Chapter 6

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Campus police did finally arrive. They questioned Cody and did their thing, but there wasn't much they could do. No fingerprints were found and no one got a good look at whoever it was. Campus police did say they would keep someone around in case whoever it was came back. By the time they left, it was close to 4 AM, and Cody and Bailey tried to get a few hours sleep before class.

The next morning before their economics class, they filled Bill in on what happened the night before, and he promised them he would make sure security was beefed up. Cody and Bailey continued on with their classes as best as they could, but both now carried bear repellant on them. They wanted everything to look as normal as possible as Max was coming over that night for dinner.

As they sat around the dining room table, they talked.

"I appreciate you both having me over tonight. My roommate is nice enough, but I'm glad to have some time away from her..."

Bailey turned to her. "Why's that?"

Max sighed. "She's one of those who are very in tune with Mother Earth and very ultra women's lib..."

"What does that mean?"

"She doesn't believe in shaving her body hair or deodorant and believe men are the scourge of the earth"

Cody grimaced. "Really?"

Max nods. "I'm afraid so..."

Bailey laughed. "Maybe I should try not shaving or using deodorant..."

Cody could only look at her. "Please say you're kidding..."

"Don't worry, Codykins...I was." She turns to Max. "Cody could never live like that..."

"Yeah?"

"He has as many hygiene and grooming products in the bathroom as I do..."

"No way!"

"Oh yeah. He's big on moisturizing. Plus he has shampoo, conditioner and shampoo with conditioner depending on his mood for the day..."

Max laughs. "Wow, Cody...I had no idea."

Cody sighs. "There is nothing wrong in wanting to look good and take care of my body..."

Bailey pats his shoulder. "Its okay, Sweetie..."

Max agrees. "She's right, Cody...A lot of guys have gone metro nowadays..."

"I'm not metro! I just take care of myself..."

Both Bailey and Max are laughing. Bailey smiles. "Cody, it doesn't matter. Whatever you are, I love you."

"Thanks, Sweetie..."

Max shakes her head. "This still blows my mind that Cody is engaged. I never saw that coming..."

"Well, he's my prince charming. Everything I could ever want."

Cody smiled at her. "I feel the exact same way..."

Max laughs. "I just remember Zack was the ladies man of the two..."

Bailey turns to her. "From personal experience, right?"

Max smiles. "We all do our stupid things when we're young..."

"I know what you mean..."

"I will warn you thought. Be careful with Cody on a dance floor. He had to take Zack's place once in a dance contest with me and caused us to be disqualified..."

Cody shrugs. "Not my finest moment..."

"You had really bad luck with dances early on, didn't you, Codykins?"

"Maybe, but my luck changed when a certain corn queen told me she loved me at another..."

Max interrupted them. "What other bad luck did you have?"

Cody turned to Bailey and then to Max. "You wouldn't believe us if we told you..."

Max just looked at him in question. "Okay..."

Bailey turned to her. "Lets just say Cody showed me what lengths he would go to for me..."

"So, when are you two getting married?"

"We haven't decided that yet. I mean, we live together, we are committed to each other, and we want to spend the rest of our lives together. I don't need a ceremony to prove what my heart already knows..."

"Have you thought about where you will get married?"

Cody nods. "We have thought about that. As you can imagine, Bailey's family is thinking Kettlecorn and my Mom is hoping for Boston. But, we thought it would be fitting to have it on the S.S. Tipton. It is where me met and fell in love..." Cody laughs. "Maybe even have Moseby officiate it..."

Bailey lights up. "That's a great idea!"

Max looks at them both. "Moseby?"

Cody chuckles. "Oh yeah. Moseby was the S.S. Tipton's manager. He even jumped off the ship our first day on board because he found out Zack and I were going to school there..."

"He could never remember my name, and I'm still not sure he knew I was a girl..."

Bailey laughed. "I know that feeling..."

As they were talking, they were interrupted by the doorbell. Cody got up to answer it, and returned a few minutes later.

Bailey turned to him. "Who was that?"

"It was campus security. They just wanted to check in to see if everything was okay..."

Bailey nods, but Max is curious now.

"Why would campus security be checking in with you guys?"

Cody and Bailey turn to each other and Cody shrugs. Bailey looks at Max.

"We have a situation going on that they are keeping an eye on..."

"What's going on?"

Cody sighs. "You remember us telling you about Theo back in Boston?"

"The spoiled rich kid?"

"Yeah, him. Well, he's here at Yale too and has threatened to make our lives a living hell..."

"Why would he do that?"

"Back in Boston, he enjoyed tormenting me..."

Bailey joins in. "And he tried flirting with me, and I rejected him flat. Later on, he grabbed my wrist and I ended up slapping him..."

"What's his problem?"

Bailey sighs. "My theory is that he is trying to overcompensate for coming up short elsewhere..."

"Is there anything I can do to help?"

Cody shakes his head. "Probably best if you don't. You don't want to get on his bad side either. We had someone try to break into our place last night, and we're pretty sure he's behind it, but we have no proof..."

"He doesn't know me though. He doesn't know that I'm friends with you both. Maybe I can find out something useful for you?"

Bailey smiles. "We appreciate it, we really do. But Cody's right. You don't want to get yourself into any trouble when you don't have to. Besides, we've had to deal with our fair share of...idiots before. We'll take care of it."

Max nods. "Well, if you change your mind, let me know. I mean, if it weren't for you two, I don't know what I do around here."

Cody smiled. "Max, we're old friends. You're always welcome here."

Max pauses. "You know, Cody...You are a lot more...intimidating than you used to be. Why not just teach him a lesson the old fashioned way?"

Bailey smiled. "Because I won't let him. I don't want him doing anything that could risk him being expelled."

Cody grins. "And I've learned not to get on Bailey's bad side..."

Max nods. They finish dinner and hang out some more before Max says she has to be getting back to her dorm to finish some homework. She thanks them again, and they tell her to drop by anytime. Max gathers up her purse and backpack and heads back to her dorm. However, as she is walking back across campus. She happens to notice Theo sitting at an outdoor cafe. She knew Cody and Bailey had told her not to get involved, but she knew they didn't deserve what he was doing to them. So, as she stood there, an idea began to formulate in her mind.

To be Continued...