Title: Happy New Year
Author: Katelynne
Rating: PG
Characters: Frank, Cody, Kelly, Kelly's sister - Jenny, and their parents – Robert and Christine.
Disclaimer. I don't own any of the characters from UC: Undercover, though having some of them would be nice.
Description: Part 7 of my Cody/Kelly series - finally. Celebration!
Category: Romance
Feedback: please, on list or off, laws4907@uidaho.edu
Cody took a deep breath as he rang the doorbell. His hand clutched the bottle of champagne tightly. Suddenly the door opened and a large swarthy man filled the space. "Uh, hi... I'm Cody..." the young man began.
"... Right, Kelly's friend. Come on in. I'm Robert, Kelly's dad." The man shook Cody's hand and pulled him inside at the same time.
Frank Donavan called from the next room, "Bobby!! Christine needs your help in the kitchen!" Robert smiled at Cody, "Everyone is in the family room, through that door... duty calls." Cody smiled as the big man went through another door.
Kelly was sitting on the piano bench next to a girl Cody could only assume was Jenny. She looked up when he walked into the room, smiled and waved at him, then turned her attention back to her sister who was tapping out a tune on the ivory keys.
Frank walked over, "Cody, welcome. Happy New Year." Cody grinned, "I brought some champagne." He held the bottle up, showing Donavan. Frank sighed, "Bobby didn't take it from you? He's not the best host." Frank took the bottle and disappeared without another word. "Must run in the family." Cody smirked to himself.
Cody wandered over to Kelly and Jenny and sat on the couch next to the piano. "How've you been?" Cody asked.
"Better. I never thought I'd say it, but I'm looking forward to school starting again." Kelly replied.
"Only because you aren't the favored daughter right now. You just can't stand taking part in all this holiday crap when you aren't the perfect angel." Jenny snorted from the other side of Kelly. Kelly wrinkled her nose.
Frank and Bobby returned. The larger man looked at his daughters, "Are you girls going to play something for us?" Cody glanced at Kelly's father and back at her with a smile.
Jenny whispered something to Kelly who nodded then cracked her knuckles. The two girls placed their hands on the keys and began playing "Heart and Soul". Kelly's mother, Christine, came in from the kitchen wiping her hands on a towel.
The woman smiled at the girls, "Awww, they hardly ever play together anymore." She clasped her hands to her chest and grinned as she watched her daughters.
The doorbell rang and Robert went to answer it again. Over the next hour, neighbors, friends, and assorted family members arrived for the festivities. Cody was grateful when he saw Monica and Alex walk in. He jumped up and crossed the room to them. Kelly and Jenny were still tooling around on the piano.
Monica smiled at Cody, "What's up, man?"
Cody shrugged, "Same old, same old. Kelly's still distant. I haven't gotten much out of her since the night at the police station."
Monica put her hand on Cody's shoulder. "She's probably embarrassed."
"Yeah, but I thought we were friends." Cody complained.
Monica bit her lip, guilt coursing through her. She had a strong suspicion that Kelly's distance had a lot to do with Monica's slip of the tongue at the karaoke bar. Why? Why had she said that about Cody being in love with her? "I'm sure it's just a phase." Monica saw Frank and went to ask him where she could get a drink.
Cody went to the corner of the room and found a round back chair to sink into. He looked at Kelly, now laughing with her sister. What is going on with her? Cody wondered to himself. Things were going so well, and then, BAM! Suddenly she was pulling away from him. He had to try and find a time to talk to her, tonight.
Cody was lost in his thoughts enough to almost miss Kelly leaving the room. He decided he would talk to her now, before he lost his nerve. Bracing himself with a deep breath he forced his body out of the chair and into the hallway she'd disappeared into. He didn't see her anywhere, but there was a light on behind a closed door at the end of the hall. Cody waiting patiently until the light went out and the door opened. Kelly stepped out into the dim hallway. "Hey," Cody said softly, making Kelly jump.
"You scared me." She said quietly.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to." Cody stepped closer to her, "I wanted to talk to you."
"About?" Kelly asked him. She looked down, her dark hair covering her face.
"You." Cody grasped her chin gently and forced her to look at him. "Are you okay?"
"I have a headache, I was taking some aspirin." She answered.
"You know that's not what I meant. Are you okay?" He repeated.
Kelly looked down the hall, "Come on, let's go in here, so we can talk more freely." She took his elbow and guided him into a room. Kelly closed the door and turned on a lamp on the dresser next to the door. Soft light bathed the room in a rosy glow. The room was a bedroom, with a four- poster bed and a large dresser. Posters for classic rock bands covered the walls and an easel with a canvas stood in the corner.
"Is this your room?" Cody wondered out loud.
Kelly crossed the room and sat on the bed, bringing her knees up to her chin. Her skirt draped over her legs and pooled around her feet on the cream colored duvet. "Yeah. Have a seat." She patted the spot next to her.
Cody licked his lips and nervously sat down on the soft mattress. "So, what's going on? You've hardly talked to me since before Thanksgiving. Did I do something?" Cody demanded.
Kelly smiled, but her eyes didn't reflect it. "Oh Cody, it's not you. It's me. It's my parents."
"Well, tell me about it. I'm your friend right?" He looked at the girl sitting next to him.
"My best friend." Kelly clasped his hand and squeezed it, "I just... I'm mortified that you had to come down and get me, and then on top of that, my dad went ballistic about me getting arrested. He threatened to make me move back home. I'm lucky he agreed to let me stay in my apartment. But, I had to stay here during Christmas break. He hasn't let me out of his sight."
Cody squeezed her hand back and smiled, "And here I thought that you were mad at me for some reason."
Kelly teared up a little, "How could I be mad at you? You're the one thing in my life that is perfect right now. I guess that scares me a little."
"Why should that scare you?" Cody frowned.
"I don't know." Kelly looked at Cody intently for a moment. Slowly her hands came up and cupped his face. Cody's breath caught in his throat and time seemed to stand still, but then before he knew what was happening Kelly's lips were on his. Coming to his senses, he returned her kiss, sliding his tongue into her mouth. Kelly moaned and deepened the embrace, "Oh Cody... " She gasped softly, pulling him down onto the bed with her. Cody placed his hand on her hip and forced himself to pull away.
"Wow..." was all he said as he sat up.
"What is it?" Kelly asked plaintively.
"Just wow..." Cody repeated.
"Should I not have done that? I thought that's what you wanted." Kelly looked at him, from her supine position on the mattress.
Cody looked down at her, "It's not what I want that counts."
Kelly sat up and looked at him angrily, "Of course what you want matters. You matter, Cody. You matter to me."
Cody was taken aback, "I meant that... Hell, I don't want you doing something you're going to regret later, because you want to feel better right now. I really don't know what is going on. This," he pointed at her and back at himself, "just seems very sudden."
Kelly's eyes glistened in the soft lamplight, "Does it? I thought this had been developing for a while. It's always been there, hasn't it? Even when Scott was in the picture?"
"Has it?" Cody asked surprised, "I didn't think..."
Kelly looked at her hands, which were now in her lap, "I didn't think either... I didn't want to admit that maybe I'd made a mistake getting involved with Scott. I really thought that he was the one. My father loved him, so I thought maybe I did too. But, I didn't. I loved the idea of being with someone."
Cody felt uncomfortable hearing Kelly talk about being in love with Scott. "Yeah, well..."
Kelly reached for him again, putting her hands on the back of his neck, rubbing softly, curling her fingers in the soft waves of his hair, "Shhh... let me finish. I love the idea of being with you more. You get me. More than anyone else ever has."
Cody met her eyes and his heart swelled, "How long have to you felt this way?"
"I guess I've felt this way for a while... I just wouldn't admit it to myself until that night at the karaoke bar. Monica let slip how you felt about me. I realized the truth of my feelings when I realized it didn't bother me that you cared for me, like that." She put her head in the crook of his neck taking in his fresh clean scent, "And then when I saw you at the police station, I don't know... I felt so good about you taking care of me."
"But, if you felt that way, why have you been avoiding me?" Cody asked, not wanting to break the spell that had seemingly enveloped them, but needing to get the question out there.
Kelly looked up and smiled tenderly, "I had to think about things for a bit. Make sure that what I was feeling was true and not just a knee-jerk reaction to what Monica said. I thought you deserved that much. I didn't want to hurt you."
Cody smiled at her and took a deep breath, "And?"
"I want to be with you, Cody." Kelly whispered bringing her lips to his again. This time he fell into her arms and kissed her without thought of the outside world. The magic was broken by laughter out in the hallway.
Kelly groaned, "Jenny... that little..."
Her sister's voice called out to them, "Kelly? Are you around? It's almost midnight. Daddy wants to make the toast."
Kelly smirked at Cody, "I guess we should join everyone." Getting to her feet she smoothed her skirt, which had gotten mussed. They went to the door and slipped into the hallway. Jenny walked down to them, "What've you two been doing?" She asked suspiciously.
"Talking." Kelly replied tartly, "What's it to you?"
Letting Kelly pass, Jenny chuckled, "Nothing, excuse me for asking." When Cody tried to walk past her down the hallway though, Jenny placed a hand on his chest. "You've got something on your face here." She reached up and wiped something from the corner of his mouth, "Funny, it's the exact same color my sister wears." She smirked wickedly and turned to head back down the hall.
Cody smiled to himself, "Happy New Year."
Author: Katelynne
Rating: PG
Characters: Frank, Cody, Kelly, Kelly's sister - Jenny, and their parents – Robert and Christine.
Disclaimer. I don't own any of the characters from UC: Undercover, though having some of them would be nice.
Description: Part 7 of my Cody/Kelly series - finally. Celebration!
Category: Romance
Feedback: please, on list or off, laws4907@uidaho.edu
Cody took a deep breath as he rang the doorbell. His hand clutched the bottle of champagne tightly. Suddenly the door opened and a large swarthy man filled the space. "Uh, hi... I'm Cody..." the young man began.
"... Right, Kelly's friend. Come on in. I'm Robert, Kelly's dad." The man shook Cody's hand and pulled him inside at the same time.
Frank Donavan called from the next room, "Bobby!! Christine needs your help in the kitchen!" Robert smiled at Cody, "Everyone is in the family room, through that door... duty calls." Cody smiled as the big man went through another door.
Kelly was sitting on the piano bench next to a girl Cody could only assume was Jenny. She looked up when he walked into the room, smiled and waved at him, then turned her attention back to her sister who was tapping out a tune on the ivory keys.
Frank walked over, "Cody, welcome. Happy New Year." Cody grinned, "I brought some champagne." He held the bottle up, showing Donavan. Frank sighed, "Bobby didn't take it from you? He's not the best host." Frank took the bottle and disappeared without another word. "Must run in the family." Cody smirked to himself.
Cody wandered over to Kelly and Jenny and sat on the couch next to the piano. "How've you been?" Cody asked.
"Better. I never thought I'd say it, but I'm looking forward to school starting again." Kelly replied.
"Only because you aren't the favored daughter right now. You just can't stand taking part in all this holiday crap when you aren't the perfect angel." Jenny snorted from the other side of Kelly. Kelly wrinkled her nose.
Frank and Bobby returned. The larger man looked at his daughters, "Are you girls going to play something for us?" Cody glanced at Kelly's father and back at her with a smile.
Jenny whispered something to Kelly who nodded then cracked her knuckles. The two girls placed their hands on the keys and began playing "Heart and Soul". Kelly's mother, Christine, came in from the kitchen wiping her hands on a towel.
The woman smiled at the girls, "Awww, they hardly ever play together anymore." She clasped her hands to her chest and grinned as she watched her daughters.
The doorbell rang and Robert went to answer it again. Over the next hour, neighbors, friends, and assorted family members arrived for the festivities. Cody was grateful when he saw Monica and Alex walk in. He jumped up and crossed the room to them. Kelly and Jenny were still tooling around on the piano.
Monica smiled at Cody, "What's up, man?"
Cody shrugged, "Same old, same old. Kelly's still distant. I haven't gotten much out of her since the night at the police station."
Monica put her hand on Cody's shoulder. "She's probably embarrassed."
"Yeah, but I thought we were friends." Cody complained.
Monica bit her lip, guilt coursing through her. She had a strong suspicion that Kelly's distance had a lot to do with Monica's slip of the tongue at the karaoke bar. Why? Why had she said that about Cody being in love with her? "I'm sure it's just a phase." Monica saw Frank and went to ask him where she could get a drink.
Cody went to the corner of the room and found a round back chair to sink into. He looked at Kelly, now laughing with her sister. What is going on with her? Cody wondered to himself. Things were going so well, and then, BAM! Suddenly she was pulling away from him. He had to try and find a time to talk to her, tonight.
Cody was lost in his thoughts enough to almost miss Kelly leaving the room. He decided he would talk to her now, before he lost his nerve. Bracing himself with a deep breath he forced his body out of the chair and into the hallway she'd disappeared into. He didn't see her anywhere, but there was a light on behind a closed door at the end of the hall. Cody waiting patiently until the light went out and the door opened. Kelly stepped out into the dim hallway. "Hey," Cody said softly, making Kelly jump.
"You scared me." She said quietly.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to." Cody stepped closer to her, "I wanted to talk to you."
"About?" Kelly asked him. She looked down, her dark hair covering her face.
"You." Cody grasped her chin gently and forced her to look at him. "Are you okay?"
"I have a headache, I was taking some aspirin." She answered.
"You know that's not what I meant. Are you okay?" He repeated.
Kelly looked down the hall, "Come on, let's go in here, so we can talk more freely." She took his elbow and guided him into a room. Kelly closed the door and turned on a lamp on the dresser next to the door. Soft light bathed the room in a rosy glow. The room was a bedroom, with a four- poster bed and a large dresser. Posters for classic rock bands covered the walls and an easel with a canvas stood in the corner.
"Is this your room?" Cody wondered out loud.
Kelly crossed the room and sat on the bed, bringing her knees up to her chin. Her skirt draped over her legs and pooled around her feet on the cream colored duvet. "Yeah. Have a seat." She patted the spot next to her.
Cody licked his lips and nervously sat down on the soft mattress. "So, what's going on? You've hardly talked to me since before Thanksgiving. Did I do something?" Cody demanded.
Kelly smiled, but her eyes didn't reflect it. "Oh Cody, it's not you. It's me. It's my parents."
"Well, tell me about it. I'm your friend right?" He looked at the girl sitting next to him.
"My best friend." Kelly clasped his hand and squeezed it, "I just... I'm mortified that you had to come down and get me, and then on top of that, my dad went ballistic about me getting arrested. He threatened to make me move back home. I'm lucky he agreed to let me stay in my apartment. But, I had to stay here during Christmas break. He hasn't let me out of his sight."
Cody squeezed her hand back and smiled, "And here I thought that you were mad at me for some reason."
Kelly teared up a little, "How could I be mad at you? You're the one thing in my life that is perfect right now. I guess that scares me a little."
"Why should that scare you?" Cody frowned.
"I don't know." Kelly looked at Cody intently for a moment. Slowly her hands came up and cupped his face. Cody's breath caught in his throat and time seemed to stand still, but then before he knew what was happening Kelly's lips were on his. Coming to his senses, he returned her kiss, sliding his tongue into her mouth. Kelly moaned and deepened the embrace, "Oh Cody... " She gasped softly, pulling him down onto the bed with her. Cody placed his hand on her hip and forced himself to pull away.
"Wow..." was all he said as he sat up.
"What is it?" Kelly asked plaintively.
"Just wow..." Cody repeated.
"Should I not have done that? I thought that's what you wanted." Kelly looked at him, from her supine position on the mattress.
Cody looked down at her, "It's not what I want that counts."
Kelly sat up and looked at him angrily, "Of course what you want matters. You matter, Cody. You matter to me."
Cody was taken aback, "I meant that... Hell, I don't want you doing something you're going to regret later, because you want to feel better right now. I really don't know what is going on. This," he pointed at her and back at himself, "just seems very sudden."
Kelly's eyes glistened in the soft lamplight, "Does it? I thought this had been developing for a while. It's always been there, hasn't it? Even when Scott was in the picture?"
"Has it?" Cody asked surprised, "I didn't think..."
Kelly looked at her hands, which were now in her lap, "I didn't think either... I didn't want to admit that maybe I'd made a mistake getting involved with Scott. I really thought that he was the one. My father loved him, so I thought maybe I did too. But, I didn't. I loved the idea of being with someone."
Cody felt uncomfortable hearing Kelly talk about being in love with Scott. "Yeah, well..."
Kelly reached for him again, putting her hands on the back of his neck, rubbing softly, curling her fingers in the soft waves of his hair, "Shhh... let me finish. I love the idea of being with you more. You get me. More than anyone else ever has."
Cody met her eyes and his heart swelled, "How long have to you felt this way?"
"I guess I've felt this way for a while... I just wouldn't admit it to myself until that night at the karaoke bar. Monica let slip how you felt about me. I realized the truth of my feelings when I realized it didn't bother me that you cared for me, like that." She put her head in the crook of his neck taking in his fresh clean scent, "And then when I saw you at the police station, I don't know... I felt so good about you taking care of me."
"But, if you felt that way, why have you been avoiding me?" Cody asked, not wanting to break the spell that had seemingly enveloped them, but needing to get the question out there.
Kelly looked up and smiled tenderly, "I had to think about things for a bit. Make sure that what I was feeling was true and not just a knee-jerk reaction to what Monica said. I thought you deserved that much. I didn't want to hurt you."
Cody smiled at her and took a deep breath, "And?"
"I want to be with you, Cody." Kelly whispered bringing her lips to his again. This time he fell into her arms and kissed her without thought of the outside world. The magic was broken by laughter out in the hallway.
Kelly groaned, "Jenny... that little..."
Her sister's voice called out to them, "Kelly? Are you around? It's almost midnight. Daddy wants to make the toast."
Kelly smirked at Cody, "I guess we should join everyone." Getting to her feet she smoothed her skirt, which had gotten mussed. They went to the door and slipped into the hallway. Jenny walked down to them, "What've you two been doing?" She asked suspiciously.
"Talking." Kelly replied tartly, "What's it to you?"
Letting Kelly pass, Jenny chuckled, "Nothing, excuse me for asking." When Cody tried to walk past her down the hallway though, Jenny placed a hand on his chest. "You've got something on your face here." She reached up and wiped something from the corner of his mouth, "Funny, it's the exact same color my sister wears." She smirked wickedly and turned to head back down the hall.
Cody smiled to himself, "Happy New Year."