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Maddie's apartment was even more extravagant and grand than Cody remembered it, he hadn't been there in so long, it had months since he had visited her, not having wanted to stir anything up with Zack. The apartment took up the entire top floor of the apartment complex, it had an entry way, a large central lounge with a view over the water, a kitchen and dining room, 2 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a study and even its own pool, it was truly a palace.
Cody's showing up had come completely out of the blue for Maddie, she had no idea why he would be there, and surely there were some other people in Boston he could talk to, what could be so important that he drove all the way to New Haven?
Cody moved shakily into the lounge room and Maddie ushered him onto a leather chair by the large television.
"So, what's troubling you Cody? How can I help?" she asked empathetically as she moved toward the bar to pour a glass of something "What do you want to drink?" she quickly added before he could answer her first question
"Scotch" he replied quietly, Maddie sensed something was very wrong, she never knew Cody to drink, she expected he would ask for a soda, but she grabbed the bottle and some glasses and went to sit down near Cody.
"So, what's wrong Cody? I know something's up? You drove all this way after all" Maddie began before taking a sip of champagne she had poured herself. Cody drank the scotch deeply before speaking, it burned, but it also soothed him, soothed his worried soul, it was a good feeling.
"I don't know how to tell you about it, I don't know how to speak about it" he began quietly, he was regretting driving all this way now, he knew it would feel good to have spoken about it when he did, but it was something that would definitely be hard to speak about.
"Just take your time, it'll be better when you do, is it Zack?" Maddie asked trying to get the information out of Cody.
"No, it's not Zack, it's about me, and…about max…something happened between us…last night" Cody stuttered along, Maddie was starting to get the picture
"Oh" she said, raising her eyebrows a little "Go on?" she continued
"Well, we met up by chance at the memorial, I go there sometimes, to remember, and we got to talking and we went back to our place, it was just supposed to be me and Zack last night, but he had gone out, so me and Max started talking, about everything." Cody was feeling better talking, but the hardest part was yet to come.
"What were you talking about?" Maddie asked, hoping to uncover the deep seeded reasons for what she suspected had happened.
"About London, and Tapeworm, and about how neither of us had been able to really get on with our lives, particularly our love lives, I know I didn't have much of one before her death, but Zack's tried to hook me up with so many people and I just haven't been able to do anything, I feel like I'd be abandoning London". Cody poured out his soul to Maddie, he had spoken like this to Max and tried to with Zack, but Zack was too hard to talk to.
"I feel like I'm letting Zack down when I can't have fun with him, I feel so guilty" Cody said again, feeling some tears welling up.
"Don't feel like that, it's not true, Zack understands, he knows, he just wants to help, he just doesn't know how, he couldn't understand. So go on, what happened last night?" Maddie went on.
"Well me and Max had some drinks, I never used to drink, but it feels so good, and it heals my pain, and so we were drunk and talking and then max said the only time she felt the pain of Tapeworm's death was lifted was one time when we made out at the hospital a year ago, I felt it too, but I felt so guilty, we both did, so nothing came of it" Cody replied to Maddie, his voice cracking, but he stayed strong and took another long drink of the smooth scotch.
"Drinking does help, it's how I got over Zack, and how I get over London, none of us will ever be the same" Maddie replied before drinking some more champagne "So, I'm guessing something physical happened between you and Max last night then?" she continued, Cody went red but then began to speak.
"Well, yes, we…you know…had sex and lots of other things" It felt good to get it out in the open but it was very embarrassing.
"I figured, well if it's any help I don't think London would mind, I think she would want you to get on with your life, but I'm guessing London isn't the only reason you feel bad about what happened last night?" Maddie asked.
"Yeah, well, I'm worried, I don't know if it happened because I like Max, or because we were drunk and I'm worried about everything that could happen now" Cody said, he was very truly worried about what could have happened. Maddie knew she had to ask the most awkward of questions, Zack had been her lover, but Cody was like a little brother and a dear friend
"Well Cody, did you um…use protection?" She asked, going slightly red as she did, Cody went bright red
"Well…um…no…it all went too quickly, I know I was so drunk and so stupid and it all felt so good, you know" Cody stammered out feeling ever more stupid.
"Yes, I do know" Maddie said, trailing off toward the end, as if she did really know, Cody wondered what she meant but didn't want to pry so he left it.
"What do you think I should do? What if she's pregnant, I don't know what to do, and I'm so stupid, how could I do something so dumb?" Cody sounded like he was really angry at himself so he took another drink to calm his nerves.
"Have you spoken to Max about it?" Maddie asked
"No, she left before I woke up" he replied
"She's probably feeling the same as you then, do you have a number to contact her on?" Maddie asked
"No, I don't know where she's staying in Boston, her family moved away after the bombing" Cody replied
"Speaking of contact, do Zack and your Mom know where you are?" Maddie asked, suddenly worried that all hell may be breaking loose in Boston.
"No, I forgot to write them a note and I left my cell phone, I'll call them later, I don't know if I want to talk to them right now, I'd rather just say and talk and have some drink with you if that's alright" Cody replied
"Sure" Maddie said.
Well I'll leave it there for now, I have got something big planned and I had intended to make this chapter longer and put some more drama in but I'm not feeling the creative juices flow just now, I'm a little tired see, so I will write another chapter tomorrow which should be very good I hope. Please review guys, it's the praise I get that propels me to write more, I'll still write without reviews but I'll write better and more often with them I think. let me know what you think about the story so far, I reckon it's going well, probably a better start than my last story which I think got off to a bit too much of a slow start.