===Cody===

"Cody..." Mom said, helping lift on of my suitcases into her trunk. "Cheer up..."

I looked to see everyone staring at me. Did I really look as miserable as I felt? "What? I'm fine..." I lied. "I'm fine..."

My mom put her hand on my back, trying to comfort me. "I mean- there's more to life then Yale..." I choked out the fake words. The truth was all of my life I had been striving to achieve the grades to get into Yale. I'd planned my whole life- my future- on the foundation of getting my degree at Yale. Yale was where my dreams were. And not only that, but it was now where my girlfriend was heading. "I sure am gonna miss Bailey..."

"At least you still HAVE a girlfriend..." Zack said, slamming the trunk shut. "Cause she's willing to keep a long distance relationship with you. Maya, on the other hand..." Zack said, shaking his head. He didn't finish his sentence. He got in the car.

My dad sighed, and got in the driver seat. I got in the back by Zack, and my mom got in the passenger seat. We were now driving towards the hotel, where we'd stay for a night, then drive back to Boston in the morning.

Back at the hotel, I was dialing Bailey's number to call her. Zack was on his laptop, sitting on the double size bed we were sharing.

"Cody!" Bailey's sweet voice rang into my ear, relieving me of any stress.

"Bailey... I miss you so much."

"Aww... I miss you too."

I turned around, pacing the room.

"What are you doing?"

"Just finished checking my bags... I'm heading to security now..."

I struggled to not burst into tears again... it should have been US heading to security now...

I looked down at the hotel room desk. Zack's coat covered the whole thing. I sighed, rolling my eyes. A white flash of paper caught my eye. The corner of an envelope was sticking out of his pocket.

"Cody?" Bailey's voice said.

"I'll call you later..."

"Okay... I land at midnight..."

"Then I'll call you at 12:01. Gotta go. Bye Bailey..." I said, hanging up. I ripped the envelope out of his pocket.

Zack looked up at me, his face turning pale.

"What is this?" I said, yelling.

"Huh?" Zack replied, his eyes widening and staring at the envelope.

"What is this?" I said, looking at the print of the envelope. To Mr. Martin... from Yale University...

"This is from Yale!" I growled.

"It came in the mail..." he said, trying to snatch the envelope out of my hand. "I haven't read it yet..."

===Zack===

Cody glared at me, then back at the letter, tearing it open. "Dear Mr. Martin, we are pleased to offer you a full scholarship to Yale University..." Cody stopped, glaring at me. "You applied to Yale?"

"Someone had been watching me at that basketball game a while back... word got around, and he suggested I apply for the basketball scholarship..."

"Zack, how could you?" Cody said, shaking his head, and gasping for air.

"I never thought I'd actually get in!"

"Zack, you've stolen test answers from me. You've stolen girls from me. But stealing my college, and stealing my future away from me... you've crossed the line..." Cody said, grabbing his jacket. "Cody-"

"I hate you, Zack. And I never want to see you... EVER again!" he said, slamming the hotel door behind him.

I sat down on the bed. I lost my girlfriend. I lost my brother... all in the same day.

===Bailey===

I had the window seat, and was staring out the window, watching the other planes taking off and parking. We were still loading people onto the plane.

A girl with black, choppy hair, cut to her chin, struggled to make it down the aisle. She stopped next to my seat, and lifted a suitcase above her head into the over head compartments. "Phew..." she said loudly, once it was secured in the small storage bin. She looked down at her boarding pass, then back at me. "Looks like I'm next to you..." the girl said, smiling down at me. She plopped down in one of the empty seats next to me. "Hi..." she said, brushing a green hi lighted streak in her hair behind her ear. "Where are you going?"

"Uh... just got accepted to Yale..."

"No way," Bonnie laughed. "Me too."

What are the odds, I thought to myself.

"What's your name?"

"Bailey."

"Cool. I'm Bonnie."

"Bonnie... I had a friend back home named Bonnie."

"You did?"

"Yeah. We went to school together."

"I've never met another Bonnie. Ever... the only Bonnie I know is the criminal, who dated that Clyde creep."

I stifled a laugh.

"And come to think of it, I've never met another Bailey."

"Really?"

"Yep. You're officially the first Bailey I've ever met."

"Cool."

Bonnie smiled.

"You look down..." Bonnie said once we were in the air.

"Huh?"

"I can tell by the way you keep looking out the window... what's wrong?"

I looked at the empty seat between us. "My boyfriend and I had plans... immediately, after high school, move to Connecticut... get settled in our apartments... and start school together... but he didn't get accepted..."

"Awww... I"m sorry, Bails..."

"Bails..." I said, trying (but failing) to stay strong. "Cody called me Bails..."

I then found myself crying on this stranger's shoulder.

===Zack===

Three months passed. Probably the darkest three months of my life. I had never felt so alone in this world. True to his word, Cody hadn't spoken to me since the moment he walked out of the hotel room. He got a cab back to Boston, where he got his own apartment so he wouldn't have to go back to the Tipton and share a room with me.

I had no one.

Woody moved back with his mom...and Steve. He had no phone, and I had no way of contacting him. He disappeared off the map.

London was in Paris, working on some design label... I don't know. I don't understand fashion. Anyways, I couldn't afford long distance.

Marcus was busy on tour, as usual, and did not respond to my many voice mails and pleas for us to get together and hangout some time.

I even tried to track down Mr. Mosby. Still, untraceable.

I was cut out from the world... except for my mom, who was dating some new loser, and she only came home late at night, leaving first thing in the morning to go work.

I was truly alone.

The letter from Yale was on my nightstand, still.

I'd been trying to get a job, so I can move out. Far, far away... get a new start. A new life. But now a days, jobs were so scarce... the first question at every job interview was "What degree are you reaching for?"

"Actually..." I replied. "I wasn't planning on going to college..."

"Oh... well, I'm sorry Mr. Martin, but you're not exactly what we're looking for..."

I even applied at Mc Donalds, and got rejected there!

I picked up the application one last time.

There was a telephone at the bottom, telling me the number to call to enroll and activate my scholarship.

I sighed, taking a deep breath, and picked up my cell phone.

"Hi, I was calling about my scholarship at Yale... I think I might want to take you guys up on that offer..."

so... what did you think? you have to review guys. This is pretty much how I saw the next chapter of their lives happening, in my head... it pretty much involves everyone in the story. There's gonna be Cailey, some Zailey, a little bit of everything! Just drama! :) hahaha so review! :)