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The following day the girls had gone for a walk by the beach. The men had been left in the house to prepare some food for later on.
"Can I ask you a favour?" Cody looked hopefully at Ted.
"Of course you can Codes." Ted nodded.
"Can I have the house tonight?" he asked.
"Why?" Ted frowned.
"I want to propose to Phoebe." Cody whispered.
"Here?" Ted frowned again.
"What's wrong with here?" Cody frowned at Ted.
"Nothing. I just assumed you'd do something less intimate." The older man shrugged.
"So, you're saying I shouldn't do this here?" Cody asked.
"I didn't say that. It's your decision." Ted held his hands up.
Cody sighed and folded his arms. He looked at Ted curiously.
"What?" Ted asked, folding his arms.
"You and Phoebe were always best friends. Did she ever mention how she's like to be proposed to?" Cody asked his friend.
"No. I would've remembered." Ted replied.
"Damn!" Cody frowned and shrugged.
On the beach, the girls were talking about Ted.
"Has he always been so…patient?" Bailey asked.
"Yeah. It takes a lot to work him up." Phoebe replied.
"I wish I was more like that." The blonde shrugged.
"You almost got Ted worked up though." Phoebe told her.
"Really?" Bailey asked.
"Yeah. I haven't seen him like this before." Phoebe smiled.
"How did this happen?" Bailey sighed.
"Which part?" Phoebe asked her.
"Well, a few months ago I couldn't stand Ted. Now I'm having his kid." The blonde shook her head in disbelief.
"Sometimes things happen for a reason." The brunette told her.
"You're pretty wise Phoebe." Bailey smiled at her.
"Thanks." The brunette returned the smile.
The two women walked along the beach towards the house.
Ted and Cody were almost done making the food. Ted had been setting some plates out when his cell phone rang. He walked over to the worktop and grabbed the phone. He cleared his throat and answered the call.
"Hello, Ted DiBiase."
"Just Officer Taylor again."
"Oh hi. Any news?" Ted asked him.
"Actually, we arrested a guy. We believe he was the real driver. The other guy was the passenger. The guy we arrested reckons he was paid to knock Cody." Officer Taylor explained.
"Whoa. What now?" Ted asked.
"Can you and Cody get to the station now?" he asked.
"We're in Florida." Ted said.
"Just go to the nearest station and I'll fax the details." Officer Taylor said.
"We will. Thanks." Ted replied and hung up.
"Who was that?" Cody asked Ted.
"Officer Taylor. He says they arrested the guy who knocked you down." Ted explained.
"So, what now?" Cody shrugged.
"We need to go to the nearest police station and he'll fax the information." Ted replied.
"Shall we go now?" Cody asked.
"What about Phoebe and Bailey?" Ted asked.
"Leave them a note." Cody replied.
"Ok." Ted nodded and grabbed some paper and a pen.
PJ & Bailey – had to go out but we will be back soon x Ted & Cody
He placed the note on the table and followed Cody out of the door. They got in the car and set off for the police station. Bailey and Phoebe arrived back five minutes later. Bailey saw the note and read it out to Phoebe. They sighed and went to get some of the still warm food that Cody had been busy preparing.
"What's this?" Bailey asked as she sat on Cody's jacket.
"Cody's jacket." Phoebe frowned confusedly.
"There's something hard in it." The blonde frowned.
"Let me see…" Phoebe stuck her hand in the pocket and pulled out the black box.
"Oh, is that what I think it is?" Bailey asked her.
"Shall I look?" the brunette asked nervously.
"Go on…" Bailey nodded.
Phoebe opened the box and her jaw dropped at the beautiful silver diamond ring inside. She admired it for a few moments and showed it to Bailey, who was similarly surprised by Cody's good taste. The brunette closed the box and put it back into the jacket pocket. Bailey looked at her.
"Should I say that I've seen the ring?" Phoebe asked.
"No. Just act surprised when he asks you." Bailey told her.
Meanwhile, at the police station Cody and Ted had been talking to one of the local officers. He showed them the details that Officer Taylor had faxed through and confirmed Cody's statement with him. Ted was eager to find out more about the guy who had been arrested. The officer told him all that he could.
"All I can say, is that he is around forty and he was paid to do the hit." The officer shrugged.
"Did they say who paid him?" Ted asked.
"No." the officer shook his head.
"Thanks for your assistance." Cody nodded.
"Sorry I couldn't tell you more."
"It's ok. At least you made some progress." Ted nodded.
"Come on, let's go home." Cody said.
As they drove home Cody remembered something. He had been meaning to propose to Phoebe tonight. He had it all planned out that he would cook for her then maybe watch Spiderman, like they had when they first spent time together. After that he would drop down on one knee and ask her to be his wife. He wondered where he had left the ring…
"Oh…" he sighed.
"What's up?" Ted asked.
"I left the ring in my jacket." Cody replied.
"The engagement ring?" Ted asked.
"No, the wrestling ring…" Cody raised his brow at Ted.
"No need to get all sarcastic on me." Ted shrugged.
"What if she's found the ring?" asked the young man.
"Maybe she'll ask you." Ted chuckled.
"You're not funny Theodore." Cody folded his arms.
"Anyway, she'll be busy with Bailey." Ted shrugged.
"There's probably no food left for us…" Cody mused.
"I'm not too hungry." The older man replied.
"Well I am. Pull over here so I can get a pizza." Cody ordered his friend.
"I'm not waiting…" Ted frowned as he saw a queue of people outside the pizza house.
"I'll walk from here. You check on the girls." Cody shrugged and headed off to get pizza.
Ted pulled into the drive and got out of the car. He walked in to find that Bailey was asleep on the couch. She looked so angelic with her newly blonde hair. He was about to settle down and snuggle on the couch with her when something made him jump. All of a sudden there was a scream from upstairs, Phoebe was screaming. Ted took the stairs two at a time as her screaming continued.
"Teddy!" she screamed.
"PJ, what is it?" he asked frantically.
"The baby…my water broke…" she mumbled as pain coursed through her.
"Oh my, I need to call Cody…" Ted started.
"No! Get me to the hospital now!" the brunette begged her friend.
"What's going on?" Bailey asked, after being awoken by the screams.
"The baby's coming!" Phoebe yelled.
"Oh my God!" Bailey gasped.
"Come on, help me get her into the car." Ted ordered the blonde.
They were on their way to the hospital and Bailey had been trying to call Cody's phone. She shook her head as it went straight to voicemail once again. Ted sighed as he concentrated on the road ahead. Bailey was trying to keep Phoebe calm as they headed to the hospital…
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Will Cody get there on time?