At the Boys' room…
Cody was the first one to wake up, he felt that today was gonna be a good day. Cody got up and showered, he didn't bother to wake the guys so he went to the coffee shop to buy five cups of coffee and pancakes and got it on take-out. He then went back to his room and woke Marcus and Zack up and gave them some of the coffee and pancakes, he then left them saying that he'll be at Maya's. Marcus was aware that he brought with him 3 cups and wondered who it was for. Zack forgot to tell Marcus, so he began telling him what happened.
Cody walked over to the girls dorm and knocked on Maya's door, as soon as the door opened he saw a groggy Maya with bed hair "What are you doing here Cody? It's like 6:30 in the morning!"
"Good morning to you too!" Cody then allowed himself in "I brought coffee and pancakes" showing Maya what he brought and then he put it on the counter. He then looked around the room noticing someone was missing "Ah, where's Bailey?" As he scratched his head, instantly Bailey walked out of the bathroom, as a towel was draped over her body. Seeing Cody, Bailey blushed and immediately went back to the bathroom.
Seeing this Cody covered his eyes, and headed outside "I'm just gonna stay here while she gets dressed" he said to Maya nervously, while Maya just hit him in the head, she then slammed the door at his face. Outside the room Cody said to himself "Note to self: Maya is not a morning person!"
As soon as Bailey was done dressing, Cody entered the room, and they ate the pancakes that Cody brought, Maya then stood up noticing that she wasn't prepared for school unlike Cody and Bailey "I'm gonna take a shower now!" Cody then teased her "Brush your teeth while you're at it." Bailey giggled while Maya glared at him.
Maya went to the bathroom, leaving Cody and Bailey technically alone in the room. There was still a hint of awkwardness between them, Cody remembered something and just smiled he went over to Bailey's side and once Cody was close to her, Bailey got nervous and thought that he would try to kiss her again, she was caught off-guard when Cody tickled her sides rendering her to giggle.
Bailey then took a hold of his hands "Stop it." She was still snickering though, she then gave him a playful slap, Cody couldn't help but laugh. Once they were done, they took a hold of their breath and now they found themselves staring at each other again.
For a few minutes they just stood there, looking at each other, their silence was interrupted when Zack and Marcus entered the room. "I figured you'd be here so might as well join the crew." Zack announced, while Bailey and Cody got out of their trance. He continued "Where's Maya?"
As if on cue Maya exited the bathroom with a towel draped over her body she then warned them "Right here! And the three of you shouldn't be here now get out!"
Cody, Zack and Marcus raced towards the exit seeing how Maya could be a bit scary. After that the five of them walked over to class together and couldn't help but get a few looks from the students, especially from the girls.
Cody noticed how Bailey was uncomfortable with all the glares she was receiving so he decided to do something against it, and he thought of a way how to do it but not just yet.
Cody's POV
The five of them had first period together which was Chemistry, and Cody asked his classmate, more like threatened him to change his seat so he could sit next to Bailey again, and the guy reluctantly agreed. The teacher then arrived, and he was babbling something, Cody just ignored him and took a few glances at Bailey, then the teacher stopped babbling and he wondered why the students stood up and started leaving so he just followed Zack and the gang, and he realized that they had a change of room and were now having their classes at the laboratory.
Cody then took a seat next to Bailey and she just smiled in return. The teacher then started babbling again, and so Cody looked around and saw Reina winking at him, he then looked around the other people and noticed most girls were either glaring at Bailey or staring at him. The next thing he heard was that they need to be in partners.
Cody knew he could get any partner but he wanted Bailey, looking at her she was glancing at some other people, and he was a bit hurt that she didn't thought of him as a chemistry partner material, well who could blame her, he was horrible with school anyways.
"Ehem" Cody cleared his throat to get her attention, Bailey took a glance at him but then ignored him again and was again looking for partners.
"Ehem!"Cody did it again except this time it was louder, Bailey noticed this but was still clueless "Something wrong with your throat?" Cody's jaw dropped, he didn't think she'd be this clueless, he was getting frustrated so he finally asked her "Do you want to be partners?"
Normal POV
"Do you know how to determine whether its acids or bases?" she asked.
"Determine what and what?" He replied with an oblivious look in his face.
"I thought so." she murmured.
"Look. I may not know a lot about this stuff" as he held out a beaker with something on it. "But I'm a great helper, anything you want me to do I'd do it."
Bailey then looked at him with pity, he may be good looking and talented, but when it comes to things that matter, he's pretty dense about it. "Fine."
Cody couldn't help but smile "So what do you want me to do? Partner."
"First things first you need to get this materials." she then handed him a piece of paper, he just looked at it with a puzzled look. Then Bailey grabbed the paper from him "Fine, I'll get it but don't touch anything!" she warned.
When she arrived back at the table she explained to Cody about the experiment "Acidity and basicity is introduced by means of familiar household and chemical substances. Acidity and basicity can be recognized crudely by taste and more accurately by the use of colored substances, which are called indicators…."
Cody didn't bother to listen to her, he just watched her yapping about things that he didn't know. To look like he was listening, he gave her a reassuring nod, and began taking out the test tubes.
"And you weren't even listening to what I was talking about." she complained.
"I feel insulted. I did listen to you." He lied, then his nose crinkled. Bailey saw this and was shocked.
"What was that?" she replied with awe. "What was what?" He replied calmly not to raise her suspicions.
"That! With your nose moving." she pointed out. "Oh that! It's nothing just my allergies, this place is dusty and dirty you know." Trying to cover his nose that was crinkling again.
"Riiight!" she replied skeptically but didn't push the issue further. "Well anyways, since you've 'listened to me about the experiment, then we will start. I'll mix the vinegar, lemon juice, milk, household ammonia and tap water in this different test tubes, I'll then put on the litmus paper and you tell me if it's acid or base. Okay?"
"O-okay." He replied nervously. Realizing that he couldn't do this he candidly told her "fine I didn't listen okay."
Bailey smiled, having a feeling that she won so she explained it to him again "You better listen." He nodded reassuringly "Litmus paper is a kind of acid base indicator. Acidic substances change the color of litmus paper into red and basic substances change the color of litmus paper into blue." She then showed her the litmus paper.
"So we just have to mix those things and put the litmus paper on it, after that something happens: when it turns red it's an acid, and when it turns blue it's a base." He stated as he was now holding the test tubes.
"Exactly! Now we put 2 ml of each of this in the test tube and then we put the litmus paper." As she smiled and scooted closer to Cody and held out another test tube.
They now started the experiment and Bailey was impressed at Cody's attentiveness in the experiment. As she took a test tube, Cody put his hands on top of hers but he didn't notice because he was looking at another test tube. When Cody did notice this he shied his hand away and apologized "Sorry."
Bailey couldn't help but blush, the touch of his hand on her sent a tingling feeling, so she turned her face from him and noticed the proximity of their bodies so she begin to distance herself.
When they were finally finished with the experiment Bailey congratulated him "Wow Cody I'm impressed. You did a good job! I didn't regret my choice for having you as a partner." Cody smiled and was happy that she acknowledged his efforts "What can I say, I have a great partner, and a beautiful one too" he flirted.
Bailey then giggled and playfully slapped him, the teacher then approached them "Good job Ms. Pickett you get an A, but make sure that others are helping you on this experiment okay!" as he slightly looked at Cody. Cody became furious but knew not to fight back. Bailey noticing this held his hand beneath the table and squeezed it lightly to make him calm.
As the teacher was about to leave Bailey then told him "Mr. Cork, Cody had just as much contribution to this experiment as I had. We evenly shared the responsibility in this experiment so you have no right to judge him." The teacher left with a flabbergasted expression. She then looked at Cody, she gave him a smile and then removed her hand from him.
"Ahhh thanks?" he shyly said to her. "No problem, that's the least I could do for you after helping me get an A." she acknowledged.
"Well you still could've done it by yourself though." Cody stated.
"True, but I had fun while doing it." She beamed at Cody, who in turn smiled at her.
The next class was boring, the teacher kept talking so he didn't had a chance to talk to Bailey, the bell finally rang but he was a bit upset that Bailey wasn't in his next class. He then went over to Zack. Maya then walked to Zack and kissed him in the cheek "Well I gotta go. Bailey and I have the same schedule though, so I'd have some company in class. We'll catch up with you later at lunch." And with that she walked away.
Lunch time, at the cafeteria…
Cody was eager to see Bailey arrive, he can't keep still on his seat, when finally they arrived. When she started walking the cafeteria went silent and the people looked at Bailey, while some glared at her, then they now started gossiping.
He then looked at Bailey who was walking to their seat but she kept her head down, as she began to sit down with them, the people got even more intrigued and their talking got louder, making Bailey more uncomfortable. Finally Cody took this opportunity and then he stood on top of the table.
Bailey seeing this grabbed on to his feet and told him "What are you doing?" Cody just shrugged at her and ignored her, he then yelled at the crowd "Heyyyyyyyyyyy!"
The whole cafeteria went silent and he knew then that he got the attention of the people, so he began to speak "If any of you ever mess with Bailey-" he leaned down and grabbed Bailey so now she was also standing on top of the table, but she jerked her head away so that people won't see her face.
Finally Cody continued "you'll have to deal with me okay!"he then sat his table leaving the people stunned and astonished.
Bailey then took her seat and looked at Cody who just smiled at her. She smiled back at him and couldn't help her heart from beating faster.
