Chapter 26
Again, I don't own any of these characters
Not longer after, Moseby and Tut went over to Jo and Bill's place, and Cody and Bailey continued packing up to head back to Boston. As he was loading the final items into the SUV, Bill came out of his side of the duplex. He asked Cody if he could talk to him for a second. Cody nodded and Bill briefly gave Cody an idea to think about. Cody promised he would bring it up to Bailey, and they would consider it.
A little while later, Cody, Bailey and Porkers were on I-91 towards Hartford. From there, they merged onto I-84. After driving a little ways, they pulled into a rest area to wait on Zack and Cassie. While they were stopped, they let Porkers out on his leash to let him stretch his legs and take care of his business before they made the final push on to Boston. As Porkers was finishing, Zack and Cassie pulled up along side of them.
"You guys ready to hit the road?"
"Just about, we have to get Porkers settled again..."
Cassie kneeled down and rubbed Porkers' head. "Good seeing you again..." Porkers oinked at her.
Cassie looked back up. "Why don't we switch and get caught up? I can ride with Bailey and Cody can ride with Zack..."
Everyone else shrugged and agreed. After kissing their respective boyfriends goodbye, the girls hopped into the Escape with Porkers while the guys hopped into the other SUV. Since Zack had the lead foot and the radar detector, the guys took the lead. Back in the girls vehicle, they began to chat.
"So, how are classes going so far?"
Cassie smiled. "So far, so good. We've both done pretty well so far..."
"That's great..."
"What about you two? Have things calmed down since Theo was taken away?"
Bailey smiled. "Thankfully. Though, we did go spend the day in New York several weeks ago. That was fun..."
"Did you get a chance to see London?"
"We did. And get this, she wants to broadcast our wedding live on her webshow..."
Cassie laughed. "Really?"
"And she wants to design my wedding dress and bridesmaid dresses too..."
Cassie shivered. "Ohhhh..."
Bailey laughed. "Tell me about it..."
"So, does this mean a date is closer to being set?"
"Not yet..."
"Not having second thoughts are you?"
Bailey shook her head. "Of course not. I will be Mrs. Cody Martin, its just neither of us feel a need to rush into it just yet. I mean, we already live together and spend all of our time together. Being married isn't going to change that any..."
Cassie nods. "So, you haven't thought about it at all?"
Bailey paused. "Well, we have decided on a few things..."
"Like what?"
"Well, we want to have it on the S.S. Tipton..."
Cassie smiled. "I like the sound of that. It'll be good to see that place again..."
"And we've asked Moseby to officiate it when the time comes..."
"Awww..."
Bailey laughed. "I know..."
"When did you talk to him?"
"He and Tut stopped in to visit her aunt this morning and we ran into them before we left ourselves..."
"So, they're still together?"
"It appears that way...Speaking of being together, I've got a surprise for you..."
"Oh yeah?"
"Guess who else is a couple now..."
Cassie shook her head. "Who?"
Bailey grinned. "Max and Tapeworm!"
"What?"
"Its true. We just had a double date with them on Friday..."
Cassie smiles. "I know I shouldn't be this happy about it, but its nice to know she has her own guy now..."
Bailey just shook her head and laughed.
Meanwhile, in the other SUV.
"What do you mean they have a full week off for Thanksgiving now?"
Cody shrugged. "That's what Moseby said..."
Zack just shook his head. "Unbelievable..."
Cody pauses. "Hey, we have a full week now too..."
"That's true...And we get another week for spring break next semester..."
"Really? Just a week?"
Zack turns to his brother. "Of course, we've always gotten a week for spring break..."
Cody grins. "We get two..." (This is actually true. Yale has a two week spring break according to their academic calendar.)
"What?"
"Don't look at me, I didn't make the academic calendar..."
Zack sighs. "Let me guess. You've already got some big grand spring break planned..."
"Not yet, but its not my call anyways. I made a bet with Bailey, and she won. She gets to choose what we do on spring break..."
Zack laughs. "What did you two bet on this time?"
Cody shrugs. "She thought Max and Tapeworm would end up a couple, and I thought she was wrong..."
Zack nods then turns to his brother. "What?"
Cody smiles. "Yeah...Max and Tapeworm are dating now..."
Zack just shakes his head. "I never saw that one coming..."
"Neither did I..." Cody paused. "Are you okay with that?"
"Of course I am. I'm surprised, but I never said I wasn't happy for them."
Cody nods. "Good. Because they are coming up next Saturday. We have six tickets to the Harvard-Yale game for all of us..."
Zack sighed. "Great. That should be like watching two mules fighting over a turnip..."
"Says the guy whose college just lost to Louisville...Louisville! Home of Coach 15 seconds..."
"We're having a down year...Besides, we're a basketball school anyways..."
"Uh huh..."
"Its true!..." Zack sighs. "How are things going down there anyways post Theo?"
Cody smiled. "Very laid back. We go to class, we come home, we do our homework, we cook dinner and we spend some alone time together..."
"Sounds boring..."
"Not at all. We love the life we lead. Besides, we still find time for romance..."
"What about time for fun?"
"Zack, we have fun. Its just our idea of fun isn't the same as yours. What have you been doing anyways?"
"Well, all four of us have been pledging this semester..."
Cody smiled again. "I should have saw that one coming..."
"Why don't you pledge one yourself?"
"There isn't much of a Greek life on campus, and the ones there are basically fronts for the athletic teams. Besides, the main groups on campus are the senior societies like Skull and Bones..."
"Oooo...My little bro is going to be in a secret society..." Zack begins to laugh.
Cody rolled his eyes. "Yeah right...I seriously doubt that's going to happen..."
Zack was about to say something when he noticed the Boston skyline in the distance. "Hey, looks like we're home..."
Cody nods. "Yeah. Its good to be home for a little while..."
To be Continued...
Author's Note: I figured I'd pass along this quote from Debby Ryan on her facebook page: