AN: Okay guys..here's the end of the 4 main characters...not too surprising right?
Disclaimer: Just in case you guys HAVENT figured it out yet...WE DONT OWN ANYTHING!
The Scarecrow and the Tinman just continue to stand there while Bailey continues to cry. The Tinman turns and whispers. "What do we do?"
The Scarecrow shrugged. "How am I supposed to know? I don't have a brain remember...You tell me!"
The Tin Man rolled his eyes. "Because you're the one with a heart!"
The Scarecrow paused. "Oh yeah...Ummm...Turn and run while she's distracted?"
The Tinman paused to reflect of that. "Works for me!"
They turn and are about to leave when they almost literally walk in to someone.
"Hey guys! What's up?"
The Scarecrow and Tin Man immediately try to shush him but by then it's too late. Bailey heard the commotion, got up and walked over to them.
Wiping the tears from her cheeks, she looked at the third person and shook her head. "Woody?"
The Scarecrow shook his head. "No, it's our buddy, the Lion..."
The Tin Man leaned over to whisper to her. "The Wussy Lion..."
"Hey! I heard that! Hurtful!"
The Tinman shrugged. "It may be hurtful, but it's true..."
"Yeah...well...ummm...at least I don't rust in the rain..."
The Scarecrow scoffed. "No, you just smell like wet fur..." He paused. "Which on some days is an improvement..."
The Tin Man nodded. "Yeah. Crying shame the one thing you aren't scared of is the all you can eat buffet..."
Bailey just sat back and watched the exchange. If she didn't know any better, she could have sworn she was watching a normal everyday interaction between Cody, Zack and Woody. She was brought out of her thoughts soon though.
"Who's the dame?"
The Tinman shook his head. "You don't want to know...She has less of a heart than me and less of a brain than Broseph..."
The Lion looked amazed. "Wow..." He then looked down and saw Porkers. "Mmmm...Pork chops, ribs, pork tenderloin..."
Porkers walked right up to him and began oinking loudly. The Lion dropped the ground, covering his head with his paws and pulling into the fetal position. "Please don't hurt me! Please don't hurt me!"
The Tinman just laughed. "What a wuss..."
The Scarecrow nodded. "Get up, you big baby..."
The Lion did but kept his distance from Porkers. "So sorry if I don't like killer pigs!"
"So, Wussy...what are you up to?"
The Lion grinned. "I'm going to go check out the Munchkin Mayor!"
Bailey had to stifle a laugh at hearing that. This place was definitely weird, but some things were just like back home.
The Tin Man smirked. "You finally going to talk to her this time?"
Lion grinned again. "Already have!"
The Scarecrow and Tinman were shocked. "Whoa..."
"Yeah! I found out what her Oz Life screen name is and I've been talking to her on there! My character's name is Matt Timmons. Doesn't it just scream suave and sophistication?"
The Tinman shook his head. "Not really..."
Bailey finally had to speak up. "Why not just go talk to her? Who knows, she might actually like you too..."
The Scarecrow rolled his eyes. "Don't listen to her and especially don't take relationship advice from her..."
The Lion looked confused. "Why not?"
The Tin Man wrapped his arm around his shoulder. "Here's why...Supposedly, there is this guy Cody that she supposedly loves. Well, wait till you hear about everything she did..." The Tin Man and the Scarecrow go back and forth telling the Lion everything Bailey told them. Of course, they couldn't resist adding their own comments.
The Lion pulled back from Bailey. "Talk about hurtful!"
Bailey shook her head in frustration. "I KNOW THAT NOW!" She sighed. "I just...never took the time to look at it from his point of view before. I've done that now. I know I should have done things differently. And as soon as I get out of this crazy place, that's what I'm going to do!"
The Scarecrow was still skeptical. "Uh huh..."
"Its true! No matter what any of you think, its true! I love him...I love Cody. I'm going to make sure he knows that when I get home..."
The Tin Man scoffed. "You're assuming that's going to mean anything to him anymore. Even if you do love him, it doesn't mean he still loves you..."
The Scarecrow nodded. "He's right...And if this Cody guy was smart, he'd forget you ever existed ASAP..."
Bailey wasn't deterred though. "I know he still loves me! He told me he did!"
"And just when did he do that?"
Bailey carefully explains their trip to the chocolate factory and what Cody had written on his cookie.
"So, let me get this straight...You basically forced him to take you with him..."
"No!" She paused. "Maybe. But that's not the point! He told me he still loved me!"
The Scarecrow smirked. "And how did you respond?"
Bailey paused again. "I told him the cookie I had made was for my Dad..."
The three others grimace. "Ouch...Did you go ahead and neuter him right then and there too?"
Bailey sighed. "But it wasn't...I did make the cookie for Cody...But when he told me he still loved me, I panicked...I was caught completely off guard, and I choked..."
The Scarecrow and the Tinman just shook their heads at her. But, the Lion came over and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "Hey, its okay to run away when the going gets tough...I do it all the time..."
Bailey just turned and stared at him. "But...but...but that's not who I am...I'm the one who was brave enough to leave home and go after my dreams at Seven Seas High..."
The Tin Man laughed. "Sounds like Selective Wussiness to me..."
Bailey glared at him. "Okay, before, maybe I did runaway from how I was feeling, but I won't do that anymore! I will swear on anything you want that I will make things right when I get home!"
The Scarecrow shook his head. "I'll believe it when I see it..."
"That's why I need your help. I need to get to the Emerald City to see the Wizard so I can get out of here..."
The Tinman just shook his head. "No can do..."
Bailey looked at him incredulously. "Why not?"
"This Cody guy is a guy. We are bound under the terms of the Guyble to do what is best for him. Helping you get back to mess with his mind and heart would violate that..."
"But, I swear I would never do that again!"
The Scarecrow rolled his eyes. "Yeah, but how long would that last? How long before you do something stupid again? Or how long before you take him for granted again? How long before you broke his heart again?"
Bailey just sat back on a log and paused. "I'll never take him for granted again. I will never break his heart again. I can't guarantee to do never doing anything stupid again. But I would never intentionally do anything that would hurt him. I do love him. With all of my heart and all of my soul..." Bailey began crying again. "I know what life with Cody is like, and I now know what life without him is like. And life without him sucks! I just want him back..." Bailey buried her face in her hands and began sobbing even harder.
The Scarecrow sighed and mumbled. "I just had to have a heart, didn't I?" He turned to the other two standing there. "Huddle up!"
The three stand there in a literal huddle.
The Lion looks at the other three. "Guys, I think she really means it..."
The Tin Man pauses. "I would like to think so, but how can we be for sure?"
"Take a chance..."
The Tin Man rolled his eyes. "Seriously? That coming from you?"
"Fine! Let's put it to a vote! I say we help her..."
"I vote we don't...We have better things to do. Besides, we have to look out for this Cody guy..."
Both immediately turned to the Scarecrow. "Your the deciding vote..."
The Scarecrow sighed. "Well...I guess we're going to the Emerald City then..."
The Tin Man just stared at him. "What?"
"I can't explain it...But my gut is saying she actually means it..."
"Fine..."
The three turned back around to face Bailey. "Are you going to sit there and cry or are we taking you to the Emerald City?"
Bailey looked up at them in surprise. "Really? You guys are really going to take me?"
The Tin Man sighed. "You can thank my baby brother, the born romantic for this one...He cast the deciding vote in your favor. Lets go!"
The Tin Man and Lion turned and began walking down the yellow brick road. Bailey got up and ran to the Scarecrow. He turned and looked back at her. To Bailey, she could almost imagine she was looking at Cody.
"Thank you..."
The Scarecrow nodded. "Just don't ever make me regret doing this..."
"I promise...You won't..." And to herself. "And Cody, if you will give me another chance, I promise you won't regret it either..."