Chapter 6

Zack was at the sky deck making arrangements with a bunch of girls when Bailey and Cody came walking in hand-in-hand.

"Erm Zack, I know you like to fly solo, or not get attached into a relationship for too long, but if you're hanging out with all these girls, you've seriously lost it," Bailey sighed.

Cody was in a dazed till Bailey gave him a whack on the arm.

"Cody!" Bailey raised her eyebrows and crossed her arms.

"Sorry hun, got a little distracted. What did you say again?" Cody asked.

"Yeah, distracted by all these beautiful girls! Hmphf," Bailey snapped at him, pulling her hand out of his grasp.

"This is why, I never want to be in a long-term relationship," Zack said in response to Bailey's behaviour.

Cody ignored Zack and approached Bailey, "Bailey, how can I be distracted by those girls when I have the most beautiful girl right in front of me, especially when she's mine." Cody tried his best to look innocent as he sweet talked to Bailey to cover for his blunder.

"You know, you're cute when you're angry," Cody added on in compliment.

Lucky for him, Bailey fell for it. She giggled her usual high pitched laughter whenever Cody said sweet statements that made her heart flutter.

Zack rolled his eyes and pretended to gag in annoyance.

"If you're done flirting with each other here, do you mind if I borrow Cody? Here's a little warning, he'll get better view of the girls from where we'll be standing, just in case you get jealous later," Zack asked Bailey.

Bailey shook her head, "I'm so not jealous, pfft, he can totally hang out with the girls the whole day and I couldn't care less 'cos I know my Cody and I trust him. Right Cody-honey?" She stared into his eyes, both mesmerizing him and mesmerized by him.

Cody nodded as if under Bailey's spell, with that goofy grin on his face.

Zack shook his head as he pulled Cody away from Bailey before they began another round of their sweet talk.

"Okay, here's the plan. All these girls are not here for entertainment, well at least for now. They were Adam's 'trophy girls' and I called them up a few days ago. They are very willing to help us get back at him," Zack informed Cody.

Zack went on to explain his plan which revolved around getting Adam trapped and surrounded by these girls who will vent their anger and resentment in a round of smashing tomatoes. However, to not tip off Adam, they will need a bait to lure him into the arena they created at the sky deck, a special podium cordon by rows of chairs which will act as a fence.

"No way am I going to let Bailey near him!" Cody retorted when he knew Zack was thinking of using Bailey as the bait.

Bailey was listening to their plan from behind and popped right next to Cody upon hearing her name. "I want to be part of the plan Cody, just let me do it. Adam trust me and it will be quite easy to lure him out. It'll be safe, I promise. You guys can stand from a distance and watch and when the moment is right I'll signal for the trap."

Cody was very much reluctant to let Bailey on the mission, but Bailey made him decide easily with a nice peck on the lips. While Cody's lips were still moist, warm and tingling from her kiss and his face hung a goofy grin yet again, Bailey managed to get an approval out of him.

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Later that evening

Bailey looked to the left, then to the right. Cody and Zack's heads popped out just a few inches under hers, staking out the hallway as well.

"Okay, guys, the coast is clear. I'll be going to his door. Wish me luck," Bailey whispered.

Cody and Zack nodded.

She walked up to Adam's room and knocked on the door. When it opened, she asked casually, "Hi Adam, surprised to see me?"

"No, not really. I knew you'll come back to me some day," he smirked, obviously forgetting about the lesson Cody gave him.

Cody stood at the end of the corridor, straining his neck trying to get a listen at their conversation, but failed miserably as Zack held him back.

"Cody, what are you doing? You'll compromise the whole operation if you move any step nearer," Zack exclaimed.

Cody nodded and stepped back, but he couldn't help worry about Bailey. After all she was walking right into the arms of the girlfriend-stealing-dude.

"Come on, we need to get ready at the closet," Zack reminded Cody.

Evoke his sympathy, charm him with your beauty and lead him away, those words echoed in Bailey's head as she tried to carry out the plan instructed by Zack.

Bailey turned away as she spoke, making her voice muffled, "Oh Adam, Cody's left me," she sniffed and her eyes watered as she turned back to look at him. "I really need someone to comfort me," she placed her head on his shoulder for a few seconds before moving back to her original position, swinging her hair at the same time.

Adam gulped. Two inches away and he could smell that fruity perfume of hers dancing around his nostrils and driving him crazy. Was that a light from a lighthouse or was he simply seeing stars from lack of oxygen? Bailey took the opportunity to drag him down the corridor.

"A nice stroll will surely help cheer me up, don't you think?" Bailey asked.

"Y-yes, definitely." He could barely form a coherent thought; she was much too close. Was that her shampoo, lemony fresh, that he was smelling? It made him dizzy.

He didn't realise they have stopped walking and he was leaning against a door with Bailey inches away from him.

Wow, why is she so close to me? This is too good to be true, Adam thought.

Bailey gave a soft knock on the door and he felt her arms move away from him. Then all of a sudden the door behind him moved and he fell right through into the tiny broom closet. From behind him, a huge scarf covered his eyes and two strong arms held his tightly as they tied his hands behind his back with harsh ropes.

Bailey stood outside of the door and almost immediately, she burst out laughing, "Wow that was easier than I thought." Her voice trailed as she began walking away from the closet.

"Help! Let go of me, what do you think you're doing! Bailey? What's going on? Get your hands of me, I'm warning you!" Adam banged his fist and tried hitting against any object, but they were firm with their grip.

"Stop whining like a baby, come on get your legs up, we're walking," Adam heard a voice respond.

And then it clicked, like someone had flicked the light on inside Adam's head; a frown slowly spread across his face.

"I recognise that voice from anywhere. You're that slimy no good Martin twin, wait till I get my hands on you, chap," he groaned as he tripped over a broom, falling down on his knees while being forced to walk out of the closet.

"You're forgetting the other twin. Zack, could you tape his mouth up as well? Let's cut the chit chat and just walk." Cody replied as he pushed him forward, kicking him in the shin.

Adam felt really lost in the dark, their voice became really muffled as the surroundings changed and the numerous steps he tripped upon really got him frustrated. They're not going to throw me overboard are they? Adam thought.

He felt a cool breeze across his legs as he wore khaki pants that stretched to his knee. I must be at the sky deck, he thought.

"Move your feet up the step and stand still," Zack gave him a final push up upon a step that seemed like a podium to Adam.

Zack took off the blindfold and the sudden exposure to lights made Adam cringed. Spotlights began shining on him, so he kept his eyes shut, although he very much wanted to see the state he was in.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the tomatoes-smashing-palooza held onboard this cruise ship as part of the tomatoes festival today. If you were to notice, there is a basket that is being passed around and they are all rotten tomatoes donated by the farms when we docked at Australia yesterday. Instead of wasting these useful fruits, we have decided to put it to good use by holding this once in a lifetime festival. On the sound of the buzzer, you will have 5 good minutes to smash your tomatoes at the dude standing at the centre podium," Cody announced through the microphone while trying to hold back his laughter.

The lights were no longer beating into Adam's eyes as he finally opened them. He noticed he was standing in the middle of the sky deck, on a podium with a huge crowd of people surrounding him, not just on the bottom deck but many stood along the staircase as well, all armed with tomatoes.

Before he could move from the spot the buzzer sounded and throngs of tomatoes came smashing down at him. He realised there was no way he could run, so he merely shut his eyes once again and crouched on the ground, trying reduce the target areas the tomatoes could reach him.

The crowd was cheering away as they threw the tomatoes, many passengers onboard really though it was a tomato festival, thus when the basket came around, many hogged it and threw consecutive tomatoes at Adam.

Adam groaned in pain from the shots targeted at him. While the tomatoes may be soft, the impact when it hit him still hurt, especially from various directions all at the same time. Those 5 minutes seemed to be a lifetime to Adam, as he stood on the podium soaking wet with tomato juice and pieces all over him.

Bailey and Cody stood at the top of the stairways, witnessing the whole event. Bailey bit down on her lip and tried not to laugh as she watched the innocent passengers happily aiming the tomatoes at Adam, some throwing it with great might.

At the end of the 5 minutes, many people were still throwing tomatoes at Adam. It was only until Zack intervene did they move away from the arena.

"Zack, may I ask what are the girls here for if we're merely having a tomato-smashing-palooza?" Cody asked.

"Oh that's just merely the first part. Apparently I've heard that angry women are the toughest bunch, throw them with Adam, we won't have to do the work. Just watch and see," Zack smirked at Cody and Bailey.

They stood a distance away from the arena and they noticed the group of girls, about two dozen of them, closing in on Adam. He was still crouching on the podium, unaware that the smashing event had ended.

"Oh Adam," one of the girls charmed as they surrounded him.

Adam looked up and took a double take on the girls approaching him.

"Oh don't tell me you don't remember us? All those sweet talking, the late nights, toying with us, one after another, must we go on till it jog your memory?" another girl said.

"Girls, please, it's all good isn't it?" Adam tried to suppress the angry crowd. "I'll do anything, just don't hurt me. I'll do tomatoes any day, just don't hurt my face." Adam cringed and tried to move away but he realised he ran out of space to run when the girls were mere inches away from him. His breathing began to be faster, as if he just ran a marathon, as he panted loudly.

Zack and the gang stood from a far and began walking towards Easy Squeezy to be away from the loud chatters and flowery language at the centre of the sky deck that hounded on Adam.

"That's one great tomato festival! Look I got a souvenir," Woody ran to the gang at the juice bar, holding a rotten tomato in his hand. He took a bite out of it, earning groans from the gang. "Wow, tasty. I shall go see if I can get more," he grinned and ran in the other direction.

"Well all this is behind us now," Zack quipped.

"Zack, I couldn't have done this without you. You're the best," Cody told him.

"I know, I know. Save the compliments. I do my best for my brother, but next time, you're on your own dude. Well I got to go get ready, there's a dozen sad girls waiting for me to comfort," Zack shone his signature good look smile at Cody before heading back to his cabin.

Cody held Bailey's hand and led her away from the crowd at the juice bar. They strolled along the walkways of the ship, occasionally stopping to look at the scenery.

"Bailey?" Cody finally spoke, breaking the silence between them since the juice bar.

Bailey looked in Cody's eyes and waited for his following words. Cody shot one of his charming grins her way, and she felt herself crumble, failing. She couldn't help but smile back, and then moved forward to hug him. They were locked in the embrace for quite a while before Bailey spoke.

"Cody, I'm sorry for all the misunderstandings. I shouldn't have kept secrets about Adam; I should have come clean from the beginning when he began harassing me. I thought I knew him, that he was merely acting as a jerk 'cos he didn't have friends. I guess I was wrong."

"It's not your fault. I was just jealous and really afraid to lose you, especially after receiving that call from you that you wanted to break up with me, I just got really angry and sad. I tried everything to win you over again, and I thought I failed," Cody relived his troubled moments of the week with an awful twinge in his stomach.

"Wait, break up with you? I never said that!" Bailey interjected.

"Yes you did, earlier last week in a phone call, which I think you accidentally speed dialled me. You said I was an insensitive jerk, and you were going to break up with me," Cody explained and emphasized it with air quotations.

She had a questioning looking on her face and she couldn't help but giggle.

"Oh Cody, all this was merely a misunderstanding. I wasn't talking about you, I was talking about Adam. We have Spanish class together and we always locked heads during lesson, and when I got to know him better, that's when all this trouble began," Bailey said.

"How could I break up with the most amazing guy ever? Sensitive, charming, eloquent, smart, and always causing butterflies in my tummy –" Bailey continued but was cut off by Cody.

"You are talking about me right?" Cody questioned as he raised his eyebrows.

Bailey repositioned herself once more in Cody's arm so that she was back where she had started, in his embrace. She felt him return the hug.

"I'm nothing without you, Cody. Don't ever forget that," Bailey told him.

"Honey, that's my line," Cody smiled. Everything was back to the way it was suppose to be.

- The End –

Author's Note:

Thank you for reading and reviewing my story!
It was my very first Cody/Bailey (Cailey) story that I started out with and I'm finally done with it. I'm rather proud of it as the original story line was quite dull but many of your reviews helped perk it up.

I hope I have covered all the story plots, if I've missed out on explaining any bit, let me know and I'll get back to you on it. Hopefully the ending was up to your expectations (:
It's been a wonderful journey with you guys and Cailey, and do review on anything: from the ending, to the story, my style of writing, or about Cailey in general or any story ideas that you would like to see me develop in the future. I do have a few story ideas, all for Cailey that I plan to write in the near future. So do keep on checking out the stories under Suite Life (:

XOXO, Denise