Chapter 4

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It all became clear to Bailey. Cody had never destroyed the time machine. And from what she could tell, he was currently using it to go into the future. But she also remembered that Zack had said Cody was adamant that they couldn't interfere without possibly causing damage to the space time continuum. Bailey shook her head. Right then and there, she didn't care. While she was mad at Cody, she didn't want him dead. In fact, if she was honest with herself, she knew she was still very much in love with him.

On her spring break, she had gone back to Kettlecorn, and she had spent a lot of time with her grandmother. And as grandmothers are apt to do, she got what was bothering Bailey out of her. She made Bailey start at the very beginning. And Bailey broke down and told her the whole story.

Bailey sighed. "And that's when I told him I never wanted to speak to him ever again..."

Her grandmother nodded. "I bet him doing that play hurt you very much, didn't it?"

"Of course it did, Gram..."

Gram nodded again. "You think it hurt as much as him finding out you didn't trust him, thought he was cheating on you, and didn't confront him?"

Bailey paused. "I...I don't know. I never really thought about that..."

Gram smiled. "Bailey, I want you to picture the reverse happening in your mind. What if you had planned a perfect anniversary for Cody, and he mistook what he saw and thought you were cheating on him. And what if he hadn't confronted you and just ran away. And how would you have felt if you had found a beautiful French girl comforting him..."

Bailey swallowed and shook her head. "I would have hated it! I would have felt like he had shoved a knife through my heart!"

Gram nodded. "You think that's maybe that's the way he felt?"

Bailey sighed. "Maybe...Probably...But I apologized to him for that!"

Gram smiled again. "I'm sure you did, but if back in the scenario I just gave you, would Cody having apologized to you lessened the pain you felt any?"

Bailey considered that. "Some, but probably not a whole lot. The pain would have been so fresh, and I would have wanted to..." Bailey fell silent.

"Wanted to what?"

Bailey sighed. "Wanted to lash out...just like Cody did..."

"Look, I'm not saying what he did with that play was right, but maybe the pain he felt just came tumbling out of him and on to the paper. Maybe he didn't do it on purpose, it just happened..."

Bailey nodded. "Maybe..."

Gram smiled. "Sweetie, I've learned a lot in my old age. And one of the things I've learned is that its those you love the most who have the power to hurt you the most..."

"And we've both hurt each other..."

"But it also means you still love each other...If you didn't, these things wouldn't have hurt you both so dearly..."

"So, what should I do, Gram?"

"That's up to you. But, when the time is right, you'll know exactly what to do..."

Back in Cody's cabin, Bailey knew exactly what she had to do. She had to go save the man she loved and stop him from committing suicide. Quickly, she looked down at the time machine. And like Cody had before, she quickly figured out how it worked. So, grabbing the other cell phone like device, she punched in the date of Cody's death. And when she pressed the send button, she could feel her body begin to feel funny. When the feeling passed, she realized she was no longer on the ship, and that she was on a college campus.

"I'm really here...It actually worked! This must be Yale's campus..."

Bailey began looking around trying to get her bearings. Finally, she noticed one of the buildings was the campus library. Heading over to it, she walked inside and made her way for the reference desk. And as she stood at the reference desk, she felt a small shiver go down her spine. She shook it off and and knocked on the desk. A bored young man looked up.

"May I help you?"

Bailey nodded. "Yes, do you have a copy of the campus directory?"

The young man shrugged and reached for what looked like a phone book. "Just don't take it away from the desk..."

Bailey immediately opened it up and flipped through it until she found Cody's name. Using the scrap paper at the desk, she quickly wrote down Cody's dorm and room number. She was about to run out of the library, when she paused and flipped to the campus map. Figuring out where his dorm was, she figured out the quickest way to get there. Once done, she turned and ran out.

Making her way across campus, Bailey entered his dorm. With there being both guys and girls mingling about, she figured it was a co-ed dorm and she would be able to move around without raising suspicions. Heading for the stairs, she made her way up to the correct floor. And walking down the hall, she found herself standing outside of Cody's dorm room. Holding her breath and hoping she wasn't too late, she reached for the handle of the door and found it unlocked. Slowly, opening the door, she looked inside and was relieved to find it was empty. Which meant she wasn't too late yet. She paused when she heard a sound – the sound of a shower running. She paused. Why would Cody take a shower before killing himself? Even though Cody could be a little OCD, even that is something he wouldn't do.

Looking around, Bailey was surprised to find a picture of herself sitting on Cody's desk. And sitting next to it was a picture of them from a school dance with their arms around each other and smiling. Bailey couldn't help but sigh as she remembered those happier days. But then the thought crossed her mind of why Cody would still have these out. Did it mean that even four years later, he still thought of her? That maybe he still loved her?

Bailey looked down on the desk and couldn't help but notice her picture again. But this time, it was on the front of the school newspaper. Picking it up, she looked at it. And what she read floored her.

"Bailey Pickett, aged 20 from Kettlecorn, Kansas, and a junior pre-med major here at Yale, was found murdered Tuesday night. The exact details of what happened were not readily available, but according to the Chief of Campus Police, Fred Thomas, Miss Pickett passed away in the arms of fellow Yale student, Cody Martin. Mr. Martin has not been available for comment."

Bailey just stood there in shock. She had been murdered? But she was the one who got along with everyone. Well, almost everyone. She and Zack didn't particularly get along, but they still could run in the same group of friends. And when she was dating Cody, she viewed him as someone she had to deal with. But, someone had actually murdered her? Bailey paused and looked back at the other pictures of her. Suddenly, she got a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach.

"Please say Cody didn't kill himself because of what happened to me..."

But then Bailey heard it. The shower had stopped running. Quickly, she looked around for a place to hide. She realized if Cody found her in his dorm room, he might freak out considering the the version of her there was dead. So, she slipped into Cody's closet. The door was ajar so she could still see what was going on.

Cody walked out of the bathroom in a t-shirt and boxers shorts. Bailey was taken aback. It had been a pair that she had bought for him. She watched as Cody walked over and picked up her picture. Cody had tears in his eyes.

"Bailey...I am so sorry. I would never have begged you to meet me if I had known this was going to happen. I was just trying to get you back in my life, but instead...I've lost you forever!" And with that, Cody broke down crying.

Bailey felt her heart breaking.

Cody leaned in and kissed Bailey's picture. "I love you, Bailey. I always have, and I always will. I have no idea what to do without you..."

Bailey could feel her own tears beginning to fall. He did still love her. She wanted so much to jump out of the closet and comfort him, but a knock at the door stopped her.

Cody sighed, and put down Bailey's picture. He slipped on a pair of shorts and headed for the door. Unfortunately for Bailey, from her angle, she couldn't see who it was. But she heard Cody's voice, and she could tell it was someone he didn't know.

"Can I help you?"

The next thing she knew, she saw Cody stumbling back into the room. And another person was in there with him.

"What did you see the other night, kid?"

"Who are you and what are you talking about?"

The man glared at Cody. "That's bull! You're lying! I can't take the chance that you saw me there and will go running to the police afterwards!"

Bailey could see a look of realization on Cody's face that was quickly replaced with a look of pure hatred.

"It was you! You're the one who killed Bailey!"

The man laughed. "Oops. I guess you didn't know. Oh well, I've already killed once, another one won't hurt..."

Bailey saw Cody take a karate stance. "I don't think so! You killed the woman I love! I'm going to avenge her death and make sure you rot in prison!"

The man pulled a syringe out of his jacket pocket. "I don't think so!"

Cody made a move, but the guy sidestepped him and jabbed the syringe into Cody's arm. Almost immediately, Cody began stumbling and trying to get his balance. But it was too much for him and he collapsed to the floor.

The man laughed. "That was too easy..."

Bailey could only look on in horror as the man quickly wrote something down on Cody's desk before he left the room. Cody hadn't committed suicide. He had been murdered too! Once the man left the room, Bailey ran out of the closet and down to Cody's side.

"Cody! Cody! Open your eyes!"

Cody did, and he gasped weakly. "Bailey? Have you come to take me to heaven with you?"

Bailey began crying harder. "No, I'm here to help you..."

Cody smiled. "I love you, Bailey..."

Bailey pulled Cody up into her arms. "I love you too, Cody..."

But those were the last words Bailey was to hear him say. She felt him slump in her arms. Reaching for his throat, she checked for a pulse and found nothing. She just began crying even harder. She reached into her pocket for a tissue when she found the time machine device. Bailey stared at it for the longest time.

"Cody, this isn't over yet! I'm going to save you somehow. And once I have, you and I are going to have a long talk!"

To be Continued.

Author's Note: I encourage everyone to check out Twister Parts 1, 2 & 3 on youtube. Cailey is back!