Chapter 11

"I don't want any 'company' tonight, Randy. And I sure as hell don't want your company!" Jenna spat at Randy. He was the reason that Cody was upset with her and had locked her out of their room. Another thought popped into her head; maybe Cody didn't answer the door because he decided to get even with her and took off with Layla instead. Jenna was so busy trying not to look at Randy's eyes, that she hadn't noticed that Ted had wandered off into the other room to go to sleep. She groaned softly, thinking of how foolish she felt getting jealous over something like that.

"Moaning for me already? Shit, girl, I haven't even touched you... yet," Randy said softly as he winked at her, taking a step closer to her. Jenna waited for Ted to step in and tell Randy to knock it off. She looked around the room and saw that Ted wasn't even in the room anymore. "Where did Ted go?" she asked nervously. She was all alone with Randy and it terrified her.

"He's sleeping on the couch in the other room. Already passed out..." he took another step toward her, he was close enough for her to smell his cologne. She took a step backwards. He tilted his head to the right and took another step towards her. She took a step back. He was closer now. He licked his bottom lip and took another step towards her. She went to take another step back, but instead of putting more space between them, she backed into the wall. 'Not again,' she thought. He only had to take one more step towards her and his body would be pressed against hers.

"Nervous?" he whispered as he took that last step towards her. Randy's body was pushed up against hers. She tried to move away from him, but he caught her by the arm and gently pushed her back against the wall. Licking his bottom lip again, he leaned in and instead of his mouth landing on hers, his lips ended up on her neck, kissing very softly. "Good night, Jenna," he whispered as he slowly backed up and turned away from her, heading towards the other bed. Jenna sighed a sigh of relief seeing that he was going to leave her alone tonight. She crawled into the bed and turned the light off beside the bed. She closed her eyes, praying for the room to stop spinning and for sleep to come soon. As Jenna lay in bed, random thoughts were running threw her mind—the look on Cody's face when he saw her and Randy in the corner at the bar, the surprised look on his face when she actually showed up in St. Louis, the car ride to Knoxville where she fell asleep in his arms for the first time in almost eight years, the last fight they had at their apartment in Atlanta, the fight she had with her parents the night she told them that her and Cody had gotten married the night before. The last thought she had before she finally drifted off was of the night she told Cody that she was pregnant

Flashback

Cody and Jenna were laying on the bed together in Cody's basement bedroom at his father's house. They were talking about their plans for tomorrow night. Tomorrow would be her 18th birthday. They were getting married. They had been planning this for a few months now; no one knew they were going to do it except her friend Michelle. Everyone was going to be shocked.

Jenna had been acting kind of nervous all day and it was finally grating on Cody's nerves how jumpy she had been all day. She assured him countless times that she wasn't getting cold feet about marrying him tomorrow; there was something else that was bothering her.

"What's bothering you, Jen? You know you can tell me anything," he said softly as he brushed a piece of hair out of her eyes. He loved her eyes, so dark; he could lose himself in them. "Something bad happen?"

"Well. It's not bad exactly...it's more of a surprise."

"What kind of surprise?" he asked warily.

"You know how I went to the doctor yesterday?" He nodded, remembering her saying something about that. "And you remember how we thought I was coming down with the flu or something because I was feeling gross all the time?" He nodded again, they had agreed that it was probably just stress. "Well, it turns out that it's not the flu and it's not stress."

"What is it?"

"I'm pregnant," she said it so softly he almost thought he misheard her.

"You're what?"

"Pregnant."

"You're having a baby?"

"Yeah."

"My baby?"

"Duh."

Cody sat back on the bed, closed his eyes and tried to process what his girlfriend just told him. Jenna was getting nervous because he hadn't said anything for a couple minutes; he just sat there with his eyes closed. Then a huge smile broke out into his face as he jumped on top of her, smothering her face with kisses until he reached her ear, "We're having a baby?" he asked excitedly?

"Yeah, we are," she whispered back as he leaned down and kissed her.

"Do you know how far along you are yet?"

"Doctor said just about six weeks."

"That means...prom night," he said with a huge smile on his face, remembering all the fun they had when they skipped out on the senior prom and parked by the lake instead, wrapped up in each other's, making love in the moonlight.

"You're not mad are you, Cody?"

"Hell no. Why would you even ask that? I'm even more excited to marry you tomorrow than I was before. We're going to have a great life together, Jen. You, me and baby," he whispered as he leaned in to kiss her again.

End of flashback

Jenna woke up early the next morning with a pounding headache. She looked around the room she was in, wondering where the hell she was, until she looked down and saw that she had Ted's t-shirt on and then she remembered. Her and Cody had had a fight because of Randy. Jenna looked over at the other bed and saw Randy sleeping soundly. She took this opportunity to get a good look at him. He was devilishly handsome, strong arms and shoulders, a midsection most men would kill for; too bad his attitude was nasty. Looking over at the alarm clock and seeing that it was only 7:00, she groaned and laid her head back down on the pillow, hoping to sleep off this headache.

She was just about asleep again when she heard someone knocking on the door. She waited for a few seconds to see if Randy or Ted were going to drag themselves out of bed to answer the door. Seeing that they were both still passed out from last night's excursion, she dragged herself out of bed and stumbled over to the door. She opened the door and her heart skipped a beat—Cody was standing there.

The look on his face was one of shock. He never expected to find his wife standing in Ted and Randy's room, her hair was all messed up and she had one of Ted's t-shirts on. He was stopping by this morning to see if Ted knew where she was. He had prayed that she wasn't so upset with him that she hopped on a flight home. "This is where you ran off to last night?" he asked softly.

"I didn't run off, Cody, you did. You left me at the bar and then when I went back to the room, the door was locked and you weren't answering. I had nowhere else to go last night. Luckily, Ted is a gentleman and let me stay here last night."

"I see. Easier for you and Randy to get it on when you're sharing a room with him, right?" Cody said sharply.

"Oh, my God, Cody. Nothing happened. I don't even like Randy," she said rolling her eyes.

"It's true, Cody. This girl can't stand me," Randy said behind her. Jenna turned around and looked at him; how long had he been awake?

"Randy, I'm only going to tell you this one more time. Leave my wife alone. We're trying to work things out. And it's kind of hard to do when you're trying to kiss her all the time."

"I only kissed her twice. Well, three times, but that last time doesn't really count; it was on the neck," Randy said with that smirk on his face. Jenna wanted to slap it off of him. Cody eyes flashed with anger, knowing that Jenna had always found it hard to resist him when he had kissed her on the neck; that was her weak spot for him.

"Jenna, get your stuff. Let's go get some breakfast. We're headed to Atlanta this morning."

"Atlanta?"

"Yeah, Atlanta. Remember? We used to live there before you ran off in the middle of the night?" Cody said with an attitude. He was hungover and cranky this morning. He hardly got any sleep last night, worrying about Jenna. He thought for sure that she had taken off on him again and finally given up for good on their marriage.

Jenna felt her cheeks starting to turn red. He would bring that up this morning, wouldn't he? She turned around to get her things from the room, but ran smack into Randy's chest. "Move, please." Randy felt a little smile break across his face. She was so close to him, but he couldn't really do anything about it right now; Cody was standing right there. He moved aside and watched her as she found her dress, shoes and purse. Then she walked out the door with Cody. Cody put his arm around her waist and turned his head to look at Randy, giving him a 'she's mine' look before they started off down the hallway back to their room.

DAY 3: Headed home to Atlanta

Cody sat on the edge of the bed watching the morning news while Jenna showered. He sighed, looking at the clock. If they left soon, they could make the two and half hour drive back to Atlanta and be home by noon. They had a couple days off and they could spend the time working things out. He thought for sure last night she had taken off again and he was going to have to sign the divorce papers. More than anything, he wanted to stay married to her. He had been crazy about this woman since he was 16, ten years later at almost 26, he was still crazy about her.

She finally came out of the shower wearing just a towel. Her hair was wet and hung down to her shoulders, her skin still had drops of water left, he could smell her shampoo and body wash from across the room. It took all his strength to resist picking her up and throwing her on the bed and having his way with her. "Patience' he reminded himself. He knew she would come around eventually. He watched her root around in her suitcase until she finally found something to wear.

Fifteen minutes later, she finally emerged from the bathroom wearing a white U of M t-shirt, black jogging pants, tennis shoes and her hair was thrown up in a messy bun. She had also taken her contacts out and was wearing her glasses. It didn't matter to Cody what she wore, she still took his breathe away every time he saw her.

After an uneventful breakfast together, Cody ordered a rental car to drive to Atlanta. Ted and Randy would be staying in Montgomery until they had to leave for Atlanta tomorrow. So it would just Jenna and Cody in the car together. He was looking forward to it, she was not. She hated riding long distances in the car; she would rather fly.

As they made their way through Atlanta, Cody decided to take the route that would bring them past their old apartment. He wanted to see if she would notice. Jenna stared out the window, old memories flashing through her mind. Her heart skipped a beat when Cody slowed down by an old building that looked like it had seen better days. "Hey, Cody, is that our old apartment?" she asked softly.

"Yeah. Looks like hell doesn't it?"

"It does." He pulled over to the curb and put the car in park. For a few minutes, each of them were lost in their own thoughts as they remembered how life was when they were newlyweds. Jenna thought about how excited Cody had been when he told her that he had found a place for them to start their life together in; Cody thought about how she had tried like hell to make that crappy apartment feel like a home. Both of them thought about all the love they had made in that small bedroom and about the screaming matches they would have in the kitchen.

"Are you ready to go?" he asked softly, tearing her away from her thoughts. Jenna was afraid she would start crying if she tried to speak, so she just nodded.

A few minutes later they arrived at his home. He had bought the place a few years ago. It was a large 4 bedroom house with a wrap around front porch on a nicer side of town. He hadn't needed such a large house; but something in the back of his mind told him to buy it big enough in case Jenna ever came back. He had always hoped that she would return to him, they would reconcile, their marriage stronger than ever, and eventually fill the house with lots of kids. It never happened. Until now. He still wasn't sure on how she exactly she felt about him. She would slowly let him back in, and then stop and close herself off again. He knew had to give her time to take it all in, and he would let her; he was a patient man when it came to her.