Another chapter of Let's Pretend.
I don't know why I'm finding this one so easy to write.

I own my OC Phoebe.

Hope you enjoy the chapter.

Cody awoke first the following morning. He glanced across at the sleeping form of Phoebe. Her chestnut brown hair was splayed across the pillows and one hand was resting behind her head. Cody got out of bed and carefully crept across to the bathroom. He would wake her after he had been in the shower.

Once he had returned from the bathroom he decide to wake the sleeping brunette. He sat on the bed next to her and gently nudged her shoulder. She barely stirred, so he nudged her a little more and called her name.

"Phoebe, wake up." Cody said.

"Mm, ok." She nodded as she blinked her brown eyes open.

"Bathroom's free." Cody grinned as he got up and walked over to his bed.

"Thanks." Phoebe replied.

The young man was wearing only a white hotel towel, so he was expecting her to look his way. Instead, she headed straight into the bathroom with out another word. Cody frowned as he opened his case and picked out some clothing for the day ahead. They would be travelling to the next city later that evening.

After he had dressed, Cody awaited Phoebe's return from the bathroom. She emerged a couple of minutes later as Cody had, in just a towel. Being a tall girl, the towel didn't cover as much as she would have liked. The young man pretended not to notice her blushes as she walked over to her bed and looked for a change of clothes.

"I'm gonna go down for breakfast. You can meet me down there if you want." Cody told her.

"Ok, see you down there." The brunette replied.

Cody smiled a little as he left the room and headed down to the hotel restaurant to order some breakfast for him and Phoebe. After a couple of minutes, someone decided to join him at the table. It wasn't the brunette either.

"What do you want?" Cody asked the man sitting opposite him.

"What's the deal with you and Phoebe?" asked Dave Bautista.

"Nothing." The young man replied as he sipped his coffee.

"Don't get drawn into anything." Dave pointed at Cody accusingly.

"I'm sorry, what?" he frowned at the older man.

"The girl was obviously sleeping with Ted. Now he's out, you'll be her next target." Dave explained.

"I think you've got her wrong." Cody chuckled.

"Got who wrong?" Melina asked as she approached Dave.

"Phoebe Weston." Dave told her.

"Poor girl." Melina shook her head.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Dave frowned.

"I don't know if it's right, but I heard that she was supposed to get married to some guy. He left her before the wedding and she's only hung out with Ted since. She doesn't trust many people." Melina told them.

"Doesn't mean she isn't trying to seduce young Cody." Dave pointed at the young man.

"No honey. I heard that she was a virgin." Melina replied.

"Look, I'm helping out a friend. I don't need any advice." Cody told the pair. He was bored of hearing rumours.

"I wouldn't trust her." Dave said.

"I don't think she's that kind of girl." Melina shook her head.

"Like I say, I'm looking out for her while Ted's out." Cody said.

"Ok, we better go. Here she comes." Dave motioned to the doorway.

Cody continued to eat his breakfast as Phoebe appeared in the seat opposite. She smiled and took a sip of the coffee that Cody had gotten for her. She caught the Legacy member glancing up at her from under his dark lashes.

"Is everything ok?" she asked cautiously.

"Sure. Why wouldn't it be?" Cody asked her.

"No reason." Phoebe shrugged and returned to her breakfast.

Cody returned to his also. They sat and ate in silence until Cody's cell phone rang. He glanced at the screen and saw that it was Ted calling. He wiped his mouth with a napkin and answered the call.

"Hey." He spoke.

"Cody. I take it everything's fine with you and Phoebe?" Ted enquired.

"Yeah, we're actually just having breakfast." Cody replied.

"Great. Are you two getting on?" Ted sounded curious.

"I guess we are." Cody shrugged.

"Ok, can I speak to PJ now?" Ted asked him. PJ was a little pet name that Ted used for her. Because her middle name was Jean, he shortened Phoebe Jean to PJ.

"Ted wants to speak to you." Cody said as he passed the phone to the brunette.

She smiled and took the phone from his hand.

"Hey Teddy." She smiled.

Cody went back to his breakfast as she talked to Ted. He mused over what Dave and Melina had said to him. Phoebe just didn't seem like the kind of girl to be devious. She was no push over, but Cody was almost certain that she wasn't the kind of girl to go around like some kind of common hussy.

Later on, it was time for their flight to the next city. Cody was actually concerned about who would be sitting where on the flight. He really wanted to do right by Ted and take care of the brunette. He sat with her as they awaited the call for their plane boarding. He thought of how bad it was that most of the roster were spreading rumours about her.

"You ok Phoebe?" Cody asked her.

"I'm a little tired." She admitted.

"Yeah. You might get a little nap on the flight." He replied.

"Mm depends on who I'm sitting with." Phoebe added.

"I hope I don't get Kelly again." Cody sighed.

"That bad?" the brunette raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah. Three hours of hearing her talk about nothing." The Legacy member nodded.

Phoebe giggled a little. Cody didn't find that as annoying as he had previously. They sat in comfortable silence until their flight was ready to board. Cody found his seat and sat down. A few moments later Layla joined him in the next seat. He let out a silent sigh as he hoped that the diva would keep her mouth closed for the journey. Her accent really annoyed him.

Cody glanced around the plane to see where Phoebe was. He was slightly alarmed to see that she was sitting next to Dave Bautista. He really hoped that Dave didn't say anything to her, like he had done to Cody earlier.

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