"Well you were no help" I grumbled, hugging one of the couch pillows to my chest

"Sorry, I know, but what did you want me to do anyway?" Lexi apologized coming to sit next to me.

"I don't know but something!" I sighed and buried my face in the pillow. Cody had left just a while before to get his things from the hotel. My mum had said it was okay if he stayed as long as he behaved himself. Cody was a little bit of a rebel and he had a bit of an anger problem but I couldn't remember a time when he was anything but sweet to me. Except maybe when we first met and he thought I had cooties… he got over that pretty quickly though

"Relax, okay. You should be happy. Most girls dream of having two hot boys fighting over them. You're living the dream!" I had to laugh. The idea that they would be fighting over me seemed beyond ridiculous. Sure Cody flirted with me from time to time but that was just his nature. From the look on Lexi's face I could tell that she believed her words true but unfortunately they weren't. It was very unfortunate

"Yeah, okay, I'll try. One thing's for sure though, I can't tell Niall anything until Cody leaves." I was expecting some form of protest from her but she simply nodded.

"It's probably not a good idea if Cody's really going to be staying here. By the way, does he have any single brothers?" I smiled again at the sudden change of subject

"No, he's an only child. You could ask him out though, I wouldn't mind." The truth was I would mind but for my best friend I could suck it up. Besides if he was dating someone it would make my decision much easier. For someone so cute he had an extremely short list of girl's he'd dated.

"I don't think I'm his type." She gave me a look but I didn't understand the meaning of it. Lexi was pretty, blonde, and confident; how could she not be anyone's type? She smiled at my confused face and shook her head. "How are you so smart yet so clueless?"

I made a face and was about to complain when we heard a knock on the door. I opened it to find a very happy looking Cody standing with a mixture of bags and a suitcase. Since it was getting late now it couldn't really be anyone else. Few people visited me as it was. He walked through the door and Lexi walked out before I could close it.

"Are you leaving?" I wasn't sure if I was happy about that or not. Part of me didn't want to be left alone with Cody, in a big empty house, just for us. Yet another part of me did want to be alone with him, in a big empty house, just for us…

"Yeah, I told Grace that I'd cover her shift tomorrow" she said though I suspected there was more to it than that.

"Do you want us to walk you home? It's getting late" Cody asked. I smiled and Lexi laughed; obviously he didn't know her that well.

"Don't worry about it. I live like two blocks away. I think I'll be fine." She hugged me goodbye and closed the door behind her. Cody didn't understand what was so funny but he shrugged it off. He wasn't one to dwell on things. We sat on the couch for a few seconds before things finally set in. We were alone

"So…" Cody said getting my attention. He gave me a sweet smile, making me relax. I found it strange how easily he could get my emotions to go either way.

"So?" I asked shuffling my feet

"So do I get to share your bed?" He made me shiver, looking so hopeful

"No!" I turned around, busying myself. I grabbed the pillow on the other side of me and started fluffing it, not wanting him to see me blush.

"Kidding! I'm kidding!" He reached over and pulled both my hands to him, making me turn around. As if I wasn't blushing enough he held on to them.

"Okay…" I hoped I didn't sound as anxious as I felt

"I'll be a gentleman, don't worry" he promised. His words sounded sincere but the smile on his face was wicked. It always looked that way but it still made me nervous. Good nervous but nervous. I was very nervous okay. "Besides, Jenna would kill me if I tried anything with her little Sugah"

"Stop it" I laughed and swatted away his hand; it kept trying to pinch my cheek. "If you want I could sleep in my mum's room so you could sleep in mine…" I tried not to focus on the fact that if he did he would be in my bed.

"Would that be breaking any rules?" he asked as if he cared. He smiled at the absurdity of his own words

"No it'd be fine." My mum and I had talked about it when Cody had handed me the phone. She said that as long as we weren't sharing a bed it was fine. Not that I was that kind of girl but you know parents, just wanted to make sure. She also said that if he gave me any kind of trouble I had every right to kick him out. But besides that, he was free to stay. She did slyly mention that I should try to keep him from damaging anything if anyone else happened to come over. Meaning? Try to keep him from fighting with Niall.

"Well great then. Off to your room we go" he linked his arm with mine and happily made his way up the stairs.

Once we got all his things in my room Cody spent no time making himself at home. Within the minute he had taken off his shoes, thrown himself on my bed, and began looking through my things. My guess was he was keeping the rest of his clothes on as a courtesy to me. He was a really carefree person; one of the things I loved most about him. I worked to empty a few drawers so he had room to put his stuff. A week or two was a long time to keep his things in that suitcase.

"You sure you don't need help?" he asked not looking up from a book he had found on my bedside table

"No, it's okay, I'm done" I showed him the two drawers I had emptied. "Don't look through my other ones" I warned but I didn't believe he would anyway. He really was a gentleman

"Yeah, yeah" he said walking over to me. He looked over the things I had on top of my dresser and stopped when he found something that stood out of place. He grabbed the hat and placed it on his head. "Supra snapback! Nice. I didn't know you wore snapbacks"

"I don't… That's Niall's" I said quietly, afraid of what his reaction would be. I had forgotten to give it back to him since I took it

Cody's smile faded. He slowly took off the hat and looked at it in his hands. He studies it for a few seconds as if he were trying to decide something. For a moment I thought he was going to try to step on it but he didn't. He merely tossed it back on the dresser and went to lie back on the bed. I sighed with relief and placed the hat in one of my drawers

"It's getting late" I heard him say. It was a quiet comment, thoughtful. I turned to see him with his hands behind his head, staring at the ceiling. As if he could sense my staring he turned to me too and gave me a smile. It was a small smile, sweet, with his eyes looking extremely tender. I felt myself get a little lightheaded.

"Yea– Yeah it is." I said, getting myself back down to earth. "I should go to my mum's room now"

"You wanna take anything with you?" He sat up but made no attempt to get out of bed. He looked unusually comfortable there. But I guess that was a good thing

"No, it's okay. I have some extra clothes in her room anyway." He didn't ask why just nodded and lay himself back down

"Well goodnight"

"Goodnight" I said and headed out the door, just a little reluctant

"Wait" he called and walked over to me.

"What is it?" I asked, thinking I had forgotten to tell him where the blankets were or something. But that wasn't it. Cody kept walking until our bodies were only a foot away from each other. He leaned into me and brought his face so close to mine I could practically feel his breath on my face

"Sweet dreams" he said in an airy voice and closed the last few inches between us with a kiss on my cheek. Not being able to think of any words to say, much less a sentence, I nodded my head. It was probably faster than it should have been, as if I was subconsciously trying to force my blood back down my face so I wouldn't blush. I smiled a small smile and rushed out of my room hoping he hadn't seen anything