Chapter 1

Again, I don't own any of these characters

On the morning of August 27, 2010, Cassie, Zack, Cody and Bailey were finishing their packing. They were all due to re-board the S.S. Tipton by 2:00 PM that afternoon. Bailey was finishing her webcam chat with her parents and promised to talk to them later once she was settled into her cabin. Once she finished that, she closed her laptop and packed it up in its carrying case. Soon, everyone completed their last minute packing and were ready to go. They looked for London, but she was nowhere to be found. Figuring she might already be in the lobby, they all headed downstairs. When they got to the lobby, Esteban informed them that London had left earlier that morning. This came as quite a surprise to everyone as they didn't know that London did anything voluntarily before noon. Esteban proceeded to tell them that he would have the Tipton van drop them off at the docks as he knew there was no way they could fit everyone's bags in Carey's car. As their bags were being loaded, Esteban hugged everyone goodbye. He said he was going to miss his Little Blond Peoples and his new Little Sort of Blond Peoples. Everyone said they hoped he would get a chance to visit them again.

After arriving on at the port, everyone made their way to the S.S. Tipton. After almost three months, seeing their home away from home made everyone smile. Once there, Carey hugged them all goodbye and told them to take care of each other. She was about to turn and leave when she had to hug her two little men one more time. Cody and Zack went up the gangplank to grab a couple of luggage carts while the girls watched all of their bags. Once everything was loaded, the four made their way up to the lobby of the boat. After dropping their bags, boxes and trunks in the storage room, they made their way to the skydeck to find Miss Tutweiler to get their room assignments, Seven Seas High 2010-11 Handbook, schedules and room keys. She was in the same spot she had been their first year. As they waited in line, the saw some people they recognized and others they had never seen before. When it came their turn, Miss Tutweiler told Cody and Bailey they needed to go see Mr. Moseby before they could get their orientation packets.

Cody and Bailey looked at each other, shrugged and made their way to Mr. Moseby's office. They knocked and entered when he said come in.

Bailey smiled. "Good to see you again, Mr. Moseby...We missed you this summer."

Moseby smiled. He would never admit it, but he had missed them too. Even Zack. "Thank you, Bailey...Its good to see you both again as well."

Cody spoke up now. "Miss. Tutweiler said you needed to see us about something..."

Moseby sighed. "Yes, I do... As of about two weeks ago, we realized we had a problem. Seems one of the young ladies that we had accepted to Seven Seas High changed her mind after initially turning us down. So, we were left with an odd number of young ladies..."

Bailey was confused. "How does that affect us?"

"I'm getting to that. I asked Mr. Tipton if he minded that we have a student have her own room again. In the past, he wasn't too happy about Zack having a room all to himself. Well, due to...well, to be blunt, the loss of potential money, he preferred that student cabins be double occupied. But if someone was going to have their own room, it was going to be London as a reward for her better grades last semester..."

Cody nods. "So, Bailey is getting a new roommate..."

"Sort of..."

Bailey frowns. "Sort of?"

"Well, I wanted to avoid showing any favoritism, but to the threat of raising goats again in the Andes, I agreed. We thought that would take care of everything. Unfortunately, we were wrong. Turns out, we had assigned a new student, a Frankie Ramirez to a boys room..."

Cody is confused. "So, what's the problem?"

Moseby sighs. "Turns out Frankie is short for Francesca...Seems we would be having another Bailey situations..."

Bailey frets. "Again, I am so sorry about that, Mr. Moseby...I just wanted a good education and did what I had to do to get it...I never meant to cause so many problems..."

Moseby smiles. "Its okay. You are the type of student and more importantly, the type of person the school needs more of. We are all extremely happy you are here...probably no one more than the young man standing next to you. But this left us with a odd number of young ladies AND young men...Thus, the probability of now other two students with their own cabins in addition to London..."

Cody thinks. It seems like there is an obvious solution. "Why not just have London move back in with Bailey and you would only have one with their own cabin..."

Moseby laughs. "Trust me, that was our first thought. However, by this time, London had already began moving her things into her own cabin. She wasn't about to give it up...and the threat of raising mountain goats was again levied at me..."

Cody and Bailey nodded. They could certainly see London doing that.

Bailey spoke up. "So, am I going to have a cabin to myself?"

Moseby shook his head. "No, Mr. Tipton instructed me that all student cabins had to have two students in them. And by the time this edict was handed down to me, it was too late for any other new students to be accepted..."

Bailey nodded. That made sense. "So, who is my roommate then?"

Moseby sighs. "Well, after a lot of thought and finding no other way around it, your new roommate is...Cody."

Bailey and Cody look at Mr. Moseby in complete shock. "Huh? Are you serious?"

"Yes, I am. To do what Mr. Tipton demanded, the only way to accomplish it was to have a male and a female student room together. Normally, I would be totally against something like that. However, as you know, last semester you two and I came to an understanding. And, it worked without any problems. So, this year, instead of playing dumb like last year, I will...for the lack of a better word, be sanctioning you two staying together..."

Cody thinks. "Not that I'm have any problems with this, but what do we tell our parents. I'm sure that may have some concerns..."

"To be honest, I initially was totally against this idea. Then Miss Tutweiler mentioned you two meeting her aunt in New Haven and you two planning on living together next year anyways. So, last week, I called both of your parents and explained the situation to them..."

"And?"

Moseby smiles. "I just told you that you two were going to be roommates, how do you think they reacted?"

Cody and Bailey look at each other and are so excited, they hug each other. This was like a dream come true. However, realizing Bailey was going to be his roommate, something else popped into his mind. Cody spoke up finally. "While I would love to room with Bailey, what is this going to do to Woody?" Cody didn't want to throw his friend out into the cold.

Moseby nods. "Woody will be moving across the hall in with your brother."

Cody nodded, but then another question popped into his mind. "What about Marcus?"

"Marcus is going to be taking this semester through correspondence. Seems his record label made him an offer he couldn't refuse. He will be back in the studio this semester and then touring next summer after he graduates. He insisted it be a condition of the new deal that he return next semester so he could finish his time here with his friends and graduate. His label is even going to pay for his cabin next semester."

Cody and Bailey begin to digest everything and sink down into the two chairs in Moseby's office. "So, will we be in Bailey's old cabin, my old cabin or a completely different one?"

"You'll be in your old cabin. Bailey's old cabin will be taken over by Cassie and Addison."

Cody and Bailey look each other. Moseby realizes he forgot the most important thing - Cody and Bailey's actual agreement to this. "My apologies. I should have asked you both if you were okay with this. I shouldn't have assumed..."

Cody cuts him off. "No, no...this is perfect. If Bailey is in agreement, I would love to have her has my roommate this year..."

Bailey smiles. "Cody's right. I think this will be perfect."

Moseby nods. "Now, while we are condoning you two living together, don't go broadcasting it. It could cause problems with other students and could set an example and we aren't looking to set a precedent. This is purely a one time special circumstance. Further, the reason we are entrusting this to you two is that you two are the top two students in the incoming senior class and you've both been proven trustworthy in the past..."

Bailey smiles. "We're the top two?"

Moseby sighs. "Yes, you are both tied for the number one rank in your class right now..."

Cody smiles too. Normally, he'd want to be number one by himself, but he was more than willing to share it with Bailey. "Don't worry, Mr. Moseby. We promise our grades won't suffer any and we promise not to violate your trust..."

"Very well, you can return back to Em...Miss Tutweiler and get your room assignments...though you already know what it now"

With that, Cody and Bailey return to the skydeck and get back in line. Zack and Cassie are nowhere to be found and the only person they see that they know is Reina. Bailey has no interest in saying anything to the jezebel who so shamelessly flirted with her boyfriend. Cody never really had a problem with Reina, but he was never interested in her in that way. Plus, Cody was maybe a little naive, but he wasn't stupid. Any enemy of your girlfriend is someone you avoid at all costs. Eventually, they get to the front of the line and Miss Tutweiler asked if they had talked to Mr. Moseby. They both nod and she smiles. She hands them their welcome packets and and room keys. She proceeds to tell them that her aunt is looking forward to having them as tenants. Tut even said she offered to give them a glowing recommendation to her aunt, but Jo said she didn't need any further proof about Bailey and Cody. Finally, after signing in and officially registering, they returned to the storage room to load up their belongings again. With that done, they were on their way to their cabin.

Once there, they unloaded their belongings and Cody returned the cart to the lobby. Bailey pondered the best way for them to arrange the cabin while he was gone. When Cody returned, they both decided to push both the beds together like Zack did before Marcus' arrival. Once that was done, the both began to unpack their bags. As Bailey was hanging up things in her closet, it dawned on her. She was going to have the closet all to herself. And almost as if picking up on what she was thinking, Cody turned to her.

"Hey Bails, you have extra room in your closet for some of my things?"

Bailey turned to glare at her boyfriend when she found him grinning at her. "Very funny..."

"Sorry, Sweetie...Couldn't help myself. Actually, I have extra room over her if you need it."

Bailey was surprised. She was going from London wanting all of her closet space to Cody actually offering her space in his. "Really?"

"Sure. I've already hung up everything I'm going to and there is about a quarter of the space left..."

Bailey smiled and walked over to give Cody a kiss on the cheek. She could definitely get used to this arrangement. She decided to hang up some of her more formal dresses in Cody's closet so she wouldn't constant be intruding into his space. Cody merely joked that if anyone asked, that she admit they were hers. Bailey said she would think about it. Finally, everything was unpacked and put away either in a closet, in a drawer or in the bathroom. They decided to take the desks and have them face each other similar to a partner's desk. Both also realized that living together, there room was always going to be clean and tidy. As they were making the last minute changes and hanging up pictures in the cabin, there was a knock on the door. Cody opened it and Zack and Cassie came in.

Cassie turned to Bailey. "I'm in your room this year. Are you and I roommates this year?"

Bailey turned to Cody and back to her cousin. "Actually, I'm in here..."

Both Zack and Cassie turned to Bailey in surprise. "Huh?"

Cody and Bailey gave Cassie and Zack the brief summary of what Moseby had told them. Zack just sat there and thought.

"So, Marcus will be back next semester and I'll be with Woodchuck..."

Cody pauses, walks in to the bathroom and tosses Zack a can of air freshener. "I think you'll be needing this more than I will now..."

Zack rolls his eyes. "Gee, thanks...You get another neat freak, and I get Woody"

"Look at it this way, Zack...You thrive in a messy room. Woody thrives in a messy room. You two together is a match made in heaven..."

Zack sits back and thinks. Cody did have a point.

Cassie speaks up. "I know you two are planning on living together next year, but do you think you are ready now?"

Bailey nods. "Yeah...I mean, we essentially lived together all summer. We're already used to sharing a bed and a bathroom, I think this is going to work out just great..."

Zack grins. "Plus, you can be all alone now and not worry about being interrupted..."

Cody sighs. "Zack...You're not still on that are you?"

Cassie raises her eyebrows. "Still on what?"

Bailey sighs. "On the 4th of July, Zack got it in his head that Cody and I had ramped up our relationship..."

Cassie rolls her eyes. "Zack, leave them alone. Even if they did, its none of our business..."

Zack shrugs his shoulders. "Fine. But I could have sworn..."

"Zack..."

"Okay, okay...None of my business..."

Cody is about to say something when his cell phone begins to ring. He answers it and gives a series of affirmative responses. He closes his phone. "Woody and Addison just came aboard. They were wondering if we wanted to meet them on the sky deck."

Bailey smiled. "Sure...I've really missed them this summer."

Zack and Cassie both not and get up to head out but Cody holds Bailey back for a minute.

"I'm really looking forward to rooming with you this year. Woody's a great friend, but I won't miss being kept awake all night by...his unique take on classic rock songs..." Cody smiles. "Now, you keeping me awake at night, I won't mind at all..."

Bailiey laughs. "I'm looking forward to it too. I mean besides having the full use of a closet, I get to wake up next to the man I love every morning..."

Cody grins. "I can already tell, this is going to be a great senior year..."

Bailey grins too. "You better believe it will...and we're just getting started..."

To be Continued...