Chapter 39

Again, I don't own any of these characters

Cody and Bailey just look on in awe. In just over four hours, Mother Nature had unleashed her fury on them and left them in a winter wonderland. Bailey had to admit to herself that she had never seen anything like this in all of her life. Kettlecorn had never been hit with anything like this that she could remember, and this was nothing like Sweden had been. Her thoughts were interrupted by hearing Cody chuckling. She turned to him.

"What's so funny?"

"I was just wondering if this is what Boston looked like during the last Noreaster I know of..."

"What do you mean wondering? Weren't you there for it?"

Cody shook his head. "No, Zack and I were on vacation with Mom on the S.S. Tipton. But Moseby, London, Maddie and Esteban told us all about it when we got back..."

Bailey just looked at him. "You were on the ship before we started school?"

Cody looked confused. "Yeah...I told you that story didn't I?"

Bailey shook her head. "I don't think so..."

Cody shrugged. "Mom was in serious need of a vacation, so Zack and I arranged for us all to be on the ship for a few days..."

Bailey smiled. "That was very sweet of you two. How did you two pull that off?"

Cody paused. "Well, turns out to get on board, we accidentally agreed for Mom to do some shows on the ship. And that's exactly what she wanted a vacation from. You remember the tiny cabin next to the storage holds?"

Bailey nods. "Yeah..."

"Well, when Mom found out, she refused to perform, so that's the cabin we got stuck in. Well, all three of us in there wasn't going to work, so Mom relented and agreed to perform after all. But, we felt bad, so we ended up doing the performance for her..."

Bailey smiled. "How did that go?"

Cody smiled back at her. "Well, you've heard my singing voice, you tell me..."

"That well, huh?"

Cody just laughed. "Well, how does this compare to snow on the farm?"

"I have to admit, I've never seen anything like this before..."

"Well, welcome to your first Noreaster..."

Bailey laughed. "Its not so bad..." She paused though. "I do wonder how we are supposed to get to class though..."

Cody nodded. "Well, why don't you go ahead and shower, and I'll head outside and try to shovel the walk..."

"You sure?"

"Yeah..." Cody grinned. "I'll let you convince Porkers he has to go out in it later..."

"That should be fun..."

"Alright, I'm going to change into something warmer and get out there..."

"Okay, while you do that, I want to get my camera and take some pictures of it..."

"Yeah?"

Bailey smiled. "Yeah, pictures of our first blizzard. Plus, I want to send them home and show everyone what a real snow storm looks like..."

A little while later, Cody found himself standing out on their front stoop shoveling snow. He was making a small dent in it, but the falling snow kept trying to cover up any progress he was making. Plus, it didn't help that he could see that there were already snowdrifts that he knew would come up to his waist. He just sighed and kept shoveling. If he could get it down to a manageable level, he'd bring the rock salt out and let it do its work. His concentration was interrupted by the door next to him opening, and he saw Bill coming out with his shovel too.

"Having fun yet?"

Cody laughed. "Loads..."

"Well, looks like your trip out last night was warranted after all..."

Cody nodded. "Looks that way. On our way back, it was already snowing hard, but we had no idea we'd wake up to this..."

Bill laughed. "That's New England for you..."

Cody laughed too. "Something tells me class attendance might be sparse this morning..."

"If I can't make a dent in this, it'll be minus one professor as well..."

"Well, I'll keep shoveling over here until you give me the word..."

"I guarantee some professors have already called in and canceled theirs. Especially the ones who don't live near campus..."

Cody laughed. "I thought this would be a perk of living right off campus. I didn't think it was possible for the weather to keep us from going to class. I may have to reconsider that..."

Bill laughed too. "That's the fun part of Noreasters..."

Cody nodded. "Well, at least tests were last week. We don't have to worry about trying to fight to get to class to take one..."

"True. And to think, I was actually supposed to return them back today..."

Cody stopped shoveling for a minute. "Yeah? How were they?"

Bill rolled his eyes. "You two did as well as you usually did..."

Cody smiled. "Good. I do wonder though. I'm guessing Yale never cancels classes, do they?"

Bill snorted. "Only for an act of God..."

But at that time, Jo steps out on the front porch.

"You two can stop shoveling. The dean just called. The university is officially shut down today..."

Cody and Bill just look at each other and shrug. They both pick up their shovels and head back to the warmth of their respective apartments. Cody kicks off the snow from his boots and takes them off once he steps inside. Realizing his pants are soaked too, he quickly strips them off too as well as his jacket. He stands there in his sweatshirt and boxers trying to warm up when he hears a whistle.

"Looking good, Codykins..."

Cody looks up and smiles at seeing a freshly showered Bailey in her robe. "I guarantee my view is better..."

Bailey giggles. "So, get it cleared?"

"Nope. Halfway through, Bill got the call that the university was shut down for the day. I figured it was time to come in and warm up for a while..."

"Really?"

Cody nods. "Yeah. I figured I would wait until later and see if the sun will melt any of it..."

"Good idea..."

"Now, I'm just trying to decide if I want to grab a shower or go back to bed..."

Bailey smiled. "I could use some more sleep myself..."

"Me too. We did have a late night..." And with that, Cody blows into his hands and tries to warm them up.

Bailey walks over and takes his hands in hers. "Cody! You're hands are freezing!" She cups his cheeks. "So is your face!"

"I just need to warm up some..."

"Let's get you in the shower then and let the hot water warm you back up..."

Cody nods. "Probably a good idea..."

Bailey grins at him. "I figure the hot water and body heat should warm you up real quick..."

"Body heat?"

"Yeah...One of my ways of us keeping us both warm. And if that doesn't work, maybe we'll try some of your methods..."

Cody smiles. "And people always say Monday mornings are the worst..."

To be Continued...