Recap:

We looked up and got a shock. Bailey knew the jealousy moment is not going to end just yet and there will be a lot of assuring to do with him around as I felt her hand grip mine.

"Moose? You're the spring transfer student?"

Chapter 4

Moose went forward and gave Bailey a more than welcoming hug as he lifted her off the ground. Bailey giggled at the lift but realise she had to draw the line and demanded him to put her down.

"Moosey, it's so good to see you! Wow I've yet to see you since last summer at Buck's bait and beauty barn. Anyway, this is Cody, my boyfriend. We've mentioned him before and you guys last met at the Mulch Festival," Bailey said as she signalled to introduce me.

Well I did promise Bailey that I will keep my cool. Now is a good time to show her that I can be a real courteous gentleman. I stretched my hand out for a nice hand shake as I forced a smile.

"Sweet Niblets, you've grown a lot taller since I last saw you. Then you were only a tiny kid! Look at you! You should learn to eat more; you're kind of thin eh."

Now it was Bailey's turn to feel paranoid, not with the help of Moose's "flattering" words as I saw her fidgeting and kept looking back and forth at the both of us, as if worried I will break into a fight with Moose.

Bailey interrupted my train of thought and before I could reply to Moose's welcoming statement, she beat me to it, "So Moose, why Seven Seas High? I didn't even know you went back to school!"

"I've thought about it and you were right! There needs to be adventure in our short lifespan and I decided the best place to start in on the seas. So when there was the opportunity to be here, I jumped on it. Especially since I'll get to see my Baileykins, and my new friends!" Moose gave a tiny pat on my back as he spoke.

I could help it but twitched when I heard him call my Bailey, Baileykins and I'm quite sure Bailey saw it as she quickly changed the conversation again.

"It's been a long day for us. As much as we'll love to show you around we're really beat. So see you tomorrow."

"Oh yes, at rehearsal. I'm really excited about it! Getting to act side by side with you -"

Worried that I may get agitated about the play, Bailey quickly cut in, "Right, see you," as she hurriedly held my hand and pulled me out of the drama theatre.

I turned back and saw Moose smiling and waving happily at us.

There was silence throughout our walk from the rehearsal ground to the smoothie bar.

Bailey was the first to break the silence, "Cody?"

I knew what she wanted to talk about. Moose. It's quite funny isn't it; I spent my whole day planning on how to get rid of Timothy when he wasn't even the real Romeo. As much as I hate Timothy yesterday, I think I found someone else to replace him. Who would have expected Moose to be back on board, let alone in our school and in Bailey's play, and is Romeo. After the experience with Timothy and Bailey's reaction, I doubt I'll be thinking of another plan to get rid of Romeo with Marcus any time soon. I don't fancy swinging on a rope again. I smiled as my Tarzan stunt replayed in my head.

"Don't worry; I won't push him off the stage. Even if I did, I think he wouldn't budge," I joked.

Bailey laughed at my remarks.

"Sweetie, can we not talk about Moose. Let's talk about us," she chimed.

"I know you're merely distracting me, but I like it," I couldn't help but smiled at her. "How about rescheduling our time together? I have decathlon preparation every evening from 5 to 7 and towel boy job on alternate days in the afternoon after class. You on the other hand have rehearsals every afternoon from 2 to 6, wow that's tough to fit in time for us!"

"Oh I've also promised London that on days where there are no rehearsals or when it ends early, I'll be helping out at One Of A Kind," Bailey added.

I starred at Bailey, seriously, she's a workaholic. "Okay I know it's difficult but we'll make things work. I'll come by to see your rehearsals on alternate days before decathlon and we can spend some time together in between your breaks, how's that?" I proposed.

Bailey kissed my cheek. I take that as a yes.

Class ended a little late today as Ms Tutweiller started to drone on about her lack of love life, again. It was only till the second bell rang did Ms T realise she was eating up into her free time. I hurriedly left the classroom and headed for the drama theatre as I only had an hour to visit Bailey at rehearsal before having to rush off for my towel boy duty.

Rehearsal had begun and I quietly strolled into the theatre, and sat at the back row facing the stage. Bailey was running her lines for her scene with the Capulet family, engaging herself with her cast. I like it when she gets all dramatic; it's quite different from her usual animated and comedic appearance around me.

I've never really been into Shakespeare; I find literature quite mundane as compared to the ever-changing nature of astrophysics and just basically sciences, but Bailey has been influencing me quite a bit into the humanities. To get to know her play better in-depth, I have read up on a large number of Shakespeare' work hoping to impress Bailey with my knowledge someday.

I was dreaming about how my interest has changed recently with Bailey, that I didn't notice the appearance of the son of the Montague family on stage in a scene with Bailey. Moose made a mistake with his scene and Bailey was happily giggling with him, giving him a pat on the back as encouragement. I do try to keep my jealous out of bay, trying to be less obvious whenever Bailey hangs around with him, but I think I'm failing miserably at it. When on stage, well there's nothing I can do about their chemistry together, but off stage, I try to limit their contact by monopolising my time with her. Sadly, on days where I'm away on decathlon preparation, I'm not sure how protected my Bailey is from Romeo. Bailey has assured me time and time again on not to worry about Moose, but Moose has been too friendly that it creeps me out. I'm Bailey's current boyfriend, and he's her ex, there's no way he can be so supportive of our relationship. I hope I'm just being paranoid, I really wish I can truly be friendly around him, but each time I see him with Bailey around, I can't help but worry.

I was awoken from my immense thinking by a hug from Bailey. Apparently it was break time between scenes.

"Thanks for coming again Cody, I know you're really busy and should totally be preparing for your decathlon. I don't want your team to come knocking on my door if you miss valuable preparation time just for me alright?" Bailey smiled cheekily at me.

"I'm Cody Martin, I'm good with time management," I replied. "Come; let me tell you something I read about Romeo and Juliet last night," I tried to impress her.

"Aww you specially read up just for me, that's so sweet Cody," Bailey was gushing over my sensitivity over her interests, "You've never really liked tragedy or drama! I must really be a huge influence!" She giggled.

"Yes, yes you are, but don't flatter yourself too much," I joked.