Chapter 25

I don't own these characters, but it would be nice if I did.

Wait...In this story, I actually created some of them, so I do own them.

Anyways, I do promise to keep them true to themselves.

And as for the ones I did create, who they are is up to me, so...

The next morning, Cody was woken up once again by Foghorn at the crack of dawn. But that morning, he didn't mind one bit. He even didn't mind that he'd only gotten four hours of sleep. In fact, he jumped out of bed feeling invigorated and more alive than he could remember. But he wasn't the only one, Bailey had a spring in her step the next morning too. Both gladly did the morning chores with smiles on their faces even though it was snowing heavily. Of course, the lack of sleep finally caught up to them and they both passed out on the couch during the Rose Bowl. But, it was just a game between the Pac Twelve and Big Ten (+2), so they didn't miss much.

The next day was spent just hanging out around the farm in Kettlecorn. But January 3rd finally arrived, and it was time to head back east. So, Clyde and Eunice drove them back to the private airstrip in Kettlepot for them to catch the plane back to Boston.

Cody spoke to Clyde and Eunice. "Thank you both so much for welcoming me into your home. These days here in Kettlecorn have been among the best of my life. I'll never forget them."

Eunice hugged him. "Well, we've enjoyed having you around. Please feel free to come back at anytime."

Clyde shook his hand. "What my wife said. Now, we do fully expect you to take good care of our little girl."

Cody smiled. "I promise you both...I will."

Bailey hugged her parents. "I'm going to miss you so much, Momma and Daddy."

"We're going to miss you too, Pumpkin. You take care of yourself, you hear me? And take care of Cody here too."

Bailey nodded. "I will. And I'll be back soon. At the very latest, this summer."

Eunice smiled at her. "Just keep doing what you're doing. We're all very proud of you, Honey."

"I will..." Bailey exhaled. "I guess this it then. Time to get going."

With one last hug, Cody and Bailey boarded the private jet and got themselves settled into their seats. And before long, they were airborne. Most of the flight, Cody and Bailey just wrapped their arms around each other, relaxed and just talked about what had happened the past few days as well as what the next week of their lives would bring. Of course, Bailey got to experience the flight attendant just staring at them and waiting for them to say something. But before they knew it, they were landing in Boston. And to their surprise, at the general aviation terminal, there was a car waiting on them to take them back to the Tipton.

Bailey smiled. "Did you arrange this?"

Cody shook his head. "Not me. I was planning on calling us a cab." He paused. "The only person who knew we were coming back today was London."

"You think she did this?"

But before he could say anything, the driver walked up to them.

"Welcome back to Boston. Miss Tipton would like to congratulate you both on your new relationship, and she sent me to bring you back to the hotel."

Cody's mouth hung open in surprise. "But how did she...?"

The driver smiled. "Miss Tipton knows everything...especially when it concerns her friends."

Cody and Bailey shrugged and climbed into the car as the driver loaded their bags into the trunk. And like he said, he drove them straight to the Boston Tipton. This time, they entered through the front door. After gathering all of their bags on a luggage cart, they pushed it over to the elevator and up to the 24th floor. Once outside the Martin's suite, Cody turned to Bailey.

"You remember the plan?"

Bailey smiled and nodded. "I remember it. Just don't carry it out too far. We do have her to thank for us finally being together."

Cody leaned in and kissed her. "I won't."

Cody slid his key into the door and opened it. Bailey and Cody unloaded their bags into the suite, and as they did, the door to Carey's bedroom opened. She walked out, saw Cody and Bailey together and smiled.

"You're both back! I knew our plan would work!"

Cody smiled. "Oh yeah. Its been a whirlwind couple of days. I think we're ready to rest after everything that happened."

Bailey nodded and smiled. "I'll second that..."

Carey grinned. "We have you two done since then?"

Cody turned to Bailey. "Should we tell her?"

"Yeah, we should. She'll find out soon anyways..."

Cody nodded and turned to his mother. "Well, it just kind of happened Mom. We were in the moment and basking in our love for each other, we decided to go ahead and get married!"

Carey's eyes went wide. "You did what?"

Bailey nodded. "Its true. I love Cody, and Cody loves me. We just figured it was the next logical step..."

"But...but...but...But you're only 18!"

Cody shrugged. "So? We're the same age as Bailey's parents, and they have a long and happy marriage. Its what we want too..." He paused. "You are happy for us, aren't you, Mom? I mean...you did plot and scheme to get us together..."

Carey paused. "Well, yeah...But I just figured you two were starting a new relationship. And I kind of figured I'd be invited when you got married, Cody..." She shook her head and exhaled. "Just remember...I'm not ready to be a grandmother yet!"

Bailey smiled. "We decided that if it happens, it happens..."

Carey rubbed her eyes. "Oh wow...Well...I guess welcome to the family, Bailey..."

Cody and Bailey just looked at each other and couldn't hold their laughter back any longer. Carey just looked at them funny.

"What?"

Cody smiled. "We're just messing with you, Mom. We thought it would be a fun payback against you for your meddling..."

Bailey smiled too. "Not that we minded...we're actually very happy that you did. Cody just wanted to have some fun with you..."

Carey sighed with relief. "Oh thank God!" She shook her head. "Okay, okay...I deserved that. But right now..." She walked over and pulled them both into a hug. "...I'm just so happy for the both of you!"

Bailey laughed. "Well, we're pretty happy ourselves."

Carey grinned. "Good. Now, come on in and sit down and tell me everything that actually happened."

So for the next half an hour, Cody and Bailey filled his Mom in on everything that had happened in Kettlecorn.

"Well, again, I'm happy for you both. I just want my boys to be happy, and I can definitely tell Cody is. And Bailey, I know I have you to thank for that."

"He makes me just as happy."

Cody paused. "Speaking of boys, where's Zack?"

"Oh...Today's his last day of work. He begins moving into his dorm tomorrow. Speaking of which, how long will I have you two around?"

"Weather permitting, our plan is to head back Friday morning."

Carey shrugged. "Its only a few days, but I'll take it. Oh, by the way, your brother isn't very happy with you at all..."

Cody frowned. "Why? What did I do?"

Carey laughed. "You took your car keys with you. He was so ticked off your car sat down in the garage without him being able to use it."

Cody shook his head. "Oh well...I had other things on my mind."

Carey looked at him. "Of course, with you back, I guarantee he'll have you help him move stuff over to his new dorm."

And Carey was correct. Several hours later, Carey had gone to practice, and Cody and Bailey were alone in the suite just kicking back and watching a little TV. Well, that was their original plan. It pretty much dissolved into a make out session right there on the couch. That was until the front door of the suite swung open, and Zack and Maya walked into the suite. Immediately Cody and Bailey broke apart, but the lipstick smudges all over Cody's face were kind of hard to miss.

Cody sighed. "Does an alarm go off every single time we have some alone time together?"

Zack just laughed. "Well, I see why Cody was gone for so long now...But you two can knock it off now, I told Maya the truth that you two were just good friends..."

Cody looked over at Bailey and grinned. "Actually, that's not correct any longer. Bailey really is my girlfriend now. And what you barged in on was for our benefit, not yours..."

Zack shook his head. "Hold up here! When did this happen?"

Bailey smiled. "New Year's Eve. We finally admitted that we were in love with each other."

Zack turned to Maya. "See...I'm totally responsible for this. I'm the one that had them pretend to be boyfriend and girlfriend, and they liked it so much, they decided to do it for real."

Maya rolled her eyes. "Uh huh..." She turned towards Cody and Bailey and smiled. "Congratulations to you both...and we're sorry to interrupt."

Zack shook his head. "Interrupt, shminterrupt...They'll soon have Cody's single dorm room all to themselves."

Cody turned to Bailey again and grinned. "For once, Zack actually has a good point..."

Bailey playfully swatted his shoulder. "I know, but he's also right that we shouldn't just hide ourselves away while we're here..." She saw the look Cody was giving her. "...even as much as we both want to."

Cody sighed. "Fine. Do I at least get a rain check?"

Bailey grinned. "Of course..."

Maya smiled. "Good. How does a movie sound tonight?"

Cody and Bailey shrugged, but that's what they ended up doing. But they didn't have too late of a night. Because the next day, they did indeed have to help Zack move into his dorm. After loading Cody's car with with all of Zack's things, they began the drive over to Chestnut Hill. Fortunately, with several people helping, it didn't take long for them to unload everything. And as they were finishing, the dorm room door opened, and a larger guy with glasses and crazy hair walked in. And seeing everyone in the room, he frowned.

"Dang it! Are all of you my new roommates?"

Bailey and Cody just looked at each other while Zack walked over to the guy. "I'm Zack Martin. I'm your new roommate." And he extended his hand.

The guy shook it. "I'm Woody Fink. Nice to meet you. You're Maya's boyfriend, right?"

Zack nodded. "That's me. That's my twin brother Cody and his girlfriend, Bailey."

Woody nodded. "Nice to meet you both." He turned to Zack. "I have to ask. You aren't a neat freak are you?"

Zack laughed. "Not a chance."

Woody sighed in relief. "Thank goodness. I don't think I would have been able to handle it if you had been one."

"I hear you're from Cleveland originally. What brought you to BC?"

Woody shook his head. "My Step dad, Steve. He's such a huge jerk, I wanted to get as far away from him as I could. And I met my girlfriend, Addison on that game, Better Life. She said she was coming here, so I figured I could get away from him and be with her. And the good news is the cafeteria in the basement has a Mexican buffet every Wednesday night!"

Zack grinned. "Excellent!"

Cody leaned in to Bailey and whispered. "We've done our good deed. Lets get out of here and let the roommates bond."

"And where will we go?"

Cody smiled. "How does the seaquarium sound?"

Bailey grinned. "Perfect. But how do we get out of here undetected?"

Cody paused. "I have an idea." He walked over to Woody and Zack. "Yeah, Zack's never been neat a day in his life. Our old room used to be a pigsty. Oh, and a word of warning, he likes to fart...a lot and share them."

Woody's eyes went wide. "Sweet! I can fart Stairway to Heaven, and I'm working on one right now that sounds like an owl!"

"Awesome! We might be able to use that for some fun around here! I've been looking for a new partner in crime ever since my brother left for Yale. Back at the Tipton, Cody and I used to get into all kinds of trouble like that all the time. Isn't that right, Codester?"

Zack turned around and noticed Cody and Bailey were nowhere to be found.

To be Continued...