Chapter 19
Cody
"Hi Cody..." she replied getting off the stage. Cody smiled and grabbed her arm. "Haven't seen you in a while." He said and Rachel looked at him. "Because I left." she said trying to pull away. Randy rushed up to them. "Hey!" Randy said to him. Kristy quickly pulled him back. "You shouldn't do that. Rachel knows what she's-" she started but was interrupted by Flare setting herself on fire and got Cody to let Rachel go and Cody smacked her aside. "Flare!" Rachel cried and her eyes started to turn red. Randy slipped away from Kristy and darted up and picked up Flare then jumped beside Rachel. "Whoa, there's no need for a fight..." Randy said looking both ways. Rachel calmed down some but then saw Flare. "He hurt Flare!" she barked.
Cody pulled Rachel closer but only to receive a smack across the face and a punch in the stomach and Rachel pulled away from him. Randy was getting annoyed by him. "Dude, what the juice is your problem?" Randy yelled at him and looked at Flare. Cody looked at him. "Rachel's my gal and she ran away without telling Me." he said and Rachel smacked him again. "I was your 'gal' but now I'm not. We broke up a YEAR ago." she growled. Randy looked at Rachel and what he believed in what he heard from the distances the boy name was Cody, sweat came from Randy's brow. "Umm..." Randy mumbled. "...Are you ok Flare?" Randy asked Flare in his mind. Flare nodded. "Yes. I think so." she replied and Rachel and Cody kept arguing.
Cody grabbed at Rachel's arm and Rachel jumped back and stood beside Randy. Kristy knew what Rachel was going to do so she drew everyone's including Cody's attention away from her and Randy and she grabbed a smoke bomb and they disappeared. Randy looked at Rachel. "Ok ...saved by the smoke bomb." he whispered. Rachel just nodded. "I'm sorry you had to hear that..." she said looking down. "N-no it's fine." Randy replied and felt a little awkward. Rachel sighed. "I hate Cody so much sometimes..." she said sighing. She looked at Randy. "Are you sure it's okay?" she asked.
Randy rubbed the side of his neck. "Well...getting mad really doesn't help much..." Randy said. He wanted to ask her about Cody but at the moment he was a little afraid. Rachel looked at him. "Sorry..." she said her eyes still reddish but turned blue. Randy gave her a little smile. "It's ok...umm...so Cody...was your..." Randy stopped talking. Rachel looked at him and slowly nodded. "WAS. Now I wish I never met him..." she said. This made Randy feel a little more awkward then he looked around. "So now what?" he asked Rachel. Rachel shrugged. "We can still go to the arcade if you want." she said and flare tried to fly over to Rachel but when she moved her right wing she stopped. Her wing was broken. Rachel picked her up. "Hold that thought." Randy said and made sure no one was watching and put on the ninja mask and walked up to Rachel and Flare. "Ok let's see that wing of yours." Randy said to Flare.
Flare carefully stretched her wing out. Cody was trying to find Rachel and he saw her and Randy while he was healing Flare's wing. Randy saw Cody and finish healing Flare's wing. "We have company with a capital C." Randy whispered to Rachel. Rachel turned around and saw Cody as he ran off. "Hmm... I wonder if I should be worry about him..." Randy said looking at the spot where Cody was. "I doubt he saw much except you healing Flare." she replied. "So want to go to the arcade or somewhere else? I haven't been to the zoo in a long time." she said.
Randy thought for a moment. "Sure ...but I'll be right back, Smoke bomb." he called out. Rachel waited for Randy and flare flew around. Randy took off his ninja mask and put it away and dashed back to Rachel. "Hey, do you think we should go and get Howard too?" he asked Rachel. "I think he'll be fine if we leave him for a little while." Rachel said walking towards the zoo. Randy hesitated to say yes at first but then look at Rachel and smile a little." Alright..." He replied and followed her.
(Heading to NYC Zoo!)