Chapter 40

Again, I don't own any of these characters

A little while later, Cody and Bailey were in the kitchen, both in their robes now, making breakfast. Cody was now sufficiently warmed up. And they had both made it back to bed, but neither had gotten any sleep. Both were just smiling at the other as they stood side by side making breakfast. Every once in a while, one would "accidentally" brush up against the other one. As they finished making breakfast, they were interrupted by an oink.

Bailey sighed. "I guess I should get changed and take Porkers outside..."

Cody smiled. "I don't think that's necessary..."

"But if we don't, Porkers will have an accident inside..."

"Actually, he won't. Porkers and I have been working on a surprise for you..."

Bailey looked at Cody in confusion as he walked over and opened the door to the half bath.

Cody was looking at Porkers. "Come here, boy..." Porkers came with Cody and entered the bathroom. And to Bailey's shock he climbed up on to the toilet.

"What the feathers?"

And to her shock, Porkers began to do his business.

"Oh my gosh!" Bailey immediately pulled Cody out of the bathroom with her and closed the door. She turned to Cody. "I thought you were joking about that!"

Cody smiled. "Well, we can stop him if you want and let him go outside in the bitter cold and snow..."

Bailey paused. "No, that's quite alright..."

"And now, if he has the urge, he doesn't have to wait for us to get home and let him out..."

Bailey nodded. "That's true..."

Cody paused. "Are you mad I did it?"

"No. I understand why you did. I guess I just enjoy talking and playing with him when we go outside..."

"You can still do that. But on days like this, I just thought..."

Bailey smiled at him. "I know, Sweetie..."

"Can I ask a question though?"

"Of course..."

"Why did you pull me out of there and close the door?"

Bailey shrugged. "I figured I'd give him some privacy..."

Cody just looked at her and laughed. "Yet, you have no problem walking in on me when I'm in there..."

Bailey smiled. "That's different though..."

"Yeah?"

"Of course. We're engaged and will be living with each other for the rest of our lives. Besides, we have no modesty with each other anymore..."

"Alright, I'll have to remember that...And at least you don't do the things Zack and Woody used to do..."

Bailey laughed. "Like what?"

"Well, you know about Woody's...musical talents. But growing up, Zack would take great pride in...how do I say this...in his ability to be odoriferous or in his level of grandeur and his pride in showing it off..."

Bailey just laughed harder. "Are you serious?"

Cody sighed. "Unfortunately, yes..."

"My poor baby..."

"Maybe we should change the subject? Besides, I think Porkers is probably done now..."

"Good idea..."

The opened the door, and Porkers trotted back out. Both were thankful he didn't have toilet paper stuck to the bottom of his hoof.

Bailey turned back to Cody. "Well, what should we do now?"

Cody paused. "I don't know. We could work out..."

Bailey smiled. "I think we already did earlier..."

Cody smiled. "Well, we could hang inside and watch a movie or play video games or we could go outside and play in the snow or we could take care of our reading and homework for tomorrow so we don't have to later..."

"You think we'll have classes tomorrow?"

Cody shrugged. "I don't know. But we should assume we are until we hear otherwise..."

Bailey nodded. "Probably a good idea."

So, for the next couple of hours, they took care of their responsibilities in case they did have classes the next day. Once they finished, it was still well before noon. So, they both just laid back on the couch watching daytime TV. Eventually, the likes of Jerry Springer and Maury were just too much for them.

So, they put on a movie and watched it instead.

After lunch, they returned back to the couch to get nestled in for the afternoon in front of the TV when Bailey's phone began to ring. She picked up and answered it.

"Hello?"

"Bailey, its Max."

"Hey Max, what's up?"

"I was just checking into see how you two were holding up over there..."

Bailey smiled. "Well, we're snowed in, but other than that, we're doing fine. We're just lounging, watching a little TV..."

"TV? You guys have power?"

"Of course we do."

"Lucky you. I just talked to Tapeworm, and it seems all the dorms have lost power..."

Bailey turns to Cody. "The dorms don't have any power."

"Really?"

"That's what Max said..."

Cody paused. "They'll freeze over there..."

Bailey nodded. "I know..."

Cody paused again. "Tell Max and Tapeworm to pack some clothes and their books, and I'll be over to get them once I dig the SUV out..."

Bailey smiled at him. "Really?"

"Yeah...They'd do the same for us."

Bailey turned back to her phone. "Max, you and Tapeworm pack some clothes and books. Cody will be over to pick you both up once he digs the car out. You guys will stay with us..."

"Really? Are you two sure?"

"Yeah. No sense in you two freezing when we have heat and power here..."

"Thank you both so much! I call Tapeworm and have him meet me over here. Have Cody call one of us when he gets here. Thank you again, Bailey!"

"Anytime."

Cody gets up to go change, but Bailey stops him first and kisses him.

Cody smiled. "What was that for?"

"For being one of the good guys. Maybe the best one. Its days like this that just reinforce to me that I have the best fiance in the whole world. That was so sweet of you to offer to go get them and let them ride out the storm here..."

"What can I say. You rubbed off on to me..."

"Nope. You were always this sweet even before we started dating. The mulch festival is proof of that. Face it, Cody...You are just a genuinely nice guy..."

Cody smiled at her. "Well, the fact that I have you just proves nice guys don't finish last..."

To be Continued...