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Four months before Ella turned sixteen, she really started to look at one person differently, and that person was Cody Robbins. No matter how much she told herself she couldn't like him, she found herself wanting him even more.
"Hi, Ella?" Cody said over the phone one afternoon.
"Yes this is Ella." Ella replied not sure who was calling her.
"Oh, hey, it is Cody."
"Hey, how are you?" Ella said as a smile suddenly came on her face.
"Good, I was kind of wondering if you might want to go to dinner tomorrow night with me."
"Well, I don't…"
"We don't have to tell Callie, I know she is going to Katie's for the night and I just thought maybe we could hang out. Friends if you want."
"I was going to say that I might go to Katie's but if someone were to ask me on a date I would gladly pass up going to Katie's." Ella said smiling to herself at how nervous he was.
"So, Ella, would you like to, uh, go on a date with me?" Cody asked feeling a little calmer after Ella's comment.
"I would love to Cody." Ella replied glad that Cody could not see how much she was starting to blush.
"So, in order to keep this a little secret for now, how about we meet up at 6pm a block from your house?" Cody suggested.
"It is a date. See you tomorrow Cody." Ella replied as she hung up and fell back on her bed smiling a million dollar smile.
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"You look pretty Ella." Cody said as he approached Ella the night of their date.
"Thanks, you don't look too bad yourself." Ella replied as Cody bent down a lightly kissed her.
"So, where are we going?" Ella asked as she smiled at him.
"It is a surprise Miss Spiederman." Cody replied as he looped his arm with Ella's.
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"I had a lot of fun tonight." Ella said as she stared at their hands. They had started off walking side by side when Cody reached out and took her hand in his.
"So did I and I am happy you said yes to coming with me." Cody replied moving closer to Ella.
"We should do this again." Ell replied starting to get a little nervous. Was he going to kiss her again? It wouldn't be the first; they made out twice already and several kisses had taken place. But this time it would be different, she felt different about him and she was ready to admit it.
"We should." Cody replied right before he bent down and kissed Ella.
This kiss was different between both of them and neither of them wanted it to end.
"Good night Cody." Ella said after a few kisses and attempts to say goodbye.
"Good night Ella." Cody replied as he watched Ella walk off for real this time.
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"Um, Ella, I kind of wanted to ask you something." Cody said nervously as he and Ella sat in 620.
"What?" Ella asked a little scared.
"Well, we have been going on dates for a couple weeks now and you know we have been having fun and well I was kind of wondering if you wanted to maybe be more. We wouldn't have to tell Callie or anyone yet because it would be awkward and all and she probably would be a little upset. But I just really like you Ella and I would love to be something more then friends. When I am with you I feel so much better and I can't get enough of you. When we kiss I actually feel something, something mind blowing and I can't shake that feeling." Cody started rambling.
"Are you asking me to be your girlfriend?" Ella asked as her smile grew.
"Yea, I want you to be my girlfriend." Cody said scared Ella would reject him.
"Yes, I want you as my boyfriend Cody." Ella said as she lunged into his arms and kissed him.
Six weeks after Ella turned sixteen, she gave Speed and Jude a big wakeup call.
"Kat, wake up." I said. Kwest and I had been to an awards party with Jude, Speed, Kyle, Charlie, Jamie, Patsy, Wally, and Cassidy. I had left Alex, who was fourteen with Vinnie and Gracie at my parents. It was around midnight and we didn't except to be back till 2am.
"Mom, leave me alone." Katie mumbled as she rolled over on the couch.
"Look at them, they look so sweet." Cassidy said. On the couch laid the kids.
"Wait, we are missing two." Jude said. Sure enough, only Callie, Jeremy, Tanya, Zora, and Katie laid on the couch.
"Where is Ella?" Jude asked Callie.
"On the couch." Callie mumbled back.
"Zor, where is Cody?" Charlie asked as she shook Zora.
"I don't know, he left I think." Zora mumbled not wanting to get up.
"I told him not to do anything bad." Wally muttered as he got out his cell phone and called Cody.
We all stood there for a few minutes. We figured that Ella went up to bed. Then we heard a beeping sound, Cody's cell phone.
Cassidy and Jude looked at each other and took off upstairs. We all knew that Cody had a crush on Ella, but Ella looked at him as a friend. When we got upstairs, Wally tripped over a shirt. Cody's shirt. Then we all recognized a light sound that had no importance till now, it sounded like someone was playing 'earthquake' in Ella's words. The sound then stopped and Cassidy and Jude busted into Ella's room.
"What the hell is going on in here?" Jude and Cassidy shouted together.
"AAAHHHH!" We heard as we all ran to the end of the hall.
In Ella's room, there was her and Cody in bed with the sheets pulled tightly around them screaming.
"Oh god." Speed said as he turned to Wally.
"I knew it!" Zora screamed. "I knew they liked each other!"
"Shut up!" Callie yelled. She looked upset, but who wouldn't be if you just found your best friend in bed with your brother?
"Callie, pay up." Tanya said as her and Zora held their hands out.
"Cody, put on your god damn clothes and get your ass downstairs. We need to talk now." Cassidy shouted.
"Same goes for you." Jude shouted at Ella.
That night, we learned that Ella and Cody had been secretly dating for three to four months. Jude and Cassidy were a wreck; they thought they had failed as parents…again. Jude got pretty mad at me when I told her to think back to age seventeen before she got to harsh with her daughter. I of course ran home and interrogated Katie the whole next day or maybe three.
With the surprise of Ella and Cody, everyone seemed fine at first. Later on we came to realize that this was hurting Callie a lot and she felt like she was losing her best friend.
Everyone had known about Ella and Cody for a little over a month. Ella was finally ungrounded and staying the night with Callie. Callie felt she had to compete against Cody for any time with Ella.
"Hey, I am going to go brush my teeth. Be back in a few." Ella said as she grabbed her toothbrush and disappeared. After a couple minutes, Callie wanted to go get a drink. As she was walking down the hall when she noticed the bathroom door cracked and could hear talking.
"Come on El." Cody said.
Ella replied but Callie couldn't understand her because she was still brushing her teeth.
"You are too cute when you talk and brush your teeth." Cody said.
Callie peaked in to see Cody's hand down the sides of her pajama pants and kissing her neck.
"Cody! That tickles." Ella giggled.
"Come on El, come spend some time with me tonight." Cody begged.
"But I am staying with Callie." Ella stated.
"So, I am just in the next room. Once she is out, come over and visit." Cody said.
"That wouldn't be fair to her would it?" Ella asked.
"I don't know. I mean the rents always told us we had to share so I am just sharing you." Cody replied.
"I don't know. I don't want to make her mad." Ella said.
"Once Callie is asleep, she is out for a while. She will never know. Please El?" Cody begged.
"Why should I?" Ella asked turning around with a smile.
"Because you are mine." Cody said.
"You seem sure of that." Ella replied laughing as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"I am and I have proof. See that pretty little mark." Cody said pulling down the top of her tank. "That was me marking you as mine, and only mine."
"I think I need to give you one. Maybe I will tonight." Ella said as she kissed Cody.
"Go tell my sis you need to take a shower and come back here and meet me." Cody told her. Callie had heard enough.
Ella skipped into Callie's room to find her in bed crying.
"Cal, what is wrong?" Ella asked once she noticed her friend crying.
"Nothing." Callie lied.
"Did you and Jake have a fight?" Ella asked referring to Callie's current boyfriend that no one liked.
"No, I just want to go to bed." Callie said.
"Alright." Ella replied turning off the light.
Callie never told anyone how she really felt about her best friend and her brother. She thought being a good friend would be to let Cody and Ella be and keep her opinions quiet, but it only got worse for her.
"You have been down a lot lately, especially the past two weeks." Zora said.
"You would be too if you lost your best friend to your immature ass of a brother." Callie fired back.
"It's your birthday, let's go party it up!" Katie suggested.
"Where is El anyways?" Tanya asked.
"Probably giving Cody a birthday lap dance." Callie mumbled.
"What happened with you and El? You haven't done anything with her for the past couple weeks." Tanya asked.
"Last time she came and stayed the night I caught her and Cody in the bathroom. Then once they thought I was asleep, Cody came in and got El and then they went into his room. I heard everything no matter how hard I tried not to hear. She has no clue either; all she cares about is him." Callie confessed
"Cheer up, it is your sweet sixteen baby sis." Tanya said hugging her.
"Hey, before we go eat, let's run to 620 and pick up something." Zora suggested.
When they got to 620, they dragged Callie in.
"HAPPY SWEET SIXTEEN CALLIE!" Ella screamed as Callie walked into the rehearsal space.
"What is going on?" Callie asked as she saw people standing around.
"Uh…I am kind of throwing my best friend in the whole world a surprise sweet sixteen…what else would I be doing?" Ella said as she ran over.
"I thought you would be celebrating with Cody." Callie said.
"And miss my best friend's birthday? Seriously Callie." Ella replied.
"You two are just…well you know." Callie said.
"I know, and I have been ignoring you and I feel like crap. Now tonight is all about you. After your party we are going back to Zor's and having a girl night, just me, you, Zor, Kat, and Tanya. I am so sorry Callie. You are the one person who knows me the best and I love you. Now, we are going to party like it's your birthday." Ella said.
"BECAUSE IT IS YOUR BIRTHDAY!" Everyone else yelled.
Five months after everyone learned about Ella and Cody, something else happened.
"Mom, dad, Wally, Cassidy…Cody and I have something to tell you." Ella said as her and Cody stood in front of their parents.
"This doesn't sound good." Wally said worried.
"It all depends on what you think is good." Cody replied.
"I am pregnant." Ella said as Jude and Cassidy started crying.
"Your sixteen, you can't be pregnant." Speed shouted.
"Dad, do you remember what happened five months ago? Well, that… thing… happened many other times." Ella said hesitantly.
"We are keeping it too." Cody said.
"Oh god, the press." Jude shouted.
"Think about how Callie is going to feel." Cassidy shouted.
"Of course you two are keeping it. Abortion is not an option." Wally said.
"Damn it Ella, how could you?" Speed shouted.
"God, you two know where Speed and I hide our condoms, couldn't you two have stolen them if you were that desperate? And they are not that hard to buy!" Wally then added.
"This can't be happening." Jude mumbled.
"They are only sixteen." Cassidy added.
"But we are in love." Ella pleaded as she held onto Cody.
"You don't know what love is, you are too young." Speed shouted.
"You said that you feel in love with mom at sixteen, how is that different then this?" Ella snapped back.
"It is." Jude hissed.
"Cody, we are going home now." Cassidy said as she stood up.
I will never forget the day that Speed and Wally made the Ella and Cody tell their friends about the pregnancy.
I was sitting in the kitchen with Jamie, Cassidy, Jude, and Charlie as Speed, Patsy, Kyle, Kwest, and Wally were in the family room with Callie, Cody, Tanya, Jeremy, Katie, Zora, and Ella. Tonight was the night that Wally and Speed were forcing Ella and Cody to tell everyone of their situation.
"Guys…there is so-so-something…we need to te-tell you-u." Ella stuttered.
Everyone just sat on the couch staring at them.
"As you guys know we are in love." Cody said calmly.
"Dad, do we have to listen to this?" Callie whined.
"Let them finish." Wally said sternly.
"Well…I….I mean we…we are…well…we…" Ella mumbled.
"Going to have a baby." Cody spitted out.
Everyone just sat there speechless with their mouths wide open.
"Please say something." Cody said as he held Ella close.
"I fucking hate you…both of you!" Callie lashed out.
"Callie…" Ella said trying to come over to her.
"Save it you whore. I am through with you. I had to deal with you dating my brother, ditching me for him, and even you having sex with him in the next room when you were spending the night with me. Now…you are pregnant. How could you do this to me? I thought you were my friend; I am never going to see you. I rarely do stuff with you like we use to. You said things would change at my birthday and they did for three weeks, now you are back to my brother. You are nothing but a slut." Callie screamed leaving everyone even more speechless.
"This isn't about you for once Callie. Not everything revolves around you." Cody yelled.
"You think I don't realize that? Huh?" Callie replied.
"Sure doesn't seem like it, all I heard is how this is affecting you. You and only you, I am the one having a kid here and you are not Ella's only friend. You are to blame for pushing her away. You are a self centered bitch." Cody said stepping closer.
"Self-centered? That is so you. You think everything should be your way and only your way. You took Ella away from me. You think I never heard anything you said to her? Such as the 'the rents said we always have to share, so I will just have to share you with Callie' or how about 'Callie won't care if you sneak out in the middle of the night to love me.' You only thought about you and Ella screwing around. That hurt, it hurt that you wouldn't give me any time with my friend. Every time I went to do something, you followed. If something didn't go your way, you threw a fit. Want an example? Here is one, when we turned sixteen we both got nice cars. Ones we wanted for that much, but my car had something yours didn't and what happened? You threw a fit until dad got you what you wanted and felt it was better then mine. And the only reason Ella is pregnant is because you were too horny to go find a condoms!" Callie screamed.
"Stop it you two!" Everyone yelled.
"You are a jealous little bitch." Cody sneered.
"Fuck you…oh wait, Ella already did." Callie retorted.
"I would tell you the same thing but I don't want to pull Jeremy into this." Cody fired back as everyone turned and looked at Jeremy.
"It happened once." Jeremy said slouching down clearly embarrassed as Cassidy started choking.
"Stop it you two!" Ella shouted.
"You know what? Besides for being a slut, you are a hypocrite! You yelled at me when you found out that I had slept with Jeremy. You then gave me that long speech about virtue and what not and said you were waiting till marriage. Then I find you in bed with my brother two days later. Oh, and if I remember correctly the second thing you asked was if we were safe because a baby could fuck up our career. Congrats, you said one thing and now you fucked up our career because you have my brother's baby growing inside of you." Callie shouted.
"Shut up Callie, you are just making an even bigger ass out of yourself. Face it, people like…no wait…love me more then your little rocker ass. At least I haven't been called a wanna-be poser." Cody said getting in Callie's face.
"This is war." Callie said right before she punched Cody which led to those two on the floor in a fist fight as everyone tried to break them apart.
"Ella, we are through." Callie screamed as Wally and Speed carried her off screaming and kicking.
Almost three months pregnant, Ella miscarried the baby. Maybe it was for the best of things even if Ella and Cody didn't think so. It was not until after the miscarriage that Ella and Callie made up as well.
Jude and Speed also had one other thing to worry about. Was Vinnie going to pass in school?
"Ohh…Vinnie, do you plan on ever graduating high school? With grades like this you sure won't." Ella teased as she held up Vinnie's grade card.
"Ella! Give it to me!" Vinnie shouted as he chased her.
"No!" Ella yelled laughing.
"What is going on in here?" Jude asked walking in.
"Ella stole my grade card." Vinnie shouted.
"Seven classes, two D's, three C-'s, and two plain C's." Ella shouted as she continued running.
"Ella! Give it back!" Vinnie shouted.
"Ella Mason, give your brother his report card." Jude said.
"No!" Ella laughed.
"Ella Mason, I am serious." Jude stated.
"Yea!" Vinnie shouted.
"What is all the yelling?" Speed asked as he and Gracie walked in the house.
"Ella stole my grade card." Vinnie shouted.
"Ella!" Speed yelled as Ella crashed into him.
"That is mine." Vinnie shouted as he ripped his grade card from Ella's hand.
"Let me see it." Speed said holding out his hand. "Vincent! This is not acceptable. You are going to have to bring these up or I am taking away the skateboard and the music."
"I will make a friendly little bet with you." Ella said with a smirk.
"What is that?" Vinnie asked."
"I bet that you could not get all A's and B's on your next grade card." Ella said.
"And if I do, what do I get?" Vinnie asked.
"A date with Zora, and if the A's out number the B's I will even throw in a kiss with her." Ella said laughing.
"It is on." Vinnie said running off.
"Ella, what will you do if he does that?" Jude asked.
"Like he can do that." Ella said walking off.
Next grade card came out-
"Where is your grade card?" Ella asked.
"Right here, tell Zora I will pick her up at 6:30 and to wear vanilla lip gloss. It is the best for kissing." Vinnie said as he shoved his report card in Ella's face.
"You made this up." Ella shouted as she read it, four A's and three B's.
"Nope, those are all accurate. His teacher called today to tell us how well he has been doing." Speed said as he walked into the kitchen.
"Now go make that call Ella." Jude said. "And you better review!"