A/N: wooow...been a while since i last updated huh? lol school has been a pain, but by keeping up grades and all I'm able to continue writing this up! :) so although it's been a while this chapter is full of some goodness. I'm glad you guys are still reading this story, even after like EVER! Dx Enjoy!
~MizzRawr :)
Cody finished talking to the manager and then turned around to look at Noah and his eyes widened noticing that his boyfriend wasn't there. He frantically scanned over the restaurant for his boyfriend and yet he didn't succeed. Panic began to take over Cody and he looked at Justin who was explaining to one of police members what had happened. He grabbed Justin's arm and pulled him to look at him.
"Where did Noah go?" he hissed with worried eyes.
Justin looked back at the booth Noah was once in and then back at Cody. "Is he in the bathroom?" he asked, knowing full well that Noah had left.
Cody quickly let go of Justin and ran to the mens bathroom. He burst through the door and began to look under every stall in search for Noah. When all the stalls were empty he walked out and went back to where the officers and medic team were. Justin looked at him with raised brows, silently questioning if he was found or not. Cody just shook his head and stared down at the ground, trying to think of where Noah might have gone. A red trail caught his eye and he tilted his head. The red trail was blood. Hie eyes widened when he saw where that trail lead to. The door. Without thinking twice, Cody ran out the door and began kept his eyes on the ground following the bloody dripped trail. The street lights made it easier for him to see the darkly coated droplets on the ground.
Worry and confusion washed over Cody as he walked, following the trail. He was worried about Noah and why he would run away from something like this when his hand is in terrible condition. And what confused him the most is how when he came back to the table, he was staring at Justin as though he wanted to kill him. Now, Cody knew that Noah didn't like the other teen, but the look in those brown eyes and it was certain that Noah seriously thought about killing Justin. The main question was, why? What had Justin said or done to make Noah so angry?
A sigh passed the brunette's lips as the trail of blood stopped. Cody's eyes flickered up and he looked around him. He looked up and down the sidewalk he was on in search for his Noah. He was nowhere to be seen. He noticed a dark haired person sitting at a bus stop and squinted his eyes trying to make out who the person might be. Cody looked both ways as he ran across the street towards the bus stop in hopes that the person sitting there was Noah. He got across and walked closer to the bus stop casually and leaned against the sign. His eyes gazed over to the person sitting down and noticed the crimson color covering their hand. His eyes widened. That person was Noah! He rushed over by the boy's side and grabbed his shoulder's making him face him.
"Are you okay?" he questioned.
Startled, Noah looked at the person grabbing him, with high annoyance and anger, then realized that it was Cody and felt that subside slowly. He shrugged Cody off of him and nodded his head, although he was lying. Cody looked at his hand seeing that the shards of glass had been picked out and that he was holding his hand close to him.
"We have to get you to the hospital Noah!" he exclaimed standing up, pulling on the sleeve of Noah's shirt to get him to stand also.
Noah looked up at him and shook his head. "I'm fine. I can just bandage it up on my own." he said calmly, no matter how bad the pain in his hand was.
Cody looked at him skeptically and shook his head. "Your hand is bleeding really bad and you think that you're going to be just fine?" he shook his head and used all the strength he had to pull Noah to his feet. "I don't think so!"
Noah groaned and jerked his arm away from Cody giving him an annoyed stare. "I said no, Cody." he said coldly. "I don't need to go to the hospital, when the shit they're going to do me, I can simply do on my own." he said holding his head with his clean hand and sighing.
Cody looked at him with a slightly hurt expression and looked over Noah's features. "Noah, what happened when I went to the bathroom?" He asked softly.
Noah looked at Cody out of the corner of his eyes and groaned not wanting to talk to about it with Cody. Just remembering the words Justin had told made his blood boil with anger. He closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of it trying to calm himself down. He didn't want to tell Cody but at the same time he wanted to so he can be prepared. The only worry in his mind was Cody not believing him. He groaned in frustration and shook his head dropping his hand to his side.
"Nothing. Justin and I just talked and things got out of hand. That's all." Noah said looking anywhere but straight in Cody's eyes.
He's lying to me. Cody thought to himself. He looked at Noah and watched as the other male stared up into the sky. He sighed to himself and shook his head. He knew that there was more to it than just that. His eyes stared down at the ground and then felt his phone buzz in his pocket. He fished his phone out and saw that it was Justin calling. He stepped away from Noah and answered the call.
"Yeah?" he asked.
"Did you find Noah?" he asked sounding concerned.
"Yeah, I did. I'm just going to call a cab and head back to the resort."
"Don't. I'll come and pick you guys up and take you back if you want." he offered.
Cody glanced back at Noah and saw him looking at him with a raised eyebrow, then shaking his head turning away. The small brunette sighed and looked up at the sky. "No, it's alright Justin. Don't waste your gas." he said closing his eyes.
"Don't worry about it, Cody. Where are you guys at?"
Cody hesitated before answering, then remembered that he didn't have any money to pay for a cab. He sighed in defeat and told Justin where they were at.
"Alright. I'll be there in a few minutes. Stay there."
"Okay. Bye."
"Bye."
Cody sighed hanging up his phone and placing it back in his pocket. He turned back to Noah and saw the annoyed expression written on his face. He grimaced slightly and walked over to him.
"Justin's coming to pick us up." he announced.
Noah didn't say anything but grinded his teeth in anger and looked up towards the sky. He shouldn't be mad with Cody, or seem like he's mad with him. It was Justin who made him have homicidal thoughts. Only he could make Noah seem so dark and dangerous. If he even attempted to do the things going through his mind, he'd be in jail for it. He had to calm himself. None of this was Cody's fault. He was only concerned for him. And that was one of the things he loved about the small brunette– he had a kind heart.
The honk of a horn drew him out of his thoughts and he looked at the car in front of the curb and watched as the tinted window roll down to reveal no one other than Justin. He tightened his hands into fists and winced as pain shot through his bloody hand. He groaned and gently rubbed it.
"Get in!" he said as Cody opened the door to the backseat and getting in.
"I'd rather be ran over by truck, than get into a car with you." he snapped glaring at the teen behind the wheel.
"You're going to get your hand infected if you don't get it treated man. Come on!" he urged.
"I'll catch a damn bus."
"Noah, please. Get in the car." Cody said poking his head out the car door to look at his boyfriend. "For me."
"Cody, I'll call Izzy or someone to come and get me." he said. He thought about what he just said and thought about the things that Justin could try to do to his Cody. He growled and marched over to the car. "On second thought, I'll take the ride." he said changing his mind.
Justin smirked when the back door shut. "Thought you would change your mind." he said looking in the rearview mirror at Noah, who glared back at him.
"Shut the fuck up and drive." he said in a low growl. So badly he wanted to reach forward and just wrap his hands around his neck and squeeze. But that would be considered wrong, wouldn't it? He closed his eyes and leaned his head against the window.
The next day, Noah spent most of his time to try and come with things to get Justin back. Things that didn't fall under the category of murder or things that could send him jail. He walked out of his shower and began to dry his hair with another towel. He looked at bandaged hand and remembered that were said to make him squeeze the cup so hard. He groaned shaking his head and sat on his bed. He hung head down and stared down at the floor in serious thought.
He could burn all of his clothes. Then it would be pretty obvious that there was something burning nearby. Taking away all of the products that seem to make Justin who he appeared to be? No, because then he could have someone go out and buy him more while he stayed in his room all day. What about food poisoning? There seemed to nothing wrong with that. He would be sick for about a week or so and that would give him enough time to be with Cody and get closer to the boy. The question was, where was he going to get something that could poison Justin for a short period of time?
"Hey Noah! You in there? I heard that you screwed your hand up by trying to be the Incredible Hulk last night!"
Noah's eyes looked at the door and a smirk crept up on his face. He stood up and walked over to the door, opening it coming face to face with the black and green haired punk, known as Duncan. Duncan saw the grin on his face and raised his brows in curiosity.
"What?" he asked looking him up and down.
"I have something to ask of you." the brunette said leaning against the door frame, folding his arms over his chest.
"Why is it that I have the feeling that I'm going to like what your about to say?" he said with a smirk across his features.
"Oh, your going to like it." he said with a grin.
~*,*~
Cody sat in Izzy's room with her and Bridget sitting on the bed while he sat in bear shaped chair. Bridget leaned against the wall behind her with her legs crossed Indian style. Izzy sat leaning against her bed frame and looked at Cody munching on a piece of beef jerky. To her it felt like every time they had these little chats there was something going on with Cody, and it appeared that she was his counselor. Somehow Bridget was now one too. Although Cody was like her little brother, she suspected that Bridget and him had some sort of friendship and she wants to help him out. That seemed so much like her.
"Okay, so what happened this time?" Bridget asked looking at her upset friend.
Cody shrugged his shoulders. "To be honest...I don't know." he said looking up from the bed to the both of the girls. "One moment everything's fine, I leave to use the bathroom, when I come back Noah's giving Justin the death glare, ends up crushing his cup in his hand and leaves." he ran his finger his fingers through his hair and shook his head. "It was confusing. Things were going perfectly fine until I left to use the bathroom. Justin and Noah seemed like things between them were fine. Then when I get back the hostility between was back like that!" he said snapping his fingers.
Izzy shook her head. "Shit went down." she said looking at Cody.
Cody gave her a knowing look. "I didn't know that." he snapped sarcastically.
Bridget raised her brows and held her hands up. "Okay okay, calm down." she said softly.
"Sorry." he apologized, sighing. "It's just that when Noah up and left without saying anything, and I found him he seemed so...angry, frustrated and annoyed."
"Well what do expect?" Izzy said taking a bite of her jerky. "Justin obviously said something that really got to Noah. And I mean really got to Noah, Cody. We all know, that Noah hates Justin with a burning passion. So of course Justin would say something that would get Noah riled up and pissed with him." she said waving her arms around as she spoke.
"Cody, do you even realize that Justin is after you?" Bridget asked.
"Everyone keeps telling me that! But there's just no signs that he does!" he exclaimed with dubious expression.
Izzy groaned loudly in frustration and looked at Bridget for a moment before looking at Cody. "Codes, you know that I love you. But god dammit man you frustrate me!" she said leaning forward grabbing Cody by his shoulders. "Justin doesn't want you to know that he likes you. He knows that Noah knows about him liking you, that's why he's doing things that would get Noah jealous. He's doing them subtly so you don't know, but making it obvious so Noah knows." she explained.
Cody stared at her with wide eyes. "So your telling me, that all this time, I've been blindly let Justin do these things while torturing Noah at the same time?" he questioned furrowing his brows.
"By joe, I think he's got it!" Izzy exclaimed sarcastically, throwing her hands up in the air falling back on the bed laying her head in Bridget's lap.
The blonde girl looked down in her lap and stared at the red headed girl who stared back up at her casually. She giggled and shook her head, looking back at her friend. "Listen Cody, we're not telling you to not be friends with Justin."
"I am." Izzy said bluntly.
Bridget sighed and shook her head. "Be nice Izzy." she said sharply looking down at the girl. The red head rolled her eyes and finished off the rest of her jerky. Bridget looked back up at the brunette and sighed. "Just be on your guard. Whatever Justin says, don't so easily fall for it. Read between the lines."
He looked at her confused wondering what she meant. "Read between the lines?"
"Meaning, everything he says, try to figure out his intentions of it." Izzy explained for the other girl.
Bridget nodded. "Exactly."
The brunette sighed to himself and scratched the back of his head. "Well, okay I guess." he mumbled.
Izzy sat up and watched as Cody said his goodbyes and left. She wondered if their little chat actually helped him. He was so naive sometimes that it made her worry about him. She just hoped that he was going to be alright.
~*,*~
Noah grinned as he walked out of the hotel and onto the concrete of the pool area. He couldn't have been happier. Yeah, he had a bruised up hand that was wrapped in gauze bandages, but he had just going over a plan he worked out with Duncan. The rebel teen made his simple plan turn into a devious one, that even Justin wont see it coming. He chuckled to himself and sat down on one of the lounging chairs and opened up the book in his hands, beginning to read it.
He heard the squeaking of the chair being sat on next to him. He lifted his eyes from the book and gave a side glance at the person sitting in the chair next to him. A smile spread across his face, seeing Cody sitting there. He set his book down and gave his undivided attention to the boy.
"Hey." he spoke watching as Cody smiled sheepishly and looked down in his lap as though hesitating to do or say something. His smile faded and he turned his body to face the brunette's. "is something wrong?" he asked concerned.
Cody looked at him and shrugged. "I'm just thinking about something..."
Noah tilted his head to the side. "What is it?"
He took a deep breath and looked in those dark brown eyes of his. "Justin likes me." he said softly looking down at his hands.
Noah stared at the boy in complete shock. His faded smile turned into a frown as his mood was crushed slightly. He raised a brow with confusion and wondered why Cody would start a conversation with him like that? Has he finally came around and started believing him that Justin was actually after him and not just for his friendship, but for that sweet ass of his? He sighed and ran his hand over his face.
"I'm glad you realize this now." he said holding back small frustration in his voice.
Cody leaned forward and placed his hands on his boyfriend's knees and stared him in the eyes. "And I'm sorry for not believing you, when I should have believed you."
A small chuckle passed the tan boy's lips and he shook his head. Cody was so damn adorable sometimes. "It's alright. I'm just glad that you came to your senses, and realize that Justin indeed does like you, and that I'm not crazy."
The other boy smiled and kissed Noah lightly on the cheek. He glanced down at his hand and frowned. "I'm sorry about your hand..." he said in a whisper.
Noah lifted his injured hand to look at it and sighed. "Don't be. It wasn't your fault."
Cody bit his lip as he tried to figure out whether or not to ask Noah about last night. When he tried to ask last night when they were at the bus stop he looked so irritated and annoyed. Would he get that way again? He wanted to know exactly what happened when he left the table. He wanted to know the conversation that went down between the two of them. It obviously had to have been something so bad that Noah went off and crushed a cup in his hand and storm off in anger.
"Something wrong?" Noah asked with worry in his voice. He saw that Cody was biting his lip and wondered if he was alright. He looked like he was deep in thought.
"I-I was just thinking..." he said trailing off into his thoughts again.
"What are you thinking about?" he asked with raised brows.
Cody grunted softly and shifted in his seat. He might as well just ask him and get it over with. What was the worst that could happen? "...what happened last night in the restaurant?" he asked softly looking at Noah through his lashes.
Noah looked at him and breathed deeply. He didn't want to rethink Justin's words to him, nor tell Cody what they were. Yet, something in him said to do it anyway. He groaned and scratched his head with his good hand and looked at a Cody. "To put it plain and simple, Justin wants to sleep with you." he said coldly.
Noah watched as Cody's eyes widen with shock and what seemed like a hint of disgust–he could only hope it was that–and shake his head violently. Noah couldn't help but smirk at his reaction. It was kind of what he hoped Cody would react.
"I know. Seeing how I'm your boyfriend, I wouldn't want his grimy hands anywhere near your body." he said, his jaw tightening at the thought of Justin all over the small brunette.
"You can't be serious! He wants to–no!" he said shaking his head again, making vomiting noises.
Noah shook his head and stood to his feet. "Well, I have to go and meet up with someone. So I'll catch you later, alright?" Cody looked up at him and nodded his head.
Noah smiled and took his chin in his uninjured and tilted it up as he leaned forward to capture the small peached toned boy's lips with his. He moved his lips slowly against Cody's and smiled feeling the boy's hands cup his face as he kissed back. He smiled inwardly loving that Cody was his and only his and deepened the kiss a bit. Cody moaned softly in the back of his throat and whimpered when Noah pulled back slowly.
Noah watched as Cody opened his eyes and he stared into cerulean eyes. He smiled and kissed him once more. "Movie tonight?"
Cody chuckled and nodded his head. "I would love to." he whispered.
He grinned and kissed his forehead before standing up fully and waving goodbye as he grabbed his things and walked away. Cody smiled watching him walk away until he was out of sight and laid back in the pool chair smiling to himself as he closed his eyes. He loved how Noah was with him. It all seemed unreal. This whole experience with the Justin situation seemed unreal! Justin wanting to sleep with him? So not going to happen. He scoffed and shook his head.
"You look peaceful."
Cody opened his eyes, and they widened at the person sitting next to him in the pool chair. "Justin..." he said sheepishly.
"What? You act like you've seen a ghost." he said chuckling lightly. "Is something wrong?"
Cody looked him up and down and stood to his feet. Red flags were going off all over in his head. "I uhm, have to go to the store!"
Justin smiled and stood also. "I'll drive."
He shook his head. "no, no." he said holding up his hands and shaking them as well. "That's alright."
"Come on, it'd be the least I could do."
Cody bit his lip and backed up a bit, only to have Justin step forward. He groaned and shook his head. "Seriously Justin. It's okay. I can just take the small limo."
Justin tapped his chin and looked up into the sky as though he was thinking. "Come to think of it, I have to go to the store also. I ran out of hair care products, and I need to buy some more." he said smiling, looking back at the smaller boy.
Cody looked at him like he was unbelievable. Did this guy not take a hint? He groaned looked down feeling defeated and shook his head. He could take this to his advantage and talk to Justin about last night and get both sides of the story. It wasn't that he didn't believe Noah, it simply the fact that he never just listened to one side of the story, he had to hear both to see if one was making up their half or telling the truth. Since he trusted his boyfriend, this should be easy to do.
Cody looked up at Justin and nodded his head. "Alright. Let's go." he said giving a fake smile.
He knew that he should be taking precautions when he's around Justin, but he wanted answers, clarification. Even though every little thing in his very being, screamed at him, saying how bad of an idea this really was and that Justin is nothing but trouble for his relationship with Noah. Though he threw all worry out the window, and knew that nothing would ever happen between Justin and him.
The two walked over to the limo and Cody watched as Justin opened the door for him. He smiled and climbed in going to the farthest side of the limo. He looked at Justin as he got in and moved his way closer to him. He smiled nervously and pressed his lips together. Justin leaned forward and tapped on the window that blocked the driver and passengers.
"Take us to Big Lots, will you?" Justin requested.
The limo started up and they began to drive. For the first few minutes the two were silent with each other as they drove. Justin cleared his throat wanting to break the awkward silence.
"So, you get enough sleep last night?" he asked smiling, showing off his pearly whites.
"Uh, yeah..." Cody responded smiling weakly. "Hey, can I ask you a question?" he asked softly looking up at the boy.
He smiled and nodded. "Sure. Anything."
The brunette wrung his wrists a bit looking in Justin's eyes. "What happened last night between you and Noah when I left to go to the bathroom?" his eyes were in a hard stare.
His eyebrows raised at the question and he chuckled slightly. "Why do you ask?"
"Somebody told me that you had said something to get Noah really angry. Enough to make him crush his cup..." he said studying over Justin's features.
Justin's eyes narrowed down and he frowned. "What did they say?" he asked coldly.
He shifted in his seat and arched his back popping it. "That doesn't matter. I want to know what you said. Or what you two talked about." he said demanding answers.
Justin looked at Cody up and down and groaned to himself. Noah actually told Cody about their little conversation? He chuckled and shook his head. That's exactly what he needed.
Justin smiled. "I told him something that he didn't really want to hear." he said sitting back in the seat closing his eyes.
He looked at him and furrowed his brows. "And what was it?"
Justin opened one eye and looked at him. "You know what it is. Why don't you tell me, and I'll clarify if it's true or not." he said closing his eye again.
Cody stared at him for a moment and looked away. "that you wanted to sleep with me." he said softly.
The older teen smiled deviously and leaned forward, resting his elbows on his knees. He turned his head to look at Cody, his dark brown hair falling in front of his eyes, giving him that devious sexy look. He looked at Cody through his hair and gave a melting half smile.
"I won't lie. I do want to sleep with you." he watched as a light blush spread across his cheeks and smiled a bit more. "But, who am I to come between your relationship? I mean, yes I suppose you figured out that I like you." he sat up fully and touched the brunette's cheek, caressing it lightly. "I was waiting until you did."
Cody looked at him with wide eyes. What were his intentions? "W-why?" he stammered.
"Because, once you figured out that I liked you, I wouldn't have to hide it."
"And that whole conversation between you and Noah?"
"Silly Noah thought that I actually being serious. He thinks I'm going to sleep with you any chance I can possibly get. The thing is, I'm not." he said smiling.
Cody shook his head and moved from his touch. Something fishy was going on. Justin obviously wanted something more than nothing. Didn't he? He looked at him suspiciously.
"Then why do I get the feeling you're lying to me?" he asked.
"I'm not lying to you. I know one day that, you're going to decide to sleep with me all on your own." he said smiling smugly.
Cody's eyes widened. Who the hell did he think he was? "no the hell I'm not." he said narrowing his eyes.
Justin shrugged his shoulders. "If you say so." he said smiling looking down at the boy. He was so cute when he was confused and angry. "In the meantime, I guess I'm going to settle with just this..."
"With what?" Cody asked glaring up at Justin.
Justin smiled and leaned forward capturing the boy's lips with his own. He kissed Cody taking his hand and running through the locks of the younger teen's soft brunette hair. Justin knew it was wrong to just force the kiss onto him, but he couldn't resist himself. The way Cody looked was just too irresistible. He could control himself any longer.
Cody's eyes were wide with shock as Justin kissed him. He raised his hands and pushed Justin off of him. He wiped his lips and stared at the teen with shock written across his features. What the hell is wrong with this guy?
