Hey guys! I'm back! And i just want to say that I'm sorry that I took so long. Trust me, I wanted to get this done two weeks ago, but i barely have the time now. I'm editing Chapter four right now and typing up Chapter six. So i'm always thinking of you guys, just know that.

Oh, I wanted to do a Pokemon story, but when i looked at Deviant Art, somebody of the name of Kiku-No-Hoshi-XD made these TDI-Pokemon pictures and i'm like 'Aw man! If i do a pokemon story now, they're going to think i'm copying her!' Yeah, i was pretty much upset, but i love her work, fanart and fanfiction. But my cousin stated that my idea was completely different from hers, so i should still do it. I might, but i'm not sure yet. Oh well.

So, this is my Christmas gift to you! And a heads up- I'm writing a lemon! I haven't wrote one in third person view in a long time, so it might be a while. If you see something under Noah and Cody titled 'The Aftermatch', then that's from me. Of course, i can't compete with PimpedOutGreenEars' Mine story, but hey.(Good story by the way)

I OWN NOTHING! Enjoy!

Chapter Three- And it all begins now!
italic-Flashback


I remember Sierra telling me that I've never kissed anyone better than her before. She was wrong back then, and she's still wrong today. It was just a favor to return, but I felt the presence of the passion within the entire kiss. I didn't know where it came from, but I knew it was there. I felt Noah's warmth and for a split second, I though he was giving out more than I.

It might've started out that way, but it was no simple kiss. The sweet, but odd thing about this was that Noah was leading us the entire way. He'd asked for permission to enter my mouth by letting his tongue brush up against my lips. I applied without hesitation. I held him closer; the friction between our heated bodies gave me a sense of pure bliss, and moaned. Slightly gasping, Noah silenced me by locking our lips once again. The way he held me close to his body, his arms wrapped around my waist, it felt as if he didn't want to let me go. Like he was afraid that if he lets go, I'll disappear into the abyss.

Are his hands going in my jeans? I inched myself closer to him, if that was even possible, just so he could go further down.

"Ugh, guys?" The girl with the black pigtails and pink highlights started- Stacy, was it? My mind is so clouded up with ice cream and sugar pops that I couldn't even think straight. "As much as I like to see you two screw each other, and trust me, I really do, I just only asked for a fifteen second kiss. You lasted almost a minute in a half."

Noah broke the kiss and I pouted. "And you didn't tell us? I could've been late for class and I've never been late a single day in my life!" He snapped. Stacy smiled. "I was caught in the moment. I'm still a fan girl, after all." Well, at least she was honest. "Now come on. Break is almost over and we need to get to class."

"Oh…" Noah and I separated. I took one last look at his eyes, only to find that they we're staring back at me with an unknown glint. "… um…"

"Noah, lets go!" Stacy took his wrist. The Know-it-all gave me one last glance before he reluctantly when along with her down the hall. I stood there in shock and touched my lips, feeling warm and fuzzy inside. "… Noah…"I whispered his name, then chuckled. "Heh Heh. He touched my butt." The warming bell rung, snapping me back to reality. I grabbed my things and walked the opposite direction.


It'd been a two weeks since that day. I can't help but to think about that kiss every time Noah and I exchange glances. The chocolate teen would occasionally smirk at me, but I kept telling myself that it's not for the same reason I blush and turn away from him. Alejandro suddenly kept his distance away from Noah, but Sierra kept getting closer to me since I kept hanging around my new best friend, Stacy Laruen. She's pretty cool and not a stalker likes Sierra. And the picture she drew of that kiss was amazing. She was detailed in everything. From the passion I presented to him to his hand going down my pants. I thought that I had to pay her for it, but she just handed it over. Said that it was payback for the extra one minute and fifteen seconds we've given her.

But, it'd also been two weeks since Beth's sudden disappearance. I don't know when it happen. All I remember was Lindsay calling me later on that night, frantic about her best friend not returning to the condo. Her disappearance went on the news instantly the next day. I even saw Chris going around the neighborhood, asking people if they had seen her or not. Beth McDonalds is a very nice girl. She's cute in her own unique way and a possible candid for me. But we cherish out friendship more then anything else and established that we shouldn't even try being a couple. I really hope that she's okay.


"I'm worry." I heard Lindsey whine in my gym class. I was trying to hurry up and climb a rope, but she was climbing the rope next to me and wouldn't let me concentrate. Well, I guess it doesn't matter since I'm impressing the ladies either way. Also, Noah's teacher wasn't there today and they had to merge classes with us, so I'm trying to impress him. "I mean, She's not even picking up our matching BFF phones we brought before school started. Now I'm really getting scared about Bess."

"It's Beth, Lindsey." I corrected her.

"That's what I said, Coby." I rolled my eyes and continued to climb. I did wonder what happen to her, too.


"How can you miss that!" I cringe at Heather hissing at Beth. "It was right there!"

"I'm trying!" Beth retorted back, her backbone strengthening up, defending herself against the queen bee. "But it's not like badminton. I can't figure out how much force to put into the hit."

"Oh, that's easy." Harold started and I frowned. "All you have to do is measure the diameter on the tennis ball with the area of it's-"

"Alright, already. We get the point." Duncan growled, Courtney nodding along with him.

"And worst of all, you're going against Noah!" heather continued, her voice filling up with more venom as she stated his name. "You know; Mr. I-Can't-Play-Because-Of-My-Life-Threatening-Allergies-And-Laziness!" She ended, and I though she was going to explode. That would've been a funny sight.

"Don't take him too lightly." Owen stated, patting his belly. "Noah and I are good friends, and let me tell you this, his stares are not to be played with. Trust me! One day, I got him so angry and he gave me this five second glare. I had nightmares for three days just from thinking about what my little buddy can do to me." He shivered slightly, but smirked. I wish Noah would stare into my eyes- gawd damn it, not again!

Heather's eyes grew colder. "Whatever!"

"Listen, Beth." Sierra stated to her. "The match is tied one to one. He's serving. All you have to do is hit it close to the net. Noah is too lazy to even think about running towards it. Remember, sports isn't his forte." I guess the only think that's good about Sierra is that she's the go to girl with all the total drama dirt and resources. "I agree." I added my thoughts, which made Sierra smiled in delight. Sierra and I were on good term after Season Three. I consider her more as a friend and sister more than a girlfriend, though. I thought she understood that, but after that kiss that happened last night, I'm not sure what she thinks anymore. "And Owen's right, too. Don't look into his eyes." His beautiful, beautiful brown eyes.

Round three of the game started and Noah held the ball in his hand. And although everyone was sure Beth's strategy was going to work, the smirk on his face made the red flags appear. "So, Beth. I heard that your model boyfriend, Brady, was working with this hot Russian chick at the next Hot Topic photo shoot." He stated. Beth gasped. "H-How did you know about that?" She stuttered. Crap, Noah caught her in his trap. He must've really considered her as a threat since he wasted no time to mess with her mind.

The tanned teen served the ball, and Beth hit it a little too hard then what we've planned. It bounced back to Noah. "Yeah, Ms. Anya Hiaski. Isn't she the hottest international model out there today? I mean, wow!" He hit the ball over the net. "Look at that body"

"I am just as cute in Brady's eyes!" Beth hit the ball. "A model's body isn't all what Brady wants!" Noah moved to the side and let the tennis ball fly outside the court. "Point to scrawny boy over there! Zero to Fifteen! Know-It-All serves!" Chef blew the whistle. Beth gasped in horror and turned to her team, who glared at her. Owen and I could only give her sympathetic looks. The Indian didn't even give her a chance before trapping her.

Noah retrieved the ball and bounced it. "I mean, she's like a hotter form of Lindsay, with some intelligence, and that's hard to come by." He hit it over the net. "Blue eyes. Hourglass figure. And get this; red hair!"

"I know what she look like!" Beth hit the ball to Noah, her anger rising. "Who doesn't?"

"Well, I didn't for a while until I heard about it from Blaineley. Usually, I don't care about ludicris gossip, but I got curious." He hits the ball. "Man, does he have to deal with temptation or what?"

"He's faithful!" Beth slammed the ball. Noah moved to the side once again and let the ball fly out. "Score! Zero to Thirty! Scrawny boy serves again!"

"Oh no!" Beth gasped. I decided to say something. "Beth, don't let him get to you! He's using mind tricks! Hit him back with the same tatics!" I turned to see Noah chuckling at me with a big smirk. "Cody, Cody, Cody. You know me all too well, don't cha?" He said, my heart started racing. Get a hold of yourself, Cody! He's just a friend with hypnotic eyes. "I do, too, Noah!" Sierra smiled and waved, which made him narrow his eyes and serve. Beth smirked a cocky smirk. "Of course Cody would know a lot about you, Noah. He has too in order to get comfortable enough-" hit the ball "-for you to kiss him on the ear like that!" Noah lost his concentration and missed his hit. "Score to the geek girl! Fifteen to Thirty! Girly serves!"

"Yes!" Beth cheered. I smiled, but was slightly annoyed. Why did she had to bring THAT up?

Noah gritted his teeth, but let himself calm down. Next thing I knew, Alejandro called a time out and ran over to the tanned teen. "Decir algo que no puede recuperar." He said in Spanish, to which Noah nodded with a smirk. I growled softly, trying to make sure Sierra didn't sense my jealousy.

Jealousy?

Beth served a little harder than necessary and Noah was able to hit it. "Sure, Brady might be faithful to you." He stated. "But after what you did with Harold, I'm starting to wonder how faithful are you?" Beth flinched and missed the ball. "Point and serve to scrawny boy. Fifteen to Forty."

"You did WHAT with my Harold!" LeShawna snapped. Looks like Noah scored someone on his side. "I-It was a one time thing." Beth stuttered. She was no longer angry, but disoriented. "Heh Heh Heh. This is getting good. And it's only the first day." I heard my sadistic host, Chris McLean stating.

Noah bounced the ball with a bored impression, but a mischievous smirk. "I can be doing other things to occupy my time, you know? Hurry up and get ready!" He stated. Beth started to take my advice and kept her focus. However, the red flags appeared once again. She was preparing herself for the next insult or random drama to slip. But instead, Noah's smirk grew even wider. "Head's up!"

"What?" Noah spiked the ball passed a confused Beth's leg and it bounced behind her with a surprisingly quick velocity. Beth looked passed her to see the ball coming to a stop, then back at Noah, who was leaning on his racket.

"The Ruby Reds win!" Chris smiled and Izzy and Eva ran up to pick up Noah. "That means the entire team wins invincibility during eliminations. That also means that the athletes that were on the Sapphire Blue team are in the hot seats tonight. Heh Heh Heh." I hate his laugh. I ignored my team's complains and walked up to Beth, giving her a smile. "You did your best, and that's what counts."

"I hope that's enough to keep me in." Beth smiled back me with hopeful eyes. Noah walked over to us and held out his hand. "I supposed all sport people do this to show acts of good competition when the games in? I don't know, I don't watch sports."

"Well, that's one of the most common things, silly." Beth shook his hand and smiled. Noah then gave me a glance and our eyes locked. "Same to you?" He held out his hand. "F-For what?" I stuttered, shocked.

"Just so I can share my germs with you because I love to get dirty." He narrowed his eyes. "No. Because you're a good friend. You knew me enough to get her to throw me off my game, even if it was for a second. I think that's deserves something. Now are you going to shake it or not, because I could be doing other things, like taking a shower." I smiled at him. "Noah-" A loud whistle from Izzy and Alejandro cut me off. "Come over here, silly bean!" The maniac yelled. Alejandro did a wink and I scuffed. I turned back around in horror to see Noah's eyes wondering him with a small smile of a shy girl. "Um… maybe later then…" Noah retracted his hand. He flashed a small smirk my way before running towards Izzy and Eva, but his eyes were locked on Alejandro with that said smirk getting slightly wider.


Beth was voted off that night. She didn't hold a grudge like I though she was going to; She said that I'd smooth everything out for her when I told her that I thought that doing her best was what really counted.

Sierra didn't like that.

She confronted me that night and told me that I shouldn't be complimenting other girls. I didn't listen and continued on anyway. If she didn't stop me during the second day of school, I would've complimented Beth on her thoughts about how friendships are suppose to work out.

"Mi amor!" I might not know Spanish, but I know that voice and accent extremely well. I glance down to see Alejandro finally trying to talk to Noah after two weeks, my anger boiling. "Long time no see, Noah."

"I'm sorry, Alejandro." Noah scratched his ears, never taking his eyes off of his book. "But I'm hearing this annoying buss in my head and I just wont stop."

"Always with the sarcasm, mi amor."

"Call me that again, and I'll do more than just sarcasm!" The smaller teen took his eyes away from his book to glare at the Spanish hottie. Alejandro just gave a triumphed smile.

I was able to make it to the top, finally. Of course, being a superstar, all the ladies had their eyes on me. But whom I really wanted was-

I removed one hand and reached out to the space beside me. "Hey, Noah, look! I bet you can't do this!" Noah looked at me narrowed his eyes; he does that a lot, I've noticed. "I'm pretty sure I can't and don't want to. Now stop playing around before you get hurt."

"How can I get hurt?" I smiled and started swinging. The chocolate teen's eyes were locked onto me, despite Alejandro trying to get his attention. "You know, I'm just waiting for you to fall so I can laugh and say I told you so." He stated. I was not handing upside down, still swinging, trying to show off. I ignored the fangirls cheering for me. "Cody, I'm serious!" Noah started to hissed, Alejandro starting to laugh. "Again, why him?"

"Why not him?" Noah spat, never taking his brown eyes off of me. I smiled and turned around, the momentum of the rope getting strong and the swings getting wider and higher. "It's okay, Noah! See, I'm perfectly-" I slammed my head against the ceiling and lost my grip, everything getting dizzy. "CODY!" Alejandro missed Noah's hand as he dropped his book and ran over to try and catch me. Note the word is 'try'. I ended up colliding with him to the ground. "And there goes my pelvis… once again." I heard him complain. I sat on top of his hips and rubbed my head. "Whoa, thanks man." I smiled, gazing at his eyes. Their expression were soft, but quickly harden.

"Um…No problem." He glared at me. " And I told you so. Now… get off of me. This position is amatory."

"Oh!" I got up, and some of the girls sighed in disappointment, but squealed when I helped him up. What is with them? "Oh, Noel! Coby!" Lindsey slid down and ran to us. "Are you guys okay?"

"Peachy."

"Oh, that's good."

"No, Lindsey." I started. "When Noah says that, it means exactly the opposite." Noah gave me a smile as our eyes link. A flash of the kiss appeared in my head and I turned away blushing. "Oh… wait, why would you do that?" Lindsey scratched her head.

"Don't strain yourself, honey." Noah took a step back towards his seat, then stopped. "What the hell?" He touched his head and looked at his fingers.

Blood.

"Oh my gawd, you're bleeding!" Lindsey yelled out my thoughts.

"Chill out, Barbie." Noah moved her underneath to where he was standing. "The impact might've been rough, but he's not heavy enough, nor position enough to give damage to my head."

"Oh… wait, something just hit my head." Lindsey mimicked Noah's move and screamed, causing everyone to look at us.

Blood.

I looked up to see a puddle of red expanding on the ceiling along with frantic footsteps; I covered my mouth before I could scream. Another girl saw and screamed for me. Her action caused a chain reaction and the gym went onto a riot. "Lets go call the doctor!" Lindsey probably stated the most reasonable thing she'd ever though of. We started to head out of the gym until Noah stopped and grabbed his side. "You're okay?" I glance at him and he nodded. "Yeah… just a little hip problem, that's all."

"Mi amor!' Alejandro ran to him. I though this wetback was gone! I growled as he tried to help Noah, but the know-it-all smacked him away. "Leave me alone, Alejandro!" He growled.

"But, you're in pain!" Alejandro stated, and from what I can tell, as much as I didn't like him, he was immensely concern. "No one else can possibly carry you."

"Who's to say that I can't?" I huffed and pulled Noah closer to me. I felt his arms almost instantly wrapping themselves around me, along with Alejandro's eyes getting colder by the second. "I can carry Noah. Not exactly like you or Izzy can, but good enough to keep him steady. It's strong enough! You saw what I did to Duncan, didn't you?" I helped Noah get comfortable on my back, then started running towards the nurse's office, Alejandro not that far behind. I don't know what happened to Lindsey, but with her dizziness, her absence isn't that bad. I took in a breath and chuckled, getting slightly high off of Noah's scent and warmth. "Cherries…"

"What was that?" Noah asked me.

"You smell like cherries." I smiled. "Is it because it's your favorite food?"

"...Something like that." Noah gave me a small smirk, then looked around the hallway. "Stop here." I complied and Noah slides off of me. He flinched and grabbed his hips, my worrying intensified. "Noah, we need to get you to the-"

"Alejandro. If you're going to annoy me, be useful." Noah commanded. "Get that ladder over there and use it to open up the ceiling floor over thee by the lockers. If memories serve me, with the design of this school, this should be a big enough entry for you and I, Cody, and it can take us above the gym. I was thinking about air vents using the air vent, however this is something that's outside of it."

I blinked. "… how do you know that?"

"Like with my other schools, I hacked into the school's main computer and transferred the layouts to my data at home." Noah shrugged. "It's common knowledge."

"Really?"

"Have you ever tried, computer whiz?"

"Thank you for pointing out my genius." I smirked. "But no. I haven't."

"Try it sometimes." Noah informed. "It should be easy for you. It was a small challenge for me, but it was fun trying to crack it, neither less."

"I'm impress, Noah." Alejandro smiled. "Even when computers aren't you thing, you can continued on and was able to crack the code. You truly are an IQ prodigy just like myself, only a little bit better." I was expecting Noah to retort back. But to my horror, he just glanced away. "Just open up the damn ceiling." He mumbled. Alejandro complied and I stated at my crush, noticing that he was avoiding my gaze. "…I'll go up first. Then pull you up." I stated.

"Hn." He responded, still not meeting my gaze. I narrowed my eyes and made my way up the ceiling. The inside of the ceiling was dark and filled with dust and cobwebs. Who knows what could be in here- the cobwebs alone can trigger an allergic reaction. "Okay Noah!" I reached for his hand. Noah flinched and grabbed his side. "S-sorry, Cody."

"Allow me, mi amor." Alejandro picked Noah up on his shoulders and lifted him to me. "Take care of him, will ya, Cody. I'll go inform the principal about this."

"Sure. Whatever." I growled, but smiled as he left. I turned around and frowned at seeing Noah staring at him with a dazed like expression.

That's it!

"You faked it." I mumbled lowly, catching his attention. "You could've easily climbed up that ladder. You could've endured that."

"And risk letting you hear my constant bickering on the crawl there? Cody, I'm shock that you would accuse me of that." Noah forged a pained expression, but smirked. "But, then again, it isn't something I wouldn't do, so I shouldn't be surprise that you did such an accusation. In fact, I should be celebrating the fact that you know me all to well. Now lets get going." He flinched, but started crawling his way around. I narrowed my eyes. "Apparently not well enough to know what's going on with you and Spanish boy over there." I hissed, but followed him.

The passage way started to get wide enough for me to crawl over beside Noah. "What does 'mi amor' means?" I asked.

"It's a… nickname Alejandro gave to me when we were friends." Noah answered. "I… let's just say that I'd trusted him enough to call me that."

"How come I can't call you a nickname?"

"Because, like everyone else, you cant create something out of Noah."

"Well, how about… chocolate." I said with the gap tooth grin. Noah gave me a deadpanned look. "What?"

"You know, because you're chocolate skinned and all that."

"Cody, that's the most racist thing you're said and it sounds like a stripper name from the red light district." Noah laughed, obviously getting my joke. "Well, if you call me chocolate, do I get to call you vanilla?" You can call me anything you like. But, alas, as I wanted to smile and retort back, I shivered. Noah understood my body language clearly. "… Sierra…" He growled and I nodded.


"I can't believe Beth is gone already." I mumbled to Ezekiel, sighing. The home-school boy snorted. "Hey, don't sweat it, eh? It was bound to happen. Girls are weak when it comes to sports. I'm just glad that I wasn't the first one out this time, eh." I rolled my eyes. Typical Zeke. He's just lucky he'd actually won something today that made him safe. "But still. She was a cute girl. I wanted to get to know her more." Said I.

"No you don't." Zeke gave me a look of disgust. "Beth isn't in your league, nor on your list, eh?"

"Oh yeah?" I sat up, getting just as defensive as he was. "Like you would know what kind of girl is right for me?"

"At least he knows it isn't Beth." I flinched as Sierra hugged and picked me up from behind. "And I totally agree with him. Beth isn't as faithful as me. She was going out with Brady and she still kissed Harold. Then she tried to kiss a pole? A pole!" She waved her arms in a dramatic fashion, dropping me. "I mean, who does that when someone has a hot model for a boyfriend, let alone someone who could easily go for that equally-as-hot Russian model."

"Don't worry about that." I stated. "I heard Noah talking to her about his Anti-me trying to get with her and she returning the feelings."

"Justin and Anya. Hmm? I so got to update my blog. Come with me, sweet pea. Heh heh, that rhymes." She grabbed me and I followed her without protest, but reluctant. Once we got to the girls room, an idea popped into my head. I was in female territory. I can try to find another one of Gwen's bra; SWEET!

For some reason, that doesn't excite me like it did before. "Cody, what are you doing?" I turned my attention to an extremely peeved Sierra. "… What?"

"I said, what are you DOING?" She yelled. "You can't just go flirting with girls!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hang on there, Sierra." I stopped her. "What do you mean, 'I can't go flirting with girls?' That's what the Codemeister do?"

"So our kiss meant nothing to you?"

"What are you- oh!" I thought for a while, remembering the other night. "Wait, you think that we're together? Sierra, didn't we go over this? We're not married!"

"Well, duh!" Sierra folded her arms, ignoring my last statement. "I mean, who else can savor the sweetest taste of vanilla that is you, Cody."

"I don't taste like vanilla. I shouldn't. Vanilla-"

"- beans are one of the only beans to give you an allergy reaction when you don't take your pills." Sierra interrupted me. "But you thought it was too troublesome to bring them here, so you left them at home and vowed not to eat vanilla while you're here. But I've taken the liberty to have a new bottle shipped here."

I froze. "H-How did you know my medical records to do that?"

"It's not that hard after you read and memorized it seventeen times." She chuckled. "I know your entire record by heart, like you can have chronic asthma at times when you get too deep into water and strain yourself or-"

"Okay. I get it." I took a step back, but she stepped forward, cupping my cheek and grabbed my hand. Her touch was warm, yet… so cold. "Just think of it as a special gift from your girlfriend."

"S-Sierra…" I laughed nervously. "You're a nice girl and all, but-"

"You still have it hard for Gwen." She narrowed her eyes and I panicked. "N-No! Gwen isn't on my list. It's just that… I'm young and I don't wanna be in a relationship now. It's a guy thing; trying to enjoy being a bachelor while I'm still young and all. You have to understand."

"I don't, but I'll try." Sierra pulled herself closer in. "But just know that I'm always available for you and your sweet vanilla lips." She kissed me, and this time, I pulled back. I ended up falling out of the ajar door and into Noah's arms. "N-Noah?" Why am I blushing?

"What are you doing in the girl's room?" he asked me with an eyebrow raised, Izzy beside him with a creepy grin, but it fell once it locked onto Sierra leaning against the bedroom doorframe. "Oh, nothing. Cody was just helping me with my blog after the bagillion time I've asked him. That's all." She chuckled. "I mean, it's not like we were kissing or anything, because that would be silly and all that stuff. Like, OMG, Noah, you are so funny!" Next thing I knew, I was dropped. I sat up, rubbing the back of my head to see Noah storming off with his hands balled up into fists. Izzy looked at me with the same disappointing look Eva gave me the other day. "Cody…. You need to stick with one person." She stated in the calmest voice I've ever heard from her. I noticed her mouthing something else, probably to herself, following her friend. "Oh, terrible Noah." Sierra picked me up. "How could he just leave you on the cold floor like that?" That's what I'm trying to figure out. Why did he get so angry all of a sudden?


"Why were you angry?" I asked Noah.

"Do you really think I will answer you?" he responded.

"No. But it's the thought that counts, right?" I smiled. "Besides, we haven't had a time to talk since Sierra been bugging me about Stacy."

"Your new girlfriend?"

"No!" Noah smirked at my blush. "Beside, what girl would want her boyfriend to kiss another boy?" I questioned.

He shrugged. "A fan girl with odd fantasies." Noah stopped and picked up something he'd crawled on. "Hey, isn't that-"

"Beth's friendship bracelet!" My happiness was drained the moment I noticed bloodstains on it. "We have to hurry." Noah kicked it into high gear, but flinched and grabbed his side again. "Crap."

That was the last straw!

"Noah, you need to go back to the nurse." I held him up by his shoulders. "I can handle this."

"Said the guy who'd peed in his pants twice." He chuckled, but seem at lost when I wasn't laughing along with him like we normally do when we bring up the incident. "You need to go, Noah. I'll be fine."

"… If you died, I swear to whatever higher being that's up there, I will fabricate some random contraction to revive you, then butcher you with my own two hands." Noah narrowed his eyes, but I saw the sincerity within them. "Are you sure you can you make your way to the gym by yourself?"

"Positive." I saluted, then slightly leaned back. "The Codster got it." Noah rolled his eyes and started to make his way back. I wanted to follow him and make sure that he'll get back safely, but I needed to make sure Beth was okay. For this moment, someone was more important than him.

I made my way deeper into the pathway until I crawled down onto the gym's ceiling. It didn't have a floor above it, so I could stand up and walk around like I was in a hollow hole. "… Okay, Cody. You can do this." I mumbled, shivering, and took a step forward. I didn't get a flashlight, so I had to follow the scent of blood. It was… fresh. Being in Total Drama for as long as we did, I know what fresh blood smelt like.

I took out my cell phone and using the light from it, I guided it around the area. Ugh!; This school really needs to be inspected.

It was quiet.

I jumped when my phone started to ring and almost stepped on a weak spot on the floor. I sighed in relief, then answered the phone. "Hello?"

"Cody!" I frowned to Sierra's squealing. "Where are you my little-"

"Pipsqueak!" Eva snatched the phone from my stalker. "Where are you and where is Noah?"

"Noah is heading back and I'm in the ceiling of the gym."

"How the heck did you get up there?" I heard Duncan say. They probably have me on speaker. I did the same thing just so I can use my light again. "Noah showed me. He knows the map of the school from the inside out."

"I know Turkey legs is a geek and all, but seriously, who does that?" LeShawna asked, and I noticed that Duncan was unusually quiet. "Guys, I need you to keep it down." I whispered after I heard something move. I didn't want to get off the phone just in case something happen and they could tell the police.

"Oh My Gawd!"

…And Lindsey would be the loudest. "Guys, I have the most excellent idea! I can totally call Beth and see if she picks up her phone! That way, we can see where she is like we did with Coby!" Nobody tried to talk her out of it; It was no use trying. "Okay! I'm calling her now!"

Suddenly, a bright light appeared in the darkness along with a chime. A cell phone chime. "Is that Beth's phone?" Trent asked.

"Well, duh!" Sierra responded. "Only Beth's phone has ATC's 'So Magical' song."

"The what?"

"Don't worry about it."

"Beth?" I took a step closer to the light and shined my light on it. It was a pink flip phone with a green strap to it. Covered in blood. The blood led a trail that I followed, until I got startled by the sight of a hand covered in what look like claw markings. I jumped back and covered my mouth, trying to keep calm. I traced the hand back to the body, only to find that there was none.

I screamed.


"That wasn't Beth's arm." Lindsey kept telling herself as the cops surrounded the area. "That wasn't my best friend's arm." I shivered underneath my blanket, hugging it close to my body. I wanted to believe Lindsey just as much as she wanted to believe herself, but I couldn't. It looked exactly like Beth's arm, width and nail polish and all.

Sierra ran over and hugged me. "OMG, Cody, are you okay? I heard you scream, but I just couldn't remember where the gym was and-"

"I'm okay, Sierra." I mumbled, which she responded with a smile and a sigh. "Don't you ever do that to me again, you understand Cody Emmett Johnson Anderson." I hate it when she said my full name. She hugged me close and I felt her hands grazing against my lower neck. "Don't you understand that you in trouble means me fearing for your life?" She whispered. I shivered, feeling her pressing her finger down at various points. "But we don't have to worry. I will keep you close to me forever with just one press of a button-"

"Stalka-licious!" I jumped to see Noah with Harold, who'd frowned. "You're quite obvious of what you're trying to do." The redhead raised a finger, his eyes closed and slightly tilted to the left, Noah rolling his eyes, knowing what's to come. "If you wanted to hit a pressure point, you need to do it in a swift, mantis-like-"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. We get the point. Now give him here!" Noah pulled me away from her.

Sierra didn't like that.

"What the HELL is your problem!" Sierra stood up and yelled at him, suddenly seeming ten times taller than what she usually is with us. "For some reason, you are ALWAYS in the way of my Cody time!"

"Who isn't?" Noah stated, not intimidated by her at all, Harold nodding in agreement. I blocked out the rest of their bickering as I felt Noah's hand moved down my arm and to my wrist, his fingers cautiously dancing across the back of my hand as it radiated a sense of protection. I felt a lot calmer, until Sierra grabbed my other arm harshly.

"Well, stop it!" Sierra tried to pull me back. Harold grabbed onto the arm Noah had my wrist and pulled me back towards them. "Ow!" I hissed. "Let go! Both of you!" Sierra's grip grew tighter. "You're hurting him, Noah-It-All! Let him go!" Noah continued to pull against Sierra, the paparazzi started coming around us because of the drama. Harold let go early because he strained a muscle on his back. "Give! Me! My! Cody!" Sierra yelled and I screamed in pain, finally reaching my limit. Noah gasped and let me go, falling onto the flypaper known as Sierra. She hugged me tight and stuck her tongue out at Noah, but he's eyes were fixated on me, widen as it scanned my arms, then me. "Cody-" He stopped when his phone rung and he went back to his cynical self. "Perfect. Home-school boy is calling me." He answered, putting Ezekiel on speaker. "What do you want?"

"Y-You guys better come down here, eh!" Ezekiel stated, his voice at a panic. "I-I don't know what's happening, but if this is some joke by Duncan or you, Noah, can you please come take it back?"

"What are you talking about, Zeke?"

"Beth is in my backyard covered in scratches, eh!"


"Cody." Stacy ran up and hugged me as we walked into the waiting area of the hospital. I hugged her back. "How's Beth?"

"She's in a coma."

"What?" Everyone yelled. Ezekiel growled as he stood up. "She lost a lot of blood and a blow to the head. I'm just… I'm at a lost. I just found her today! And I went too that same exact spot yesterday, too!"

"Ezekiel-"

"See! This is why girls are weak!" He hissed, shocking everyone with his anger, even the girls. "This is why they need a man to protect them and if I was there with her, this wouldn't have happen, eh!"

…Oh my gawd, Zeke likes Beth!

…Ew…

"Oh, Zekey." Stacy hugged him, already finding out. The guys seemed confused, but the girls knew. Along with Noah and I, of course. I stared at him. "… Noah?"

"What?"

"They said that people in colmas can hear and see everything, right?"

"You actually believe that?"

I frowned. "Just answer the question."

"Feisty, aren't you?" Noah sighed. "Go ahead. Talk to Beth." That's as much of an answer I'm going to get from him. "Come with me."

"Why?"

"Please?" I put on my begging eyes. Noah flinched, caught within the trap, and groaned. Gwen and Courtney laughed in the background, knowing that it was no use for the know-it-all to retaliate. "Fine." He said with a bored expression.

"Ooh! Cody!" Sierra jumped up and down. "Can I come-"

"NO!" Noah yelled, shocking everyone, including me. Okay, I lie; Alejandro and Sierra was unfazed. In fact, Sierra seemed to be analyzing what was going on and Alejandro…

… He seems to be… smiling?

Grabbing my hand, Noah dragged me down the hall. "Ugh… what was that about?" I asked.

"Stalka-licious is getting on my nerves." Noah regained himself. I held onto his hand tighter. "Really now, Noah? Are you sure you're not just-"

"You're starting to sound like Alejandro right now." Noah growled. "Please don't. I really don't want to have to suffer again." Again? I decided not to ask. Not now, anyway.

When we walked into her room, I flinch at the amount of equipment she had plugged up to her arms. The only thing good about this was that she had both of her arms. Noah gave my hand a tight squeeze. "Come on. You said you wanted to try and talk to a sleeping person, right? Well, there she is." He inched me closer to my sleeping friend. I looked at her and I knew I could only feel a fraction of the pain she was going through, if even that. "… Hey, Beth." I forced a smiled and grabbed her hand with my free one. "It's me, Cody. You know, the geek you kissed on the cheek in TDI? Your friend." I noticed some of Beth's teeth were missing. All of those years in braces were wasted. "I'm sorry we didn't come to you sooner, Beth. We didn't know. And we tried to find you- heck, even Chris tried. But we couldn't get a single trail. And Lindsey had a difficult two weeks. But on the good note, she remembers you."

"I don't think that's good enough to compete with this." I gave Noah a glare. As much as I like him for him, his cynical attitude is not always attractive. He does it at the wrong time. The tan skinned teen rolled his brown eyes before mumbling something in another language. I turned my attention back to the one person who needed it the most. "LeShawna called Brady for you. He paid the best inspector Canada could offer to find you."

"Which isn't enough as well." I lightly kicked Noah in the knee, but never let go of his hand. "So, he trying to come here as fast as he can. And we will- well, I will stay by you the entire way. Until you wake up, Beth. Because that's what friends do." I chuckled. "Ashame, though. You might need to get fake teeth like Noah."

"Where did you hear that? Nobody should know that!" Noah covered his mouth with his free hand. "They're all the way in the back, you know!"

"But, you were cute without the braces, Beth." I ignored my panicked friend and softly rubbed Beth's face. It was slightly bruised and losing it's color. "If I didn't have someone I'm aiming for and if you didn't have Brady, then maybe we could've worked."

Noah turned away and sharply inhaled. "… Lets go… Now!"

"You can go, Noah. I'm not stopping you."

Silence.

Noah let go of my hand and walked off. The room felt colder than before without him beside me, but I saw his intentions. "He couldn't stand seeing you like this, Beth." I mumbled to her. "You are consider as his… acquaintance, so it pains him, too. Just like the rest of us."


The rest of the cast started walking in and out of the room, saying a couple of words here and there. Chris somehow got to the hospital and tried to take the paparazzi spotlight to promote his latest show, but he was the last one to enter the room when they were gone. "… Man… this sucks." I remember him saying. "She was a good contestant, too." Even though Chris has the image of being a selfish, egotistic, and sadistic host, he probably cares for all of us like we were his closest friends. Maybe even children.

Ha! Yeah right! Forget that last part!

It was quarter to nine and I've already passed the visiting hour limit by fifteen minutes. They didn't say anything to me because I was a celebrity, but I still shouldn't get all of these extra privileges. As I got up, I flashed Beth a smile. "Get well soon, kay." I said before I walked out. The halls were empty, creeping me out a bit. I though there was still going to be a reporter or two out here.

Suddenly, I was grabbed and slammed into the wall.

...Sierra…

"S-Sierra? What are you still doing here?"

"I should be asking you the same thing." Her voice was filled with venom. "Why are you this late with Beth?" Are you serious? Are you really getting jealous over somebody in a coma! "I wanted to make sure she was okay."

"The doctor can handle her." Sierra's grip on my shoulder's tightened and I bit my lips, trying not to gasp in pain. "I heard you in there with Noah. You were talking about her teeth. And how cute she was without the braces! And who is that person you're trying to get with, huh?"

"S-Sierra-"

"Listen, Cody! I don't like it when you flirt with other girls. Not. One. Bit!" Her eyes were as dark as her voice and I shivered. "And if that girl is someone other than me, tell her that she has competition. I will not stop until you become my man, you hear me my little Cody-kins?" Then she smirked, rubbing my cheek and kissing my lips with her ice, cold ones. "Or do I have to remind you how much I can please you." She whispered in my ear, letting me go and walking off. I held myself together and tried to shake off her last sentence. But it wouldn't leave, and terrible memories started to reappear. "… Crap… crap…" I walked to the front lobby and ignored the person that stood up. I just wanted to get home and take a warm shower. Hopefully to stop myself from shivering, at least.

"Cody?" I turned around to see Noah and Trent. They were still here? "Dude, what happen?" Trent ran up to me and I flinched at his speed, him not noticing. Noah took his time, his eyes scanning me and trying to process possible reasons for my actions. "… Sierra…" I mumbled. Trent narrowed his eyes in confusion and sympathy while Noah's were un-readable. "Cody, Sierra left hours ago." Trent explained.

"B-But…" I stopped. It was no use. No one would believe me. Nobody ever does. She could get away with anything. She'd gotten away with so many things before, so what made me think that me telling them will change anything?

"There's a small limo out front that can take us home, but let me take care of some business first, all right?" Trent placed both hands on my shoulders and gave me a reassuring smile. I fought back my reflex to back away and scream for Sierra to get the hell way from me, like I did many times before. "Beth is going to be okay. I promise you!" As the musician left, Noah walked up to me. "What did she do?"

I blinked, shocked. "Y-you believe me?"

"I have my reasons." Noah responded. "Also, it turns out that the arm you found belongs to another girl that went missing a week ago. She was in our school and a Beth fan at that. Created a search party for her after school, but she never return. At least that's what her friends and family said." He jumped when my shaken hands lifted up his three shirts, looking at the slight bruise on his hips.

"That's crazy, man." I looked him in the eyes. "Hey, your hip-"

"Is fine. The paramedics just gave me some painkillers." Noah shook the bottle of pills in my face. "I guess that's what happen when you're extremely fragile. But you still need to tell me what Sierra said to you."

"You remember when you told me that you wish you can tell me things, but can't."

"Yes."

"Well, same for me." Hugging myself again, my hand grip tightened against my skin. "I can't tell you, no matter what. The cops wont even believe me because it wasn't caught on camera and I didn't have any real proof."

"What did Stalka-licious do to you?" Noah raised his voice, making me flinch. "… Promise me that you won't laugh or leave, but… when you tell me about you and Alejandro, then I'll tell you about Sierra and I."

"… Promise and agreed." Noah walked off toward the limo, me not too far behind.

She told me not to tell anybody after I told the police. She told me that nobody will know about what happen. She made me promise with an emotional tear within me. And it kept getting wider with the many days I had to keep it a secret.

When I do have to tell Noah the truth, I know Sierra isn't going to like it.


And there you have it people! Chapter 3 of Sierra isn't going to like this! I'm not to proud of this chapter- i had to re-type it four times just for it to be like this. But everyone have their bad moments, right? And about Noah's false teeth? I remember in the Total Drama Special that Sierra stated that Noah had some and i couldn't resist using it!

Okay, question time! Answer this in your review because it's an opinionated question.
What do you think Noah would do if he had his own Sierra?
My answer would be in chapter four, when Noah states it to Cody. And i would- you know what! Lets make this a contest. Whichever seems more Noah like would replace my quote! you have your own little part within SIGTLT! Isn't that exciting.

I like to thank my reviewers, because if it wasn't for them, i probably wouldn't be doing this.

Love, Surkura;3