A few minutes later, Cody opened his eyes. He was greeted with pure darkness. Cody felt Bailey shift her body against his own body and remembered what happened. The city boy kept a hold on his farm girl while feeling for a button on his cell phone and pressed the button that he was looking for which caused the flashlight app to turn on again. From the sudden impact of the flashlight app, Bailey opened her eyes and blinked a few times to readjust to her surroundings.
"Cody", Bailey asked as she yawned.
"Hi, Bailey", Cody greeted.
"What time is it", Bailey asked again more awake.
Cody looked at his cell phone and checked the time.
"The time is ten thirty", Cody bluntly answered.
Bailey snuggled her head against Cody's chest even more.
"Maybe we should call it a night", Bailey sleepily suggested.
"Maybe I should carry you to your bed", Cody said.
"No, Cody. Actually I have enough energy to stay up a little bit more. Let's just let this night last since is that last night that we'll get to fully see each other again until later in the summer or at the beginning of starting classes at Yale together", Bailey sleepily argued.
"Bailey, we'll still see each other in the morning. Besides, you need your rest", Cody countered.
"But-", Bailey was cut off by Cody.
"But nothing, Bailey. I'm going to take you into your and London's cabin", Cody explained.
Before Bailey could argue, Cody picked Bailey up bridal style and brought her to the door of her and London's cabin. Cody knew exactly where Bailey would keep her key card to her cabin was and fished it out from her back right pocket of her short shorts. While holding Bailey in his arms, holding his cell phone out and the key card, Cody successfully held onto Bailey and the two small items and opened the door Cody opened the door without dropping anything or Bailey.
Cody set the key card down on Bailey's desk and then went over to Bailey's bed. Cody kept eye contact with Bailey the whole time as he laid her down on her bed. Once Bailey was on her bed, Cody turned on the lamp. A brighter and stronger light enlightened the cabin. Bailey sat up as Cody sat down right next to her, giving her an intense yet passionate and loving look in his eyes.
"Bailey, I want you to know something before I leave for the night", Cody sternly said.
"What is it, Cody", Bailey asked with intent to know what Cody wanted to tell her.
"I want you to know that no matter what happens in the future whether it be near or far, I'll be there for you. No matter what day, week, month or year, I'll be there for you. No matter what time it is, if there's something bothering you, Bailey, you can come to me or contact me when I'm not nearby", Cody firmly stated.
"Oh, Cody…", Bailey barely uttered as she got choked up.
Cody pressed his index on his right hand onto Bailey's lips.
"Ssh… Sweetie, you don't have to say anything, I know", Cody lovingly stated.
The moment that Cody removed his index finger from Bailey's lips, she threw her arms around his neck and let tears of joy flow freely from her eyes running down her flushed cheeks.
"Cody…", Bailey breathed.
Cody kissed Bailey on the cheek and caused her to draw back from the embrace. Cody looked at Bailey's tear stained cheeks and kissed the tears away.
"Goodnight, my angel, sleep well. I'll see you in the morning", Cody sweetly said.
Bailey cupped Cody's face and kissed him 'goodnight'. Bailey then released Cody's lips.
"Goodnight, my prince", Bailey sweetly replied.
Cody smiled and gave Bailey a hug before he stood up from the bed. Cody then left the cabin. When Cody was gone, Bailey stood up from her bed and took out something to wear for pajamas. Bailey went inside the bathroom and after twenty minutes, she came out with blue and purple flannel shorts and a black camisole with a built-in bra on. Bailey crawled into the covers of her bed and did not turn off the lamp so that when London came in, she would be able to see where she was going. Bailey fell asleep the instant her head made contact with the pillow. A few minute later London stumbled in the cabin and dragged herself to get some silky pajamas on. Once London was done getting ready for bed, she crawled into bed and turned off the lamp and went to bed herself.
The moment the light turned off, the cabin was engulfed in darkness. Ten minutes until eleven and Bailey was tossing and turning in her bed. But just when Bailey thought that she was at peace in her sleep as she settled down there were much deeper and darker notions stirring in her mind.
Bailey's dream or so she thought:
Bailey woke up from her bed and turned on the lamp at her bedside. She blinked her eyes open and say sunlight streaming through her window at home. A rooster could be heard from a distance crowing at the crack of dawn. Bailey had a smile on her face as she got up from her bed to be ready to attack the day. After dressing and making her bed, Bailey went downstairs to greet her mother in the kitchen making breakfast with help from Cody. Bailey beamed as she remembered that Cody came the night before to visit her on the farm during their summer break. The happy farm girl went over to her mother and hugged her and then went over to Cody and gave him a good morning kiss.
Soon after, Clyde came down the stairs and had a smile on his face. He walked towards Eunice and gave her a kiss on the cheek. Clyde then hugged Bailey and patted Cody on the shoulder in a friendly manner. Bailey's three younger sisters raced down when they smelled pancakes being made. Once Cody and Eunice finished making breakfast, they announced that breakfast was ready. At the table, Cody sat next to Bailey, Eunice and Clyde sat at either end of the table and Bailey's three younger sisters sat across from her and Cody. The group of seven said their grace and dug into the delicious breakfast. After breakfast and clean up, Bailey showed Cody the ropes. She gave him a tour of the farm and then showed him how to do some simple tasks without making them feel like it was the hardest thing to do in the world for him.
Bailey was lecturing Cody on the tools that were used around on the farm and he paid close attention. Bailey told Cody the name of each tool and what its function was. Cody was given a second chance at getting eggs from the chicken coup and he had redeemed himself. Cody got a basket full of eggs without running out the coup thinking that the chickens were possessed but instead he petted some chickens. Bailey formed a huge smile on her face when she had set Cody up to redeem himself with shucking ears of corn. Albeit, Bailey did shuck fifteen ears of corn while Cody shucked five ears of corn but Bailey did note that it was his personal best since he was able to shuck more than one ear of corn and without letting the corn slip out of his hands accidently hitting someone in the eye.
When they were done shucking corn, Bailey smiled at Cody and gave him a hug, showing him how proud she was of him for redeeming himself from the first time he was on the farm. Cody smiled back at Bailey and hugged her back. Cody frowned and pulled back from Bailey when he saw Moose walking towards the farm. Bailey was hurt and confused on why Cody suddenly back away from their embrace but then found out the reason as she turned around into the direction that Cody was looking at. Bailey saw what Cody was upset about and she frowned as well when she saw Moose.
Moose just casually walked up to Cody and Bailey. He gave a crooked smiled to Bailey and her stomach didn't feel well. Moose finally came up to the couple.
"What do you want, Moose", Bailey asked.
Cody clasped his hand around Bailey's hand and she willingly accepted his hand. At the sight of Cody and Bailey holding hands, Moose got a scowl on his face.
"What I want is for the little feller to take his hand off your hand, Bailey", Moose angrily stated.
"Well, we are not going let go", Bailey spat.
"Bailey, you shouldn't be with this city slicker", Moose said as he glared at Cody.
Bailey's blood boiled at Moose's harsh words towards Cody, her Cody!
"I beg your pardon but you have no right to judge me, Moose, just because I'm from the city", Cody defended himself.
Bailey momentarily forgot her anger towards Moose as she was overjoyed to hear that her Cody Kitten was finally taking charge of his life that he was finally standing up for himself. Bailey beamed at Cody but stopped when she noticed that Moose was giving Cody a dirty from the side of her eyesight.
"You city rat should just leave. You don't belong here and you never will. You're just a scrawny feller", Moose yelled at Cody with poison in his words.
Bailey was not happy at all how rudely Moose was treating Cody. Bailey was about say something to Moose but he pushed Cody back causing him to hit the ground hard. Bailey furiously looked at Moose but then quickly fell to her knees by Cody's side to see if he was ok. Bailey saw that Cody was injured but thankfully wasn't in critical condition.
"Are you ok, sweetie", Bailey asked with love and concern laced her honey-sweet words.
Bailey rubbed Cody's forehead with her thumb just she did when she bumped into Cody when they snuck out after curfew to see each other back on the S.S. Tipton.
Cody looked into Bailey's kind eyes.
"I will be", Cody reassured.
Bailey beamed at Cody and then helped him up. Bailey then turned to Moose and threw daggers at him with her eyes.
"What the feathers, Moose", Bailey yelled as she glared at him.
Before Moose could think of something to say to Bailey, he was cut off by Eunice yelling something from the house.
"Twister", Mrs. Pickett yelled.
The Picketts, Moose and Cody went straight for the storm cellar. Grammy Pickett and Bailey's youngest sister entered first. They were followed by Bailey, Eunice and Clyde. Before Moose went inside the storm cellar, he pushed Cody away. Bailey was about to attack Moose but was stopped by Clyde. Bailey could only watch her Cody fend off Moose by himself.
"Face it, city slicker, you don't belong here and there's no way I'm gonna let you repeat anything that happened before Grammy Pickett's surprise birthday party", Moose spat.
"I know that you and I haven't really gotten along but that was a while ago and I said that I was sorry", Cody argued.
"That ain't gonna cut it, little feller", Moose coldly said.
In the storm cellar, Bailey tugged t Clyde's shirt indicating that she just everyone safe for now and out of harm's way of the twister. Clyde understood Bailey's request and tried his best to convince Moose to let Cody in with them.
"Moose, I know you and Cody haven't been getting along but he's sorry for what he's done and said and you should give him another chance since we've forgiven him. I think you should try to get along with him", Clyde firmly said.
"I'm sorry, Clyde, but city folk rub me the wrong way", Moose spat.
Before Clyde could say anything to Moose, the strong teenaged boy pushed the small city boy to the ground and ran inside the storm cellar, locking it behind him. Cody was stuck outside.
Clyde was about yell at Moose to let Cody in but it was too late as they heard horrible sounds from above the group. Bailey approached Moose.
"Look, Bailey, I know that I thought you loved that city rat but-", Moose was cut off.
Bailey gave Moose a very harsh slap to the face.Whack!
Moose clutched his face which gave Bailey the opportunity to send a punishing punch to the groin. Moose fell over on to the floor, throbbing in pain. Bailey angrily walked away from Moose and went to the farthest corner of the cellar, pacing back and forth, fuming. Everyone else awkwardly stepped away from Moose but also distanced themselves from Bailey. For four hours, Bailey either yelled at Moose, calling him all sorts of names or was found crying her eyes out from the strong possibility that Cody was dead, screaming to the heavens. Bailey's younger sisters just tuned everything out. Eunice sat next to Grammy Pickett who was asleep and Clyde gave Moose a look that could kill.
After the most uncomfortable four hours stuck in the storm cellar, the storm settled down and Eunice let everyone know that it was safe to leave. When the doors were opened, Bailey sprinted out of the storm cellar, pushing Moose out the way and started to search for Cody in hopes that she would find him alive. Bailey looked everywhere while Clyde gave Moose a stern talking to and was in the process of forbidding him forever from ever stepping another foot on the Pickett farm. When Clyde was done threatening Moose, Bailey stopped exactly where her and Cody where when they found London. And just like before, there was a big, black tire that rolled across the ground. Bailey had hope that she would see her Cody in the tire and waited patiently. When the tire fell down there was no body inside and Bailey was torn. She frowned and threatened to cry.
Bailey was hoping that she would find Cody in the tire but she didn't and if she found him there then she was sure that she had lost him for forever. Extremely distraught and broken, Bailey ran in the housing bawling her eyes out. She was surprised how she was able to navigate her way up the stairs and through the hall all the way down to her room when her vision was blurry from the constant tears flowing down her face. Bailey hurriedly turned the handle of the doorknob of her bed room's door and stopped dead her tracks. Bailey could not belief the scene before her. She felt like crying and yelling her hardest and vomiting at the same time. Bailey's body violently shook and the farm girl freaked out. Bailey gave out an earthshattering and horrifying scream. Bailey fell to her knees and tried to cover her eyes from the gory scene that she was witnessing.
Before Bailey's very eyes was Cody's dead body. His body wasn't just dead but torn and mangled. His bloody body was spread out on Bailey's bed. Blood pooled around Cody's dead body and dripped down to the wooden floor. The dark red blood slid down the sheets and dripped with an agonizingly slow speed.
There was a huge piece of glass piercing the remains of Cody's guts that looked like they were torn out his stomach, turned inside out and then exploded. Pink and red goo surrounded the shredded guts of Cody Martin with thin white strains of bodily fluids. Cody's left hand was detached from his wrist and blood stained the exposed bone. Cody's chest was torn apart and his heart could be clearly seen. Every detail of the city boy's heart was exposed with both valves and the aorta being shown and surrounded by red and bloody veins. Bailey rocked back and forth, terrified and felt like she was going to throw up at the disturbing sight before her. Bailey could only guess that Cody was lifted up from the ground by the winds and thrown into her bedroom's glass window with glass flying everywhere. Blood and bodily fluids covered Bailey's bed and the wood from the bed was shattered. Cody's pale face was covered in scratches, bruises and two small gashes.
Clyde and Eunice rushed as fast they could to get to Bailey and to see what caused her to let out such a painful and disturbing scream. As soon as Clyde and Eunice approached Bailey, looked at the source of her disturbance and wish that they hadn't looked. Both Mr. and Mrs. Pickett covered their mouths trying to prevent themselves from vomiting. Eunice and Clyde forced themselves from looking at the paralyzing sight and looked down at Bailey. They kneeled down beside her and embraced her while she just cried and scream, letting out a miniscule amount of the ultimate pain that she was experiencing. No matter how many words were said by her parents, Bailey could not ever think to ever consider wanting to calm down. Bailey cried and started to sweat and felt sick to her stomach.
"CODY…..!", Bailey bellowed to the sky, to the heavens high above.
Bailey lost all her energy and fell on the floor and everything went blank. Everything was dark. No more hope and love for one lonely and broken Bailey Marie Pickett…
*End of the nightmare*
Bailey woke up in a cold sweat and violently shot up in a sitting position, breathing hard with tears streaming down her face. Bailey's heart was racing very fast from extreme fear. The only thought that came to mind was 'Cody'.
Bailey nervously looked on either side of her bed and spotted another bed across from her own. She noticed a sleeping figure and thought that it was London. Bailey blinked her eyes a few times and then she pinched herself two times to make sure that she was in reality. Bailey then realized that she had a nightmare. The farm girl's body violently shook in fear but she forced herself out of bed and went to the bathroom to calm her nerves by splashing water in her face and having a cool cup of water. Once she was done using the bathroom, a thought occurred to Bailey. She remembered what Cody had told her before she fell asleep. In high hopes that in reality, Bailey could only hope that Cody was still alive. Bailey knew that she needed comfort from Cody. She just had to see him and pour all her fears and feelings out to him. Bailey had put on a pair of socks, grabbed her key card, and a flashlight. Bailey turned on the flashlight before opening the door. Once outside her and London's cabin, Bailey left to head for Cody and Woody's cabin.
To Be Continued….