Suite Life On Deck

Bailey Belle

I DO NOT OWN SLOD AND ANY OF THE CHARACTERS

At last everyone gathered their way off the dock and arrived at the Martin's house. Bailey's cheeks were stained and the tears didn't resist to fall. She just wanted to curl up in a ball and die. She felt like living was pointless. She didn't have any duties to attend to...she may of been breathing and her pulse was pumping, but she felt like she was already dead. Her life was nothing without him. The tears poured from her eyes and as much as they tried to comfort one another it was useless. Her mind became flooded with memories of Cody and her. The sweet moments. The time he took her out and assisted her to skip rocks and how he was so apprehensive to touch her afraid of being churlish. The time they would stay out with each other late at night looking up at the sky. How he would designate every constellation. Then there was one of her favorite moments. Their first kiss. How Cody so benign lifted up his hand and brushed the eyelash off of her cheek and how they were caught in a gaze. She looked deeply into those blue-green eyes and she could see the adulation. The hankering for each other they had could no longer be resisted. Then they leaned in and she could feel his warm breath against her skin before their lips collided with each other. How calming the feeling of the kiss was and passionate. All those emotions they bundled up was being released as time around them stood still.

Across the room Ms. Martin was taking the hit the hardest. The only people she really had in her life was her sons...and now with one of them defunct, she only had Zacharry. She didn't want to lose any of her children. That was her worst fear as she was raising them. She remembered how when Cody was little he would rather spend time helping clean around the house and learn new things than go outside and play with the other young ones his age. How he would always ask her to sing him a song before bedtime and she did. Cody would look at his mother astounded by how she sounded. He would ask her to sing another after another until he fell to sleep. Whenever he would have a bad dream he would immediately run into her arms crying needing to be calmed down. Then he got older. He became stronger, but that did not mean he didn't need her anymore. As he aged he asked her about making the right decisions. Yes, she would tell him a story about one of her boyfriends which amused him and annoyed him, but it showed him some light to a situation. She lost all the people she cared about in her life. It was unfair. One day he was there and now he wasn't. He was gone permanently and there was no bringing him back to the state he once was. His body slowly drifting into the ocean...

Zacharry on the other hand tried to act upset, but inside he was exploding with joy. No words could express it. Even though he lost his brother he felt no remorse. He felt like he could do anything. The next step was taking what was rightfully his. Bailey. He could see she was devastated by his brother's dismissal from the world, but he knew that would change. She would move on and he would be the one to pick up the pieces. Be the one to treat her and Cody's child as his own. Be that kids daddy and erase any traces of Cody that once existed. He looked at Bailey with hungry eyes as she sat on the chair in the room up against Maddie's shoulder. He just wanted her to realize that he was the one. Her brown eyes then looked up and she could see the pain in her eyes. He wanted to take that pain away. It wasn't his fault she was feeling that though. It was Cody's. He should of broken up with her a long time ago. He was the one interfering. He had it coming. Cody could never give her the love Zacharry could endow her with. Zacharry felt this sensation that never occurred to him before when Bailey and him met. She was all he wanted. All he craved for.

"Zacharry, can you please inform me on what happened to Cody...Why isn't he here with us? What even could of caused this?" Bailey said hysterically crying. Zacharry huffed in annoyance knowing this was going to happen.

"Bailey, are you sure you want to hear of this news now?" Zacharry asked and Bailey just glared. She would not miss out on this information. She needed to know. She cared for Cody even if he was gone. That wouldn't stop. " Umm...where to start...So, there was Cody and he was directing the ship and I told him I was going to go catch up on some sleep...leaving Cody to direct by himself wasn't probably the best idea, but I did. As he was directing I guess he took the boat in the opposite direction making us crash into some rocks. I awoke from the crash and ran to find Cody...I looked all over and for Cody and he wasn't there... I then guessed he was in the water so I ran to the lifeboats. Most of them fallen off when the ship made contact with the rocks. I jumped inside of one of the few ones left and I circled the entire ship trying to find him...I couldn't...he died in the crash. I'm sorry, everyone. I tried...There was nothing I could of done to prevent this entire disaster. I disappointed you all. I should of been protecting my younger brother." Zacharry apologized in a sincere tone even though in his mind those words that fell off his lips meant nothing. Bailey wanted to be angry with him and put the blame on him for not locating Cody, but she couldn't bring herself to it. She knew when things happen, you can't always control it. She understood the guilt Zacharry could be feeling.

"Zacharry, you did nothing wrong. It's okay...I understand...I just wished I could of said goodbye for one last time..." Bailey said looking at him trying to be brave, but she felt her eyes start watering again. She couldn't keep on the brave face. She lost Cody for good. This wasn't going to be just a temporary occurrence this was going to be for a lifetime. Bailey got off of her seat and walked up to Zacharry and pulled him into an embrace. She didn't even consider how he could of been feeling. The traumatic situation he was put in. Seeing all the people he knew dying right before his eyes. "Are you okay, Zacharry?" Zacharry was smiling with delight on the inside, but hit it on the out. He hugged her tighter taking in her scent.

"I will be..." Zacharry said in a saddened voice that could pull at the heart strings of anyone. He didn't want to let her go. He wasn't going to let her exit his life because of Cody. He was going to be that supporting shoulder. Bailey then pulled away after a few moments. Ms. Martin was now crying more at the thought of Cody's tragic death.

" I think it would be appropriate if we have a funeral for Cody. We may not have his body, but it will be one last chance for us to say goodbye..." Maddie spoke up. Bailey hated the thought of having a funeral for Cody. A funeral for him would mean he is officially gone and out of her life for good.

"Would you mind if you excuse me for one moment, please? I just need to gather my thoughts..." Bailey quickly escaped the room and made her way up the stair case to Cody's room. She placed her hand on the handle of Cody's room turned it and opened it and the door created a loud squeak. She just looked inside the room. She was afraid to enter though. It just flooded her head with memories all over again. She felt coldness as she entered the room. Like it wasn't any longer welcoming. As she took the first step inside the floor boards creaked. She took in a deep breath trying to hold in her tears. She felt like she could hear Cody's voice...see his face in the mirror. She tried to distract her mind and walked over to his desk. See what he could of left behind. The desk was covered in papers and she scrambled through them. She didn't know what she was looking for, but she kept digging. She then found a picture of him that she drew of him. The fact that he still had it warmed her heart and made her stomach have butterfly's again. She still felt like he was still there even though she was fully aware he was gone.

" I wouldn't consider this the best way to recollect your thoughts." She heard a manly voice behind her and saw Zacharry standing closer than usual to her. Bailey didn't know how to respond to him.

"I just..." Bailey said without finishing. There was this different look in Zacharry's eyes. It made her intimidated a little bit. There was this glint in them which was unfamiliar to her.

" What is that you have in your hand there?" Zacharry said pointing casually to the object in Bailey's possession. Bailey did not know how to respond.

"Nothing, just a memory..." Bailey said placing it back on the table. Zacharry looked curiously at her trying to get some sort of full indication as to what it was. "I drew the picture of Cody...I'm surprised that he would still have it...I know I kept mine, but..."

"You are having complications with finishing your sentences today, aren't you?" Zacharry stated and Bailey nodded.

"It's just this whole week I was excited to see Cody again...and you...and everything...you know..."

"I think we should take you back downstairs. I don't think my brother's room will be able to heal your heart." Zacharry offered, but Bailey was hesitant.

"I would rather stay here for a little while. I hope you understand." Zacharry just nodded and exited. Bailey wondered around the room. Trying to think. She went over to his mirror where he saw clothing hanging over it. She touched it and held it closely. She then heard her name called from downstairs and decided it was time to make her way out. She grabbed the picture from the desk and turned one last time before exiting to the empty room.

"I love you, Cody...I always will..." She stated and then closed the door behind her. He may have left her life, but he didn't leave her heart...