What Just Happened?

What Now?

Slowly sinking onto the bench, Cody was struck speechless. Disbelief painted his face. Shaking his head, he mumbled incoherently. "I… He… No, no, no…"

"Yes," said Zack. He tapped at the screen on his phone. "Would you like us to go to the tape?"

Cody covered his eyes. That was not something he wanted to relive. Ignorance truly was bliss. He had woken up in such a good mood. For once, his body didn't ache. He had not a care in the world. Now he knew why.

He had damn near sucked Wade Barrett's lips off.

With the unexpected speed of a striking cobra, Cody launched himself at Ted. Missed wrapping his hands round Dibiase's neck by inches. Instead, he fisted the front of his shirt and shook him with the fury of a man having just recalled every lurid minute of the night before. "How could you do this to me?"

Ted's head snapped back and forth. "I. Didn't. Know. It. Would. Happen. Please. Stop. You're. Making. My. Head. Hurt."

Practically foaming at the mouth, Cody snapped. "Too bad you flushed those damn pills down the toilet! You could take a few and end up with a ménage a trois with Big Show and Hornswoggle!"

Zack Ryder filmed it all. "I'm not even sure how that would work, logistically speaking. Probably best not to dwell on it."

It took a lot of shaking for Cody's fury to flame out. Once he ran out of anger, a strange kind of nervousness took its place. An odd realization came over him. Despite the embarrassment of his drug induced solicitation, Cody had not been beaten within an inch of his life. He'd escaped with his body intact. As an added bonus, Wade Barrett wasn't a bad kisser. Cody could definitely do worse. Sadly, in the past, he had done worse.

"So here's what's gonna happen," Cody said, mostly to himself. "Like he said, we're even. So the ball's in my court. Don't say balls. Bad image this early in the morning."

Zack put away his phone. "I don't think those pills have completely worn off."

"I'm just glad my brains have stopped rattling." Ted rubbed his neck, keeping a fair amount of distance between himself and the no longer rabid Rhodes. "Remind me to tell my Dad about the dangers of that medicine."

Cody headed for the door. His reinstated memory recalled the location of Barrett's quarters. "He probably went back to his room, right? To shower, most likely. Nothing like a good workout."

Once again, Ted and Zack shared a look.

"I thought…" Ted waved his hands at the unoccupied machines around them.

Winking at the pair, Cody explained, "Got a different kind of workout in mind. Later, fellas."

END