Chapter 47

Again, I don't own any of these characters

The next morning, Bailey woke up feeling kisses being placed on her neck. She immediately smiled before she even opened her eyes. Sensing she was now awake, Cody leaned in and whispered in her ear.

"Happy Anniversary, my Love..."

Bailey turned so she could face Cody. "Happy Anniversary to you too, Codykins..." She leaned in and kissed him.

"You ready for your day of surprises?"

Bailey smiled. "I always love your surprises..."

"Good, because we need to get up and moving..."

Bailey sat up and noticed it was only 5:30. "What do you have planned this early?"

Cody grinned. "You'll see..."

About forty five minutes later, Bailey found herself being lead by Cody along a path to the edge of the resort property. She noticed some stables in the distance, but didn't think that's where they were headed. But, Cody kept leading her in that direction. Finally, the arrived at the stables, and Cody walked up to the manager.

"Excuse me, we have a reservation for two under Martin..."

The man grunts and leads them into the stable. "What kind of experience do you two have on horses?"

Cody shrugs. "This will be my first time..."

Bailey smiled. "I'm experienced..."

"Well, we'll put the filly on Thunder over here, and we'll put the cowpoke on ol' Gluestick over there..."

Bailey did her best not to laugh, but Cody just shrugged.

"Don't worry, I'll show him everything he needs to know..."

The man nods. "You should be fine this time of morning. The rattlesnakes don't come out till its warmer..."

Cody immediately turned to him. "R..R...Rattlesnakes?"

Bailey just grabbed his arm and led him over to their two horses. Surprising enough, Cody was actually able to get up on his horse the first time. Once he was settled, Bailey climbed up on to hers, and they began to walk along one of the trails.

But there was a reason Cody had chosen to horseback ride this early in the morning. The sun was still coming up, and it was painting the sky a multitude of colors in the desert sky.

Bailey turned to him. "I can't believe you thought of this..."

Cody smiled. "I thought you would enjoy it..."

"Oh, I do...Its gorgeous out here. Isn't it the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?"

Cody smiled at her again. "Third most beautiful..."

"Third?"

"Well, Hawaii is second...and you know what number one is..."

Bailey smiled at him. "I have a pretty good idea what you think number one is..."

"Well, I happen to be right about that..."

Bailey just shook her head. "Well, thank you for that and thank you for this morning. This was a really great way to start the day. It's been very relaxing and peaceful..."

Cody grinned. "If you think this was relaxing and peaceful, you ain't seen nothing yet..."

By the time their ride was over, it was close to to 10:00 AM – just in time to hit the brunch buffet at one of the hotel restaurants. Fortunately, Jeopardy was picking up the food tab for the contestants while they were on the hotel property. Well, not really picking up the tab, the hotel offered it to the show to entice them to film there.

Brunch was delicious, and they took their time as Cody's next surprise wasn't until 12:30. As it got close to noon, Cody directed Bailey towards the spa area.

"Cody, where are we going?"

Cody smiled. "Just borrowing an idea that you had last year..."

And that's what he had planned. They were lead into a private changing room where both changed into resort robes. From there, Cody had a couple's hot stone message ready for them. As Bailey laid there, she felt even the slightest tensions inside of her melting away. Once that was done, they were lead to a water massage area. It was private, so they could drop their robes without any worry and both slipped into a warm tub that had massaging jets to continue relaxing them. Bailey wasn't sure she had ever felt more relaxed in her whole life. From there, they were lead to a private cabana overlooking the sanctuary pool with the desert and mountains as a backdrop. There was a large lounge chair with a fan circulating over top of it. They both just laid in the lounge chair relaxing.

"Cody, thank you so much..."

"I take it this was to your liking?"

"Oh yeah..." She leaned over and kissed him.

"Good. You deserve to be treated like a queen..."

She looked up at him and smiled. "I am everyday..."

"Well, I just wanted to make this day perfect for you..."

"Cody, it is...And knowing you, its far from over, isn't it?"

Cody just grinned. "Maybe..."

Bailey just snuggled closer to him. "Whatever it is can wait...I just want to stay here like this a little longer..."

"There's nowhere else I'd rather be..."

After a couple more hours of just relaxing and sharing more than a few kisses, they realized it was time for them to get moving. But they didn't get up out of the chair until they finished watching the sunset over the desert and mountains. Once they did, the returned back and changed before they headed back to their room.

"Bails, the next part is your choice..."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I have reservations at the the nicest restaurant in the hotel, Tuscany or we can stay here and order room service..."

Bailey paused to think. "Hmmmm..." She grinned. "Something tells me if we stayed here, we might get distracted..."

Cody grinned right back. "And that would be a bad thing?"

"Not at all...But we need to be on our best Wednesday, so we shouldn't be skipping any meals..."

Cody nodded. "You're right..."

"But after dinner...We can get distracted as much as we want to..."

Cody smiled. "Sounds like a plan to me..."

Both grabbed a quick shower – separately. They knew if they took one together, they would get distracted. Both dressed up and made it down to the restaurant just in time for their reservation. They were seated in a secluded table that Cody had requested. And both were carrying packages that the other could only surmise were anniversary gifts.

After being seated, the took a look at their menus. The restaurant was an Italian one, and both loved Italian food. So, both struggled to pick just one thing. Cody suggested they order two different meals and they could share. Bailey just smiled and readily accepted that suggestion.

The waiter finally arrived, and they placed their orders. As they sat there waiting for their appetizer, they were just talking about the day they had and the rest of the week they were looking at. However, a woman's scream from the table behind them broke them out of their reverie.

"Oh my God! He's choking!"

Cody immediately turned around and saw an man in his mid to late thirties with his hands around his throat gasping for air. Immediately, Cody got up and rushed over to the man. Cody proceeded to give the man the Heimlich Maneuver, and a piece of food finally came shooting out of his mouth. The man finally sat back down and tried to catch his breath.

Cody knelt down and looked up at him. "Are you alright?"

The man nodded while still trying to get air. "Yeah...I am thanks to you."

Cody smiled. "My pleasure..."

"I owe you one, man..."

"Just glad I could help..."

"What's your name?"

Cody paused and spoke very softly. "I'm Cody...Cody Martin..."

"Nice to meet you Cody. I'm Steve...Steve Nash..."

To be Continued...