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Cody was very quite when he snuck back to his cabin. He didn't even wake Michael when he left. Luckily he had experience sneaking around at night and made it back to his room without running into anyone.

_Wow that was pretty awesome. I can't believe Michael has to deal with pain because of his disease, but he seems to manage. Multiple Sclerosis can be very debilitating. I love him so much I don't want him to hurt at all._

Cody laid down and looked at the clock it was 4:21 A.M. Only a couple more hours till he had to get up for school...

(BEEP)(BEEP) Cody was up and ready for the day he was showered and dressed and out the door. He let Woody sleep in knowing he would be woken up his own really loud alarm clock. First he had to go study for an hour. All of his homework was done but he was working on other projects that weren't always school related. He sat with his laptop and books and went about his work. He was almost done when someone walked up and poked him on the shoulder. When he turned around he saw that it was his brother.

"What up little bro."

"Ha ha Zack what are you up to today?" Cody turned back to his work,

"Not much, I gotta little question. What where you up to last night? I saw you come out of Michael's room at like 4 last night." Zack sat next to his brother.

"WE JUST talked." Cody could feel his cheeks burning.

"I have something to do right now, but when you're ready to talk let me know." Zack gave his brother a tap on the back. He started to walk away.

"Wait Zack what were you doing out at 4 A.M.?"

Zack simply smiled, and then walked away.

_ I wonder what Zack knows. He'll be cool with it. He has been my brother for 16+ years now. He's a good brother most of the time_

Cody was finished with his work so he went to go get breakfast. When he went to pay for it though his card was declined.

_Darn it Zack! Good thing that card only had part of the money on it. Not much._ Cody had figured his brother was going to try to spend his money again. So he had a system set up. He just had to go grab the other card. When he got to his room he was relieved to find it undisturbed. With none of the traps he had set broken. The real relief came when he got his breakfast which was now cold. He sat down to eat and to his happy surprise so did Michael.

"Wow. You look cute in the morning. I'm barely awake right now," Michael yawned," I bet you've already been up for an hour. So when are we going to go on this date you were talking about?"

"I was thinking of cooking you dinner. I don't have much to work with in a cabin, but I make do. My fettuccini alfredo with regiano parmesan is awesome. Do you like Shrimp, Crab, Chicken, but oh my lobster is the best though."

"Lobster and shrimp sounds good could you do that," Michael's stomach grumbled and he started eating his breakfast.

"I could do anything to you… I mean for you. Ha ha Freudian slip!" Cody looked at Michael right directly at him. He felt like he could see Michael's soul behind his beautiful green eyes.

"I have an idea what we could do after you make me dinner. There is a dance coming up and I want you and me to go as a couple. I know you might be scared because of homophobia, but almost everyone on the boat adores you for one reason or another. I really don't think we have anything to worry about." Michael said very slowly and thoughtfully.

"I would love that actually. It is on Friday night correct? "Michael nodded yes," At first I kind of had those fears about what everyone was going to think. I think anyone who really matters will still care about me no matter what. The only people I'm afraid to tell are my mom and dad. I really don't know how they are going to react. I know that they will still love me no matter what, but I know things will be different with my dad I just don't know how they are going to be different. " Cody looked a little scared.

"It'll be ok babe. I promise I will be right here through everything. I know we're kinda rushing into things, but you make my stomach tumble. I've only ever had that feeling once before and that was because I had a crush on an actor named Jole Srouse. It's funny you kinda look like him. Anyway I'm ranting. The point is I want to be around you, I love you. I can honestly say I have never told a girl or boy that I've dated that I love them. My plutonic girlfriends ya, but not anyone I've dated. I've always refused to say it. With you though its just perfect. I Love you Cody Martin."

"I love you too Michael uh,uh,uh… What is your last name any way?" Cody felt embarrassed he didn't know his boyfriends last name.

"It's Bolton…"

"Like the singer? HAHAHAHA. Have you ever seen Office Space?" Cody was laughing really hard.

"Yes and it's not funny. The movie is but not people laughing at my name. No I wasn't named after him. No I'm not related. I've had a lot of people make fun of me because of it. People have enough to make fun of me. I was named after my dad and I'm proud of that." Michael had a deep scowl. Cody had stopped laughing. Michael looked like Cody had hit a raw nerve.

"I'm sorry I didn't know." Cody felt really bad. He hadn't meant to hurt Michael's feelings.

"I didn't either. My last name's not Bolton. I just watched Office space last night." Michael stopped scowling and laughed.

This time Cody was scowling, "Ha Ha, So what is your last name then?"

"My full name is Michael Clifford Landon. That's my real name this time." Michael was still laughing.

"Michael Landon. I like the way that sounds on my tongue. How old are you? Wow it's weird how little I know about you."

"I'm 17 and I'm a senior. I'll be 18 on August 6th. I'm from Palmdale, California. I live with my mom. My dad died when I was really little. I am really named after him. So I guess its Michael Jr. When I was little people called me MJ. I really did hate that, but that was the least I got picked on for. People don't really call me that anymore. Only my mom calls me that anymore."

(WAAAA) "Darn it, it's time for class." Cody snuck in a kiss even though they were in public. Cody had actually started enjoy his new found self. It had been a part of himself he had denied for a long time. He was also enjoying the fact that the guy he kissed was the cutest guy on the boat, and he was all his.

On his way to class Cody saw his brother going the other way in a hurry. He tried to say what's up, but Zack didn't even seem to notice.

_What is Zack up to? I know what I was doing last night, but what was he doing? I'll worry about that later. It's time for school. I love school almost as much as Michael. Mmmmmmm… Michael_