Chapter 2

Cody was so excited. He wanted to see Shannon again, but she didn't come out of her apartment. He wanted to ring her doorbell, but he figured he would look stupid. So he sat in his apartment with Zack. He was trying to write Shannon's name on a calculator while Zack was playing video games.

"Why don't you just give it up, Cody?" Zack said. "There is no way to write an "N" on a calculator!"

"Duh, don't you think I figured that an hour ago!" Cody said.

"Then what are you doing?" Zack asked.

"Trying to figure out how many days older I am. She told me her birthday was August 18th. And ours is August 4th, so...14 days older. Not bad, I think I can live with that."

"You're such a dweeb," Zack told him.

"You'd be too if you were in love!" Cody shouted.

"Ha! Love! You happen to be looking at the master of love!" Zack was obviously very modest.

"Oh really, then how come you don't have a girlfriend?" Cody laughed at his own joke.

"Neither do you!" Zack yelled.

"Not yet, but I will," Cody assured him. He got up and walked out into the hall and knocked on Shannon's door.

It opened, but the girl wasn't Shannon. She had light brown hair with blonde highlights and she had big hazel eyes. She was wearing a cute black mini skirt and a light purple tank top.

"Hi!" she said. "Let me guess, you Cody?"

"Yeah, how did-"

"Shannon told me all about you. I'm her friend, Kelsea. Come on in, Shannon is just napping. It was a long drive from NJ to Boston."

"Oh, yeah," Cody answered. Just then Zack came out and saw her.

"Uh...Cody...who are you talking to?" he asked Cody, still looking at Kelsea.

"Oh, this is Shannon's friend, Kelsea. Kelsea, this is my twin brother Zack."

"Who is 15 minutes older!" he told Kelsea. She laughed.

"Hi, nice to meet you. You two can come in and hang out with me while Shannon is asleep."

"Definitely!" Zack said almost immediately.

"Sure," Cody said. They went in and sat down on the couch. Kelsea came and sat next to Zack, but turned to face them.

"So how old are you?" she asked curiously.

"12!" Zack practically shouted. "But we'll be 13 soon!"

"Oh, cool. I'm 14."

"Whoa!" Cody seemed shocked. Zack always went for the older women.

"That's ok, I like older women," Zack told her. She just laughed and took it like a grain of salt.

"You are so cute!" she told Zack. He smiled. Then Shannon walked into the room.

"Hi Shannon!" Cody said as soon as he noticed her there. "Did you have a nice nap?" he asked her. She seemed shocked that so many people were there.

"Uh, yeah. Hi everyone..."

Shannon was still in her PJ's. Her hair was in 2 braids, one on each side of her head. Her hair was a bit rumpled, but Cody still thought that she looked beautiful.

"Zack, why don't we go hang out downstairs?" Kelsea asked him.

"Ok, babe!" Kelsea just sort of gave him a look and then led him downstairs into the lobby.

Back to Shannon & Cody:

"Um, Shannon?" Cody looked at her.

"What?" she asked him.

"Well, I kind of...sort of...really...like you..." He looked away, afraid to see what her reaction was.

"Oh, Cody! That is so sweet!" Then she kissed him on the cheek. He was ecstatic!

"So does that mean...that you're my girlfriend?" he asked her shyly.

"Sure, I'll be your girlfriend!" He was so happy, he hugged her.

"Let me go get changed and then we can go out and do something!" she said as she walked into her room and shut the door.

Cody just sat there in awe. He could not believe what just happened. He asked Shannon out. And she said yes! So they just hung around the hotel for a while and then planned for their first date tonight. Then they both went home to get ready for their night.

Cody wore black pants and a cute dark green button down shirt. Shannon wore a long white frilly skirt and a pink halter top with green stripes. They met up in the hallway.

"Wow...you look amazing..." he told her.

"Thanks, you too!" Shannon said, giggling. Then they went off to the movies. They saw "I'm Gonna Love You Forever".

Cody got their seats. They were among the few people that were in the theater. When they sat down, Cody was wondering whether or not to put his arm around Shannon. He wanted to, so without making it obvious, he slowly wrapped his arm around her shoulders. She looked at him and smiled. Then she went back to watching the movie. When it was over, they left the theater and walked over to the nearby bridge, while holding hands. The water underneath them was so pretty. They looked at their reflections and then Shannon spoke.

"Thanks, Cody. I had a great time tonight." She was a little bit shorter than him, so she looked up at him. The moon was shining on them.

"You look really pretty in the moonlight..." he told her as he looked into her eyes. "You look really pretty all the time." She smiled. Then he leaned his head in a little bit to hers and kissed her. When it was over, his lips were pink. Shannon laughed.

"What?" he asked her.

"My lip gloss...is on your lips!" She laughed again. He laughed, too. Then he kissed her again. They realized it was getting late, so they walked back to the hotel, still holding hands.

When they got back to the hallway where they met, they kissed each other good bye and each went into their apartments.

"Is that lipstick on your lips, Cody?" His mom asked him when he walked him.

"Maybe," he said cooly.

"What do you mean by maybe?" Zack asked.

"I don't know...what do I mean? Maybe that I just kissed the love of my love?" He laughed to himself.

"WHAT!" Zack was in shock. So was their mother. They both looked at each other, then Cody.

"That is so not fair!" Zack yelled. "I didn't even get a date with Kelsea!"

"Cody, don't you think you are a little to young to be kissing girls?" his mom asked him.

"Obviously not, ma, since he just kissed Shannon!" Zack added in.

"Mom, I'm gonna be 13! Can't you just accept the fact that your little boy is growing up? I thought you guys would be happy for me!" He was upset. He had such a great time with Shannon and then his family had to go and ruin it. But he still loved Shannon and his family couldn't change that.

Hope you liked Chpt. 2. Chpt. 3 will be out soon! Please review to keep me going! x3 Boop