha. Could you fly her out here while we are docked in Alaska?"
"Yeah I could! I bet Moseby would like to see her, and then we can set her and Marcus up."
"Cool. I guess we should talk to everybody else besides Marcus about this tomorrow."
"Yeah" London laughed. "Well I guess we should get some sleep now. Thanks again for tonight. See you in the morning."
"Okay, goodnight London"
Bailey and Addison stayed up a little longer, talking about how well the night went. They went to sleep soon after that.
When they woke up in the morning, Everybody in the group but Marcus met in Cody and Woody's room. Zack and London went out to get breakfast for everybody. Meanwhile, Marcus sat in his room feeling sad. First, all of his friends have a significant other but him. Secondly, he was alone today, because everybody was busy with their boyfriend or girlfriend. It was kind of hard, because all of his guy friends were going out with all of his girl friends, and he was left alone.
Back at Cody/Woody's Room
London and Zack brought breakfast in. Then the group decided to tell Zack and London what their job of the setup was, and then they sent them to hang out with Marcus so he wouldn't suspect anything. London and Zack's job would be getting Nea there. Cody and Bailey had cooking, and Woody and Addison had decorations, and they all had the actual plans. They would be docking in Alaska in 2 days, and the party would be the night they dock there.