Chapter 52
Again, I don't own any of these characters
The rest of the evening was Cody and Bailey spending even more time alone together. Which of course means they again spent the evening making love. In fact, they enjoyed themselves so much that both slept in until almost ten the next morning. Once they did wake up, they just spent a lazy morning and early afternoon around the house, and neither got out of their robes until they finally took a shower later that afternoon. And the only reason they did then was because they knew they had to go out and meet their friends for another birthday dinner.
They drove back down towards the shore to a seafood restaurant right on the water that Jo had recommended to them. The food was excellent, and they just all sat around having a good time. At one point, Cassie pulled Bailey aside and asked what Cody had done to celebrate everything. Bailey was more than willing to tell Cassie everything that had happened the day before. Cassie smiled and said it looked like Bailey had had a good birthday. Bailey could only beam that she had.
After dinner, Bailey was surprised when a birthday cake was brought out to her. As the candles glowed in front of her, she remembered the wishes she had made on her two previous birthdays. Two years ago, she wished her friends could be as happy as she was and have someone who loved them as much as Cody did her. Well, that one had come true. Last year, she had wished that Cody would propose. That one had come true as well. This year, she wished that she and Cody would both get accepted to the same grad school. And with that, she blew out her candles.
Soon, it was getting late, and Zack, Cassie, Addison and Woody had to be getting back to Storrs. And Bailey knew that she, Cody, Max and Tapeworm were about to enter reading week and needed to start preparing for finals. So, everyone called it a night and wished Bailey a happy birthday one more time.
Of course, like last year, the Monday of reading week meant Cody and Bailey had another meeting with Bill to plan their schedules for the next fall. So, it was early Monday morning that they found themselves knocking on Bill's office door once again.
"Come on in..."
Cody and Bailey took the seats in front of his desk. "Its that time once again..."
Bill nodded. "I know. I did some research for you both this morning, and I have some good news for you both..."
"Yeah, what's that?"
"Well, on the Economics side, you've completed all your degree prerequisites outside of your senior seminar you take your last year. So, from here on out, all you have left is electives..."
Bailey smiled. "Sounds good to us. Do we have to ask what you are teaching next year?"
Bill laughed. "Well, I'm teaching Intermediate Macro again next semester..."
"Oh..."
"But I am also teaching a course in Game Theory..."
Cody nodded. "Sign us up then."
Bill nodded. "Alright...Again, its early. I liked teaching 9:00-10:15 on Mondays and Wednesday."
"Works for us. We actually liked it too...What other class would you recommend?"
Bill paused. "Well, we are having a special visiting professor next semester. He was a former Commerce Secretary in the Obama Administration and a Yale alum. He's teaching a course in American Economic History. Admission to the class has been reserved for our top students, but if you two don't qualify as that, I don't know who does..."
Bailey smiled. "If you could get us in, we'd be honored..."
"Its Tuesday/Thursday from 9:00-10:15..." Bill types away on his keyboard. "Alright, you're both in. Well, after next semester, you will have eight of the twelve courses you need for an Economics degree. That means you need four more your last three semesters including your senior seminar. Beyond that, you just need to get your 120 total credit hours."
Bill changed menus on his computer. "Alright, Biology wise, you both still have to get Biochemistry out of the way for Med and Vet school. Do you want to knock it out next fall?"
Cody and Bailey both nod.
"And the Biology department requires two different labs be taken. Your Genetics lab this semester will take care of one, and a Biochemistry lab will knock out the other one..."
"Lets do it then..."
"Alright, there is a Biochemistry class on Mondays/Wednesday/Fridays at 11:00. How's that?"
Bailey nods. "Fine."
"And there is a lab on Tuesday from 1:00-3:00. Does that work too?"
Cody nods. "Yeah..."
"Okay, that's four classes down. Biology also has two more major requirements that you need to take before you get to electives. If you think you can handle 17 hours, you can go ahead and knock those both out next semester..."
Cody and Bailey look at each other. "Yeah, we can handle it working together..."
"Alright, the first is a class in General Ecology. There is one on Tuesdays/Thursdays from 11:00-12:15. How's that?"
"Looks like we only have one more to schedule..."
"The final prerequisite is Evolutionary Biology. Let me see what times it is being offered. How does Mondays/Wednesdays 2:00-3:15 sound?"
"Perfect..."
"Alright, we're done..." Bill prints out their schedules for them and hands them to Cody and Bailey. "You guys are getting good at having easy Fridays. Well, after next semester, you will be doing electives in Biology as well. Bailey, you can start choosing classes more helpful for vet school, and Cody, you can start choosing classes more helpful for med school."
Cody smiled. "I'm going to miss having all my classes with Bailey. I couldn't ask for a better study partner."
Bailey smiled. "Me either..."
Bill smiled at them. "Well, after next semester, you both will have close to 80 credit hours. That means you will only need approximate 40 more to graduate. If you take sixteen again next semester, you can have relatively smaller class loads your last two semesters. I would recommend taking your senior seminar in Economics one semester of your last year and your senior seminar in Biology the other semester. Both of those will require a lot of work and would be better for both your sakes not to do them at the same time."
Cody and Bailey nod. "We appreciate the recommendation. We'll keep that in mind."
"Good. Now, knowing you two, you're heading back home to study, aren't you?"
Cody and Bailey laughed. "You know us..."
Bill sighed. "I hope you two don't waste too much time on my classes again. I think I could give you two the tests right now, and you would both nail them..."
Cody and Bailey returned home and went right back to studying. Finals were scheduled to begin the following Saturday morning. They would follow a similar schedule as the last semester. This semester, they had Genetics on Saturday afternoon, ISP on Monday morning, Econometrics on Tuesday afternoon, and Organic Chemistry on Thursday evening. And again, neither had to do all that well on any of their tests to keep their A's. Of course, that should be expected as they both diligently kept up with their homework and reading throughout the semester.
The duo again dedicated one day to studying for each of their classes, and both entered their first final feeling confident. By Thursday night of finals week, both were exhausted but felt really good about how they did. They spent Thursday evening curled up on the couch, relaxing and enjoying the fact that their first year was over. But they couldn't rest too much. They had both agreed to help Zack, Cassie, Woody and Addison pack up tomorrow and help take Woody and Addison to the airport before they followed Zack and Cassie back to Boston. Cody and Bailey were taking a week off before they started working to hang out in Boston themselves. So, as they laid there resting, the washer and dryer were running.
The next morning, they packed up themselves and Porkers for a week, and headed out for Storrs. They got there in a couple of hours, and immediately, they were put to work. Porkers had to be snuck in as neither Cody or Bailey were going to leave him in the car. After another hour or so, everyone was packed up, so Cody and Zack went to get the SUVs and pull them up to the loading areas with the hazard lights on. With six people, the loading didn't take that long. After all, Addison was 83 pounds of pure power and Bailey was noticeably stronger from the weight lifting she had done with Cody. Soon, Zack and Cassie's SUV was full of their stuff while Cody and Bailey's SUV was full of Woody and Addison's. Once everything was loaded, everyone piled in and began their drive over to the Hartford airport.
The dropped Woody and Addison off and helped them get all of their bags checked in. After that, Woody and Addison hugged everybody goodbye and said they would be back in August to move in to the new pad. And with that, they were off through security.
The other four turned to head back, but decided to swap SUVs again for the ride back to Boston. And with that, Zack with Cody in the lead with Bailey with Cassie and Porkers in tow following beginning their first summer vacation from college.
To be Continued...