The sun glinted against the windows of the buildings as it slowly slid down the sky, disappearing for the day. Maya and Phoebe walked along the streets of New York, hurrying home after a visit to their grandmother. Normally, they would never be allowed to walk the streets by themselves at this time but their parents were busy and their grandmother couldn't walk very far. No-one in the Bennett family ever travelled in a Taxi and the subway was a definite no-no for the girls. So they had been trusted to walk the short distance from their grandmother's apartment to their own. Maya was hurrying along, practically dragging poor Phoebe along.

"Maya! Wait up, I'm tired." Phoebe whined as she ducked around an old man who wasn't paying attention to where he was going.

"Come on Phoebe. Mom and dad said we had to be home by quarter past seven and we still have ages to walk." Maya begged her younger sister. Sometimes she really hated how young Phoebe was. Why couldn't she just grow up already? At this point, Maya was twelve while Phoebe was nine. And sometimes the age gap was more trouble than it was worth.

"But I'm tired!"

"I don't care. You can rest when we get home." Maya gave her a sharp tug that sent Phoebe sprawling forward. She began to cry and Maya sighed, going back to help her up.

"Get up, baby. We'll never make it home at this rate." Maya swung the crying girl up onto her back, a surprising show of strength for a twelve year old. She continued her journey roughly pushing her way through the crowds, earning a few glares and a fair bit of verbal abuse but she just ignored it, her mind completely focused on getting home in time.

(Bailey P.O.V)

By the time St. Patrick's Day rolled around, the weather had started warming up a little. Cody had organized a family barbeque to celebrate the day and I was in the bathroom getting ready while he worked in the kitchen and watched Kimberlee. I stood in front of the floor-length mirror and admired my outfit. Okay, so it wasn't predominantly green but it still looked good. I had a simple black dress with green heels and I'd accessorized with emerald and diamond earrings and necklace. My hair was straightened and hung loose around my face. The final touch was a simple clutch purse, not that I really needed it but it just added more green to my outfit. Once I was happy, I joined Cody in the kitchen and we worked together to put the final touches on the feast Cody had prepared. Just as I was putting the marzipan clover on top of the green cake, the doorbell rang so I picked up Kimberlee and went to answer the door.

"Hi mom, dad. Come in." Of course my parents were the first ones to arrive. Once they were in, my mother took Kimberlee from me and began to shower her with love.

"Bailey, you don't spoil her enough." Mom scolded me. I rolled my eyes.

"She's fine mom. Cody's in the kitchen. I told them, seeing Carey and Arwin arrive. They disappeared into the kitchen and I could hear them talking to Cody.

"Hi Carey. Hey Arwin." I said when they got close enough and I accepted Carey's hug.

"It's good to see you Bailey. We haven't seen you for a while." Carey reminded.

"I've been busy, you know." I said with a laugh.

"Boy do I know." She replied with a laugh. I shut the door behind us and led them into the kitchen where my parents were still talking to Cody.

"Cody, didn't I say to stay out of the kitchen once the guests got here?" I said to him. He grinned at me.

"You can try to keep me out as much as you want but it's never going to happen." I shook my head and lead our parents out to the backyard where I'd spent the morning hanging up green streamers and lanterns. Taking Kimberlee, I left them to mingle and went to answer the door again for Zack and Maya.

"Hey guys."

"What's up Bailey?" Zack greeted, hugging me. Maya smiled at me but offered no further greeting.

"Still nothing?" I whispered to Zack once Maya was out of earshot. Zack sighed.

"No. I don't get it. I told her it didn't matter if she didn't tell me."

"I don't get it either, Zack. But clearly she stirred up some bad memory that night and it's not going away."

"Maybe take her to a psychologist?" Cody suggested, appearing out of nowhere.

"Oh yeah, like Mr. Blanket? No thank you." Zack scoffed at his brother.

"Not all psychologists are like him. Most actually have some sort of degree in Psychology. For all we know, it might actually help her."

"Help who?" Carey came up to us, wanting Kimberlee.

"Um…" I looked at Zack, not sure if he wanted to tell his mother.

"Maya." He said finally. Carey looked concerned.

"Is she okay?"

"Not really. She's kind of caught up in herself and has been since Valentine's Day." He explained.

"Why? Did you say or do something wrong?" Zack glared at his mother for that.

"No. It's got nothing to do with anything I did. But I don't really think it's something she wants everyone to know."

"Okay, I know when to back off. Just make sure you three look after her. She has a family to look after now." Carey told us and disappeared, taking Kimberlee with her.

"Where did Maya go anyway?" Cody asked.

"I don't know. Maybe she went outside." I suggested, looking around a little.

"I don't think so. She would have walked past me if she had."

"You guys go out to the others, I'll go look for her. I might be able to get through to her, if only just for today." I told them. They nodded and went off to the backyard. I made my way upstairs first, checking the bedrooms and bathrooms but she wasn't up there so I went down to the big rumpus room in the basement where I found her sitting in the corner, her knees pulled up to her chest. She looked like a small child the way she was sitting with the saddest expression on her face.

"Maya?" I said softly, going over to sit in front of her.

"What?"

"I just wanted to see if you wanted to come up and join the others." As I spoke, the doorbell rang again but I ignored it, knowing Cody would get it.

"I do but I don't know what I can say to them. I'm scared I'll say something about that night and end up having a nervous breakdown." She confessed.

"What if I tell you I'll be right there with you all night to make sure you don't?

"Would you really do that?" I nodded.

"Of course I would. You're my best friend, Maya. Aside from Zack I am the person who would do the most for you." She smiled a little.

"There's just some things he can do that you can't." She tried to joke and I laughed.

"Okay, let's not take it that far." I stood up and offered her my hand. She took hold and I helped her up as she stumbled a little on her heels. As we made our way back upstairs, she shrugged of her creamy trench-coat to reveal a bright green halter-neck dress. Green clovers adorned her ears and a simple chain with a gold clover hung around her neck. A headband made of intricate lace held her hair back in a fancy up-do to finish of her look.

"You ready?" I asked as we walked through the kitchen and she draped her coat over one of the chairs. She took a deep breath and looked at me.

"I hope so." Together we went out onto the patio to discover London, Woody, Marcus and Addison had joined us. I looked around for Zack and when I saw him I sent him a look to say that everything was good for the night. He gave me a grateful smile and turned back to the barbeque where he was chatting to Cody.

"Looking good ladies." Woody came up to us after a moment.

"Thanks Woody. It pays to be the wife of a surgeon." I joked.

"Or a Red Sox GM." Maya butted in.

"I still don't get why you four get all the luck." He complained.

"You'll get it someday, Woody. You've got Addison and your daughter already." I pointed out.

"Yeah but we're just about broke." I rolled my eyes.

"Stop exaggerating. You and Addison do just fine. Not many people I know can start a successful restaurant and keep it going pretty much straight out of college." Woody grinned at us but walked away. The rest of the night went smoothly and I managed to get a few smiles out of Maya before she left. Later that night, when everyone was gone, Cody and I lay in bed together and he turned to me.

"I have no idea how or what you did, but both Zack and Maya looked a lot happier when they left tonight."

"I did nothing." I told him and he raised an eyebrow at me.

"Uh-huh. You always do something, but that's why I love you Bails." He grinned.

"I only do what needs to be done. Other than that, I let people do what they want."

"If you say so. Good night, Bails.

"Good night Codykins." He gave me a gentle kiss before we both fell into a peaceful slumber.

A/N: From now on, I'm going to be including Cody and Zack's points of view so we can hear more about what they are thinking and feeling. Today I sat down and plotted out where the story is going and I've set out summaries for each chapter as I've found that not doing that in the past has caused me to forget where I wanted the story to go and I've ended up just ditching it. Do you guys want me to post a preview of the next chapter at the end of each one?

Also, you may have noticed that I have changed the description. I just thought that what it was before didn't really describe the story all that much. I am also planning to change the title of the story, because I think 'Cailey and Zaya' is too boring for what's going to happen in the story. I just have to think of a good one first, if you have any ideas, please feel free to let me know.