Chp 9. Its Not What You Say........or is it?

Cody scrambled to get up and held a hand out to help Bailey. Mr Moseby was stood in the door, a mad look on his face.

"Mr Moseby, I can explain." Cody said.

"This will be good." He replied. "Let's start with why you are in my cabin."

"We wanted a shoe polish kit for Connie's scavenger hunt and we knew you wouldn't mind us borrowing yours, we didn't want to bother you at work so we came straight here." Bailey said.

"And then the boat rocked and we both tumbled over, that's all." Cody finished. Moseby looked at them.

"You should have asked, I would have allowed you to borrow it. Now get back to your silly games." Moseby said.

"So was that a bit of rough sea shaking the boat, it seemed strong." Bailey pointed out.

"What.....oh the ship. Yes, I had better find out what's wrong." Moseby said. "Now run along." Cody and Bailey left the room, forgetting their crossed words. They were giggling as they left.

"He wasn't as mad as I thought he was going to be." Cody said.

"I think he is more worried about the ship." Bailey said. "You think everything is okay with the ship?"

"I am sure it's fine. Just some rough seas. Let's head to the sky deck, all we need is rubber toy and I have a chicken in my room." Cody said. The two headed to his room and retrieved the chicken. Zack and Woody were coming from his room.

"Hey guys." Bailey said. "How are you doing?"

"Not good, can we share yours?" Zack said.

"No, we have worked hard for these." Cody said.

"It won't hurt Cody, it's a bit of fun." Bailey said. Cody looked to Bailey who had a sweet look in her eyes, he looked to Woody who was trying to look like a lost puppy, and then to Zack who was using his 'come on pal, we are brothers' look.

"Okay, okay." He said. The group headed up to the sky deck and went up to Connie.

"Here we are, all our stuff his here." Bailey said.

"I thought you were two teams." Connie said.

"We were but we decided to join forces." Cody said.

"So, did we win?" Woody asked. Connie looked at the items and then to her list.

"Yeah, you are the first back with everything. You win." She said. The group all cheered in relief. Cody turned to Bailey to hug her in joy but she was hugging Zack. Woody took over and gave Cody a hug. But Cody stood there looking at them. He turned away and walked back to his cabin.

Cody was laying on his bed, throwing a ball in the air and catching it again. Something was bugging him and he couldn't go to the first person he normally talks to, as he was one of the things bugging him. As he laid on the bed he thought he felt the boat move different. He got up and went out of the room. He headed out the door that led to the balcony area on the deck. Everything seemed calm and quiet, maybe he was just imagining things. He started to head back to his room but stopped as he saw Zack and Bailey through the glass door. He watched as they laughed and chatted outside Zack's room.

"You should have seen the look on his face, Pa didn't know where to turn." Bailey was saying.

"I wish I had grown up on your farm, sounds like we would have had a lot of fun together." Zack said.

"You would have liked it." Bailey said.

"Maybe we can visit the farm when we graduate from school." Zack said.

"That would be great. I should go." Bailey said. "I hope you find Cody."

"He is probably in his room. I will talk to him." Zack said. Bailey gave him a hug and headed off. Zack went to his brothers room and Cody came from behind the outer door. He followed behind Zack.

"There you are." Zack said. "Where did you go?"

"What is going on with you two?" Cody asked.

"What? Me and Bailey? Nothing." Zack said.

"You have spend a lot of time with her."

"You know why, its just for a project."

"Then what is with the hugging?" Cody asked.

"It's nothing, you know it means nothing."

"Does it? You know how I feel about her." Cody was getting angry but Zack knew he could calm his brother down.

"I do. You are crazy about her and I think it's wonderful. There is nothing going on between us." Zack said.

"She hugged you first, she is laughing and joking with you."

"Yeah, but that's it."

"You always get what you want, girls, anything. When is it going to be my turn?" Cody said.

"Woah buddy. You are getting ridiculous. It is your turn, she will realise you are what she is looking for."

"As soon as she is done with you." Cody yelled.

"How many times do I have to say this? Nothing is going on." Zack replied.

"You couldn't let me have her, you had to get in on it." Cody said.

"Look Cody, I am not trying to get in on it and if you are too stupid to see that then you are not as smart as you think you are."

"I am smart enough to know when my own brother is muscling on in my business, again. You always had you way, had what you wanted and I am sick of it."

"Well I am sick of this childish behaviour." Zack yelled.

"You know what, take her. You two deserve each other." Cody snapped back. He stormed off leaving Zack alone in the room. Zack was angry but he was also worried. Cody had never acted like this before. He decided to go after him but had second thoughts. He would let him calm down and then talk to him. He knew his brother. He would get over it.