Bailey hurried down to the elevator to go down to the lobby with hope that she would find Cody. When she arrived at the lobby, she spotted Maddie walking around. She walked up to her older friend to see if she could help her find Cody.

"Hi, Maddie."

"Hi, Bailey. What's up?"

"I'm looking for Cody. Is there any chance that you saw him walk by anywhere?"

"Yeah. The last I saw him, he was in the ballroom setting up decorations for the hotel's Christmas Eve Dinner."

"Thank you, Maddie."

"No problem. If you don't see him in the ballroom then he might be in the kitchen cooking with Chef Paulo. But I would check the ballroom before heading over to the kitchen."

"Okay. Thank you again."

"You're welcome. Good luck finding Cody."

Bailey gave Maddie a firm nod to the head and a small smile before leaving. Maddie smiled at Bailey as she was leaving. Maddie watched Bailey head off in the direction of the ballroom and knew that she really did love Cody. Maddie saw Bailey's figure disappear into the next room and then turned her head back to the direction that she was heading towards.

Back with Bailey, she searched around the ballroom and didn't notice Cody anywhere. She was about to leave the ballroom to go to the hotel's kitchen but then she heard a noise. It sounded like a ladder fell down and made a clattering sound. The thump of the ladder was shortly followed by a bump and a moan. Bailey swiveled on her heels quickly as she knew who was the owner of the moan, which was Cody. Bailey quickly walked over to her Cody and helped him up from the ground. When Cody stood up from the ground, he rubbed his head. He then lifted his head to come face to face with Bailey. Cody simply smiled at Bailey.

"Hi, Bailey. What are you doing here?"

"I was looking for you. How come you're here?"

"When I was done wrapping presents, Esteban came in the family suite to ask me for my assistance to help put up decorations here in the ballroom."

"You could have contacted me where you were."

"I'm sorry. It must have slipped my mind. I know that this is a busy time and that we all have priorities but I should have at least let you know where I was. I'm really sorry, Bailey."

"I understand, Cody. I just wish I knew so I wouldn't end up spending time with Zack."

"You spent time with Zack? For what reason?"

"When I was done wrapping presents, I went to your family suite to see if you were there. I was hoping that we could have spent some with each other. I was about to leave but Zack wanted to bond with me as friends."

"He didn't try any funny business with you, did he? Did you ask him if he knew where I went?"

"To answer your question: No, he try any funny business. For your second question: Yes, I did ask him if he knew where you were."

"Ah! Zack! I told him that I was heading down to the ballroom to decorate in case anybody came by looking for me. I guess he didn't pay attention."

"Well not much harm was done. Luckily Maddie dropped by and hung out with Zack and I. We watched TV. And with Zack it was nothing educational in the obvious sense but was okay to watch. He said there was a special showing of Hey Arnold! episodes."

"What do you mean by not much harm was done? What did Zack do?"

"This is what I wanted to come tell you about, Cody. I'm here to apologize for what I saw."

"What did you see?"

"I saw your shrine. Zack wanted to show me and I didn't want to see it because I'd figured that you wanted to show something personal to me then you would have shown me. Besides, I didn't want to go into your room with you knowing. Zack wouldn't stop talking about so I decided to just go with his stupid reasoning. I'm sorry Cody."

"So you went inside my and Zack's old room and then you saw my shrine of you when Zack opened it?"

"Yeah. I'm really sorry Cody. In my defense I didn't feel right being there in your room alone with Zack. I felt so uncomfortable. But when I saw the shrine I didn't know what to think or feel. But now I'm enlightened how you really felt about me when we were separated although I no idea how you feel about me right now. Do you hate me?"

"I'm a bit shocked and a little disappointed in you but I know that I can be angry at Zack. Although I was thinking of showing it to you but then I was too afraid to show you. Oh, well, the damage has been done."

"What do you mean, Cody? Does this mean that you don't want to see me ever again?"

"No, Bailey. I don't hate you and I don't want to not see you ever again. I want to see you as much as possible. What I meant was that you now know my little secret and the awkward feeling has passed."

"So you forgive me?"

"Of course I do. It would be understandable that sometimes a couple can be curious about little things they feel that they may not know about their partner. I'll admit that I would be curious to find something out about you during a time like when we were separated."

"Well, actually, I do have a little secret of mine that is similar to yours with the shrine when we were broken-up. I think it's fair to let you know. Besides, I don't think that I need to feel embarrassed about sharing it any longer."

"May I ask what it is?"

"Do you remember that blanket that you bought for me so I would feel more at home since I still felt a little homesick?"

"Of course. The blanket was red and had yellow lines in criss-cross pattern."

"Well, on some nights when we had a fight, I would cry myself asleep and try to think of the good times with you. I would find the blanket you got for me and cuddled with it. Afterwards, I would keep it close to my body when I slept. I wanted to have hope that we would eventually get back together."

"I guess we equally missed each other even if we gave each other a convincing show that we hated each other when in truth we still deeply loved and cared for one another."

"I know. I just wish that fight in Paris never happened."

"At least we realized that our love wasn't meant to be short term but to be long term. We learned the lesson that 'you don't know what you got until it's gone'."

"Isn't that truth."

"Don't worry, Bailey. We're wiser than before and we've become a stronger team. I'm going to make sure that I don't lose you."

"And I'll make sure that I don't lose you, too."

"Well, since I'm almost done putting up decorations, we can spend time with each before the Christmas Eve dinner."

"That's fine. How many decorations do you need to put up?"

" I just need to put up three more ornaments and hang them on the ceiling."

"'Kay."

Cody lifts the ladder back up in a standing position and climbs up the ladder.

"Bailey could you please hand me three ornaments?"

"Sure thing, Cody."

Bailey picks up three ornaments from the small flat opened box and picks out three ornaments. She then hands each one at a time for Cody to put up and hang from the ceiling. Once Cody was done with hanging the ornaments, he climbed down the ladder and had returned it to the supply closet. He walked back to Bailey and gave her a wide smile. She gave him a wide smile in return. The young couple linked arms together and the held each other's hands. They happily walked of the ballroom together.

I'm sorry for the late update. I've been busy recently. Hopefully, I'll be able to finish this Christmas story before the New Year.