Chapter 37

Again, I don't own any of these characters

Bailey just couldn't stop staring at the test paper in front of her. She had known this stuff down cold. How in the world had she gotten an 'F'? This didn't make any sense whatsoever.

"Miss Pickett?"

Bailey looked up. "Huh?"

Professor Owen looked at her. "I said your performance on this exam worries me. I would like to meet you in my office later to discuss this...Are you..."

Before he could finish, Cody came running into the classroom. "Bails!"

Bailey turned and saw Cody running in. "Cody?"

"I have some bad news. Porkers was throwing up this morning! I think we should take him into see Dr. Ryan..."

"Porkers? We have to go!"

Professor Owen interrupted them. "Miss Pickett, please stop by office tomorrow morning at 10:00. I really need to discuss this with you..."

Bailey was distracted though. "Yeah...Fine...Whatever..." She turned to Cody. "We have to get home!"

Cody and Bailey ran out of the building and towards the apartment. A safe distance away, Cody stopped her.

"Bails, slow down..."

"But, Cody! Porkers is sick!"

Cody shook his head. "No, he's not. He's fine and was napping when I left..."

Bailey looked at Cody in confusion. "What?"

"Bails, I had to get you out of there, and I needed an excuse..."

"Cody..."

Cody sat her down on a bench. "Let me guess, you got your exam back today?"

Bailey just looked at him. "Yeah...but I didn't..."

"You didn't do well on it...I was pretty sure of that..."

Bailey was confused. "Cody, how in the world did you know that?"

Cody pulled out the file he had received that morning. "Read this and I think you'll understand..."

Bailey took the file and began to read through. He eyes began to bulge, and like Cody, her anger began to rise. "That son of a..."

"I know..."

"Cody, I can't go to his office tomorrow knowing what I know now!"

Cody smiled. "Oh yes you can...Bails, I have an idea..."

"What idea?"

Cody sat there and explained to her what he had in mind. "Well?"

Bailey paused. "It could work...But what if...?"

"Bails, do you trust me?"

"Of course I do, Cody..."

"Then believe me when I say I won't let anything happen to you..."

Bailey looked into Cody's eyes and believed him. "Okay..."

"Trust me, Bails. Everything will work out. I promise. But we do have two stops to make after work this afternoon..."

"Two stops for what?"

Cody stood up. "Come on...I'll explain them to you on our way to the Art of AOL..." He smiled. "We aren't going to let this jerk cause us to miss our first class..."

Cody and Bailey went to their next class and to work afterwards. And like Cody said, they made two stops on their way back to their apartment. Once home, they had dinner and continued to hash out their plan.

"Cody, what if I lose it tomorrow?"

"Believe me, Bails...After reading that, I wanted to run into that classroom and kill him..."

"How did you hold back your anger?"

Cody grinned. "If I just killed him now, he wouldn't learn his lesson first..."

Bailey grinned right back. "And we're going to teach him that lesson, right?"

"Uh huh..."

Bailey paused. "And afterwards, what is your plan?"

Cody sighed. "To be honest, Bails...I don't know. All I know is that I can't let him get away with what he's trying to do..."

Bailey smiled at him.

"What?"

"I believe it was just two years ago that you were worried about whether you would be able to protect me and our family. Look at you now..."

Cody smiled. "I guess I have more confidence in my ability to do so now..."

"You always had the ability to do so...But Cody, don't do anything you will regret later..."

"I promise, Bails...I won't..."

The rest of the evening was spent going over everything one more time. That night in bed, Bailey asked Cody to hold her close, and he had no trouble doing that in the least. Bailey had a little trouble sleeping, but Cody was there to comfort her until she did finally sleep.

The next morning, they were up early. The did a run through of their plan to make sure it would work. And it did perfectly. Soon, they made their way across campus to the main Biology building. Before Bailey headed off to Professor Owen's office, Cody gave Bailey a pep talk.

"Bails, you're going to do just fine. Just remember, you've done nothing wrong here. And no matter what happens, know that I love you and will stay by your side..."

Bailey smiled. "Thank you, Codykins. I love you too. Now, let's do this!"

Cody gave Bailey a quick kiss for good luck and off she went. She walked to Professor Owen's office door and knocked. Once she heard 'Come in', Bailey made sure she was ready and walked in.

Professor Owen looked up. "Ahhh...Miss Pickett. Glad you could come. I hope everything is alright at home..."

"Its fine..."

"Good, I'm glad you came today. I was hoping we could discuss your exam..."

Bailey nodded. "Alright..."

Professor Owen looked her up and down. "To be honest, I expected better from you. I would really hate to see you blow your chance at vet school by not doing well in my class..."

Bailey paused. At the same time she felt both irate and nauseous. "Well, I will do better on my next exam and the final and bring it up..."

"I imagine you will...Maybe I could...tutor you for them?"

"Oh?"

Professor Owen smiled. "Yes...I think if we work together we can get your grade raised..."

"I'll take that into consideration..."

Professor Owen paused and smiled. "Or...We can make sure you get an A in my course and you will never have to attend another class..."

Bailey wanted to throw up. "How would I do that?"

Professor Owen grinned. "All you would have to do is be nice to me..."

"I don't think I've been unpleasant to you in the past..."

Professor Owen laughed. "That's not what I mean...I mean I give you an A, and you give me something..."

Bailey swallowed. "What?"

"Easy. You. From the first day of class you've caught my eye, Miss Pickett. Be mine and all mine the rest of the semester, and the A is yours..."

Bailey acted dumb. "Be yours?"

"I want you to be in my bed and let me pleasure you. I want to rock your world more than that wimpy fiance of yours ever could..."

Bailey finally couldn't take it. "You can take your offer and shove it up your ass! That 'wimpy' fiance of mine is more of man on his worst day that you could ever dream of being! The sight of you makes me sick! What kind of professor are you? I would never sell my dignity and self respect or ruin my relationship with Cody for anything or anyone!"

And with that Bailey ran out of the office...and right into the arms of Cody. He stood there and just held her for a while as he rubbed her back.

"Bails? Are you okay?"

Bailey pulled pack and smiled. "Oh yeah..." She reached into her pocket and pulled out the tiny digital recorder they had bought the day before. "We got him!"

To be Continued...