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Chapter 2

Everyone turned there attention to Zack, waiting for an answer.

"Oh my, let me get some towels," Serena chimed in with her thick British accent. "Where are they?" That's when Cody noticed her. Her shoulder-length, straight blonde hair shone beautifully in the sunlight from the window. She had amazing green eyes that sparkled when she looked at him. She was average height and had the perfect body shape. She was the way Cody had always pictured his perfect girl and he had fallen- head over heals.

Before anyone had the chance to answer her, Serena found the bathroom and pulled some towels off the shelves. "Here you are," she said, handing them to Cody. "You poor thing! You're soaked." Cody didn't move nor speak - not like he could. He was so embarassed and in such awe he didn't even noticed that everyone just stared at him as he stared at Serena.

"Oh boy," Carey said, knowing what was going on. "Zack, why don't you go find Arwin and have him get the water vaccum, and I'll go gind a bucket."

"No, I think I'd rather stay here," he replied, gesturing toward Serena.

"Zack," she said firmly.

"Cominggg," he huffed. "I'll be back," he said, winking at Serena. Then he closed the door behind him and his mother.

"You must be Cody," Serena smiled. "I'm Serena." Once again, she stuck her hand out for him to shake it. Again, he didn't move. "Um, don't mind me for asking, but are you alright?"

Cody finally came back to Earth and realized that she was expecting him to shake her hand. "Oh," he mumbled. He took her hand in his and shook it slowly. Tingles emerged through every inch of his body. Her warm, perfect hand was in his, and he never wanted to let it go. "Y-yeah, I'm C-gulp-ody." Serena smiled. Her hand slowly slipped out of his and Cody felt like his world was ending. It picked back up once she spoke.

"You might want to change into some dry clothes, or else you might catch a cold," Serena suggested.

"Y-yeah," Cody replied. He walked into his room and closed the door, removing his soaked clothing. He quickly found a dry outfit and threw it over his cold body. In the mirror, he fixed up his hair as best as he could and hurried back out to the living room. He didn't want to keep Serena waiting.

"Wow," Serena giggled when he came out. "You change fast." Cody smiled. He took a seat on the couch next to her and turned to face her. Right away, he got a whiff of her Coco Chanel expensive perfume. She smelled like a goddess.

"So, I guess my mom got the job?" he asked.

"It's not official yet; my dad wanted to do a 'trial session'. But I have a strange feeling your mum's definitely going to get the job," she informed him with a smile.

"So that means you'll be here all the time?" he asked happily.

"I suppose," she said.

"Yes!" Cody cheered. "I-i mean...that's..cool." Serena giggled.

"Oh," Carey said walking through the door. "You're dry. Well, I got the bucket anways."

"Yeah and I got Arwin," Zack said, draggin Arwin along behind him.

"Hi Carey," Arwin blushed.

"Hi Arwin," Carey replied. "This is Serena. Serena, this is Arwin, the..."

"Repairman," Arwin smiled. "Nice to meet you." Even Arwin spotted the way Cody was staring at Serena's every move.

There was a knock on the door of the suite. Zack hurried to get it and there stood the twins' friend Bob in the doorway.

"Hey Zack, Cody. Wanna chill?" Bob asked.

"Kinda busy right now," Zack said, gesturing his head toward Serena. Bob's eyes lit up.

"Hi," he said, grabbing Serena's hand to shake it. "I'm Bob."

"Serena," she smiled.

"Zack, Cody, why don't you two and Bob show Serena around the hotel while Arwin and I get this mess cleaned up?" Carey suggested.

"Oh, I'd just love to see the hotel!" Serena squeaked.

"Then let us show you," Zack said with his best British impersonation. Serena giggled and Cody, Zack, and Bob all bubbled with excitment over getting to show the pretty girl around the hotel.

Once they left, Arwin turned to Carey. "So Cody likes her, doesn't he?"

"They all do. But I think Cody's fallen the hardest."

The group of kids got out of the elevator into the lobby. Of course, Maddie and London were arguing, like usual.

"Hey there," Zack said, eyeing Maddie.

"Hey guys," Maddie said and smiled once she noticed Serena. "And who might this be?"

"This is Serena," Cody jumped in and smiled at her.

"Nice to meet you," Maddie smiled.

"Serena? Serena van Bibblé?" London questioned.

"Yes, that's me," Serena announced.

"My daddy is friends with your daddy! They do business together!" London smiled and clapped her hands together. "Yay for us!" Serena laughed.

"We're showing her around the hotel," Bob informed them.

"It's lovely," Serena complimented London.

"I know! Well, I've got to go work on my look for tonights dinner with Daddy. Toodles!"

"Yeah, I should get back to work, too," Maddie said. "Cya later. Nice meeting you, Serena."

"Wanna go to the park?" Bob suggested. "It's so nice out."

"Sure," everyone agreed and they hurried off to the park.

At the park, Zack and Bob joined the other group of boys playing baseball, all of whom completely fell under Serena's spell. They wanted to impress her with their baseball skills, though they didn't know that she had no interest in any of them. She only had eyes for Cody.

Cody and Serena sat on thebench just talking.

"So is your dad a big-shot business guy?" Cody asked.

"Unfortunately, yes. He's never home anymore. I didn't mind it as much when my mother was alive, since I was always in London with her. But now that she's gone and my father's never around, I get lonely sometimes. Actually, I get lonely a lot."

"What happened to your mom?" Cody asked without thinking. He saw a hurt look in Serena's eyes and tears starting to form at the corners. "I'm sorry! I shouldn't have asked."

"No," Serena said. "It's okay. My mum...well, she was killed a few years ago. In a plane accident. Hijackers were actually after my father, but instead they got my mum." Tears fell from her cheecks and mascara ran down from her eyes. She inhaled deeply. "She was on her way from London to the United States...so...so she could see my ballet recital. I was so excited for her to come and see me, since she lived in London and I lived here in Boston with my father." She took a deep breath and went on. "When I heard about the crash, I refused to do the recital and rushed to the hospital...and...and..." A spray of tears erupted from her eyes and she started sobbing uncontrolably. "She...was...dead." Cody began to panic. He didn't know what to do or how to comfort her in a situation like this. The others were playing baseball and the bench was facing the opposite direction, so none of them had any idea what was going on. Cody moved closer to her and put his arm around her and pulled her closely into a hug.

"It's okay," he comforted. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have brought it up. I'm so sorry." Serena sniffed again as Cody lightly rubbed her back.

"It's...sniff...not your fault, Cody," she cried into his shoulder. "It's mine! If I didn't want her to come to my recital so badly, she would have never got on the plane and she would still be alive today and..."

"It's not your fault at all. Anyone would want their mother to go to their ballet recital. You didn't know that was going to happen. It's not your fault at all." Serena began to calm down. Cody wiped the tears from her eyes with his thumbs and pulled her in for another hug. They sat there for a few moments, both each thinking of what just happened. Serena felt so comfortable in Cody's arms and she never wanted him to let go of her. It was official she had fallen for him. And Cody felt the same way about Serena; he was proud that she needed him to comfort her and that he actually helped. He had definitely fallen for her- he had fallen hard.

"Come on," Cody said, standing and reaching out his hand. "Let's get out of here." She wiped the last few tears from her eyes and placed her hand in Cody's. They left the park, not caring to tell the others, still in each others hands.

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