Cody's Plan
Monday Night
Cody paced back and forth across his cabin and had been ever since he fished the Jackson brothers out of the ocean. He was extremely confused. He had a lot of fun with Bailey and liked her a lot, but now that Rhuben was back on the boat, he was starting to remember all of the good times that they had together when they were at the Tipton hotel. Patrick, Noah, and Sydney had decided to follow him to his cabin, noticing that something as on his mind, and had watched his walk back and forth, waiting for him to say something. Currently, Patrick was reading a magazine, Sydney was biting his nails and spitting them on the floor, and Noah was lying on Cody's bed, staring at the ceiling.
"Cody, are you ok?" Patrick asked as he put down the magazine that he had found on the boy's desk and watched as he paced the room.
"Yeah, I'm good, Rhuben why." He replied as he briefly looked up at him and continued walking. Patrick, Noah, and Sydney exchanged amused glances and Sydney cleared his throat.
"Oh, just the fact that you called Patrick Rhuben, which he clearly is not," Noah replied as he sat up and brushed his hair out of his face. "And you haven't noticed Sydney spitting his bitten nails on your bedroom floor.
Cody stopped walking and looked at Sydney with a look of disgust. Sydney immediately adopted a look of defense as he slowly pulled his hand from his mouth. "Sorry, I chew my nails whenever someone is anxious about something." He paused for a second. "And it's not my fault, I may be polite, but I'm still only eight."
"What's on your mind?" Patrick asked bluntly. "I have a feeling I know what it is, but I want to hear you say it."
"Bailey's on my mind." Cody replied and stopped pacing to sit on the floor, making sure he wasn't anywhere near the pile of nails. "And she has been ever since I knew she was a girl."
"What?" Noah wrinkled his nose in confusion.
"Hey, did you notice that Cody did that same thing when he said that Bailey was on his mind?" Sydney asked with a smile.
"What?" Noah repeated.
"I think Zack told me this once," Sydney said as he placed a finger on his chin and furrowed his eyebrows in thought. "Every time Cody lies, he wrinkles his nose, just like you did when you didn't understand something."
"That's a lie; I don't wrinkle my nose when I lie!" Cody declared and then held a hand over his face. Bu the three Jackson boys could still see his cheeks moving up and down. "Dang it!"
"Cody, I'm going to ask you a question and I want you to answer it truthfully," Noah said after a few silent moments of studying him. "Do you still have feelings for my sister?" Cody paused for a second and then opened his mouth to answer. "Don't forget that you have to answer truthfully." He studied Cody again as he rubbed his forehead in thought.
"I'm not exactly sure, but I think I do."Cody replied and then let out a sigh. "I mean, have you ever lost feelings for someone, saw them again, and they all came rushing back?"
"No" Patrick, Noah, and Sydney replied in unison.
"And that's only because we're romantics and won't date unless we think that the person that we will date has enough potential." Patrick replied with a proud smile.
Cody had a confused look on his face as he studied Patrick and Sydney took it upon himself to reply. "I think he meant something different, but knowing him, that could be what he thought he meant." Cody nodded, as if it made sense and let out another sigh. "You know Cody; I always admired you when I was a kid."
"You are a kid." Patrick replied dryly.
"Hey, it's my story, let me continue!" Sydney snapped back and then smiled sweetly so his dimples appeared in his cheeks. "Anyway, I always admired you when I was a kid. I liked the fact that you were always nice, albeit a little too sensitive, and I thought that would happen if you and Rhu-Rhu got married. It would be cool to have you as a brother."
"That would still happen if Ri-Ri and Zack got married." Noah pointed out.
"Yeah, but I doubt that Riley's going to be admitting anything any time soon if Zack keep bothering her." Patrick added.
"Where is Zack, anyway?" Noah asked as he turned to Cody. "You know, I figured he'd be done with his jobs by now."
"He probably is," Cody replied as he looked at his watch. "Mr. Moseby banished him to his room remember, so if he's not eating his dinner, he's probably trying to find a way to bust out of his room to at least do something remotely fun before getting sent back."
"It's like he's in jail." Noah commented.
Cody laughed. "Well, I always said that he would end up in jail while I had a high paying-"
Sydney mad e a sound of annoyance and stomped his foot on the ground as he pouted. "Sorry." Cody, Patrick, and Noah replied in unison with sheepish grins.
"But, Rhu-Rhu told me that she's helping you try to get Bailey to fall for you," Sydney was now pacing back and forth, just like Cody had done only moments before. "And she also told me that so far nothing has worked out. Now we're going to help you."
"And how do you propose that you do that?" Cody asked dryly as he leaned back on his elbows. "Your sister is like a criminal mastermind and nothing has happened yet."
"You know, she'd take that as a compliment."
"I know."
"Hey, you know how we're having a dance this Friday?" Patrick asked and waited for Noah, Sydney, and Cody to nod before he continued. "And you know how we're the band that's playing at the dance?" Again, he waited for them to nod. Patrick waited a few seconds, hoping that Cody would get the hint, but he still had a confused look on his face. "Ok, let's go through this slowly." He got up and started to pace too. "Rhu-Rhu is trying to help you get Bailey.
"Right." Cody agreed.
"And Bailey has no idea that you like her."
"Right."
"We're hosting the dance this weekend."
"Uh-huh"
"And we're in charge of the music."
"Yeah."
"To put it simply, you and Bailey are going to be together by the end of this Friday, at the dance. Because our part of the deal is that we're going to play music that's either about a relationship or with subliminal messages to get you guys together. While you," at this he poked Cody in the chest with his finger. "Try to woo Bailey to fall for you. If this doesn't work, then you're more hopeless than I thought."
"Wow, you know, you act exactly like Zack sometimes." Cody said as he rubbed his chest. "I think you gave me a bruise."
"Really Cody, there's no way that this plan could backfire." Noah said confidently.
"Except for the fact that Bailey could not feel the same way about Cody and he just did all of that hard work for nothing and make a complete fool of himself." Sydney replied to himself. He looked up when he realized that no one was talking and saw Patrick and Noah glaring at him with Cody looked extremely worried. "But that won't happen!" he concluded with a grin.
"Nice save" Patrick and Noah replied sarcastically.
A/N: Sorry this is a short chapter, it was longer in my head, but I at least got the point across. I wanted to show Patrick, Noah, and Sydney's friendship with Cody, so that's why they're the main factor in this chapter. I hope you guys enjoyed it. Thanks for those who reviewed, favorite, and alerted.
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