Lift Me A Chance
Summary: The ups and downs of their relationship as seen in the lifts; before, during and after.
Chapter 1: When You Look Me in the Eyes
Cody pressed the third floor button in the lift panel as they were heading to the science lab to prepare for their upcoming science fair.
"So I was thinking we should go old school, and maybe just do a soda volcano!" Bailey suggested.
"Oh that's a good idea, but maybe we could tweak it a little, it's hard to win the prize ribbon with an old school experiment," Cody tried to subtly hint his disagreement of her idea.
"Okay, how about we test the intensity of volcano eruption with various sodas? That's different, and we can add a little health message across our hypothesis to make it a higher-order thinking experiment," Bailey continued.
"I like it when you go all scientific, uhm, I mean, yeah, brilliant idea," Cody said, trying to cover up for his blunder.
Then all of a sudden the lift stopped.
"Hmm, probably just a power failure," Bailey says casually.
"What about emergency power?" he asked with a voice that betrays a little fear.
"The generator will kick in shortly, I think, since the lights are still on," Bailey added on.
"Doesn't the ship's elevator run on electrics?" Cody asked, "Someday I'm going to invent elevators that run on water, since we are on the water, we will never run out of power," he grips tighter on the bar.
Bailey pressed the emergency bell to signal for help before pacing around the lift.
"How long has it been?" Cody stuttered as he leaned back against the cool metal of the elevator button panel.
"About five minutes," Bailey replied.
"Only five minutes?" Cody exclaimed.
Cody held on tighter to the metal bar along the sides of the elevator.
Nibbling his lower lip, Cody squint his eyes shut, reached out, and latched onto Bailey's hand.
He heard her sharp intake of air, but she didn't let go, "There's no need to be frightened," Bailey said.
"I... I'm not," smiling nervously, Cody turned his gaze to the door.
"Cody, what's the matter?"
"I'm a little claustrophobic," Cody said as he gulped noisily.
"It's going to be okay," Bailey reassured him, putting as much comfort into the words as possible, "Let's think of something happy,"
Cody merely nodded.
"Remember that time when we did our Galapagos Gurdy science project and Zack kept messing with it,"
"And I went crazy trying to prove it was real even when there was no clear evidence,"
"Yeah, good times. Not forgetting your garlic sandwiches, you know, while they may taste funny, I kind of miss it,"
"How about I make you one, when we get out of here?"
"It's a deal."
The elevator shifted in a way that was unbeknownst to Cody and Bailey, and made a screeching wail. This merely made Cody hyperventilate again.
"Cody, you've got to calm down. You'll end up having an anxiety attack," Bailey pleaded with him, while at the same time worried for him.
"What's happening?" Cody asked, as his voice went higher than ever.
"Maybe the elevator is starting to work again!" Bailey exclaimed, happily.
And, just as she said these words, the lights on the control panels came back on, allowing them to press the floor to which they intend to go.
"Try the door open button!" Cody instructed her.
She did as she was told, but the doors still weren't opening. "I don't get it! The lights are working, so why isn't the actual elevator working?" Bailey asked herself, obviously angry.
"Oh boy, I don't know how long more I can stay in this small space," Cody breathed loudly.
"So, tell me, what happened?" Bailey queered, "I mean if you're okay with it and it'll help to pass time."
"Well it was due to one incident, at the Tipton, with Zack," Cody started.
"Oh this ought to be good."
It was a few years back. Zack and I were hiding from Mr Moseby because Zack broke one of the new paintings at the Gallery, he chased and we ran, we came across this small door, Zack grabbed me into it. All of a sudden, the lights came on, but it was on the outside of our door.
It was then that we realise we were in this huge washing machine where they would wash all the bed linens. The door had an auto-lock so we were trapped in there. We tried pounding on the glass door, but it was only partially translucent, we could see shadows on the outside but we were unable to get their attention. Zack insisted that it was Mr Moseby and he told me to keep quiet.
I started to panic in the small space; well it is sort of huge for a washing machine, but fitting two boys in there with some bed linen doesn't leave much space left.
Zack got bored and decided to wrap me around with the bed linen and they are so not washed, I must add. I couldn't find my way out of the linen, and Zack's voice started to trail away, so I thought he must have found a way out leaving me there. I panicked, of course.
"Oh dear, how did you get out then? Did help came?" Bailey was clearly lost in the story.
"I found a sewing kit in my pocket, and it had the thread prickler, it was sharp, so I used it to slowly cut a hole in the sheets, and by the time I got myself out, the door of the washing machine really was open,"
"Zack left you there? How could he!"
"Nope, he was sitting beside me the whole time, napping. One of the laundry maids happened to open the washer at that moment, so I grabbed Zack and we finally got out of the horrible tiny place. Of course Zack got busted after that, the laundry maid told Mr Moseby and he tracked us back to our room, and mum knew about it. Sadly, I was grounded too, that's the price to pay for having a hooligan brother," Cody ended his story.
"Woah, I totally understand, it's not easy being trapped like that. You're really brave, Cody," Bailey tapped his shoulder as compliment.
"And you're good at calming down hysteric claustrophobic people," Cody chimed.
"It helps that you're distracted easily," Bailey laughed.
How long will I be waiting,
To be with you again
Gonna tell you that I love you,
In the best way that I can.
I can't take a day without you here,
You're the light that makes my darkness disappear.
Cody was staring at Bailey for quite a while and slowly, he edged closer to her and used his free hand to push a few strands of Bailey's hair from her face and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.
Bailey gulped and stared at him as he slowly moved away, "Do you have something you want to tell me?" She hinted.
Cody flinched, looking at his toes, "Uhm maybe,"
It was Bailey's turn to have the butterflies in her tummy, "You can tell me anything," she probed.
Cody looked up hopefully, a blush creeping across face as he swish his head to realign his fringe.
They looked at each other, both silent, both trying to figure out what the other was thinking. Removing his hand from Bailey's, Cody wiped his sweaty palms on his jeans. The silence was unbearable and Cody couldn't take it anymore. He turned to Bailey, as bravely as he could, formula the words he longed to say in his mind. Just at that moment, her face turned up to look at him. Actions were worth more than words at that moment as he reached behind Bailey, and pulled her forward, causing her to fall into his lap as he bent his neck to steal their first kiss together.
Initially, Bailey was shocked, but slowly she closed her eyes, and leaned into the kiss.
"Did someone call for help?" a voice echoed from their speaker.
They sprung apart, Bailey instantly composing herself and straightening her top. Cody, though, was blushing deeply and was looking quite happy with himself.
"Yeah, we did," Bailey stuttered.
The doors clicked open and a hand was stretched into the lift to give them a hand. Cody quickly darted out and Bailey followed closely behind, smiling to herself.
When you look me in the eyes,
And tell me that you love me.
Everything's alright,
When you're right here by my side
When I hold you in my arms
I know that it's forever
I just gotta let you know
I never wanna let you go
Cody grabbed on to Bailey's hand when they were out of the lift, "I think I've been cured of my phobia," he smiled at her.
It was only a moment like this that they got to know each other better, and spontaneity helped Cody to bring victory against his rationality and fear to express his feelings for Bailey. A moment he will remember for a long time.
When You Look Me In The Eyes by Jonas Brothers