Chapter 6: A Place to Hide

"What's going on here? You picked me so are we going to go on a date or not!?" contestant number two shouted.

"I meant to pick Cody! I got my number's all wrong!" London cried.

"Wait a minute! You mean you were gonna pick that little blonde nerd over me!?" he screamed.

"DON'T YOU EVER CALL HIM THAT AGAIN!" London shouted and shoved the man into the folding barrier, which crashed and broke under his weight.

"London!" Maddie cried out in surprise.

"Nobody talks about my Cody that way!" London said and stormed out the door. In the hallway she frantically looked for Cody, but he was nowhere to be seen. She ran to the elevator and pressed the button rapidly. When she finally reached the lobby she still couldn't find him.

"Zack where did Cody go?" London cried.

"He went that way! I think he went to the basement," Zack said in shock over what just happened.

London ran to the basement as quick as she could and found Arwin sitting at his desk.

"Arwin where's Cody?" London asked frantically.

"Umm...he didn't want me to tell you," Arwin said.

"Please Arwin I have to find him and explain what happened," London said with tears in her eyes.

Arwin stood up and removed a picture of Carey from the wall. As he lifted it the bookcase opened to reveal a secret area. "He's in there," Arwin said.

London ran inside and called out Cody's name.

"Go away!" Cody said from the far corner.

"Cody wait, I made a mistake," London said.

"Yeah you did. How could you pick that guy? He was jerk!" Cody said.

"I meant to pick you! I just got my numbers all mixed up," London cried.

"Yeah right. Why would you pick me anyway? I'm not rich. I can't buy you all those things they mentioned. Heck I can't even afford to buy you that dream castle you wanted," Cody said.

"I don't want all those things. I want you," she said. "Just the fact that you would even dream of buying me my dream castle shows me that you really do care about me. Those other guys just see me as another trophy to show off. You're different. All those things you mentioned were genuine, and I really liked your idea for a first date. I'd rather do that with you than go to Paris or Venice any day," London said through her tears.

Cody finally stood up and walked out of the shadows. "You really mean that?" he asked.

"Of course I do. So I should do this right. I choose you contestant number three!" London said finally and threw her arms around Cody to hug him.

"London I'm so sorry for how I treated you to other day," Cody started to say, but London placed a finger on his lips to quiet him.

"It's okay, all is forgiven," she said and leaned in to kiss him. The kiss was light and didn't last long, but it was enough to make Cody weak in the knees.

"Too bad we didn't get this moment on the show," London said with her arms still around Cody.

"I wouldn't be so sure about that," Maddie said from behind them and when London turned around she saw Maddie holding a laptop with a web cam on it. As London stepped in close she saw the screen lit up with messages.

Londonfan22: Awwwww how sweet

Codylicious: Best moment ever!!!!

Zackattack92: Way to go Bro!!!

The newest message caught London's attention and she pointed it out to Cody.

Kettlecorngirl_92: I'm happy for you both. You really do make a cute couple.

Maddie smiled and hit a key on the laptop and the Yay Me music started to play. London looked into the camera and said, "Well that's all for this week. Thanks for tuning in!" She then took Cody by the hand and sang along with the song.

"London Tipton's really great...really great....really great. London Tipton's really great and she deserves the opposite of hate...," she sang, but before she could finish Cody twirled her around like they were dancing and then dipped her down. London was caught off guard as she said, "Which is love?" in a questioning manner.

"You tell me," Cody said with a smile and pulled her into another kiss.

The End.

Author's Note: There is a third part to this, which is a one shot Christmas story that follows the storyline set up in Take Care of Me and this story. It's called A Suite Life Christmas.