I woke up and noticed that I wasn't in the pool house, I then looked around, seeing the pink room and other stuff that was well, pink, I realized that I was in Bailey's room and remembered what happened yesterday. I gave out a small yawn and as I stretched my arms, I could feel my body go sore, I haven't fully recovered yet and I need a little bit of rest, but I figured that I wasn't tired anymore so I got up. I headed to the bathroom in Bailey's room, and decided to take a shower.
As soon as I was done, I went outside and made my way to the garden and looked at the beauty of it, the flowers, the plants and a fountain in the middle of the garden, it was indeed refreshing to look at. I just stood there when someone covered my eyes with her hands from the back, she then whispered "Guess who?"
"An angel?" I joked.
She giggled as she uncovered my eyes, making her hands smack my arm. "Hey I'm a still a little sore you know?" I joked.
"Sorry. Well anyways, I was wondering where you were? I checked your room and thought you've escaped or something. So what brings you here?"
"Well I figured that it would be good to get some fresh air. I'm sorry if I worried you." I said apologetically.
"No worries. I gotta go and take a bath okay? It's kinda embarrassing that you're already dressed up and I'm not." She said shyly as she scratched her head a bit. I then looked at her and saw her on her PJs it was kinda cute though, her pajamas had pigs all over it. She then continued "Well you better not be gone when I'm finished okay? I'm gonna go now, I'll just call you for breakfast. Meanwhile you just stay here and feel at home." She smiled at me and left.
I then figured to make myself useful while she was still taking a bath; I decided to help at the kitchen so that I could somehow impress her with my cooking skills. I headed to their kitchen and the people there were quite busy, I then wondered if this was a good idea. One of the servants finally noticed me and asked me what I was doing here.
I explained everything to her, and she willingly agreed. She then got the attention of the kitchen staff and introduced me. At first I was kinda shy, but then I got along with them and got some work done. I sometimes helped my mom in the kitchen that's why I knew what I was doing. The head chef was even quite impressed me for how me being skilled and interested.
We finished with the cooking, so I cleaned myself up and headed to the dining area and helped them prepare. A few minutes passed and Bailey finally arrived, and she saw me standing by the table, I just smiled at her and told her the food that I along with the kitchen staff prepared. French toast, blueberry pancakes, waffles, omelets, bacon and sausages were prepared in the table although it might not be something grand, it took me a lot of hard work to pull this off.
"You did all this?" she asked.
"Well I had a little help, and besides, I had nothing better to do so I thought I should make myself useful."
"Wow." She then leaned in and hug me "This is amazing Cody!"
"Nahh it's nothing really." I said modestly.
"Well it really is I mean not all people in our generation could cook, and how you manage to prepared the food and the table like this was top notch. I must say I'm impressed."
I only managed to grin, my plan was working, I just need to sweep Bailey off her feet till she realizes that she feels something for me too. I wanted to show her that not all guys are jerks, and that I'd treat her differently from how her past boyfriends would treat her. I then pulled out the seat for her and she smiled at me and thanked me.
We started eating and conversed a bit. "So Cody, what do you want to do today?" she asked.
"Well I don't know, why don't you pick? Either way we'd still probably have fun." I exclaimed cheerfully.
She was now, pointing her fingers on her head, indicating that she was thinking something. I just looked at her amused that she was really deep in to thinking of an activity to do.
"How about we go to the zoo? I mean I've never if that's okay with you?" she stated loudly, and I think that she really wants to go there so I just nodded and we headed to outside. We then got into her convertible and she started driving.
I was rather curious of her choice though, I mean why the zoo? Is it because she's still embarrassed to be seen with me and the zoo is not one of the places our classmates would go to? Or is it that she's really into animals? I just have to ask her. "So why the zoo?"
Her eyes still focused on the road "Can you keep a secret?"
I then looked at her suspiciously "Aah sure?"
The traffic lights turned red and the car went to a stop, she then looked at me "I've never actually been to a zoo before." She said embarrassed. I just looked at her shocked, I mean Zack and I even went to the zoo when we were younger, but it was totally no big surprise for me either, maybe her family doesn't have time for that because of the business.
"Well that's nothing to be embarrassed about." I assured her. She just smiled at me and continued driving as the lights turn green. It was a nice drive to the zoo, we talked a little about each other, I referred to this as my 'getting to know you' phase. I found out that she wasn't just a usual smart person, more like she was also a genius like me(modesty aside) and that when she stayed at Kettlecorn before moving here she always hit the books and study. Now that really is a shocker! Back at Kettlecorn she also enjoyed corncob art. She is also a big fan of Jordin Sparks and Hannah Montana. So I already have a reference on what to do or where to go if ever she would date me I then grinned to myself.
We finally arrive at the zoo, and I searched for my wallet only to figure that this was a new pair of pants which Bailey bought for me, I was now frantic! Suddenly Bailey noticed my reaction so she went to the stand and bought the tickets she went back and showed it to me. I feel ridiculous right now! Although this was not a date, it's always a guy's responsibility to pay for something when he's with a girl. She then noticed that I was kinda zoning out so she dragged me to the entrance of the zoo.
I then got out of my thoughts and figured that another way to impress her would be my knowledge about the things around here. I then stood in front of her and began to act like a tour guide!
"Well here we are at the Franklin Park Zoo! This 72-acre park is Boston's largest park and was opened in public on October 4, 1912 but managed by the city during 1958!" I stated proudly.
"Yeah that's what it says so in the brochure." She said as she was reading the brochure.
"Oh well then I don't need to be your tour guide then." I said shyly, as I scratched the back of my head.
"Well I don't want you to be my tour guide! Consider this as a date." She stated though she was still reading the brochure looking at the map section.
"A da-date?" I mumbled.
"Well sort of. More like a friendly date! You know two friends hanging out!" she replied cheerfully.
"Yeah right! Friends! Well let's get going then." I said awkwardly. Sheesh I wonder if I could ever have a real date with her, not just a friendly one!
We headed to the 'Tropical Forest' area and saw some amazing animals; it was probably 8 years ago the last time I was here. We saw gorillas, bats, mandrills, crocodiles, ocelots, capybara, pottos, hedgehogs, vultures, hippos, warthogs and many more. I started to talk about my extensive knowledge in this field to woo her again. We stopped in front of an ocelot cage.
"This is an ocelot, or the Leopardus pardalis, also known as the dwarf leopard or Mckinleys-"
"Wildcats they are distributed over South and Central America and Mexico, but has been reported as far north as Texas and in Trinidad, in the Caribbean. The ocelot is similar in appearance to a domestic cat. Its fur resembles that of a clouded leopard or jaguar and was once regarded as particularly valuable. The difference is that the ocelot is generally smaller than a jaguar. They both also have a single white spot on the back of each ear, though the Jaguars' are more yellowish." She ended with a smile leaving me dropping my jaw.
I stood there thinking that I would amaze her with my intellect, but there she is stunning me instead! This just even made her more attractive. She's like totally perfect, I mean she's pretty, hot, smart and rich! That's a total package, and what guy wouldn't want that!
"How did you know that?" I asked astounded.
"Well back when we lived at Kettlecorn, there was nothing much to do there, because it was a small town. I studied occasionally. I figured that it would be better than spending my time doing nothing but plow and farm all day." She answered with a smile.
We strolled along the zoo, passing through the different areas and sharing our knowledge about the animals. We even took pictures of ourselves with the animals, so that we could have some kind of memory. I was really having a good time with her, hopefully she feels the same.
We then stopped by a concession stand and grabbed some sandwiches and soda, which she paid for again, I sighed. How could I be so careless and forget my stupid wallet! As we walked side by side we then continued our 'getting to know you' session.
She started "So Cody how many relationships have you been on?"
I then choked as I was sipping the soda with the straw, I coughed out a bit and she patted my back. I finally recovered and answered her question shyly. "Well… there was Barbara but it didn't work out!"
She just looked at me with surprise "Barbara? Do I know a Barbara… oh yeah Barbara Brownstein?"
I answered with a nod as she continued "What happened? Didn't she like transfer or something?"
"Well it wasn't serious or something, we just hang out you know-"
"I heard she was pretty smart." She interrupted but was embarrassed so she allowed me to continue.
"We had a lot of fun but she was a bit to competitive, I mean she was happy when she have a bigger grade than me, but then when I beat her she gets mad and gets a little physical." I said the last part silently not really wanting to recall those memories.
"What do you mean physical?" she answered, I knew that she would ask and I didn't want to answer her but I decided to tell her anyways.
"She stomps on my foot every time I get a higher grade than her so she broke it off with me and decided to go to another school." I explained.
"Sheesh that girl's got a temper! So you dated anyone after her?" she proceeded.
"Well not exactly!" I mumbled, she just looked at me questioningly
"It's just that I'm so busy with running all my clubs, and then there's homework and studying-" she cuts me off again.
"Look there's more to life than school you know!"
"You're right, but there's another thing though."
"And what is that?" she asked.
"I'm waiting for the right girl, I've realized that dating Barbara was a mistake, sure we had some fun but that's just about it. I've never truly connected with someone, you know all those mushy things like love." I stuttered at the last part, it was embarrassing for me to talk about something like that I mean guys don't talk about it, I probably seem sissy to her now!
She begins to walk ahead of me and I just stood there. She looked back to me, and finally words came out of her mouth "Well don't worry Cody, I know you'd find her someday!" With that the she turned her back and walked away. I just looked at her. I have found the right girl, I just don't know if I'm the right one for her." I continued looking at her and realized that she was walking far from me now.
She then shouted telling me that we should go home now, I ran up to her and she just smiled at me, I smiled back at her, we then get to her car and went back to her house.
We went home and cleaned ourselves up, a few minutes later the maids called and said that it was time for dinner. After we finished eating, Bailey gestured me to follow her to the pool. We went there and dipped our feet in it. I placed my phone and other stuff from my pocket at the table nearby so that it won't get wet, she also did the same. We talked a bit about each other, our likes and dislikes, and what we were gonna do after we graduate. Bailey wants to go to Yale and I think, nope, I know she'd get in I mean she's a shoe in, she's really smart as I've gotten to know about her, she doesn't like to brag it though. I applied to Harvard, but then again I wanted to be with Bailey so I was thinking that I should apply for Yale, but if I get accepted and see her there, she might probably think that I'm a stalker.
We continued talking, when she suddenly stood up and stretched her arms, I just looked at her and *bam* I didn't see this coming! She pushed me from the back, resulting to me plunging in the pool. Man was it cold! I then thought of an idea.
A few seconds and I haven't emerged from the water yet, Bailey was worried so she knelt beside the pool and looked for me. Now's my chance! I grabbed her by the hand and she definitely was surprised. Her body landed into the pool and I thought that she was mad but then she started splashing the water at me, I fight back. We played in the pool, not caring that our clothes were wet because it was quite fun.
An hour passed and we stopped, we got up and I grabbed her towel, I put it on her and started sliding my hands on her arms to keep her warm. We just stood there looking at each other, with my hands on her side, I didn't know what triggered me to do it but I just did, I leaned in to her face and she didn't move, she just stood there closing her eyes like she was expecting it. I then moved my face closer, her lips a few centimeters from mine.
My phone then rings, as Bailey and I jumped back in shock. Why does this keep happening to me? Could I at least get one kiss? I then took my phone and looked at her "Just a minute." She nodded and I turned away.
"Hello?" I answered without knowing who the call was from.
"Cody thank goodness you're okay! You're okay though I mean-"
I then cut the other line off "Mom I'm okay, nothing to worry."
"Nothing to worry about? You didn't return home yesterday, and now it's 10 pm! What were you thinking? You didn't even manage to call me or something!" my mom yelled, she is so annoying right now, first she interrupts me from kissing Bailey, now she's yelling at me, and I wonder why she would call me at this time of day I mean night sheesh!
I distanced myself from Bailey because of mom's constant nagging and yelling, I then continued to answer her "Look mom everything's alright okay! I'm at a friend's house, and I'm going home tomorrow. I promise I'm behaving myself. So see you tomorrow okay. And love you!"
I hastily answered and ended the call, I turned back at Bailey and noticed she was gone, I wanted to scream to the heavens and ask why they're doing this to me but I resisted doing so. A few minutes later Bailey came back fully clothed and dry, she then threw a towel at me. I thanked her and then there was an awkward silence.
"I'm gonna go now! Well good night Cody I had a lot of fun. See you tomorrow!" she smiled and exited.
I sighed, I had my chance but my mom blew it! I dried myself before heading back to the house; I changed my wet clothes, and let myself land on the bed! I looked up to ceiling and prayed for another chance, moments later I finally dozed off.
