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The next two weeks went by slowly. Sab and Travis continued to talk about their project and other things, while Cody spent more and more time with Maria in the library. This made Sab more suspicious, but she would remember that she could trust Cody. But then she'd also remember Maria's little chats.

They were in the computer lab getting ready to leave as Stickler spoke to the class. "Just a reminder to you all, that your major projects are due tomorrow. You're all dismissed." Strickler said as everyone left for the day.

"That means we're going to have to finish those reports tonight," Maria said, turning to Cody.

"Yeah, I just need to edit the last one and then we're done," Cody replied as they head out the door.

"We'll do that tonight then," Maria suggested.

"But I thought we were doing something tonight?" Sab whined as she turned to Cody.

"Oh yeah, I forgot," Cody replied. "Can we reschedule it for tomorrow night?"

"Ohhh..." Sab whined even more. "But Cody..." Sab looked at Maria, who's looking right back at her.

"Come on, not all of us are as smart as you," he said as he kissed her. "I'll tell you what, come over later tonight and we'll do something. Together. Sound good?"

"Ok." Sab replied as she hugged Cody good-bye. "I'll see if there's anything I have to finish with Travis. See ya later."

Maria and Cody headed off to the room to finish their work, leaving Sab standing in the hallway alone. She started to walk to the cafe as Travis ran up to her.

"Hey Sab!" he shouted as he caught up to her.

"Hey, what's up?" Sab asked as she turned to him.

"I just finished my part of the project and put it all together," Travis replied, a bit out of breath. "All we gotta do now is get ready for the presentation."

"Well, we can do that tonight then," Sab suggested.

"I thought you had other plans with Cody tonight?" Travis asked, a bit confused.

"I just talked to him, he and Maria need to finish off their assignment. So I got some time to kill," Sab informed him.

"Man! I wish I could have been as trusting with my boyfriend as you are," Travis stated.

"Well, we've been through a lot already, more than most couples would go through," Sab explained as they head to the cafe. She remembered all the times with Dom and how she almost lost her life with being shot.

"Wanna get a coffee?"

"Perfect," Travis answered as they head out of the building. "Is there something bothering you?"

"No, why?" Sab asked not turning to him.

"You just seem, I don't know, a little distracted?" Travis asked as they get to the cafe.

"It's Cody...and Maria," Sab confessed as they sat down at a table.

"Well what's wrong?" Travis asked.

"They used to date," Sab replied.

"Oh. I see. The whole 'can I trust them together' thing," Travis said as a waitress came over to take their orders.

"Well, it's not that I don't trust Cody, I do with all my heart," Sab replied.

"It's Maria you don't trust."

"Basically. What makes it worse, is that a few days ago she had told me that they still had things for each other and that I was just in the way of it," Sab explained.

"Have you talked to Cody about it?" Travis asked.

"He just thinks I'm paranoid. He knows I don't like her and that I wish they weren't partners," Sab said with a heavy sigh.

"How serious was their relationship?" Travis asked as the waitress brought over two coffees.

"That's another thing, I don't know. Cody won't ever talk about. But he says they're through and are just friends."

"Then that's it," Travis said, taking a sip of his coffee.

"What's it?" Sab asked in confusion.

"They're just friends. Sab, I have seen the way Cody looks at you," Travis told her. "He's nuts for you."

"You checking out my boyfriend?" Sab joked.

"Hey, he's pretty cute." Travis laughed. "But seriously, I don't think you have to worry much."

"I guess you're right," Sab said as Heather, Paula, Rav and Dee walked up to them.

"Hey Sab," Dee said as she joined them.

"Hey guys. What's up?" Sab asked as they all sat down.

"Why don't you ask Heather that?" Paula said, with a touch of anger in her voice as she sat across from her.

"Oh come on, it was just a game," Heather insisted.

"Did I miss something here?" Sab asked, turning to Dee.

"From what I know, Heather shot Paula with a paint ball in their Capture the Flag game in training," Dee said as she ordered a coffee from the approaching waitress.

"That all?" Sab asked, turning to Paula and Heather.

"We told each other we wouldn't shoot each other," Paula said, still looking at Heather.

"Oy. Ok," Sab said turning to Rav. "I'm guessing, you were cool with it all?"

"It was only a game," Rav replied. "Who's your friend?"

"Oh, sorry. This is Travis, my lab partner," Sab introduced them all. "Travis, this is part of my team that I work with. Dee, Rav and the two fighting are Heather and Paula. I'll say in a few hours they'll be friends again."

"Nice to meet you all. Sab told me a lot about you all." Travis says shaking their hands.

"I'm sure she'd tell us about you, if we had seen her. Where's Cody?" Dee asked, noticing that they weren't hanging off each other as they usually did.

"Finishing off his project with Maria," Sab replied, as the waitress brought over some coffees.

"Maria? Elaina's cousin, Maria?" Paula asked turning to her.

"Yeah. She's here to keep up to date with her training," Sab replied.

"Cody's ex-girlfriend, Maria?" Heather asked.

"YES!" Sab answered getting a little annoyed.

"And you're trusting her with Cody? Alone?" Dee asked.

"Ok, guys. I trust Cody. Alright," Sab replied as she sipped her coffee. "Now stop putting more ideas into my head then I already have."

"Sorry, just looking out for ya, you know," Paula said. "Unlike someone over here."

"Ok, if you two are going to continue arguing, I'm going to go meet up with Jake at the field now," Rav said cutting in.

"What?!" Heather and Paula both said at the same time.

"Jake is in the field working out with some other guys. I was going to join them later," Rav replied, winking at Sab.

"Jake...working out?" Heather said as she looked to Paula.

"We're outta here!" The two ran off to the field. Dee, Rav and Sab laugh.

"I knew that would get them running," Rav said still laughing.

"What's so funny?" Travis asks, not knowing what had just happened.

"To get them to stop fighting, you send them to Jake," Sab replied. "Those two have one thing in common that they'll never argue about."

"I see," Travis replied. "Maybe I should check him out too," Travis said as he laughed a bit.

"Yeah, well I guess we should go finish our project," Sab said, getting off the chair. "See you two in 24 hours."

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"Done. Finally," Cody said as he stretched in his chair. It had been a few hours now and he and Maria were finally done their project.

"Yeah. It was fun working with you again," Maria said as she got off her chair to walk over to the small fridge. She pulled out two waters and walked back to Cody. She handed him one.

"Thanks," he said as he opened it and drank some of it. "Sab shouldn't be here for a while, guess I'll go find her."

"Wasn't she going to find Travis and do some finishing touches on their project?" Maria asked. "Might as well just wait here for her."

"I guess your right," Cody said getting out of his chair to walk toward the TV. "Wanna watch a movie? The Net is supposed to be on tonight."

With his back turned towards the TV, he felt a hand slide down his back. "I was thinking about something different," Maria replied. Cody turned around fast, Maria was standing right behind him.

"Maria, I'm in a relationship now," he said, trying to back off from her, she followed. He ended up hitting the wall behind him.

"I just can't stop thinking about the past," Maria said as she slid her hands down Cody's sides.

"Maria...stop," Cody said, he was enjoying her touch, but he couldn't do that to Sab.

"Come on. She won't be back for a while. She won't ever know," Maria said. She kissed Cody on the lips passionately. He lets her but then pulled her off him.

"Maria...I... I love her." He says hoping she would back off.

"You used to love me. Why not bring that back for one night," She said as she slipped her hands under his shirt. "I know you want to."

"Mar..." Soon her lips were covering his to stop him from speaking. He couldn't help but continue. He let her lead him over to the bed as she lay down on top of him. She started undressing him and herself.

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"So have you talked with him lately?" Sab asked as she and Travis walked down the dorm hallway.

"We have, but I can't bring myself to forgive him," Travis replied.

"I can see your problem. I mean I wouldn't know what to do if I ever found Cody cheating on me," Sab said, trying not to think about the two.

"I mean, we were so close for two years, when I went to surprise him for a visit at his college. To my surprise I found him in bed with another guy," Travis explained. "Turns out he had been cheating on me since he transferred colleges."

"You'll find someone new and will forget him," Sab said, sympathetically.

"Thanks. You know, if I wasn't gay, I'd be making a move on you," Travis said as they get to the corner of the dorms. "Well this is where you turn. Thanks for listening."

"Anytime." Sab said, smiling. "I'll see ya tomorrow."

"Cody is really lucky to have you." Travis stated as he turned to leave. Sab smiled at the complement then turned to head for Cody's room. As she approached the door, she grabbed the doorknob and walked in. To her surprise she saw Maria on top of Cody, on his bed.

"Cody?" Sab said, in shock.

"Sab!" Cody shouted when he saw her.

"I see I can really trust you!" Sab yelled as she darted out of the room, down the hallway.

"Shit! Sab!" He yelled after her, as he pushed Maria off him. He grabbed his sweater that laid on the ground and ran after her. "Sab!"

Sab ran down the hallway in tears. As she rounded the corner she bumped into someone and knocked them over.

"What the he..." a voice started to say but stopped. "Sab?" Sab looked down to see Travis on the ground. He noticed her tears.

"What's wrong?" He said as he got up.

"I...I just..." Sab couldn't speak as Cody turned the corner.

"Sab, stop!"

"What did you do to her?" Travis asked, stepping in front of her to block Cody from getting close to her.

"Nothing. Sab, we need to talk," Cody said, trying to get by.

"I think you did enough," Travis said, stopping Cody. "I think you should just leave her alone now."

"She's my girlfriend and I need to talk with her," Cody argued as Maria showed up behind Cody.

"Cody..." Maria called to him.

"You!" Sab said from behind Travis. "You little..." Sab darted for Maria but Travis held her back.

"What did I do?" Maria asked, innocently looking at Sab.

"You damn well know what you did!" Sab yelled at her trying to free herself from Travis' grip. "Let me go!"

"Not until you calm down. You two leave!" Travis said, pulling her down the hallway. People were starting to come out of their rooms to see what the fuss was about. Sab froze as she looked at Cody once more. Travis let her go as she walked down the hallway.

"Sab!" Cody called out.

"Leave her. You've already done enough," Travis said as he followed Sab down the hallway. Cody leaned his head on the wall as Maria put a hand on his shoulder. Cody shoved it off. Don't touch me again." He walked back to his room in fury leaving Maria in the hallway alone smirking.