Chapter 2: Our Time Now


Pressing the button for the lift, Cody kissed Bailey on the cheek. The wait for the lift was not a long one, but the journey in the lift was longer than anticipated.

"Bailey, did you feel that? Was that jolt supposed to happen, wait, why are we no longer moving?" asked Cody, who was clearly worried.

Bailey had been knocked to the floor by the jolt and the lights in the elevator began blinking on and off, just like in a horror movie before something bad happens, and eventually the lights went out.

"Bailey, where are you? Hold on to my hand," Cody searched for his girlfriend in the dark.

"Cody, I'm afraid of the dark," Bailey began as she reached for his hand.

He scooted over to her side, sat down and held her hand in his, giving her support.

"Just take slow, deep breaths," Cody said softly, "Don't worry, I'm right here alright."

Bailey did as she was told, breathing slowly, but tears of fear began falling down her cheeks.

Kissing her cheek, Cody moved her onto his lap, hugging her close and whispering words of comfort into her ear, "It's okay, love, we'll get out… I promise," he assured her.


This is more than just romance

It's an endless summer

I can feel the butterflies, leading me through it

Take my heart, I'll take your hand

As we're falling under

This is an addiction girl

Let's give in to it


Bailey took out her cell phone from her pocket, "No signal, why am I not surprised," she sniffed.

Cody began searching through his pockets.

"Uhm, honey, is everything alright?" Bailey asked.

"Oh, I think I may have a flashlight in my pocket," Cody said as he found the mini torch light in his side zip pocket of his sweater.

With a victory smile, Cody turned it on and placed it on the floor, faced up. The circle of light was rather small due to the small bulb but it was good enough to calm Bailey.

Bailey's tears subsided after a while, as Cody reached up and pressed a small yellow button with a picture of an alarm on it.

"You know Bailey, I think we have at least 20 minutes before we are rescued, can you think of anything we could possibly do to fill in the time?" Cody said, feigning innocence.

"Well we can share stories, I realise we do always have a thing with lifts, unless, you were thinking of something else?" Bailey responds coyly, pretending to ponder her answer, a finger on the side of her chin in contemplation, as she eyed him.

"No, no, that's what I meant too," Cody quickly diverted Bailey's attention away, "So tell me, why the dark?"


It was a winter night at Kettlecorn, and Pappy told me to check if the gate of our farm was securely locked so that the animals will not run out at night and the cold breeze will not freeze them. So I did, but walking in, I took quite a long while, I talked to each and every animal, told them not to worry about the wintery night, told them the fun things that can be done during winter, well for me at least, and told them to look forward to summer.

Pappy thought I didn't follow his instructions; he came to check but didn't see my sitting at a corner as I was blocked by my horse, I was tiny then. The last thing I heard before the lights went out was, "I should have known," disappointment in his voice, and then he closed and locked the door shut.

The cool breeze was shut out of the animal house, and darkness prevailed. When I was younger, I depended on the moonlight, but it was winter, where there weren't many stars and the sky was overcast, thus the moonlight was blocked. All I could depend on was my hearing, I screamed for my pappy but he must have walked back to the house by then. I was trapped in the animal house for the rest of the night. Lucky for me, it was warm in there, if not I would have been frozen into an ice-popsicle!

Still, I was afraid of the dark, and it has never changed. I remember crying myself to sleep that night.


"Wow that must have been horrible!" Cody said and he held on tight to Bailey, rubbing her back to calm her down.

"Yeah, pappy only found me in the morning when he opened the door. He was truly sorry after that, but it's hard to cope with fears," Bailey said, "He bought a night light for me thereafter."

"Oh that explains why London wears an eye mask to sleep!" Cody exclaimed.

"Yup, she's been very accommodating, my rooster alarm clock has a glow-in-the-dark and night light feature, to keep me calm at night," Bailey answered.

Cody glanced at his watch, "It's been quite some time, and yet there is still no rescue!"

"Well do you remember what we were doing before the rescue team came when we were trapped the last time?"

"You know, my dear, how can I possibly forget?" purred Cody, grazing his lips over her right ear.

Slowly, Cody ran his mouth, placing kisses, down Bailey's neck.


This is the dance for all the lovers

Takin' a chance for one another

Finally it's our time now

These are the times that we'll remember

Breaking the city's heart together

Finally it's our time now

It's our time now


"Oh my word," Bailey moaned before Cody move his lips back up to hers. They were both too caught up in each other that neither or them noticed that the elevator has begun to move, with the door wide open, and only pulled away when they hear someone clearing their throat.

"Why do I always catch the both of you?" Kirby smirked.


Our Time Now by Plain White T's