Chapter 42
Again, I don't own any of these characters
The next morning, Cody and Bailey were up early as usual. They went ahead and showered for the day and were fixing breakfast when Max and Tapeworm both finally woke up. Seems they discovered on their own that the couch was a pullout. The both stumbled into the kitchen half asleep.
"Any word yet this morning about classes?"
Cody shook his head. "Nothing yet, but we figure Bill will call us once he hears one way or the other..."
Tapeworm nods. "Do you two always get up this early?"
Bailey laughs. "Its only quarter after seven. This would be late back on the farm..."
Max shakes her head. "Maybe that's why I was born a city girl...What time is your first class anyways?"
"9:00 AM..."
"Oh...Mine's not till 10:00..."
Tapeworm nods. "Mine too..."
Cody shrugged. "No problem. Bailey and I have the same classes. We can just give you one of our keys."
"You sure? We have no problem leaving for campus early..."
"Well, we have our organic lab until 3:00 and it usually runs over. So, you both could be back before we would..."
Max nods. "We appreciate that..." She turns to Tapeworm. "Wonder if the dorms have power back yet?"
Tapeworm shrugs. "I don't know. But I bet if they don't, my roommate is going through withdrawals by now..."
Max shuddered. "Thanks for reminding me of that..."
Bailey laughs. "Well, breakfast is done...Everyone dig in."
After they finished eating, Max and Tapeworm alternated taking showers. As they were doing that, Cody and Bailey were sitting around the kitchen table sipping on cappuccinos.
"You think they got hit this hard in Storrs?"
Bailey paused to think. "I don't know. I didn't even think to call Cassie..."
Cody pulls out his phone. "7:45.." He grins. "I bet Zack wouldn't mind me calling to wake him up again for old time's sake." And with that, Cody dials.
"Hello?"
"Zack, you sound half asleep."
"Because I was...What time is it?"
"Quarter till eight..."
"You do realize I don't have class for two more hours, right?"
"Well, that's why I was calling to check. The university closed down here yesterday due to all the snow, I was wondering if it affected you guys too..."
"No. We got a couple of inches, but nothing earth shattering..." Zack paused. "You guys had classes canceled yesterday?"
"Yeah. The dorms didn't have power, so Max and Tapeworm crashed over her last night..."
"Okay, a two week spring break...a reading week...and a snow day...do you two have horseshoes shoved up you...Owww!"
"What was that?"
"Cassie just smacked me and told me to be nice."
"Tell Cassie I said thanks...I'll let you get back to sleep then. We're still waiting to hear if we classes today..."
"Unbelievable..."
Cody closed his phone and turned to Bailey. "Zack brought up an interesting point. Yesterday, we had a snow day. We never had one of those at Seven Seas High."
Bailey paused to think. "You're right. But, I guess when all you had to do was take an elevator to get to the school deck, there wouldn't me much chance of that. The only time we had classes canceled was right after the hurricane..."
Cody nods. "Between you an me, I'll take a blizzard over a hurricane any day of the week..."
"You and me both...you and me both..."
Finally, at about 8:15, Max and Tapeworm had finished their showers and are dressed too.
"Any word yet?"
Cody shook his head. "We haven't heard anything."
Max paused. "Maybe there is something on the university's TV channel?"
Everyone else looked at each other. Why hadn't they thought of that? They all went over to the TV and turned it to the Yale Educational Channel. And right there it was.
"All Yale University classes 9:00 AM and after have been canceled. All Yale University classes 9:00 AM and after have been canceled. Stay tuned to YU4 for further details."
Everyone looked at each other. "Another snow day I guess..."
Just then, Cody's cell phone rings. He answers it, and its Bill. He was just calling to reiterating what they had just found out. Cody thanked him for the call and hung up. He turned to Bailey.
"Well, I guess we have our homework for tomorrow and Thursday done already now..."
"So, what should we do today?"
Cody paused to think. "Well, we are already dressed for the elements. We could go outside and have a snowball fight or a snowman building competition..."
Everyone else seemed to like that idea. Before they headed out though, Tapeworm stopped Cody.
"Ummm, Cody...I do have a question for you..."
"What's that?"
"Well, early this morning I got up to use the bathroom, and well...when I went inside..."
Cody grins. "Somebody was else was already in there?"
"Yeah...It was...well..."
"Porkers?"
"So you know?"
Cody nodded. "Yeah, I trained him to do that. I don't think he would want to go out in weather like this..."
Tapeworm sighed. "Thank goodness...I thought I had gone crazy..."
The four split into couples and each couple huddled to try to come up with the best idea for the best snowman. Cody and Bailey were debating what to do.
"How about a snow Porkers?"
Bailey paused. "No...too easy."
"What do you have in mind?"
"I'm drawing a blank..."
Cody paused to think and then began grinning. "I have an idea!"
"Yeah? What?"
Cody leaned in and whispered in Bailey's ear his idea. She just looked back at him and began to laugh. "Perfect!"
Both couples began working on their snowmen. Carrots and pieces of charcoal were allowed, but there was no sense in getting clothes drenched. Cody and Bailey decided to pack the snow as tightly as they could so they could try to carve it. About an hour later, they had finished to their satisfaction and walked over to Max and Tapeworm.
"We're done!"
"So are we."
Max and Tapeworm step out of the way to unveil their snowman. It was a traditional snowman with charcoal eyes, a carrot nose and charcoal buttons with sticks for arms.
Cody and Bailey nod. "Not bad..."
Max grins. "Not bad? Let's see yours!"
Cody and Bailey take them over to theirs. Max and Tapeworm both immediately begin to laugh. The snowman has a smooth head and appears to be wearing a sport coat and shorts.
Bailey smiled. "We call it...Snow-Moseby!"
To be Continued...