"And that, is how we got back together," Cody finished, looking at the audience at the gigantic ballroom of the SS Tipton. His wedding day couldn't be better.
He and Bailey had just gotten married here on the SS Tipton. They were only 20 years old, and they had just graduated from Yale in only two years. They had been accepted to a PhD in program in Yale, and they also had landed jobs with the federal government, Bailey with the EPA, Cody with NASA. If all went well, they would have a PhD by spring 2015 and have great jobs as well. They couldn't wait for all their dreams to come true.
Cody had just told them the story of how they had finally got back together. It was heart-wrenching and the audience loved it. Cody saw his opponents from Jeopardy!, many of his college buddies, and of course, his treasured Seven Seas High friends. But most of all, he felt Bailey's soft touch against him and her silky hair brushing against him. And that was better than anything else.
As the speech ended, it was time for everyone to hit the dance floor for the receptions on this luxury cruise ship. As Rock the Casbah (Clash Song, it's awesome) played, Cody walked over to Bailey, Zack, and Zack's new fiancée Maya, and they began to chat.
"Cody, I remember how angry I was at you when I found out you gave up the money," Zack told his younger but taller brother, laughing, "But it worked out for you in the end."
Cody grinned, Bailey was all he ever wanted in a person. Smart, thoughtful, intelligent. She also had the body of Aphrodite according to him. He couldn't wait to have kids with his wife.
Cody began to think of his older brother. After he finally brought his grades up in senior year, Zack was accepted to New York University, where he and Maya would be starting their junior year soon. Zack was planning to become a player representative in the MLB. He probably would get his dream.
Cody then walked over to the punchbowl, where he heard his phone ring.
"Hello?" Cody questioned.
"Hi Cody, I know this is your wedding, but I'd like to speak with you for a second. If your new wife Bailey Martin is there as well, that would be great."
Cody was surprised. Who could this be? He motioned Bailey over, and put it on speed-dial.
"How-"
"I'll explain everything once you are just alone with your wife and willing to cooperate."
Cody gave a questioning look to Bailey, and replied, "There is no one around us."
"Good! Now let me talk to you."
Cody listened in and wondered who this mystery man was.
"Cody, you are a remarkable young man. Rising from the lower middle class to become a probable Nobel Prize winner. Your wife is great as well, coming from farm roots to becoming a world educated person. Simply amazing, Cody."
"I have come to understand that you are the people I want to talk to. I want to name the education competition after you."
"Sir, I'm sorry, but I don't even know who you are. I can't say anything until you reveal your identity."
"Cody, I am Barack Obama."
Cody and Bailey gasped. The President of the United States of America was calling them!
"Cody, you must have heard about my new education competition. I was originally going to call it the American Education Competition, but the Cody and Bailey Martin Competition would sound a ton better, and that is what I just chose."
"But Mr. President, we haven't done anything remarkable-"
"That is where you are wrong. You have recently both been nominated for Nobel Prizes, Bailey in Peace and Cody in Physics. The Nobel Prize Committee read your senior theses, and it found them incredible."
They could only stare at each other. This must have been a dream. Must have been some sort of dream. It wasn't, to their pleasure.
"I have to go now. It seems Sarah Palin is saying that I'm a Muslim again. Goodbye."
Cody put his phone in his pocket and just stared at his new wife.
"Bails, can you believe this?"
"I know. Just five years ago I was a farm girl from Kansas, and now I am the wife of the greatest man on earth."
"Not as great as the greatest women on earth." They kissed, and then walked over to the buffet, where Woody was messing up his shirt stuffing food. They laughed, before sharing another kiss. They walked over to Zack and Maya.
"Zack, guess what?"
"What?"
"The president wants to name his new education competitions after us!"
Zack scratched his head. "You're kidding, right?"
"Nope, we just got a call."
"Then go ahead and announce it!"
"Well, we don't want to bring the attention away from the wedding. We can wait."
Zack nodded. His brother and sister in law were right, like usual.
Cody and Bailey walked away. As they saw Bailey's cousins play Jeopardy on a computer, they started to think about their Jeopardy experience. It had truly been great for them. It padded their resumes, gave them national fame, and now had caused the President to name his education competition after them. It had given them more than they could have wished for, more than anyone could have wished for.
But the most important thing that experience had given them? It was their loves. They thought they each had blown it, but the experience gave them the person they cared for more than anything else, the person who they wouldn't think twice about laying down their lives for. They couldn't trade each other for the world, and as long as they were together, they were complete. To them, Bailey must mean Cody, and Cody must mean Bailey. They were too in love to notice anyone else or anything else. That said, they knew what was going on. But they still loved each other. More than anything in the world.
The held hands, and danced throughout the next song, Ohio by Neil Young. They held hands, and hoped the future would bring nothing but good stuff.
A/N: I accidently deleted the good ending, so I am left with this one. I am going to collaborate on my Law and Order story, and I would like to collaborate on my Kettlecorn stories. You have to be an experienced writer who can write at least 1300 words for each chapter. Just message me. Come on people read and review here let me know what you think!
