Chapter 44

Again, I don't own any of these characters

The rest of the evening included hanging out, having dinner, and hanging out some more. Before they went to bed, they checked the news again. It appeared that the worst of the storm was over, and by the end of the week, the sun would be out again and help melt that snow. The last thing they did was check the Yale University channel. According to it, classes were back on the next day as scheduled. Everyone sighed knowing their brief vacation was over. However, the good news was that power had been restored to all university buildings and dorms.

Max sighed. "Well, I guess we can head back now..."

Bailey shook her head. "Its already late, and you're both already dressed for bed. Just stay here tonight, and we can run you and your stuff back over tomorrow after class..."

"You sure? I mean, you guys have already done so much for us already..."

Cody smiled. "We told you it was our pleasure. Plus, we've had a lot of fun with you guys the past couple of days..."

Tapeworm sighs. "I just hope its not too hard going back to class tomorrow..."

Max nodded. "I know. Wednesdays are my long day. Class at 10:00, 1:00 and 2:00..."

"Mine too...10:00...11:00 and 2:00..."

Cody turned to Bailey. "I'm glad tomorrow is one of our easy days..."

Bailey nodded. "I know..." She turned to Max and Tapeworm. "We're both done tomorrow at 11:50 and we'll be here after about 12:30, so whenever you two are done, just stop by..."

After that, they wished each other goodnight and went to bed. As they laid in bed, Bailey snuggled closer to Cody again.

"Well, I guess we'll get our tests back tomorrow..."

Cody nodded. "Yeah, our Chemistry grades should be posted..."

"Our Econometrics and ISP tests too..."

Cody turned to her. "I almost forgot. Bill said he already graded them and told me we both did our usual. I guess when Jo said the university was closed, it slipped my mind..."

Bailey smiled at him. "I'll let it slide this one time...Though I'm not sure I should after what you did in Monopoly earlier..."

"Oh really?"

"Uh huh..."

"Says the lady who once challenged me on the word 'quixotry' in Scrabble..."

Bailey laughed. "I had to! You were going to get 365 points for one word!"

Cody smiled. "But what did the dictionary tell you?"

Bailey sighed. "That it was a real word..."

Cody grinned. "Besides...I was due to win one of those games..."

Bailey just shook her head. "I'm just glad we're on the same team for Jeopardy..."

"And we're going to dominate...I just know it."

"You really think so?"

"Of course..."

"Cody?"

"Yeah, Bails?"

"If we do win, what are we going to do with the prize money?"

Cody paused. "Probably be a good idea to invest it. We might need it for grad school..."

Bailey smiled. "What if we get scholarships and a stipend for that too?"

"Then, we'll have a nice down payment when we are ready to buy our first house..."

"I like the sound of that...Our first house..."

"Me too...And we have plenty of time to figure out what we want in a house..."

Bailey grinned. "You're right. And we'll know the perfect house when we see it..."

Soon enough, it was the next morning. And after two days of doing essentially nothing, the entire campus was back in class. Wednesday proceeded as a normal day except most students on campus had gotten spoiled by sleeping in the past two days. Upon returning from class, Cody and Bailey only had to do their prep work for their Genetics lab the next day. And while they were at it, they went ahead and did their homework and reading for their only class on Friday.

By the time they finished, It was after a little after three, and Max and Tapeworm would be arriving soon. They did finally show up, and after loading up all of their bags, Cody and Bailey dropped them back off at their dorms. The roads were much better by Wednesday afternoon, but not ones that anyone would want to be on if they didn't have to.

Returning home, Cody and Bailey just hung around the house. With all of their homework done for the week already, they spent some time on their laptops. Surfing around for trivia sites, Cody found a site called Sporcle that was full of quizzes that covered everything from history to pop culture. Both readily agreed that it looked a good sight to practice. After all, they only had about a month before they filmed. After spending several hours taking some of the quizzes, they decided it was time for dinner.

After dinner, they just hung out in the living room. Bailey was watching TV while Cody was messing around on his laptop.

"Taking more tests, Codykins?"

Cody shook his head. "No...I was just looking into the application time lines for law schools, med school and vet schools..."

Bailey scooted over next to him so she could see the monitor.

"What have you found out?"

"Well, it seems the GRE, MCAT and LSAT are all computerized now."

Bailey nods. "Okay...Does it say when we should take them?"

Cody searches. "Well, it says most people take them during the junior years or early senior years. Our junior year is next year..."

Bailey pauses. "So, should we go ahead and sign up to take them next year?"

Cody sat there thinking. "Yeah...It might not be a bad idea to sign up to take them next fall..."

"So we can have all summer studying and taking practice tests..."

"Exactly..." Cody paused. "You know. I should just focus on one of them so I don't spread myself out too thin..."

"Which one are you going to choose?"

"I'm thinking the MCAT for now. I hear it the more difficult of the two..."

Bailey nods. "Whichever one you want to choose, you have my support..."

"You know...this also brings up another big question for us..."

"What's that?"

"They're going to want to know which schools to send our scores too...And right after we get our scores back, we're going to need to start applying."

Bailey paused. "You're right..."

Cody smiled. "Tell you what...Why don't you pull up a list of the top vet schools, I'll pull up a list of the top med schools, and we'll compare them..."

Bailey smiled. "Good idea."

Bailey got her laptop and both proceed to look up their respective lists on the US News & World Report website. They sat there side by side, and compared them. Looking at both lists, they see that there are five schools highly ranked in both – Cornell, Penn, Wisconsin, Tufts and UC-Davis.

"Quite a list, huh?"

Bailey nods. "I know Cornell and Penn are Ivy League schools, so we knew they would be good. I've just never been to either Ithaca or Philadelphia..."

"I know...And I've never been to Madison, and I'm not quite sure where UC-Davis is..."

Bailey quickly looked it up. "Its in the Sacramento area..."

"Closest I've been to Sacramento was the time we stopped in San Francisco..."

"Same here..."

"So, what do you think?"

Bailey paused to think. "I say we apply to those five plus a safety school..."

"What do you have in mind?"

Bailey looked at both lists again. "Well, the next lower tier would include schools like Ohio State, Florida, and Missouri..."

"You choose. I told you I would follow you wherever..." Cody teased her then. "But would a self respecting Kansan dare go to a school in Missouri?"

Bailey just laughed. "How about all three? It says we can send out scores to up to eight schools..."

Cody nods. "And preference among them?"

Bailey sighed. "I don't know. Either way, we'll be together, so we have that going for us...but, if I had to give a top three...I'd say Cornell and Penn due to their prestige and Tufts due to it being in a city we both know and love..."

"Don't worry, Bails. We'll find the right fit for us..."

To be Continued...