Chapter 7

Let's Just Call It an Aftershock

Cody kept pacing around his room, Zack and Bailey in the room with him. "I'm telling you, Zack, this is what's happening to me, you have to believe me!" Cody kept insisting. Zack was confused at what had just happened. With him saving Cody from falling off the edge of the ship, Cody telling him that he met a future-him, everything was too confusing. Then again, everything was confusing for Zack. "And if you don't believe me, then I guess you don't care about your brother-"

"I believe you," Zack suddenly blurted out. Cody turned his head towards Zack.

"You do?" Zack answered with a simple nod. I mean, he is my brother. He wouldn't lie about this. After all, I am the one who does the lying, Zack thought. Bailey had been silent the whole time, looking up at Cody now and then, seeing how furious he was. Cody's furiousness disappeared from his face almost immediately after Zack had nodded in response. Cody jerked his head to Bailey, Bailey staring at the ground. She suddenly got up from Cody's edge of the bed and walked out, slamming the door behind her.

"Jeez, what's with her?" Zack asked, shocked at how rudely Bailey had just exited. Cody knew exactly what was wrong with her. Cody then told Zack about how all of his dreams, besides the sinking ship, had been about Bailey killing him, and how she attacked him in reality. When he was done, Cody took a deep breath because he had told Zack all of that information in one, long sentence.

"I know how you feel, dude," Zack said as soon as Cody was done with the information that was as long as one of his History reports. Jeez, that Francisco Pizarro paper was boring, Zack thought. Cody gave Zack a stupid look.

"No you don't," Cody replied. Zack nodded, as if saying, "Oh yes I do." Cody gave a small grin. "Has your girlfriend tried to kill you?" Zack nodded. Cody sighed. "Like in a physical way, kind of like using a knife?" Cody asked again, still not believing him. Zack began to say a "yes" when he thought about it and gave a simple "no." Cody gave another small smile. "That's what I thought." Cody and Zack then had an awkward silence and then Zack broke it with a fact.

"Well, I'm going to go out on a date with a girl who I managed to fall for me. Hey, when the next dream comes to reality, call me." He walked away. Cody just sat there, on his bed, unaware of what dream was coming to reality next…

Bailey walked down the halls of the girls' cabins. She was furious. Not at Cody, at herself. This wasn't Cody's fault at all. She was more mad at that damn ghost trying to use her as a puppet just to get to Cody. She entered her room and slammed the door behind her. London was on her bed, filing her nails. She looked at Bailey, shocked at her sudden intrusion. "What's wrong with you? Did you get a 99 on a paper again?"

Bailey suddenly jerked her head towards London and screamed at the top of her lungs, "SHUT UP, LONDON! YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH, AND WHAT YOU JUST SAID ISN'T HELPING!!!!" Bailey saw the shocked look on London's face and calmed down. "I'm… sorry, London. I didn't mean it." London nodded slowly.

"It's okay. What happened?" London asked. Bailey gave a small laugh.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you."

"Try me." Bailey just gave a small sigh and began what was happening to Cody. Not at all did London interrupt to go change her outfit, since she was wearing her outfit for 3 hours and that was too much for London. But she just sat there, staring at Bailey the whole time. Bailey eventually finished and also gave a deep breath. London gave a small frown, confused. Then again, she was always- must I say it again? London put down her nail file on her bedside table.

"Are you lying to me?"

"London, please, would I seriously yell at you for no reason?" London thought about it for a little bit and shook her head. "Okay, so why would I be lying if I yelled at you?"

"I don't know, you probably found out that I threw your "taxi" dress out of the port hole so I could use your space."

"That's not why-" Bailey suddenly jerked her head towards London. "YOU DID WHAT?!?!"

"Nothing, nothing. Okay, so I believe you, no hard feelings, right?" London gave a nervous laugh.

"London?"

"What?" She asked, still with a nervous tone in her voice.

"You know when you want to kill someone but that someone's father has enough money to sue fifty families?"

"No."

"Well you're that someone!!!" Bailey screamed. London gave a squeal and ran out the door, only to be followed by Bailey as she chased after London. "Cody always kisses me while I wear that!!!"

Cody felt a slight shake as he was doing his homework. The water in the water bottle that Cody was drinking vibrated. Cody wondered what that had been. When his mind drifted to his dreams, he immediately knew what was going on. "Oh my go-" Cody didn't have time to finish his sentence as the ship gave a violent shake, making Cody slip out of bed. The door suddenly opened and Cody already knew who it was. It was Bailey, whose face was covered in blood.