Cody's P.O.V

It's been forever since I last talked to Noah. Actually, I've been avoiding him for the past three weeks. I haven't been able to talk to him the same way after what happened in the infirmary between us. And then after that Izzy had talked to me about the entire thing, almost up until dawn.


She sat on the bed next to me, when both DJ and Le'Shawna had left the room. She stared right into my eyes, that glint in her eyes sent shivers throughout my body as she looked at me. I looked down at the bed and began to fumble with my fingers. Izzy was the only person I knew who could read me cover to cover. She was just that good with the way the body spoke for itself. I noticed the bed move, then I glanced up to see that she was only mere inches away from my face. I backed up a bit and bit my lower lip.

"What. Happened?" she asked slowly, the words escaping her lips with ease as she said it.

I gulped and began to tell her that Noah and I had been talking, and that i went in for a kiss and when I tried to pull away, thinking that Noah was uncomfortable, Noah pulled me closer and one thing lead to another. I watched as she nodded her head, her hand resting on her chin. This gesture meant, she had something in mind.

It became silent very quickly as she just looked at me. I twiddled my thumbs around nervously, not knowing how well she was letting this sink in. Izzy was very open-minded to just about everything in the world. I just wondered how she would react to this.

"You like Noah." she finally said after about a minute or so.

I stared at her with my mouth open just slightly and my eyes squinted slightly as I looked at her.

"Of course I like Noah!" I exclaimed almost a bit too loud, covering my mouth with both my hands. "Of course I like Noah!" I yelled in whisper format.

"Yes, but this is different. I mean who would've guessed that Noah would go for you! Seeing as he's the type of guy who would go with someone like...Justin!" she said flinging her arms up in the air.

I glared and crossed my arms over my chest. "Thanks for lifting my spirits Iz..." I grumble looking at the bed.

She shook her head and sighed. "Not what I meant. Look I kinda always suspected that he has a thing for you. The way he looks at you, talks to you, and treats you way different than he does to the rest of us. To us, he treats us like a cold hearted asshole." I frowned at this and furrowed my brow. She continued raising her index finger. "But, the way he treats you is like you're his little prized possession. If anything had ever happened to you, he would be there to help and try to fix it. Cody, for someone your age, you should see if someone likes you or not." she raised her hands up. "I know for a fact that nobody else suspects that Noah has the hots for you, because they just think that you two are just close friends."

I looked at her confused and tilted my head to the side. "Wait, if you know, then why doesn't anyone else know this?" I questioned with full wonder.

"Because, as you know, I have a gift of reading the body language of anything living being." she said pointing to her head, winking.

"Okay...but I don't know how to confront him and talk to him about what just happened..." I said running my fingers through my hair becoming frustrated.

"Don't worry! I have a plan to help you out. Just you wait!" she said with a wide mischief grin.

Oh, how I hated that grin of hers.


I sighed heavily and hung my head as I sat at the bar among the others. I was earned looks of concern and then I felt a hand on my shoulder, causing me to jump. I looked over and saw that Izzy held a fish in one hand, and pushing up her goggles with the other as she pulled up a chair next to me. The others saw the serious look on Izzy's face, and they knew that she needed to talk to me alone, so they left. She smiled and set the fish down. Where'd she get the fish? I thought as I stared at it with curiosity then shook my head, finding it would be better not to ask where it came from and what it was for.

"So, have you talked to Noah yet?" she asked tilting her head to the side slightly.

I shook my head and sighed again. "No...I haven't." I say laying my head on my arms.

"Well you need to." She said hitting the counter top, gaining looks from some of the others around the pool area.

"I don't know how Izzy..." I said with a groan.

"You gotta speak up and just say what's on your mind!" she said standing up.

I sat up straight to look at her, remembering that so called plan she was suppose to come up with. "Hey, you were suppose to come up with a plan to help me out!" I exclaim pointing my finger at her.

She blinked, as though trying to think, then a look of realization hit her. "Oh that...um yeah, about that..." she laughed nervously and scratched behind her head. "I haven't really though about it."

"Izzy!" I whined wailing my arms up in frustration.

"Look, I'll come up with a plan later today and then set it into action! Calm down, I got your back!" she smiled at me widely.

I looked at her with hesitation and nodded my head. "Promise?"

She nodded her head vigorously. "Promise!"

I nodded and watched as she waved goodbye and jumped back into the water swimming away. I sighed deeply and looked up at the clear sky above me. I just hope her plan works...whatever it is.

The day passed by quickly and I have been able to keep my distance from Noah. Though whenever I pass by him, I feel as though he's glaring at me...I don't dare look back, because I'm afraid he actually is glaring at me. I know that it isn't right to ignore the guy you turned out to like, but it was really hard for me, because I never liked a guy before in my life until three weeks ago! I sighed deeply and shook my head walking into the elevator. I looked at my cell phone for the time and saw that it was 9:36 pm. It was getting late, might as well go and get some sleep.

Once I walked into the elevator, the lights went out and I dropped my phone, as I was grabbed from behind and a cloth covered my face. I struggled against the attacker but soon found myself falling deep into unconsciousness.


I woke up in a dark room only to be illuminated by two candles that sat on either side of the room. I sat up and held my head. How long have I been out? I thought rubbing my head. I looked around and saw that there was a comforter, a mini fridge and a T.V. then I noticed that there was someone laying next to me. I jumped and squealed out like a little school girl. Is that a dead body? What the hell kind of place does Chris run here? My thoughts screamed as I quickly stood up, running across the room to get away from the body.

I let my eyes focus to the lighting and looked over at the body that was across the room. Hey, that wasn't a dead body; it was Noah. Relief washed over me and I let out a heavy sigh. I walked back over to him and knelt down in front of him. He's sleeping? Was he knocked out like I was? Possibly. I lightly poked his face and he groaned and swatted my hand away from his face. I sighed to myself and lightly touched his cheek. Why was I running away from the one person who makes me feel safe and secure? Noah was the only guy who made me smile and truly let me be myself around him. So why was it so hard to talk to him about one little thing that happened between us? He saved my life and by his actions, he told me that he felt the same way about me, and this was the way I repay him for doing so?

"What's wrong with me?" I groan holding my head falling back on my butt and bringing my legs up to chest.

Noah's eyes fluttered open and he looked at Cody with questioning eyes. Where the hell am I? He thought sitting up on his elbows and taking one hand to rub his head. The last thing that he remembered was reading a book in his bedroom, then he went unconscious and now here he was in a room lit by two candles with Cody. He sat up and groaned lightly and looked at Cody seeing how he was sitting down with his knees up to his chest and his face buried in his arms.

"Cody." he spoke reaching out to touch his arms.

Cody's head jerked up and he looked at Noah with watery eyes. Noah was taken aback seeing the tears in Cody's eyes. He inched closer to Cody and pulled him into his arms. Why was he about to start crying?

"Cody what's wrong?" he asked his voice full of concern.

Cody breathed in deeply and pushed Noah away from him, sending the tan boy falling back. Cody stood to his feet and bit his lip looking down at the ground. What did I just do? He glanced at Noah and stepped back seeing him stand up with irritation written all over his face.

"What the hell Cody?" he brushed himself off and glared at the brunette. "What was that for?" he questioned looking at him for answers.

"I-I'm sorry..." Cody said softly.

Noah just looked at him and shook his head wondering what the hell was going on. Cody has been avoiding him for the past three weeks for some strange reason. Was he avoiding him because of what happened in the infirmary? Did he have second thoughts on liking him? His eyes widened at the thought. He hoped that he didn't have second thoughts about him, or thought he was disgusting or anything. Noah fell down onto the bed sitting down and held his head. Did Cody find him disgusting that he had done that with him in the infirmary? Did he regret doing what they had done?

Cody looked at him with upset eyes and watched as he fell onto holding his head. He bit his lip and began to pace back and forth in the room. The two of them didn't say a single thing for a long five minutes, until Noah broke the silence.

"Cody, why are you avoiding me?" he asked looking at him with a serious expression, although his eyes held pain.

Cody stopped pacing and looked at him with wide eyes. He knew Noah was going to ask that question sooner or later. He just hoped that it would be later. He looked down and began to pace again. Noah narrowed his eyes on him seeing how Cody wasn't answering his question. Was he thinking of an excuse or something? He stood up and asked his question again.

Still no answer, as Cody continued pacing around. Noah groaned frustrated with Cody childish action and pressed him against the wall and looked him in the eyes. Cody stared up at him with wide eyes of surprise.

"Let me go!" he said trying to squirm out of Noah's grasp.

"No! Not until you tell me why you've been avoiding me the way you have!" he said sternly staring at him.

Cody bit his lip and looked away from him. Why was it that being in this position made him feel so sick? It was the same feeling that he had whenever he thought about his childhood. He closed his eyes tightly and pushed Noah off of him. He ran across the room and stood near the bed away from Noah. He didn't want to be this way towards Noah, but for some reason he felt sick to his stomach.

Noah looked at him confused and saw the small fear written over Cody's face. Oh god, I scared him. He took a deep breath and slowly walked over to him.

"Cody, I'm sorry." he said holding his hand out to him.

Cody just shook his head and tried to move away from him. Tears filled his eyes and he tried to blink them away and stop them from falling. But why was this situation so familiar to him? As if this has happened before... he felt himself start to hyperventilate as he looked around him trying to avoid Noah.

Noah saw this and became deeply worried. Cody was freaking out right now, and it was truly scaring Noah to no point of return. He stopped coming closer to him, seeing as how every step he took made the boys' breath become faster and faster.

"Cody..." he said softly.

Cody felt so lightheaded right now. His eyelids began to feel heavy and his body swayed from side to side as he tried to keep his balance. His eyes fell shut and his body fell forward as he passed out. Noah's eyes widened and he rushed over to Cody and caught him before he fell to the ground. What the hell was going on?

"Cody!" he yelled as fear washed over him entirely.


Well well well...Cody passed out because the familiar situation that's going on right now...

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