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'Love, Havoc, & The Aftermath'

-A Few Weeks After Sarah's Experience With Coraline-
Coraline's words echoed through Sarah's brain as she sat up in bed. Her brown hair neatly in a bun as she curled up with her head on her knees. "You don't love him. You love the idea of him loving you." 'Is she right?' she thinks to herself. 'Could it be true that I just like the idea of having him all to myself?' Sarah sighs and shakes her head. "No." she whispers. "I love Cody." Her eyes start to fill with tears as she comes to the conclusion that she's going to lose Cody. She pulls out her cell phone and dials Lance's number, 'It's going to be fine.' she lies to herself. "Hey, You've reached Lance. I'm not available right now but please leave a message and I'll get back to you." The phone beeps in Sarah's ear as his voice fades out of her mind, "Lance. It's Sarah. Just wanted to check in on you and see how you're adjusting in school. I miss you. We all do. je t'aime." Sarah looks at her clock as her insomnia mocks her. She walks down the hallway and knocks softly on Cody's door, "Cody. Are you up?" she whispers. Being home again feels weird for her. "Come in." Cody mumbles sleeply. Sarah walks into his room and Cody sits up. "Are you okay Sarah?" Sarah walks in and sits down beside Cody and starts to cry. Cody immediately grabs her and holds her in his arms, doing his best to comfort her." Sarah buries her face into his chest as she cries. Cody sits there holding her tightly, his heart pounding in his chest with unknown fear. "Cody." Sarah whispers. "Yes Sarah?" Cody says as he slowly strokes her hair. "Cody, I'm sorry for everything. Thank you. For everything you do for me. I'm sorry that it took me so long to realize what you actually go through. What you mean to me. Cody, I... I'm in love with you. And I'm terrified of losing you. Especially to someone else. My heart cries at the thought of it." Cody sits there, overwhelmed by emotion. He gently grabs Sarah's face and lifts it to his. He uses his thumb to wipe away her tears, "Then be mine. You'll have nothing to worry about. I promise to protect you. I promise to keep you safe. I promise you the world." Sarah smiles softly up at Cody, "I don't want the world. I want you." Cody's eyes start to water, "What are you saying Sarah?" "I'm saying yes Cody." Cody starts to cry. Sarah laughs slightly as she wipes his tears away. He smiles and gives her a big kiss. "I love you Sarah." he whispers as they pull away. "I love you too Cody."

Sarah opens her eyes and smiles. She gently moves Cody's hair from his eyes and kisses his forehead. Cody yawns and grabs Sarah's hand as he lazily opens one eye, "Morning beautiful." Cody gently rubs the top of Sarah's thumb with his own, "How did you sleep?" Sarah smiles and stares into his eyes for a moment before kissing him. "Never better." she smiles as she jumps out of bed. Now hurry up. We have to meet Wess in twenty minutes." Cody rolls onto his back and sits up, "For what?" Sarah crosses her arms, "We have something for you." "What? Why?" Sarah shrugs, "Because me, him, and Lance have been planning it for awhile." Cody jumps up and stretches, "Come here." he says as he holds his hands out to Sarah. Sarah walks over to Cody and he hugs her tightly, "You are beautiful. Your body is worthy of worship. And your soul is pure. And my heart belongs to you." He kisses the top of her head. Sarah lays her head onto his chest and listens to his heart softly beat as he holds her.

"You're late." Wess crosses his arms over his chest and stares at Sarah. "I'm sorry. I tried to get him to hurry, but he didn't wanna." Cody blushes a little and rubs the back of his head, "Haha, yeah. I wanted to stay in bed all day." Wess rolls his eyes and opens the door to his house for them. "C'mon. We've only got you for a few hours before you've got therapy." "What are you guys up to?" Sarah led Cody into the back bedroom behind Wess. "Well... we wanted to celebrate the fact that you kept me safe from Blake. It took a lot of planning." "How long?" "What's the date today?" Wess chimes in. "February 25th." Wess starts counting on his fingers about a month." Wess steps aside as Cody and Sarah walk into the back room. Wess goes into the closet and brings out three boxes. He sits two of them down on the bed and hands the third one to Cody, "This one is from Lance." he smiles. Cody takes the box and Wess hands him his box cutters. Cody sits down on the floor and opens the box. He smiles as he pulls out brand new Metal Mulisha etnies shoes. "He used to always bitch to me about my shoes. I made a joke about if he 'didn't like it he could buy me new ones' I never actually thought he would have." he smiles. Sarah walks over to the bed and picks up another box with bubblegum pink wrapping paper, "This one is from me." Cody takes the box as Sarah sits down next to him. He opens the box and takes out a ring, a necklace, and a leather wristband. He smiles as he slips the skull ring onto his finger. Sarah reaches down in her shirt and pulls out her half of the necklace. Cody puts his half up to hers and it reads 'Partners In Crime.' He smiles as he puts the gold chain around his neck. He looks at the leather wristband with a skull on it. "You know me so well. Thank you" He gives Sarah a soft kiss and puts on the wristband. Wess opens his mouth to speak then shakes his head. He clears his throat, "And now for my gift." he says as he hands the last box to Cody. Cody takes the box from Wess and opens it. "A tattoo gun with a piercing kit?" Wess grins, "You did ask me to give you a tattoo and piercing before everything went to shit. I'm still willing to give you them." Cody stands up and hugs Wess, "Thanks bro."