Here it is! Sorry this took so long, I didn't realize how much time had passed. I've been getting ready to go back to college for the fall semester. *cheesy grin* The biggest thrill of my life! (Insert cringe here).
Thanks to everyone for the support! You know who you guys are.
DISCLAIMER: See previous pages. I don't own TDI/A/WT, characters, etc. I don't own the movie 'Win a Date with Tad Hamilton' either. Plain and simple.
BABY
Cody walked into the commons with his backpack stuffed full with candy, looking eager. That look soon slipped off his face when the rest of Team Amazon saw him.
"Hey, look!" Heather said, her lips curving up in a smirk. "It's Baby."
"Cody's my baby." Sierra said, dreamily.
"Hey!" Cody yelled, voice cracking slightly where he did sound like a young child. He turned to Sierra. "And I'm not your baby!"
"Ugh, you guys are so immature." Courtney said, taking a seat by a bored looking Gwen and crossing her arms.
Sierra grabbed Cody and held him like a baby with him waving his arms trying to get out of her arms. She started rocking him back and forth.
"Let go!" Cody yelled as Sierra tightened her grip on him.
"Aw, Baby not happy?" She asked, her speech muffled by his foot against her face in his attempts to get away.
"Oh, no, Sierra, he's ecstatic." Noah said from where he was sitting a few feet away, turning a page of his book. "Can't you tell by the way he's trying to leave a shoe imprint on your face?"
Cody shot a look at his friend. "Sierra, let go, please." He said, struggling against her.
"Okay, Baby." Sierra cooed, letting go of the shorter boy, who promptly fell to the floor.
The two remaining teams looked amused at the teasing, except Noah who had a thoughtful look on his face as Cody picked himself up off the floor.
The more he thought about it, the more the nickname 'baby', even though it was being used in mean-spirited ways, fit Cody. After all, Cody had that innocent, baby-like face, and those innocent blue eyes that lit his face up when he smiled. Noah smirked inwardly. He'd have to use the nickname next time they were in one of their debates about video game characters.
WHO
"Eva, come on!" Izzy said walking into the commons area where the rest of the contestants were picking at the slop called food. "He's totally the girl! I mean, look at him!"
This caught the attention of the teens sitting around half awake.
"Izzy, I've told you, He strikes me as being the guy in the relationship, not the girl."
The guys exchanged looks across the table.
"But Eva Keneva, he screams like a girl, therefore, he should be the girl." Izzy said, jumping up and down.
Eva threw her hands in the air in exasperation. "How can you say that? That makes no sense!"
"Since when does anything having to do with Izzy make sense?" Gwen whispered to Courtney, who nodded.
Izzy looked around the room and spotted the dorky duo. "Fine, let's ask! Hey, Noah! Who's the guy and who's the girl in you and Cody's relationship?"
Noah almost dropped his spoon in shock as Cody visibly shrunk in his seat. Duncan and Owen cat-called at the two boys and Gwen, Heather, and Izzy laughed. Courtney would have joined in, but she was busy glaring at Duncan, who tried to start a bet with Alejandro and Tyler on who would be the guy and who would be the girl.
SPARK
They were different, yet quite the same. Anyone could see that they complimented each other beautifully. There may be times that Cody's cheerfulness would wear on Noah's nerves, and there were definitely times that Noah's cynical attitude annoyed Cody, but when they looked at each other, anyone could see that spark between them that first started back on Total Drama Island and that was still alive the day of their wedding.
ANNOYANCE
Sierra's squeals filled the once quiet common area of the jet, pulling Noah from the love affair between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth. He looked up to see Sierra bouncing around the cramped area, talking, Noah clocked, at two hundred miles per hour. His grip unconsciously tightened on the book as she clutched Cody's head to her chest for the fifth time today. Her usual record being at least 25-30 hugs according to Noah's observations.
As she talked rapidly about the future and their "relationship", Noah rolled his eyes and attempted to ignore the hyperactive girl. It was becoming harder though, seeing Cody was trying to escape from her arms, and she was completely oblivious to it. Anyone with half a brain could see that Cody didn't like Sierra. He made that clear everyday, every time Sierra started in on him. It annoyed Noah to no end to see it. Not that he was jealous, you understand, but because the two boys were friends. Just friends. Noah tried to ignore the flip in his stomach when he thought that. He wasn't jealous…He wasn't.
"Cody, I have our wedding completely planned, right down to our vows we're going to say to each other!" She grabbed him in a quick hug. "EEE, we're going to be so happy together! Do you want to see the plans?" Sierra didn't wait for a response from the freaked Cody and brought out a book entitled 'Our Happy Life'. "I have it in pop up book form!" She opened it to a bookmarked page with the heading 'The Anderson Family' and shoved it in his face.
'Yeah, that's not obsessive at all.' Noah thought, staring hard at the pages of the book.
"Uh, no thanks, Sierra." Cody answered, trying to move away from the mauve-haired girl currently violating his personal space.
She turned her hawk-like eyes on him and asked tearfully. "Is it because you don't like the names of our kids? The names aren't set in stone! I can change them!"
Cody's eyes widened. "K-kids?" He said, voice cracking. Gwen, Courtney, Owen, even Izzy and Duncan, looked at Cody with wide eyes. Duncan stifled a laugh and was elbowed by Courtney and Gwen. Noah looked up in disgust and squared his jaw.
"YEP!" Sierra counted off on her fingers. "There's Sally, Karly, Roxie, Cody Jr., Evelyn." She brought the book to her chest and sighed. "And our little baby Aria-agh!" She grunted and fell to the floor. The object that hit her landed a few feet away.
The teens gaped at Noah, sans book, who was calmly sitting in his seat with a fake look of concern. Cody looked over at the bookworm with an impressed, slightly shocked, expression on his face. Izzy and Owen exchanged smirks knowingly in the background and moved closer to look at the dazed teen on the floor.
Izzy nudged Sierra's shoe lightly with her toe and turned to Owen. "Ooh! You think she's dead?" She nudged her again, this time a groan coming from Sierra.
Gwen and Courtney rolled their eyes at Izzy while Duncan tried to pick the dazed girl up off the ground. Noah avoided Cody's gaze and looked at the teens surrounding Sierra. He lifted an eyebrow and deadpanned, "Oops, my book accidentally flew out of my hand." He looked at Sierra and shrugged, "Turbulence, what're you going to do?"
SMILE
According to Cody, Noah had five smiles. During the course of three seasons, he had made a list and he could identify each smile that graced Noah's face. He mentally rehearsed the list daily, in case he would ever have to recite it. Since Noah was about to jump out of the plane, now seemed like a great time.
Izzy had tackled Chris and tied his feet and hands together to stop him from ruining Cody's big moment. Currently, she was lounging on his back while he mumbled something through his duct taped mouth. She pinched his cheek and he tried to wiggle away, but the ropes held him in place.
"Silly host, you can't break free, not when Esquire tied you up!" She nodded toward the boys, dragging Chris into the next room. Personally, Cody didn't care if Chris was here or not. He had to say it.
Cody didn't know how, or where, to start. He wanted to apologize about what happened today, but he wanted to say something more important. The two boys just stared at each other, until Cody broke the silence. "Noah, I…" He exhaled, slowly. "You have five smiles."
Noah raised an eyebrow at this, still holding on to the door frame "What are you-?"
Cody held up a hand, took a deep breath. "You think no one notices you because you're the youngest and have eight siblings. But…I-I notice you. I noticed that you have five smiles." He paused, remembering each smile, and a smile came to his own lips. "One when you think someone's an idiot." He took a step closer. "One when you think someone's really an idiot." Cody took another step closer. "One when you're reading your favorite book." Another step closer, closing the gap between the two. "One when you're insulting someone and then there's one…." He stepped up closer to Noah and smiled softly. "When you're looking at me.
Noah, sarcastic, smart-mouthed bookworm, was speechless. He let go of the door frame and smiled Cody's favorite smile.
TWITCH
Noah looked away when Cody started the speech Cody was giving Sierra that would make her 'forgive' him. His right eye twitched involuntarily, which Izzy had to lean over and comment on.
"Nice twitch, Noah." She whispered. "It really becomes you."
"What twitch? I don't have a twitch." He said, trying not to look in their direction.
"Sure, you've had it since the first episode!" She paused, hand on her chin. "Actually, anytime Sierra says something to Cody your eye twitches."
"I have not and do not."
"Ya-huh!" She said, puncturing each word with a jab of her finger. "Ever since Sierra ran up to Cody on the first day and said 'OMG! CODY! I've been dreaming of this moment…..except you weren't wearing a shirt!'"
His eye twitched again and her smile grew wider. "I do not have a twitch and I'm not jealous."
"Never said you were jealous…"
He froze. "Uh, you implied it."
"Me? Nonsense, Noah!" Her grin grew wider.
"I don't have a twitch!" He said, crossing his arms.
"I'm thinking you do, bookworm, and the sooner you admit to the twitch and the crush on Cody, the happier we'll all be." She said, turning back to the pair.
Noah turned and walked away, taking a seat in the audience for the next part of the challenge.
GRASP
When the teams were walking down the path to meet up with Chris, Noah and Cody's hands brushed. Neither boy reacted with more than a blush, and when it happened again, they let their fingers entwine for a few seconds before pulling their hands away. Cody, smiling slightly, walked on to catch up with the girls of Team Amazon and Noah picked up his pace to join Team Chris is Really Really Really Really Hot. They weren't sure how the contestants, their families, or the world, for that matter, would react to them dating, so they took what interaction they could while the others weren't looking. These times were special and far between and just about killed them, but it was worth it. They couldn't touch unless it was seemingly by accident, and even then, not too much at one time.
MOMENT
Trying to escape the redheaded nuisance, Noah didn't see the other boy walking through the door to the commons until he ran right into him. Cody let out a grunt as he fell backwards to the floor with Noah landing on top of him. The book Noah had been reading flew out of his hand and went sliding across the floor, coming to a stop under the benches. Cody and Noah found themselves on the dirty floor of the jet, faces inches apart and flaming red. Noah's eyes met the very big, very blue eyes of Cody and he was frozen. Neither wanted to break the moment, but they knew if they didn't get out of this position, and get out fast, they would never hear the end of it. They could already hear the murmurs from the teens around them. So with great reluctance, Noah got off of Cody and lifted out a hand to help him up. Cody looked at the hand, and then Noah, smiled and took the offered hand to lift himself from the floor.
SLIP
"Watch this, totally works on my dog." Noah said, coming to a stop. He pantomimed pulling a ball from his pocket and held up his arm. "Who wants the ball? Who wants it? You want it, don't you? Go get it!" He said, throwing the ball over the creature's head.
"Well played, Noah." Alejandro said. "Now, onwards!"
Cody's walked past Team Chris is Really, Really, Really, Really Hot. He looked back at Noah and tilted his head. "Aw, that was kind of cute."
Sierra, going secret agent, was looking around the corner for the bear and making complicated hand signals at Courtney who finally yelled at her to cut it out. The two girls didn't hear him, but Heather looked back at the boy with a raised eyebrow.
Cody's eyes widened. He hadn't meant to say it out loud and he mentally smacked himself. "I-I mean, you know, that Sasquatchanakwa was acting like a dog….I-uh, I like dogs….Hehe."
Heather rolled her eyes, as she always does at everything, and shrugged it off. Cody breathed out in relief, knowing how Owen felt when he said something about Justin.
SMILE (2)
Noah observed people to try to figure out how they tick. When he was younger, he was the kid who sat by himself on the playground and observed the children running around playing. This was still true today, because he usually sat around while his teammates and the other teams interacted. This might make him anti-social, but the observation of a certain fellow contestant brought interesting results. So when Ms. Stalker started in on her daily spew of 'I know everything about Cody', Noah had to challenge her with this bit of information with a sarcastic jab to break up her sugar-fueled, Cody-praising squeals.
Sierra was taken back by what Noah said. "I…I….That's just one thing!" She finished, crossing her arms.
"I bet you don't even know he has six different smiles." Noah said calmly, placing his book on the table.
Sierra looked confused. "What?" He could see her flipping through her Cody-obsessed mind for that information. "No-o-o." She said, slowly. "If he did, I would know!"
"You obviously aren't as big of a fan as you claim." Noah scoffed at the girl, holding out his thumb. "One when something just flat out makes him laugh." Another finger. "One when he's laughing out of politeness." A third finger. "Another when he's singing." A fourth finger. "One when he's making a fool of himself in front of 'the ladies'." A fifth one. "One when he's uncomfortable." He looked at her, dropping his hand. "That one usually shows up when you start talking to him or even you simply walking into the room." She glared at him. He lifted one single finger. "And one…" He paused. "One when he's talking about something he really cares about."
Cody blinked.
And blinked again.
He looked over at Owen, who pumped a fist in the air and cheered for his Little Buddy, Noah.
"I-well..you…he…ugh!" She glared once more at the tanned boy before marching off. Noah smirked proudly, picked up his book and continued reading.
Whew, those were really cheesy, but they so work!
What did you think? Which one was your favorite? Don't be afraid to review and tell me, please.
Thanks to Harlie Davidson for giving me the idea for SLIP and "Ooh! You think she's dead?" in ANNOYANCE from our conversations.
Oh, yeah, go read her NoCo stories if you haven't already. If you have, go read them again. Do it! Hurry!