Chapter 27

Again, I don't own any of these characters

When they finally got into Boston proper, they made their way for the Tipton. Upon arriving there, they pulled into the underground garage and parked. Everyone got out and stretched, and the guys grabbed their bags. Bailey took care of getting Porker's travel case while Cassie grabbed his bed, and they made their way to the elevator. Once in the lobby, they immediately ran in Esteban. After he welcomed them, he informed them that their suite from last Christmas was ready for them. The four looked at Esteban in confusion, but he smiled and told them Mr. Tipton had directed that they would always have a suite when they were home on break.

After getting their keys, they made their way up to their suite and got settled in. Once done, they leashed up Porkers and made their way down to the 23rd floor. They knocked on the door to their old suite, and Carey opened the door. Carey immediately pulled all four of them into a hug, and she even hugged Porkers after he oinked that he had been left out. She got everyone inside and let them relax.

"So, how are classes going so far?"

Zack smiled. "We're doing great. All those forced study hours my fraternity and Cassie's sorority have are actually paying off..."

"Wonderful!" She looks to Cody and Bailey. "And yours?"

Cody smiled. "Well...You know us..."

Carey smiled back. "That well, huh?"

Bailey laughed. "We're doing fine...It helps having the professor for two of your classes right next door. We know our test grades immediately after he grades them..."

"I guess you go right into finals when you get back, huh?"

Cassie nodded. "Pretty much, we have two weeks of classes left and then finals..."

Bailey turned to her cousin. "You guys don't get a reading week?"

"A what?"

"We have one week of classes left when we get back and the week after that is reading week. Its a chance to catch up on all of your reading you missed during the semester."

Cassie sighed. "Nope, don't have that..."

Zack smirked. "That must be nice...A two week spring break and a reading week..."

Cody shrugged. "It just means we have our last Chem and Bio labs the week we get back."

Carey nods. "So, I guess you'll soon be registering for next semester, huh?"

Bailey nods. "Yeah, we have a meeting scheduled with Bill early in reading week."

"Well, I have a surprise for all of you. Looks like we are going to have several people in this week for Thanksgiving..."

Zack turns to his mom. "Yeah? Who?"

Carey smiles. "Your grandma, your great uncle, your cousin Michelle, her mother Amy, and your twin cousins..."

Cody smiles. "So...We finally get to meet them..."

Carey nods. "Yeah. The get in on Wednesday..."

"Well, if you want, Mom, I can ask Chef Paulo to let me borrow the auxiliary kitchen to cook the meal..."

"You think he'll mind?"

"He shouldn't...But I'll ask him tonight or in the morning to make sure. If its a problem, we can just use the kitchens in here and in our suite..."

Carey shrugs. "Either way..."

Zack grins. "Is Arwin joining us?"

Carey sighs. "Yes, he is..."

Cody decides to try to change the subject. "Oh yeah, Mom. Max and Tapeworm will be meeting us here on Saturday morning to go to the Yale-Harvard game..."

Carey smiles. "Wonderful. It'll be good to see them again."

The rest of the evening was filled with making dinner again for everyone, and then Zack, Cassie, Bailey and Cody returning to their suite for the night. Before turning in, Cody and Bailey took Porkers downstairs for his nightly walk. As they stood there waiting on him, Cody mused to Bailey if it was possible to train Porkers to use a litter box or even use the toilet itself. He figured if dogs and cats could, surely a smart pig like Porkers could. Bailey could only roll her eyes and laugh while Cody had a plan formulating in his mind. Once Porkers was done, they returned to their suite and left the pig sprawled out on his pillow. Inside their room, both Cody and Bailey got ready for bed and snuggled in close together.

Cody wrapped his arms around Bailey. "You know, we do have a lot to do in the next couple of weeks..."

Bailey turned to face him. "Yeah? Like what?"

"Well, we need to check the schedule for next semester to get an idea of what we want to take in the spring. We also need to prepare for our other test Saturday after next. And soon, we need to start inquiring about summer positions around New Haven..." Cody smiled. "Plus, you haven't told me what we are doing on spring break yet..."

Bailey smiled back at him. "Because I haven't decided yet..."

"If you say so..."

"I do have it narrowed down to two places though..."

"Are you going to tell me what those are?"

Bailey grinned. "Nope..."

Cody just shook his head. "I'll remember this..."

"As for the others, we have all week to quiz ourselves, and next week when we finish our homework. Classes, we can pull up the schedule and bulletin online and see what fits our curriculum. As for summer positions...well..."

Cody smiles. "Don't have an answer for that one, huh?"

Bailey sighs. "No, I don't..."

"You know, it might be in our best interests to try to find something in the biology field. I can call George Daniels and see if he knows of contacts in the New Haven area..."

Bailey nods. "Good idea. I could even look for a position in an animal hospital. I can call my old boss Rachel and see if she has any connections too..."

"Might be a good idea for us to do that tomorrow. Go ahead and get the ball rolling..."

"Yeah...That might be prudent."

Cody paused. "Speaking of figuring out our classes, there is something Bill mentioned to me earlier today that I had forgot about until just now..."

"What's that?"

"Well, with all of our AP credits, its possible for us to graduate in three years if we choose to..."

Bailey paused. "Really?"

Cody nodded. "Yeah, if we want to. It may take a couple of summer classes, but its possible..."

"Huh...I hadn't thought of that...What do you think?"

"Well...we know we both want to go to grad school afterwards, so that puts us there a year earlier and out a year earlier..."

"That's true..."

"But Bails, it doesn't matter to me either way. As long as I'm with you, that's what matters to me..."

Bailey paused to think. "That would put us both in grad school a year sooner that we had planned which would move up our taking the MCAT, LSAT or GRE a year earlier as well as our applications to grad schools..."

Cody nodded. "Yeah, it would..."

Bailey paused again and smiled. "You know what else it could do?"

"What's that?"

"If we graduated in three years, we'd both be 21 when we graduated..."

"Yeah, we would..."

"We could schedule the wedding the summer in between graduation and beginning grad school..."

Cody smiled. "Yeah...I guess we could...So, is this something we are thinking about doing?"

Bailey nodded. "I say we go for it!"

"Does this mean we also may be this closer to setting a date?"

Bailey smiled. "It sure does..."

To be Continued...