What's up guys! Sorry it took so long! Hope y'all like it!

Cody paced back and forth as his cousin watched him nervously. Her chocolate eyes only taking a minute to pour his Chunky Chip Java into a cup. Pouring on an excessive amount of whipped cream and chocolate syrup, the vibrant redhead called out to him, raising an eyebrow as he jumped.

"Oh, heh heh, sorry Zo..." Smiling he looked down at his drink before frowning, "What am I suppose to do though? I mean, she didn't even recognize me! It was like, like she completely forgot who I was!"

Zoey smiled slightly, "Well it has been four years, and we were still high schoolers then. We didn't know what we were getting into and we certainly weren't as smart about things as we are...and you hit puberty kinda late."

"Zoey!" Cody gaped.

"Sorry, but its true! Look at you! I was taller than you! Now you look like a dude!" Her eyes widened in horror, "Not that I thought you were a girl or anything, I just, well there was that one time when we were four, but-" she looked up to see Cody's annoyed glare.

"Sorry?"

"What's going on?" Zoey's boyfriend of two years came out from the back, "Giving the Codemeister a hard time without me?"

Cody smiled at the welcomed praise. It was well known around campus that he was quite the hacker. He had spent all spring break one time trying to hack a game, and had made his name with the gossipers of the gaming and animation community once he had succeeded two days earlier than he originally planned. Zoey's boyfriend had been the one to bet him free drinks for the next year if he could do it. He owned the cafe on campus, The Java Mama, and was honest in upholding his part of the bargain.

He could honestly say he liked him, which was more than he could say for Zoey's ex-boyfriend. The relationship had left Zoey apathetic, drained, and reckless, which he hadn't seen since they had first met. Growing up, both he and Zoey dealt with neglectful parents, both sets having a habit of taking vacations on a weekly basis without their children. Cody's parents did their best when they were present, but after he turned fifteen, they stopped trying to raise him. They provided, he grew up, but no longer were they together. Zoey's had decided that ten was adulthood. In a way, they kind of raised each other.

He had worried when Zoey had jumped into her new relationship after Total Drama, scared even. Her boyfriend had been difficult to get close to. You never knew what you were going to get, and it was taking its toll on his cousin. Even when she tried her best, it wasn't enough, and when it went south, she began to endanger herself. She was in a dark place, and no matter how hard he pulled, her lover pulled harder. He was a sweet guy when he as himself, honest, but he refused help and direction, and Cody had begged Zoey to leave; a hospital visit later, she did. He wouldn't stay, so she left. And the road was long. And when this man came into the picture, they were both extremely thankful.

He had quickly gained a friend, and was overjoyed when a small flicker of light came into Zoey's eyes when he would come by. The way she began to dress is more mature clothing, the way she would try out different hairstyles when he stayed for a movie, and how she almost killed both of them with her attempt at making cookies for the first time. The altercation had soiled her pride, but when their friend came by with groceries and a couple of old cookbooks, the two quickly began to grow on one another until he had asked his cousin to see his band play at his father's coffee shop.

He smiled as his present-day roommate as he kissed Zoey's forehead before saying his goodbyes and see you laters as he headed back to their dorm to his class.

The two stared off before Zoey spoke up, "You should ask him for advice."

"Over my dead body." Cody glared.

"Oh come on, Cody! If anyone knows how to deal with this, it'd be him!" Zoey attempted to reason.

"Yeah, I know, but, what if-" He began, earning an eye roll from the tiny woman.

"If what? Gwen falls head over heels for him? He leaves me for Gwen?" She glared harshly at him, causing him to gulp.

"Well...you did eat all of the cookie straws..." he chuckled nervously, barely managing to dodge a dirty rag.

"All I'm saying is that things have changed! Look at both of us. You remember what everyone use to say about us. I was called naive, a hypocrite and boring. You were, well you were a prick.

"Love you too, cuz..."

"You know what I'm saying. We've grown up, we've learned from our mistakes, as did he, and a lot of us that were on the show. Maybe Gwen has changed too." They shared a smile before Zoey took a bite out of a cookie straw. Cody stared, eyes half lidded.

"...what..."

Cody left the shop a while later, headed towards his dorm. He had been thinking about Zoey's advice, and definitely had decided to trust his friends on the matter. He bit his lip. He was nervous however. He thought it had faded over time, the ridiculous little crush. He wasn't in love with her of course, he had justified that he hardly knew her well enough to, but he was certainly curious and he couldn't fight the nagging feeling in his stomach when she had appeared at the front desk of the arcade.

She was as charming as ever. Rain had never looked so enchanting as it dripped from her body; a fallen angel. She had changed. Definitely still taller than him, though not by as much. Maybe he was taller, he wasn't sure. And he certainly hadn't planned to find out.

She came around the corner in a flash and he would've ran into her if he hadn't stepped back in shock. She stood clad in a short sleeved zipped up black mini dress with zippable pockets on the chest and hips, along with a studded belt and suspenders. On her wrist was a black sweatband and a black choker with her black calf high combat boots and black transparent thigh socks.

He gulped. She glared, and before he knew what was happening, she slapped him right across the face.

Startled he fell to the ground, eyes wide as he held his bruised cheek. He was lucky that the majority of students were already in class, otherwise he'd definitely end up on someone's blog. And blogs meant drama. And drama meant the media, and dammit, he hated the media.

"You sick bastard! What kind of act are you trying to pull?! Tricking me?! Really?!" she yelled, standing over him, fist balled, "What is wrong with you? How could you just blatantly lie to me? Please tell me this isn't another ploy to get me to go out with you!"

Cody closed his mouth, and she caught herself flinching underneath his heated glare, "Gwen...WHAT THE LITERAL FUCK?!"

She flinched before glaring, "What?"

"You heard me! What the actual fuck is your damage? Yelling at me is one thing, but hitting me? Have you lost your mind? God!" he flinched, holding his cheek.

She looked at her feet, embarrassed, "Well...it serves you right."

"Serves me right for what? We had a conversation at my job! I was trying to help out a friend, hell, not that we were close enough to begin with. You didn't even recognize me!" He glared, caressing his bruised cheek. It was beginning to swell.

"Cody, I know you! You don't help me out unless you think it'll get you brownie points." she crossed her arm, rolling her eyes.

He stood up, "You don't know anything about me. You don't know my favorite color, you don't know how I've lived, you didn't even know I was here! All you know is four years ago, there was a naive teenager who thought if he pursued this really cool chick and win a million bucks, he'd be set for life. Zoey was right, people do change. Just not you."

He walked passed her, and despite the pure look of guilt on her porcelain features, and the fluttering in his stomach at the brief scent of roasted marshmallows and sweet sandalwood plagued his senses, he didn't look back.

"Cody, wait..."

"I use to wait for you. I always waited. But not anymore."

Don't you just love angst? Sorry not sorry :P