9.37am, London -
Z - meeet moi usol plic 4pm shiarp - L
9.39am, Zack -
If that was English I didn't understand - Z
9.41am, London -
U nooo wt I mjnt!!!1
*
"Zack."
"Zack!"
"ZACK!"
"Woah, London, I'm here," Zack muttered out of the side of his mouth. He faced away from London, as she did with him. Completely not suspicious at all. A few people passed by and Zack waved.
"You need to tell Cody to tell Bailey she likes him!" London muttered back, equally not suspicious. Holden passed by and she raised her hand to her ear in a phone-shape, smiling widely. He looked back at her with a weird look on his face and kept walking.
"You don't think I tried that already!" Zack gave up on the 'Source' game they usually played during meetings like this, and turned round to face her. London kept facing the other way, smiling and swinging her bag.
"Well do it again!"
"But -"
"Here," London said, and she pulled a fifty dollar note out her back. "No one hears of this, okay?"
"Sweet! Two eight foot subs!"
*
Hunger had finally forced Bailey to leave her cabin. After a hearty meal at the food hall, she headed to the Juice Bar for a Banana Fofana.
"Bailey! Long time no see," Zack called, throwing his towel over his shoulder. "What can I get you?"
"Banana fofana please Zack," Bailey said, taking a seat. "With extra fofana."
"Coming right up."
Zack proceeded to concoct the juice. Bailey turned around in her seat and looked about. Cody was folding towels. She ducked her head slightly so he wouldn't recognise her - she had received about ten texts from him this morning, and hadn't replied.
"So, feeling better?" Zack placed the plastic cup in front of her. Bailey took a big slurp.
"Meh," she replied, raising her head back up to look across the Sky Deck. Reina was literally skipping down the stairs, looking pleased with herself. She saw Cody and leant across the towel counter. He smiled and made small talk. Something green and ugly brewed in Bailey's heart.
Cody and Reina were laughing. At something Reina had said. Their hands met in the middle of the counter. Both smiled. Reina leaned in to kiss Cody's cheek -
Bailey slammed her plastic cup on the juice counter. "I'll see you later, Zack." Bitterness ate at her insides as she walked away, back to her cabin.
*
"Hey, Codester!" Zack slapped his brother on the back. He pulled up a seat on the Sky Deck next to his brother. "What's happening, bro?"
"Well, Bailey's not talking to me." Cody placed his head in his hands. "I saw her at the juice bar today. Why didn't she speak to me?"
"Maybe it's because you were all over that Rainy chick?" Zack commented. "And through my many years of womanising, I have come to realise that the ladies don't like it when you're with another chick."
"Really? I wasn't all over Reina!" Cody scoffed. "Was I?" Seriousness erupted onto his face.
"Sha," Zack raised his eyebrows. "That's what it looked like to Bailey!"
"Oh, no, this is going to completely ruin my six-month plan! What should I do?"
Zack contemplated this for a moment. "Tell her how you feel." He said it like it was no bother at all.
"You think?" Cody contemplated this also. "But that would completely ruin my six-month plan too!"
"Dude!" Zack slammed his palms down on the table. "Forget the stupid plan! Burn the plan!" Hurt at the thought of burning precious plans passed across Cody's face. "The plan is getting you nowhere. Now go buy her some lillies-"
"Daisies. She likes daisies."
"- Daisies then! And tell her how you damned feel boy! Now march!"
Zack lead Cody in an army-style march across the deck.
*
"Bailey, it's London," London called through the door. "Could you let me in? I'm still waiting for my key to come back from the magic rainbow fish."
Bailey opened the door. "The magic who-what fish?"
"The magic rainbow fish!" London cried. "Only the most magical rainbow fish in all the land! Zack told me they would turn my key pretty and gold!"
"Right." Bailey closed the door. She lay back down on her bed.
"I need to speak to you Bailey." London sat at her vanity dresser and began brushing her hair.
"If it's about Cody again I don't want to hear it."
"But you have to." London stood up. "You and Cody are perfect for each other. Everyone knows it. And sometimes you need to put yourself first. I just wish you could see it."
She picked up her bag and left the room, humming a tune as if nothing had happened. A tear slid down Bailey's face.
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