'I Believe' - chapter 3
'In the closet'
"Bailey what are you doing in here?" Cody asked. He was starting to feel really weird.
"I came in here looking for a pencil for London," she answered. She was feeling a little light headed.
SLAM!
"Oh no! How did that happen?" Bailey cried.
Cody went to open the door and found it locked.
"HELP!" he yelled as he pounded on the door.
"What's wrong Cody, won't it open?" Bailey asked starting to get extremely nervous.
"No, I think it's locked," he answered her as he noticed she was starting to shake a little.
"Oh no, this is not good, Cody, I'm claustrophobic…" she said beginning to panic. "…And I'm starting to feel really strange."
"Yeah you know, now that you mention it I'm feeling kinda weird too," Cody agreed shaking his head to clear it.
'Click' All of a sudden the lights went off.
"Oh no," Bailey cried, as she curled up in a ball on the floor.
"Bailey! Are you all right, please say you're all right? You have to be alright, I can't stand for you to be scared I love you so mu..." Cody stopped, suddenly realizing what he just said.
He just sat there stunned at what came out of his mouth.
Bailey looked up at him, as she was too much in shock to say anything. She had forgotten her fear for a minute as she let what he said sink in.
All of a sudden Cody started to shake too, and then he started breathing funny. He felt like he was going to pass out. He was having a huge panic attack and beginning to hyperventilate.
"Bailey I...I'm sorry I...I…I don't... know w…why I... said that. Not... that I…I don't... feel... th…that way... because... I...I…I… do... I just... don't want... to... scare... you..." Cody managed to say panting. He still didn't understand why he was saying these things.
"It's alright Cody calm down you are going to make yourself sick breathing like that. I can't let you get sick. You are such a wonderful guy, so thoughtful, caring, and… andIloveyoutoo?" Bailey gasped after she rambled all that out.
They just sat there and stared at each other, both shocked at what just happened and neither sure why it did.
Cody suddenly reached out his hand and stroked Bailey's cheek with his thumb and she leaned her head into his palm smiling at how nice it felt.
"I… don't know what just happened here… but I… I'm glad I finally told you. I have had feelings for you for a long time now, but I figured that you couldn't possibly feel the same way towards me. I am such a know-it-all geek, not really good at anything but academics. That's why all the girls usually fall in love with Zack," Cody whispered to her dropping his hand back to his lap.
"Oh Cody please don't put yourself down like that, I could never fall in love with someone like Zack. I have always liked you, and have found my feelings growing every day the more time I spend around you. Every time I've spent any time at all with you, I've noticed how sweet and caring you really are. I really never thought you could fall for a country bumpkin like me, so I was happy just being near you and remaining your friend," Bailey explained quietly. She put her hand to her forehead; man she was getting light headed.
"That's funny cause I felt the same way, as long as I could be close to you I thought I would be happy. But I never really was, I was so jealous every time another guy paid attention to you I couldn't even see straight," Cody told her. Speaking of seeing straight, he was really getting dizzy, but he wasn't going to tell Bailey that because he was afraid he would scare her again.
"We must be running out of oxygen because I am feeling kind of faint, we really need to get out of he..." Bailey said just as she passed out.
"Oh no! Bailey?" Cody yelled.
He was really feeling the closet spin but he had to get out and save Bailey. He swayed as he stood up and banged on the door a couple of times before he passed out too. He fell beside Bailey, and there they lay waiting for someone to find them.
Zack came back after about an hour to unlock the door and thought it was awfully quiet… too quiet. He unlocked the door and opened it to find his brother and Bailey laying on the floor out cold.
"Oh man, what happened? Cody! Come on Bro wake up. What is wrong with you two? Bailey? Cody? Come on guys wake up," Zack pleaded as he shook them.
He decided to call London to see what the side effects of that truth serum were.
"They should be fine Zack. I usually give one drop in someone's drink and they never even know. I gave each of them about five drops, I wanted them to be really honest with each other," London explained.
"Well London they are both out cold on the supply closet floor. Wait you gave them each five drops I thought you only used one? Have you ever used that much before? Is it safe? When will they wake up? LONDON, WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY BROTHER!" Zack yelled.
He had no choice; he had to call the nurse. London wouldn't let him tell about the serum, she threatened him, and she can be really scary when she wants to.
He told the nurse he found the two of them in the closet passed out, which was the truth, mostly. The nurse looked them both over and said they were just asleep, but she wanted them to stay in the infirmary until they both woke up just to be safe. Zack didn't leave Cody's side.
'In the infirmary'
When Cody woke up he had a horrible headache, and was really confused; he looked around slowly wondering where he was. He saw Zack sleeping in the chair next to his bed and Bailey sleeping in the next bed over.
'Bailey'... he couldn't remember how or why he was here.
"Zack?" Cody called to his brother. "Zack, wake up."
"Mmm… hmm, just five minutes Mom." Zack mumbled.
"Zack! Mmm," Cody yelled, and then groaned holding his head.
"Cody? Cody! You're awake, oh man I thought you would never wake up," Zack said as he hugged his brother.
"Zack, what happened, why am I in the infirmary and what's Bailey doing here?"
"You don't remember?"
"I have a really bad headache, and I can't really remember anything since lunch," Cody said.
"Well, I found you and Bailey passed out in the supply closet, does that bring back any memory?"
Cody sat there trying to remember. "Uh… I think I uh… remember going in there… what was that for… uh… oh yeah, Woody forgot his book," he grumbled as he was starting to remember a little.
"Ok, that's a good start Codes, do you remember anything else? Was Bailey in there when you went in or did she come in after?" Zack really wanted to know what happened in the closet.
"Unh… man my head hurts, can I have some Advil or something?" Cody asked.
"I don't know let me go ask the nurse, hold on," Zack left in search of the nurse.
Cody lay there trying to remember what happened in the closet. He glanced over at Bailey; 'She really is beautiful, even when she is asleep,' he thought.
"…I can't stand for you to be scared I love you so mu..."
"…You are such a wonderful guy, so thoughtful, caring, and… andIloveyoutoo?..."
"…Oh no! Bailey?…"
"Oh my," Cody gasped as a conversation flashed through his mind.
"What?" Zack asked as he walked in bringing him some Advil.
"Zack, I think I remember," Cody whispered.
He took the Advil and told Zack what he remembered. He could only remember bits and pieces, but it was enough to figure out what happened. "Why do you think we passed out?" he asked his brother.
"I don't know Codes, maybe you guys got so worked up with nerves and Bailey's claustrophobia you just fainted," Zack said, hoping Cody would buy it.
"Yeah, I guess that could explain it. How long have we been here?"
Zack knew this question was coming and was worried about how the answer was going to affect Cody.
"Well, I found you guys yesterday and it is around 7pm right now," Zack answered carefully.
"Oh man, you mean it's the 23rd already?" Cody said. "We've been here over 24 hours. Why would we not wake up before that?"
"I don't know bro. I have been here since I found you, and neither one of you moved until you woke me."
Unbeknownst to the boys, while Cody was explaining what he remembered; Bailey woke up. She just lay there and pretended to be asleep still. While she was listening she remembered. She and Cody both had ended up having a panic attack. She guessed that's why they passed out. She remembered her head feeling weird, and she still had a really bad headache.
"Mmm…" Bailey moaned.
"Bailey?" Cody said worriedly.
"Bailey, you awake? Are you ok?" Zack asked. He walked over to her bed to see if she was awake.
"Mmm… yeah I'm awake, I feel horrible. My head hurts so bad."
"Let me get you some Advil it helped me some. Whoa," Cody said, but as he jumped up from his bed, his head spun and his legs gave out.
Zack ran over and caught his twin as he sank to the floor.
"Hold on there, Codes I'll go get it you stay here," he said as he directed him over to the chair by Bailey's bed.
"I guess my head isn't as clear as I thought, hehe," Cody said, as he looked down blushing. He looked up with an embarrassed smile on his face.
"I guess we get way to nervous over things, huh?" Bailey grinned sheepishly.
"You remember…?" Cody asked.
"Yeah." Bailey whispered, as she suddenly found an interesting thread to pluck on her blanket.
"Well… I guess we have some talking to do, huh?" Cody said. "Do you want me to go first or would you like to?"
"What's there to talk about, you both have feelings for each other, sooo…" Zack said as he came back with the Advil.
"Zack, can we have a few minutes alone? I promise I won't try to do jumping jacks or anything," Cody asked his brother as he gave him a pleading look.
"Ok, I'll be right outside if you need me," Zack said, winking at the two of them as he turned. He left the room, but stayed by the door so he could hear what they were saying.
"What do you remember?" Cody gently asked Bailey.
"Well, I do remember feeling really strange and light headed," she said.
'Uh oh,' Zack thought.
"Yeah me too, Zack said it might be from you being claustrophobic and us being so nervous about everything that was happening," Cody explained.
"I guess that makes sense. We... uh... we were kind of stressed out," Bailey agreed with a little smile, as she found another thread.
"Bailey, did you mean what you said in there?" Cody hesitantly asked.
Bailey looked at Cody and saw the anxious look in his eyes so she looked at him straight on, so he would know she wasn't lying, and answered. "Yes." She said it so quietly that Cody almost didn't here her.
"Did you mean what you told me?" she asked him, as she became so entranced in his beautiful blue-green eyes, she totally forgot the thread.
Cody was so lost in Baileys gaze that he almost didn't answer her. She had the biggest, most awesome brown eyes he had ever seen.
"Cody?"
"Oh… yes. Yes Bailey, I most definitely meant every word I said, I do love you."
Bailey's face lit up so much and it reminded Cody of the most beautiful sunrise he had ever seen. They just sat there and stared adoringly at each other.
They both had the biggest love-struck grins on their faces Zack had ever seen. He turned away from the door, did a little victory dance, and started pumping his arm up and down.
"Yes, I knew it!" he whispered loudly.
When he turned back to the door he saw Bailey and Cody sharing a very romantic kiss. "Way to go Bro," he said quietly, before he started getting embarrassed just watching, and decided to let them have their privacy.
