Chapter 5

Again, I don't own any of these characters

Bailey returned back to the apartment, and Cody stepped out of the kitchen, but he could immediately tell that something was wrong.

"Bails?"

She immediately threw herself into his arms and just held on tight. Cody wasn't sure what was going on, but decided to just rub her back gently. Finally she calmed down and looked up at him.

"Bails, is everything okay?"

"I don't know..." Bailey proceeded to tell Cody about her run in with Theo in the convenience store.

"Did he hurt you?"

Bailey shakes her head. "No, as soon as he grabbed my wrist, I slapped him and he let go..."

"He had no right to put his hands on you."

"Cody, that doesn't matter right now. He's vowed to destroy us! And you said he had London like resources..."

"I don't care about his resources, if he tries anything else with you again, I will personally deal with him."

"If you do that, you could get expelled!"

"I don't care. I'll do whatever it takes to protect you..."

"Well, I do care! I don't want you to do anything rash or stupid..."

Cody pauses. "Bails, you know you are the most important thing in my life. I will do whatever it takes to keep you from getting hurt..." He sighs. "This is my fault. If I had stood up to him back then, this might not be happening..."

Bailey places her hands on Cody's cheeks. "This is not your fault at all! So, don't ever let me hear you say anything like that again!"

Cody nods.

Bailey continues. "We'll just have to keep our eyes open from now on."

Cody sighs. "You're right..."

"Josh Masters thought he was going to destroy us too, but he failed miserably. If this Theo thinks he can succeed, he has another thing coming..."

"So, what do we do?"

Bailey paused. "I don't know..."

They are interrupted by a knock at their door. Cody goes over to answer it and finds Jo standing there.

"I just wanted to stop and see how your first couple of days of class were going..." Immediately, she knows something is wrong. "Is everything okay?"

Cody sighs. "I don't think so. Seems we've already made an enemy our second day of classes..."

Jo pauses. "I think you two need to tell me what's going on..."

Cody and Bailey proceed to tell Jo about who Theo is, their encounter with him in lab earlier that day, and Bailey's encounter with him later.

Jo nods. "I see. He's one of those students then. Unfortunately, some students here come from powerful backgrounds and think they are untouchable..." She pauses. "Tell you what..." She pulls out a piece of paper and writes something down. "This is an old friend of ours in campus security. Give him a call. I think he'll be able to help you some."

Cody and Bailey thank her for her help and promise they will call this person tomorrow. They both try to continue on that night as though nothing is wrong, but both know its a cloud hanging over them. They next morning, they call the individual and set up a chance to meet with him after class. They go about their classes as normal, and at 2:30, find themselves sitting outside an office in the campus security building. Finally, they are called inside and find an older African American man that they could swear looked familiar.

"So, you are Bailey Pickett and Cody Martin?"

"Yes, sir..."

He smiles. "I'm Captain Murray Morris...I believe you both know my son..."

Cody and Bailey looked at him in confusion before it dawned on them. "Kirby..."

"That's the one. He has nothing but the best things to say about you both. And after everything you did for him, I'd like to help in any way that I can. So, why don't you tell me what happened exactly?"

Cody and Bailey go through what Captain Morris everything that happened the day before.

He nods. "I see...Well, right off the bat, I could bring him in for assault, but something tells me he would walk from that pretty easy. What I can do is make sure my guys make more patrols near your place in case he tries something there. And if he does anything else, let me know immediately."

"So, what should we do now?"

"Just go about your normal lives. Don't let this guy get to you. If he's the type I think he is, he wants you two to be worried. The best thing you can do is not let it affect you. Odds are he's just bluffing and trying to get under your skin. But, if he's not, we're here..."

Cody and Bailey thank him and head back to their apartment. The did have class to prepare for the next day. So, they tried to live life as normal as possible. They went to class, they studied, and they spent time together. The rest of the week went by and they started their week again the next Monday.

By Tuesday, they knew they were going to have see Theo again, but both agreed that it would be best to ignore him. When they arrived for class, they proceeded to do the experiment as it was supposed to be done and wrote up their lab report as required. They could tell Theo was watching them, but both put it our of their minds. Bailey felt everything would work out in the end, but she still kept her guard up. Cody, on the other hand, wanted to be more proactive. But he had no idea where to start. He had promised Bailey he wouldn't do anything that could get him expelled.

That night, as they did every night, they made sure the apartment was locked up safe and secure. However, early in the morning, Cody felt something. He opened his eyes and found Porkers nudging him with his snout. Cody was about to say something when he heard another noise. It was like someone was messing with the front door. He got out of bed and immediately grabbed the baseball bat they kept underneath the bed. He walked to the living room and looked out the peephole. It was dark, so he flipped on the front door light.

Well, that set things off. He could see through the peephole that someone dressed in black immediately ran off. Cody immediately pulled out his phone and called campus security, and they assured him that someone would be over soon.

Cody sighed and turned around to see a half asleep Bailey walking into the living room.

"Cody, what's going on?"

"Someone tried to break in."

Bailey looked surprised. "What?"

Cody nodded. "Porkers woke me up, and I heard someone messing with the front door. I turned on the porch light and whoever it was ran off. I just called campus security, and they are sending someone over..."

"Oh my gosh...Do you think Theo was behind it?"

"I would almost bet on it, but there is no way to prove it..."

Bailey walks over and hugs Cody. "What do we do?"

"Why don't you go on back to bed. No sense in both of us staying up..."

Bailey shook her head. "No way. Besides, how am I supposed to sleep now?"

Cody smiled. "We'll take Porkers in there with you. He's proven to be quite the watch pig..."

Bailey smiled. "I told you he was very smart..."

"Of course he is. How many pigs do you know in the ivy league?"

Bailey sighed. "Unfortunately, two now, but calling Theo a pig is an insult to pigs..."

"Don't worry, if he was behind this, he'll pay for it..."

"Cody, I just don't want a repeat of the Josh incident. Remember, you were almost killed..."

"I'll be fine, Sweetie."

"I'll feel a lot better if we could find a way to get Theo off our backs..."

"So, would I...I wish I had an idea..."

Bailey took his hands in hers. "Just remember. There is nothing he can do to break us. We're too strong for that."

Cody nods. "I know. I just wish we had a way to know what he was thinking..."

Meanwhile, across campus, Theo was on the phone with someone and didn't look happy. He snapped his phone shut and threw it across the room.

"You may have escaped this time, but you won't the next..."

To be Continued...