A/N: SORRY SORRY SORRY for the long wait D: i'm horrible, and this chapter *in my opinion* is sorta average too. anyway, do you guys like cody? or do you think he is just a totally useless character? I dont really know why I just get the feeling that some people may not like him hah. so enjoy.. (:
disclaimer: i still own cody and cosmo you bloody twits. thats good enough for me! hah, i dont own twilight.
Rosalie's POV
The attic wasn't completely untraceable, but there wasn't a blinking neon arrow pointing the way either. I walked up the old, decrepit wooden steps that looked like they hadn't been changed in decades.
Hands covered my eyes, and someone whispered 'guess who' in my ear. That used to be Cody and my favorite game. I smirked and turned around.
"Hey, Cody." I said lamely.
"Why hello there, Miss Model. How are you this lovely evening?" He asked in a dorky British accent.
"I'm fine, good sir. And yourself?" I followed his example.
"Pretty good actually. I ran into an old friend that I used to have a major crush on…" Did he just say… I felt the blood rush to my cheeks. I ducked my head and bit my lip, debating the appropriate response to that statement.
"Cody. I missed you so much, you can't even imagine." I told him honestly.
"Oh I bet I can. I missed you too." He went to hug me and I of course hugged back, but I noticed some puzzling bruises on his forearm that worried me.
"How'd you get those bruises, Skipper?" I inquired using my completely random nickname for him. Actually, it had a story behind it, but it was horribly embarrassing.
Halloween 2006, when we were thirteen, Cody and I agreed to coordinate our costumes. My dad, however, wanted to design and sew my costume, but the only pattern he could find was a sailor girl dress. Cody, being the best friend he was, decided to be a captain with me. We went to a party being held by one of our classmates, and of course, we played spin the bottle. Patrick, aka the most popular and sought after boy in our grade, was about to go. He played football, was smart, and could even rock the guitar. He was every girl's fantasy.
He spun and it landed on me. I was wearing my dorky sailor dress and hardly any make-up, so I felt seriously insecure. The boys in the room all suddenly turned their heads to check me out, while the girls looked away in envy. One of Patrick's friends, Bryan, spoke first.
"Well, even though I have no idea how she looks without the get-up on, I would Skip-her dude." He pronounced the skip her as one word, making it sound like Skipper.
Cody got in his first fist fight that night, over a dumb comment some jerk kid made. That was the night that I realized how much he meant to me. I'll never forget the words he said to Bryan.
"You and any of these guys would be lucky to kiss her. And you waste it. Well guess what. You don't deserve her; you don't deserve anyone you pig. By the way, you can call me Skipper from now on so you'll never forget the night that you lost in a fist fight to a drama club kid." He spat.
Even though I knew he only meant the Skipper part as an insult to the stuck up 'populars', I continued to call him it; he didn't mind.
"Oh. Nowhere." He lied to me.
"Cody, I have known you since you weren't capable of skateboarding; you're lying." He learned to skateboard when he was seven, and we had known each other since we were five.
"Listen, Rose, I don't want to fight with you after just seeing you again so please drop it." Cody spoke calmly.
"Okay. But I demand an explanation later!" I warned jokingly. We both laughed and then it got quit again.
"Rosie. I wasn't kidding about what I said earlier… about running into the girl who I crushed on for almost all of Junior High?" He looked into my eyes, with worry in his for being so honest.
"That feels like a lifetime ago, doesn't it. Spin the bottle, Valentine's dances…" I tried to pull back as many memories as possible from that time in my life, but came up pretty short.
"Yeah, now you're more into runways and movie premiers, huh?" he mocked my fame, in a friendly way of course.
"Not so much as some of the divas downstairs." I said truthfully. Almost everyone downstairs went to every event in the business; they were just partyers. "But I can still do a mean tre flip..." I gloated about the skateboard trick that I mastered in virtually no time, but Cody took a few months. I never let him live that down.
"Shut it. I bet I can still beat you on the half pipe!"
"One time! You beat me one time!!" I defended.
"Yeah, outta like two!"
"Not my fault…" I laughed even though nothing was funny.
"Rosalie. You knew that I liked you in Junior High, didn't you?" I nodded. "Listen, I was too chicken to say what I should have then, so I think I am going to say it now. Rosalie, I –" He was cut off by the sound of police sirens. We looked at each other in frantic, and ran down the attic steps.
No one had any idea what was going on. Two older, rounder men stepped out of the cop car with stern looks on their faces.
"Sir, we received a complaint about the noise." One of them, with a balding head, spoke towards Cosmo.
"Oh, did you? Well, I am sincerely sorry, I didn't realize the true volume of the music. I'll be sure to turn it down." Cosmo said in his 'adult' voice, which made him sound more mature.
"Sir, is their alcohol at this party?" The other officer, who had a horribly distracting and disgusting mustache, asked.
"Yes, sir, there is a small amount of alcoholic beverages. But I assure you everyone here is well over the legal limit."
"What about those two?" The balding cop pointed to Cody and me.
"That is my cousin and my sister. They were upstairs doing school work, and I assume they came down when they heard the sirens." I just realized how convincing of an actor Cosmo truly is.
"Are your parents home?" Baldy spoke again.
"Sir, I live alone with my younger sister, and our cousin is staying with us for the weekend while his parents are out of town."
"Where are your parents exactly, son?" Mustache questioned Cody.
"New York, on a business trip." Cody lied so smoothly, he could have been an actor as well.
"Okay. Seems everything is in order here. We'll let you youngins enjoy yourselves." Baldy said. And with that they left us.
"Nice lying, kid. I taught you well." Cosmo praised Cody.
"You sure did Cossy." Cody said laughing. Cosmo walked off towards a young brunette who was all legs.
"Psh. That guy knows nothing about lying to parents, only to other adults. Parents are harder cause they know you better…" Cody explained.
"I wouldn't know." I told him honestly.
"You never lied to your dad?" He asked me astonished.
"Not really. We were always close…never any secrets…"
"Okay, we gotta get you into rebelling!!" Cody said and laughed. I laughed along, having no idea why he wanted to do so.
"Let's go somewhere!!!" I shouted.
"Where? It's two in the morning."
"It's WHAT?!!" I yelled, unable to believe it was that late, or early…or whatever.
"Two am. Cosmo sure does know how to throw a party." Cody answered.
First day of filming for Life of A Model was tomorrow, and the hair and make up was getting here at seven am! I explained all this to Cody, and he understood. He told me I new where to find him; in the guest bedroom across the hall from my permanent room.
"COSMO!" I screeched in defeat of searching for him. An arm suddenly grabbed me and pulled me onto a stage I hadn't even noticed that had a live band playing.
"And now, ladies and gentlemen, a member of the audience will sing for you all to a song of her choosing!!!" The singer of the band talked into the microphone.
Me? Sing? Yeah, right. I'll just embarrass myself. I decided to just run for it and see what would happen. The same arm grabbed me back onto stage.
"Now, now. Be honored to have been selected out of so many possible choices. What song will it be?" He said again.
I tried to think of an excuse, but just decided that it would atleast get Cosmo's attention.
"Homecoming by Hey Monday." I told them. It fit quite well with the events of tonight.
Homecoming, I'm coming
My sweet mistake
Summer's over, hope it's not too late
I'm pacing, impatient
Up in my head
Taken back to the sidewalk where we met
And carved out our names
Do you remember that?
I'm coming home, I'm coming home
Did you take off while I was gone?
I missed it all, I messed you up, I missed you
I'm coming home, I wanna know
When all the leaves begin to fall
If I'm falling, falling apart for you
Descending, I'm spinning
Lost all defense
How could you swallow me again?
I left you, I meant to
Couldn't let you in
Never mind a single word I said
Carve out your name
Do you remember that?
I'm coming home, I'm coming home
Did you take off while I was gone?
I missed it all, I messed you up, I missed you.
I'm coming home, I wanna know
When all the leaves begin to fall
If I'm falling, falling apart
You've got control of me
Is this the end of me?
'Cause I just can't cut up the strings
I'm coming back for more
Don't let your heart go
Please don't walk away
Homecoming, I'm coming, I'm coming back
I'm coming home, I'm coming home
Did you take off while I was gone?
I missed it all, I messed you up, I missed you
I'm coming home, I wanna know
When all the leaves begin to fall
If I'm falling, falling apart
I'm coming home, I'm coming home
Did you take off while I was gone?
I missed it all, I messed you up, I missed you.
I'm coming home, I wanna know
When all the leaves begin to fall
If I'm falling, falling apart
A/N: Dont ask me why but I really felt like ending it there. I love that song and I think it kinda portrays Rose's feelings in this chapter (: review!!! and in it...
a. do you like cody?!
b. who do you like better, cody or cosmo?
c. is this story unique and memorable TO YOU?
d. if you like/hate it and critism! (:
