Chapter 4

Again, I don't own any of these characters

Eventually, Cody, Bailey and Max had to return to New Haven after finishing help Zack and Cassie get settled. Afterall, there was Porkers they had to get home to. And, there was more orientation they had to attend the next couple of days. Of course, after having sat through it, they wished they hadn't. There wasn't a single thing they were advised that they didn't already know.

Monday brought their first day of college classes. Both were surprised by the concept of syllabus day as both were ready to dive right in. Their Biology professor seemed alright, but you could tell he was just teaching classes because he had too. His main area of focus was definitely research. Of course, they already knew Bill Thomas, so they didn't have to make any first impressions on him. And their chemistry professor seemed to be good as Bill had said she was.

After their first day of classes, they just relaxed at home. This was their last day to be able to do just that. Starting the next night, they were going to do what few college students actually do...the assigned reading.

The next day was class with Bill again in the morning and a couple of hours to waste until their chemistry lab. They arrived for their lab early to make sure they got a good lab area. As there was no class in the room before hand, they looked around before they found just the table they wanted and settled onto their lab stools. As they waited for everyone else to arrive, Cody excused himself to run to the men's room.

As Bailey sat their waiting flipping through their lab manual, another student walked into the lab and his eyes immediately fell on Bailey. He smiled to himself and strolled over to her table and slipped onto Cody's stool.

"Is this seat taken?"

Bailey looked up. "Yes, it is."

"Maybe you and I could find a table to ourselves then?"

"I don't think so. You see, the seat is taken by my fiance..."

"Don't tell me that. A pretty thing as you shouldn't be off the market already..."

Bailey rolled her eyes. "Well, I am..."

The guy grinned. "Maybe its not too late to get you to change your mind..."

"No chance of that happening...Now, will you please get out of his seat?"

"Fine, but I'm going to be keeping my eye on you...I'm..."

"Theo?"

Theo turned around and grinned. "Nerd Boy!"

Cody sighed. "Great..."

Bailey turned to Cody. "Do you know this...person, Codykins?"

"Unfortunately, I do..."

Theo looks back forth between them. "Wait a minute! Martin is your fiance?" He begins to laugh. "You can do sooooo much better than this guy!"

Bailey smirks. "Great...I've met my first jerk at college..."

Theo smirks right back. "Doll, I'm the best thing you'll meet here..."

"I see why Cody says he feels unfortunate that he knows you...I've met you for five minutes, and I already wish I hadn't..."

Theo turns to Cody and smiles. "Long time, no see, Martin...I know college is going to be fun now. But I don't see your brother around to stick up for you now..."

Cody smirks back. "I don't need Zack to stand up for me anymore. I can take care of myself just fine..."

"I guess we'll see about that, now won't we?" Theo grabs his stuff and finds another open seat.

Bailey turns to Cody. "Who was that?"

Cody sighs. "That was Theo...imagine London like resources with Reina's sense of self importance..."

Bailey frowns. "That sounds unpleasant..."

"Tell me about it. He enjoyed making fun of me back in the day and had Zack dancing like a puppet by giving him things..."

"Well, just from what I've seen, he's a real jerk..."

Cody nods. "He is...So much for him growing out of it. Unfortunately, he'll probably think it fun to try to get under my skin again. And as such, you'll probably be a target of his as well..."

Bailey smiled. "Then I guess he'll just have to learn what happens to people who mess with us..."

Cody smiled back at her. "Have I ever told you how lucky I am to have you?"

"I'm lucky to have you too. We're a team..." She holds up the moose charm on her bracelet. "Just remember, we don't let anyone cause us problems."

Cody nods. "I know. You know, lets try to forget about him. This campus is big enough for everyone. We'll only have to acknowledge his existence once a week..."

"Sounds like a plan to me..."

Back at his own table, Theo can't help but grin. His parents had made him come to Yale, and he thought it was going to be boring. But now, his old whipping boy was here too. And to boot, he had a fiancee that looked good to Theo. He couldn't help but think how much fun it would be to destroy Cody and take his fiancee away from him. Besides, Theo knew Cody wasn't his match in anyway.

The teaching assistant finally arrived and handed out the syllabus. After going over it, he had everyone sign up as lab partners. Of course, Cody and Bailey were each other's partner. The TA went over the syllabus and told everyone what to expect for their first official lab the next week. To Cody and Bailey, it was something both had already done before.

After they left class, Cody and Bailey returned back to their apartment and proceeded to do their reading for their classes the next day. Once done, Cody began to fix their dinner. Halfway through, he realized they had forgot to pick up something as basic as salt and pepper. Bailey just smiled at him and said she would run down the street to the 7-11 as she was sure they would have some, and if not she would grab enough salt and pepper packets to carry them over.

And she was right, they did have what she was looking for. Standing in line, she felt the hair on the back of her neck stand up as she heard that voice again.

"So, we meet again..."

Bailey rolled her eyes and decided to ignore him.

"You know, I never did catch your name in class earlier..."

Bailey turned around and smirked. "Because I never told you..."

Theo smirked. "I just figured I should know the name of my new lady..."

"Well, for one, I will never be your lady. I'd rather stick my hand in a wood chipper..."

"How can you say that? You don't even know me..."

"I've heard enough about you to know I don't want to..."

"So, you took Martin's word for the truth?"

"Yes, I did. And I have no desire to know you..."

Theo was grinning. She was a spirited one. This was going to me more fun than he thought.

"You'll be changing your tune...Once you're ready for a real man."

"I already have one."

"No, you have Cody..."

Bailey is growing angry. "I have the man I love and the man I'm planning on spending the rest of my life with..."

"We'll see about that..."

Bailey turns and get right into Theo's face. "Look, I've once gelded a bull with my bare hands...Do you want me to do the same to you?"

Theo laughs. "Yeah, right..."

"Believe me, if you bother Cody or me anymore, I will have no problem doing it..."

Theo grabs her wrist. "I guess we'll see, won't we?"

Bailey uses her free hand and slaps the taste out of Theo's mouth.

He pulls back and finds his lip bleeding. He then stares at her. "You shouldn't have done that..."

"You shouldn't have put you hands on me!"

"You just sealed your own fate as well as Cody's! I was going to let you have the pleasure of being with me, but I'm going to destroy you both now!"

To be Continued...