Note: Okay, last segment to our 50th oneshot series! Hope you enjoy! _ _ _ _ means to insert your name…as you know. Oh btw this took a little longer than I'd hoped to post, because I was in New York City with my friends and there was no time to write. So, sorry, and enjoy!
September (Labor Day)
The beach was sunny and the water was splashing invitingly on the warm seashore. Tom was building a sandcastle. Mrs. and Mr. Simpson were reading magazines (Mrs. Simpson fashion and Mr. Simpson golf). Alli and I were on our bellies tanning our backs, our cheeks pressed against the blanket and facing each other. Cody was bugging us.
"Will you come swimming with me _ _ _ _?"
"Maybe later," I closed my eyes and felt the warmth of the sun soaking into my skin.
"Please, baby? I really want you to come…"
"Later…"
"Okay," Cody sighed. "Alli, will you come swimming with me?"
"Go find some friends," was Alli's loving response.
"Well my girlfriend would rather tan with you then swim with me."
"I told you I'd go later," I murmured, my eyes still closed behind my sunglasses.
"That makes me pretty sad."
I sighed, and sat up.
"Cody, I'm sorry but I don't want to swim right now hon. But I promise you I'll go with you in about half an hour. Okay?"
Cody grinned, and took my hand.
"Okay," he said, and then he brought it to his lips and dropped it. I sunk back into the sand, resuming my position.
"Okay, so what were we talking about?" I asked Alli.
"Um…that cute guy at the Smoothie Shop," Alli said.
"Oh yeah…So the other day when I went in, he was wearing this-"
"What guy?" Cody interrupted.
Alli sighed.
"The tall one with the brown hair and green eyes."
"He's not that cute," Cody said defensively, as though worried I'd find another guy cute. He prodded my side with his fingertip. "Is he?"
"Don't be jealous," I laughed, not answering his question.
"But is he cute to you?"
"Cody," I sighed. "You're my boyfriend."
"You're not answering the question!"
"Cody," Alli sat up and tilted her Gucci shades up onto her head. "Can you go do something? She said she'd be ready to swim in half an hour, okay? Can you go find something to do in the meantime?"
"No, I'm staying right here," he said simply, and Alli groaned, and then lay back down.
"So did you see that picture in the tabloid of that blue bikini Eva Longoria was wearing the other day?" I asked Alli.
"Oh my gosh, yes! Wasn't it so-"
"I love Eva Longoria!" Cody interrupted again.
Alli sighed heavily, and we were both quiet for a moment. Alli spoke up.
"Guess what? I got tickets to see One Direction for this summer. Madison and I are going, and we got backstage passes."
"Oh my gosh, that's amazing! You're so lucky! Who's your favorite, again?"
"She likes Harry," Cody interrupted yet again, and Alli glared at him.
"Okay," Alli sighed. "Can you go swimming with him, now, please? Because he's not going to leave us alone until you do."
"Fine," I sighed, sitting up and taking my sunglasses off. "Will you come too?"
Alli nodded, but I'm pretty sure she rolled her eyes underneath those shades. Nevertheless, she got up and walked with Cody and me to the ocean.
"Yay," Cody said happily as we all waded in up to our thighs. "This is so fun, guys."
"Yes, a blast," Alli said sarcastically. We continued to go through the water until we were at our shoulders, and then allowed ourselves to float.
"How about we play marry date our dump?" Cody suggested.
"Kay," I said.
"I'll just listen," Alli floated out over the sea, her pink bikini contrasting against the bluish waves washing over her body.
"Okay," Cody said. "Marry date or dump me, Greyson Chance, and Josh Hutecherson?"
"Marry you," I said instantly. "Date Greyson, dump Josh."
"Cool," Cody grinned. "You go."
"Okay, marry date or dump Eva Longoria, Miley Cyrus, and Selena Gomez."
"But they're all so beautiful!" Cody said, thinking hard. "Hmm…Marry Eva Longoria because I am absolutely in love with her, date Miley, and dump Selena because Justin Bieber wouldn't be very happy about that."
"Miley has a boyfriend though," I said. "That Australian guy…Liam."
"All the more reason to date her," Cody said. "If she's into Australians."
"I have one for Cody," Alli spoke up. "Cody marry date or dump _ _ _ _, Eva Longoria who you are "in love" with, and…Kylie Jenner."
"Um," Cody bit his lip. I raised my eyebrows. This shouldn't be hard for him.
"Marry…Eva," Cody said. I glared at him.
"No," Cody said quickly. "Marry _ _ _ _...date Eva, and dump Kylie."
"Wow, Cody," I said, smirking even though I was far from happy. "Marry Eva? Really? Marry Eva?"
"Well she's the only one old enough to get married so I thought I had to choose her," Cody made up lamely.
"Liar," I said. "That's so mean, why would you say that? I chose you!"
"Sorry," he said. "Seriously, I was just kind of jealous because of the smoothie guy and I wanted to make you jealous so I-"
"Save it," I sighed. "I'm going in."
I swam in, and Cody and Alli followed. Alli and I lay back down on my towel and slipped my sunglasses on as Cody watched. He plopped down in the sand right in front of us and rested his head on his hands.
"You're mad at me, aren't you?" he asked me, reaching forward to fiddle with a strand of my wet hair.
"No," I said. "I'm just annoyed, that's all."
"I'm sorry," he said meekly.
"It's all good," I replied. "But can you go and chill or something until we leave? I want a little time to ourselves."
"See?" Cody said. "You are mad."
"Cody," I groaned. "I'm not."
"But-"
"Cody!" This time Alli was the one to speak. She sat up on her beach blanket, took her glasses off and threw them at Cody. They bounced off his face as she exploded in anger. "She said she's not mad, so just leave it, okay? I didn't come to the beach to listen to you two figure out your relationship. I came to relax, and so did _ _ _ _. So you should too. Why don't you go lie on a blanket and just relax, alright?"
Cody nodded and I closed my eyes, finally at peace. But when I opened them a second later I found that Cody was now lying beside me on a beach blanket.
"Hi," he grinned.
"Hello." I closed my eyes again, and turned the other way to face Alli instead.
"So," Cody said as I tried for what seemed like the hundredth time to relax. "You promise you're not mad?"
September:
October (Halloween)
"You're obnoxious, Cody."
"How am I obnoxious?"
"You called me fat!"
"I didn't call you fat, I swear. You're my girlfriend, and I love you. Why would I ever call you fat?"
Cody and I were at a Halloween party at the Jenner household. Everyone else was up dancing or playing kiddish Halloween games that Kendall Jenner thought would be fun, or kissing in the dark haunted house that Mrs. Jenner had paid almost ninety thousand dollars to have temporarily constructed in the dining hall. Cody and I were sitting in the only lit room in the house, the entrance hallway, arguing as always.
"I asked if my Katy Perry costume made my butt look big and you said no bigger than usual," I said angrily.
"So how is that wrong? I mean, the cupcake shorts look great on you! I didn't mean you looked fat, seriously! You take things the wrong way all the time!"
"Whatever," I said. "I'm going to go find some other guy and take things the wrong with him. I'll see you later."
"That doesn't even make sense!" Cody called after me.
"It doesn't have to," I shot back. "My butt looks no bigger than usual!"
"See? That's what I mean about not making sense!"
I just kept walking, into the main part of the party. The dark and the music still didn't drown out his "I'm sorry" called after me.
"Hey," Kylie Jenner bounced over breezily. "How's it going, _ _ _ _?"
"Fine," I said, trying to hide my no-bigger-than-usual butt by shifting my weight to the front. "How've you been?"
"Pretty good," she bobbed her head, and her little white maid tiara slipped a little. She reached up to straighten it. "I like your costume, Katy Perry."
I reached up and straightened the blue California Gurlz style wig. I had opted for a cupcake bra built into a camisole so I my stomach wasn't bare and I didn't look slutty, but Kylie obviously didn't care about that sort of thing. She was wearing an all lace, see through tank top with a black bra and matching short skirt and thigh high boots. Her hair was loose, and she wore pounds of makeup.
"I like yours too," I lied. "But aren't you cold?"
Kylie shrugged. "You get used to it…So where's Cody? He came, right?"
"Of course," I said. "He's…Well, he's over there actually."
Cody had just entered through the curtain to the party and was searching the crowd with his eyes.
"Maybe you should go say hi to him," I added, trying to resist the urge to run to him and cover his eyes so he didn't see Kylie's costume-Or their lack of.
"I thought you usually hung out together," Kylie frowned. "Are you still going out?"
"Totally," I said, so she didn't think he was fair game. "I was just…going to go to the bathroom and fix my makeup."
"Oh, good idea. I was totally going to point that out," she said, and I frowned. So I had a big butt and bad makeup. Happy Halloween to me.
"But hurry up," Kylie continued. "We're going to play spin the bottle in a few minutes in the haunted house, so go head over there when you're all set, doll."
I smiled and headed for the bathroom where I did my makeup cursing Kylie and Cody and everyone else in the world. When I was done, I headed out to the haunted house where groups of teenagers were assembling into a giant circle. I found my way into it, and realized I was planted right next to Kylie and across from Cody. Fan-freaking-tastic.
"Okay," Kylie held up an empty merlot bottle and then put it in the middle. "I'll spin first."
She didn't hesitate in spinning it, and hesitated even less as it landed on an older boy with long dark hair and a Colgate smile. She pressed her lips on his, and they kissed as everyone else "whoo-d".
Thankfully, my turn wasn't next. We went clockwise and I was sitting to Kylie's left. I watched as Kendall Jenner kissed a Niall Horan lookalike, Cody's sister kiss the same guy (much to the his happiness and Cody's dismay) and a bunch of other couples kiss. When it was Cody's turn, I held my breath.
Please land on another dude, I begged silently. That would mean he didn't have to kiss anyone. But, it didn't land on another guy. Instead it landed on a girl. A girl in a Katy Perry costume sitting to the left of Kylie Jenner.
Cody eyed me anxiously, and then leaned forward. I didn't mind. I was glad he had to kiss me and not someone else. The bottle was almost pointing to Kylie, so the way I saw things I lucked out.
Cod swooped forward and planted his lips on my cheek, then sat back. Everyone else was yelling and laughing and shouting "real kiss" and "come on" and stuff like that, but it didn't matter. Cody and I were in our own world, a world that revolved solely on communicating through our eyes.
I didn't know if it would be okay to kiss you, he seemed to be saying. I'm hoping that was okay.
I gave him a little nod, and he frowned deeply, then his eyes traveled down to the shorts. They snapped back up to mine and he smiled a little.
That meant that he really didn't mean anything by it, and he thought I liked beautiful.
I nodded slightly again and then allowed a full smile to come out. Cody smiled back.
That meant I forgave him.
"Come here," I smiled, reaching out to him. He came over to me and I pulled him in, pressing my lips to his. The crowd quieted down, satisfied, and I pulled away.
"Come here," Cody said softly as the rest of the group went back to their game. Cody pulled me aside, and he spun me around before pulling me into his lap, where his hands traveled along my lower back to the pink, confetti covered cupcake on the seat of my shorts. His hands paused.
"Just so you know," he said, running his hands along my shorts. "I really love cupcakes."
I laughed as his hands tickled me a little.
"I know you do, Cody, I know you do."
October:
November(Thanksgiving)
"Ready to meet my entire family, babygirl?"
"Absolutely not," I replied. It was Thanksgiving and I was spending it with my boyfriend. But, he had invited his entire extended family over from Australia. Aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins, best friends, everyone.
"Sure you are," Cody said cheerfully. "It's going to be fine…And you look very pretty, by the way."
I looked down at my black tank top and cardigan over a short skirt with red and orange and brown flowers with black lace. I'd straightened my hair to an inch within its life and it lay smooth, flat and blown out over my shoulders.
"Thanks," I said, blushing.
"I mean it," he put his arm around my shoulders. We were sitting on the couch in the entrance room waiting for the first knock on the door. As the second hand on the clock ticked, my stomach flipped more and more.
"Don't be nervous!" he exclaimed. "My family's very-Well, I'll be here with you the whole time."
"You're family's very what?" I said slowly.
"Well, they can be a little…Nothing, never mind. They're just slightly insane at times, but you'll be cool. You're kind of crazy too."
"Cody," I half-laughed, slapping his arm.
"But it's my favorite thing about you," he assured me. "I love crazy girls like you."
"I'm not that crazy," I giggled, pecking him on the cheek. In that moment, the doorbell rang.
"Cody, get that and entertain your relatives!" Angie called. "We're cooking!"
Cody's brother and sister came down the stairs and Alli opened the door. A man and woman with two little kids about Tom's age came in.
"Hello!" the man called in a booming voice.
"Hi Uncle Jack!" Tom and Alli hugged their uncle, and the woman, and then Cody asked them to sit. The little boy and girl sat with Tom and they played with the little magnetic fishing game Tom had brought out.
"Uncle Jack, Aunt Colbie, this is my girlfriend _ _ _ _," Cody introduced me.
"Nice to meet you," I said nervously, shaking both their hands.
"She's too pretty for you, Cody," Aunt Colbie spoke up. I laughed, and so did Cody.
"How did you two meet?" Uncle Jack asked.
Cody told the story, and they were a wonderful audience, laughing and aww-ing at the right parts.
"See?" Cody breathed into my ear, making it off like he was giving me a hug and kissing my hair. "They're not bad, right?"
I nodded, and his arms casually found their way to my waist, and he locked his hands around my middle. Cody's Uncle Jack was telling him some story that revolved around golf, and Cody was listening intently. That is, until Jack and Colbie were interrupted by the kids.
There were two, a boy and a girl. The girl wore her fair blonde hair pulled into two braids, and she had jaunty set freckles and eyebrows. She was about eight or nine, and wearing a pink silk dress with Mary Janes and knee socks. The boy was a little younger with similar features and wore a blazer and gray slacks.
Despite the kid's innocent outfits, they seemed a little presumptuous to me. My suspicions were confirmed when the girl spoke.
"Ew!" she said to her mother. "Why is Cody hugging that girl like that?"
Cody looked down at his hands, and then took them off of me.
"I'm sorry," Colbie apologized and gave her daughter a "look".
"Don't worry about," Cody said breezily.
"You're gross, Cody," the little girl said.
"I missed you too, Amanda," Cody said, reaching out and tousling the little girl's hair. She brushed him off and then addressed me.
"I'm Amanda," she said importantly. "I'm Cody's favorite girl, not you. You're old. Get over yourself, grandma."
"Amanda," Jack scolded his daughter. "Apologize right now and then go take a ten minute time out in the car."
My cheeks burned with embarrassment.
"Fine," she said. "Sorry, grandma."
"Twenty minutes," Colbie called after the little girl as she ran outside. She stuck out her tongue through the window as she ran past me.
"I'm so sorry for her," Colbie said, standing up and shaking her head.
Cody didn't reply, and neither did I, but the awkwardness was spared as Angie and Brad came out of the kitchen and greeted their family excitedly. The doorbell rang again, and Alli answered it.
Cody sat back on the couch and pulled me with him.
"Sorry about her," he said. "My least favorite cousin…But coming in right now are my second cousins, Kata and Neal. They don't have kids."
Two newly married people in their early twenties came over to Cody and I, and Cody introduced me.
"Wow, you're beautiful _ _ _ _," Kata, a dark haired woman with narrow shoulders and wide hips said, sitting down across from us into the newly vacated seats.
"Aw, thanks so much," I said, smiling. "So are you."
"No, seriously," she reached out and fingered a lock of my silky hair. "What kind of shampoo do you use?"
I laughed. "Aussie."
"Probably so she can think about Cody in the shower," added Neal, a tall guy with floppy dark hair and long eyelashes. He laughed at his own joke, but his wife smacked him and Cody sighed.
"Really Neal? Is that necessary?"
"Kind of," he shrugged.
"Neal!" Kata hit him again. "Stop it! They're teenagers!"
"So? I'm sure they've still done some crazy stuff. I mean, the girl's American, Jess."
I hid my face in my hands, ready to turn invisible and Cody put his arms around me.
"You're the worst," he said to Neal as the latter laughed.
"Come on," Kata sighed, taking his arm. They walked over to mingle with the family members already there.
"I'm so sorry," Cody said. "He didn't mean to make that awkward, he's just a jokester and doesn't know when to turn it off."
I nodded, but rolled my eyes, and Coy stroked my hair. While we'd been talking to his second cousins, the house had filled with Australians.
"Hello, Monica," Cody waved over a sort of lost looking young woman holding a baby, and the hand of a small child.
"Hi Cody," she said, looking relieved that she'd found someone to converse with.
"This is _ _ _ _, my girlfriend," he said.
"Treat her right, not like Eric treated me," Monica said, running a hand through her tired blonde waves.
"Right," Cody said. "How's that situation going anyway?"
"I said goodbye to him officially," Monica replied. "The divorce papers were finalized last night."
"Congratulations," Cody said unsurely, and Monica smiled.
"Thanks so much…The only problem is now little Anna and Marie here don't have a daddy anymore."
I frowned sadly for the baby and little blonde girl she gestured to.
"Are you married to Cody?" the little girl asked me shyly. She was tiny with a little white dress and heels and a matching hat.
"Oh," I laughed a little in surprise. "No, sweetie."
"Not yet," Cody said, crouching down to be level with the little girl. "Soon, though. Just a few more years."
Monica laughed, and the little girl smiled.
"How would you like to be the flower girl in the wedding?" Cody asked her, still leaned over. "You'll be…almost seven then. Does that sound good?"
She nodded.
"Cody," Monica giggled. "She's two. You're planning to get married in the next five years?"
"Of course," Cody replied casually. "I'm in love with this girl; I'd marry her now if I could. I've already asked her."
"And she said yes?" Monica asked with some surprise.
"Yep," Cody said.
"Liar," I giggled, slapping his arm. "I said maybe..."
"Yeah, but do you remember that night you fell asleep in my hotel room in London?"
I nodded.
"I asked you then and you said yes. I even have it on video."
"That was the night I accidently drank like, four cups of alcohol because the hotel sent it up instead of water," I laughed. "Then fell asleep."
"Yes, but if drunken engagements are legal in Vegas they're legal here," Cody smirked.
"But it wasn't legal that I drank, so technically it was illegal," I said, watching as Monica laughed in near hysterics at our antics.
Cody smiled wide, and leaned close to me, our foreheads touching.
"Guess what, baby?"
"What?"
"There's no drinking age in London."
I laughed, and he pressed his lips to mine for a moment.
Eventually, Monica asked me to hold her baby so she could dig out her phone to show Cody a picture, and I did.
"Aw, she's so cute," I said, looking into the sleeping bundle's face.
"Isn't she?" Monica smiled. "Her name's Nusi."
"Hi Nusi," I smiled, as the baby looked up at me. She opened her mouth, and I expected her to yawn, but instead she threw up all over my face.
"Oh my god," I gasped, covered in baby vomit.
"Oh," Monica took the baby from me, and apologized. "She has a stomach disorder, I probably should have warned you. Are you aright?"
"Never better," I said, standing up. When I came back from washing the baby throw up off me, Monica was talking to Alli and Cody waved me over. I sat beside him and he put his arm around me.
"This is my Nana," Cody said as an old lady approached us. She was obviously the head of the family, and when she spoke everybody stopped what they were doing to listen. She sat in front of Cody and me.
"So," she croaked. "This is your new girlfriend, huh Cody?"
The house silenced as literally every single person, including the children, looked over.
"Yes, Nana," Cody said tensing up. "Her name's _ _ _ _. Isn't she beautiful?"
The wrinkly old lady shrugged.
"I've seen prettier."
All Cody's relatives exchanged looks, and Cody held me protectively.
"Well, I think she's perfect," Cody said stiffly. "So how've you been, Nana?"
"I don't want to talk about me, I'm boring," his grandmother snapped. "I want to hear about your relationship. How long have you been dating?"
"A year and a half," Cody answered.
"Well, doesn't she talk?" Cody's nana asked, looking at me. "Do you talk?"
"Yes," I said, sort of quietly. "It's very nice to meet you. I like your blouse."
She waved off the compliment, and leaned forward to me. "So," she said her voice gravely and sort of frightening. "Have you and Cody done it yet?"
I stood up quickly, and Cody stiffened.
"Excuse me," I said. "I'm not having this conversation."
"Is that a yes?" the old lady called after me, cackling evilly. I ran into the bathroom, and closed the door and I heard Cody stand up.
"Do you see what you did?" Cody asked his voice raising. "You scared her away. This is why I didn't want her to meet you all. So far she's been thrown up on, insulted, you lovely people have brought up sex in front of her twice. This is not what I want my girlfriend to see when she meets my family!"
Everybody laughed, and I heard Cody get angry.
"It's not funny! Don't you understand what this girl means to me?"
"Cody, chill."
"Yeah, everything's okay, honey."
"Don't worry about it!"
I heard Cody's grandmother speak, and everything went silent.
"Well, Cody," she said. "Look how well she handled it. It's a mark of how much she loves you that she didn't go home the second that Amanda here called her ugly and old. She ran to the bathroom, but look how much it took to get her to leave your side."
I laughed a little and opened the door, then walked back out to Cody. He wrapped his arms around me.
"They're crazy," he whispered to me and he kissed me softly on the lips, right there in front of his entire family.
"See?" his grandmother spoke up again. "She passed the test. Everything's okay, Cody. And you know what else?"
"What?" Cody asked, running his hands through my hair.
"The girl's a keeper."
November:
December (Christmas)
"Wake up, darling, it's Christmas."
I opened my eyes to see darkness all around me, and Cody's angelic face looming two feet in front of me. I stretched a little and sat up, tousle haired and sleepy eyed.
"It's Christmas," Cody repeated.
"It's also four a.m.," I yawned. "Can't you wake me up in five hours?"
"You forget," Cody sat down at the edge of his bed, where I had slept the night before, and I noticed he was fully clothed.
"Forget what?" I frowned.
"Forget I'm going on tour today," he said. "I leave in an hour, remember?"
"Oh yeah…"
Obviously. It was all coming back to me now. Last night I had slept in his bed with him because I couldn't stand to be apart from him. I'd cried myself to sleep while he stroked my hair and promised me a million phone calls and texts a day.
"Oh yeah," I repeated, but this time in a totally different tone. I felt my throat constrict as tears filled my eyes, clearing them from bleary dried tears and sleep.
"Don't start to cy again," he said, quickly, collecting my and fitting me into his arms. "Please, I can't handle it again. Don't you dare cry, okay darling?"
I nodded, and the tears perched themselves at my lashes, armed and ready for action.
"I wanted to give you your present," he said softly.
"You gave me it last night," I flashed him the glittering, oceanic mystic topaz fitted onto my ring finger.
"Well seeing you cry last night made me think," he said. "So I went out and got you this."
He got up off his bed and went to his closet, and pulled out a huge wooden box with holes in the top.
"What is it?" I asked, curiosity driving out sadness for a moment. I stood up.
"Well," Cody said, putting the box next to the bed. It tottered for a moment as though something inside had re-distributed it is weight. Something big enough to move a box. Something alive. "Why don't you sit back down?"
Cody pushed me gently down onto his bed, and then sat beside me, one arm around my waist and the other on my knee. "When I'm on tour you get lonely, right?"
"Super lonely," I agreed. "I miss snuggling with you late at night when I'm watching TV, like we do usually."
"I have a solution," Cody grinned. "So that you don't go find another guy who's free to snuggle all the time."
"I'd never do that," I promised. "I love you too much."
"Either way," Cody shrugged. "Why don't you open that box?"
I reached down and undid the top latch.
"I'm scared," I said, not lifting the cover yet. Whatever was inside moved again and the box thumped.
"Don't be, I promise you'll love it," Cody said.
I lifted the cover and squealed in delight. Inside was a tiny little Pomeranian puppy with a blue collar and a pink nose.
"Oh, Cody," I threw myself into his arms and he held me close.
"His name's Scout," Cody grinned. "Now you'll have somebody to cuddle with when I'm gone."
He kissed me softly as the puppy clambered out of the box and into out laps. He licked my hand as Cody continued to kiss me, fervently but still gently. His famous goodbye kiss. He pulled away eventually, and the puppy barked a tiny hopeful bark.
"Merry Christmas, baby," Cody said. "I love you."
"I love you too…But Cody?"
"Yes?"
"We still have an hour until you leave…Do you think maybe we can cuddle one last time before you leave?"
"Of course," Cody laughed happily. "After all, I'll need to teach Scout how it's done."
I laughed.
"Merry Christmas."
Note: Okay, that's the end of the fiftieth oneshot series! So onto business as usual, haha. Request if you'd like, just give me your name, a brief description, and what you want to happen. Thanks for reading, and please review! 143!
