Cody walked into her room, smiling.
"Nice date?" Jackie asked.
"Very," Cody answered, throwing her purse on her bed.
"How was the movie?" Jackie said. Cody blushed. "You don't even know, do you?"
"No," Cody giggled.
"Young love," Jackie sighed jokingly. Cody smiled and headed into the bathroom for a shower.
As she stood under the hot water, she reflected on her date. It had been…nice. She was definitely comfortable with Evan, and they had had a good time. It was just…Squib. Not that he had occupied her mind the whole night or anything, but Cody found him creeping into her mind every once and a while. And when this happened, she suddenly felt very guilty for some reason. She knew it was crazy. For gosh sakes, it had been four weeks! Which, okay, didn't exactly mean Even and her were anything horribly serious, but it was adequate time for her to get over Squib. He had a girlfriend (as Adena had informed her last Saturday), and she had a boyfriend. Everything was how it was supposed to be. Wasn't it?
"Good night," Gabby smiled, giving Squib a final kiss, before heading back to her car. Squib then turned and walked into his dorm. Gabby had turned out to be better than expected. True, it was a little weird having a girlfriend who didn't go to Cascadia (and Tannis said he was, quote, 'dating the enemy'), but Brentwood wasn't far and they saw each other every weekend.
Squib opened the door and found his room empty. He figured Cameron must be in the open playing cards with everyone else. That was another thing, Gabby, unknowingly, took away from his friends. Not a lot, of course. They did, after all, attend the same school. But he found himself continually missing card games and movie nights. The thought that if he were with Cody he wouldn't have to miss these things popped into his head. He felt guilty for comparing her to his girlfriend, but it was true. Cody liked just hanging out with friends, Gabby didn't. Not his friends, at least. He quickly shoved the thought out of his mind, and hopped in the shower.
"Hey," Evan smiled, jogging up to Cody.
"Hi," she responded, smiling and kissing him lightly.
"So, I was thinking, wanna do something Friday?"
"Of course! Do you even have to ask?" Cody joked.
"Well, I know we usually do something Friday nights," said Evan, "but I meant, like, something special. Not just a movie and coffee kind of thing."
"Well, what kind of special?" Cody asked.
"Like, one month anniversary special," Evan suggested casually. Cody stopped dead in her tracks. She quickly calculated in her head.
"Oh my gosh," she gasped, "It has been one month! And I didn't even notice! I feel terrible!"
"Hey, calm down," Evan laughed, "it's the guy's job anyways."
"You really don't mind?" Cody asked.
"Not at all," Evan kissed her again.
Cody smiled, "So, what were you thinking?"
"I'm taking you out for dinner, and then I have a surprise," Evan grinned.
"I can't wait,"
"So…this weekend…" Gabby said over the phone.
"Yeah?" Asked Squib, concentrating on his English homework and only half listening.
"Are we doing anything special?"
"Um, I guess we can, if you want to," Squib said.
"You don't even know what this weekend is, do you?" There was silence on the other end, and Gabby sighed, "It's our one month anniversary, Gary!" Squib cringed. Lately she had taken to calling him Gary, thinking Squib was too silly, and he hated it.
"Oh, uh, right," Squib muttered.
Gabby sighed again, "So, you wanna do something for it?"
"You know…" Squib said slowly, "Gunnerson wanted me to get some extra practice in and…." He trailed off.
"Fine, whatever, I get it," Gabby muttered, "I'll see you next weekend." She hung up before he could respond.
"You know, you're not supposed to lie to your girlfriend," Cameron said from behind Squib.
"How long have you been here?" Squib asked, angry with Cameron for eavesdropping.
"Long enough to here what you said. And I know for a fact you do not have practice this weekend,"
"Look, I'm just not an anniversary kind of guy, okay?" Squib said.
"Fine," Cameron shrugged, "suit yourself. But I bet if it was Cody you would be buying roses and writing love songs right now."
"I would not!" Squib shouted, and at Cameron's smirk, he confessed, "Cody likes Daffodils."
"So, dinner? Good? Bad?" Evan asked as he led Cody down a dirt path.
"Very good," she smiled.
"I'm glad," he grinned, "and now, the surprise."
"How much longer?" She asked.
"Not that much further," he assured her.
"Can't you just tell me what it is?"
"Why don't you see for yourself?" As he led her around the corner, Cody saw they were on a small beach. Ties to a rock on shore, was a small, two-person rowboat. It was filled with roses. "They say there's a monster in the lake, maybe we'll find it," Evan laughed.
"Evan, can you take me home?" Cody asked suddenly.
"What? Why?" Evan asked.
"I'm not feeling that great," she said.
"Are you sure there's not another reason?" he asked suspiciously.
She looked down at the ground and said, quietly, "I don't really like boats…"
If I could take you away
Pretend I was queen
What would you say?
Would you think I'm unreal?
'Cause everybody's got their way I should feel
Everybody's talking how I can't, can't be you love
But I want, want, want to be your love,
Want to be your love for real
Everybody's talking how I can't, can't be you love
But I want, want, want to be your love,
Want to be your love for real
Want to be your everything
Everything's falling and I am included in that
Oh, how I try to be just okay,
Yeah, but all I ever really wanted
Was a little piece of you
Everybody's talking how I can't, can't be you love
But I want, want, want to be your love,
Want to be your love for real
Everything will be alright
If you just stay the night
Please, sir, don't you walk away, don't you walk away, don't you walk away
Please, sir, don't you walk away, don't you walk away, don't you walk away
Everybody's talking how I can't, can't be you love
But I want, want, want to be your love,
Want to be your love for real
-Rachel Yamagata 'Be Be Your Love'