Just You and I: Book 1 (Cody Carson)✔

Can You Just Lay Off A Bit?

"Cody! Come on it's time to get up!" He groaned, shoving his face into his pillow. "If you get up now, then you have enough time to get ready AND have coffee this morning." That got him up faster than anything. I turned to grab some stuff, his hand catching mine to stop me. "Sit with us today. I know you may not want to, but I don't think I can handle being out around so many people without you." I smiled. "Of course, get dressed, I'm stealing the bathroom." I grabbed a handful of things and locked myself in the bathroom. It took me less than 10 minutes before I was out. Cody sat on my bed, humming and drumming his fingers against his leg. "Come on, I think everyone is waiting on us." I pulled him up and we left the room together, ignoring the stares and whispers we got from students milling around. We both stood in the line for caffeine, making small talk and laughing at inside jokes we started making. This felt like what I had with Simon, felt like he took over a body of another person. Cody is my redemption, and this time I won't fail. We finally sat down at the table, our table if you will. Cody's hand held mine under the table, squeezing whenever he felt uncomfortable or anxious.

"Cody let's get to class, Iero will kill us if we're late." We stood up, his hand not releasing mine, instead he wove our fingers together. It felt nice and warm, like my hand belonged in his. I smiled at him, earning one in return. We made it to class with a minute to spare, choosing seats in the back. Cody pulled a throw blanket out of his backpack, throwing it over us. "Did you get snacks?" He inquired. "I sure did, can't have movie day without snacks." He nodded in agreement, grabbing for some of my candy. "Mrs. Getter and Mr. Carson, nice to see you back in my class." He took attendance and moved toward us after starting the movie. "Is everything okay now? Gee...rard told me what happened." I looked at Cody and he looked at his hands. "We're both hanging in there. We just need each other more than normal." He nodded and left, I looked at Cody. He stared at my hand, the one with the ring. "This from him?" I nodded, smiling at it slightly. "I feel like I should take it off, but I can't. You are my Simon now, but I can't forget the first." He nodded, dropping the subject. I felt the desk next to me move and I looked over, seeing it occupied by Rian. "What happened to you yesterday?" Cody looked at me, squeezing my hand under the blanket. "I was with Cody. I'm not telling you why, I hope you can understand that." Rian groaned. "Amelia, he's only-" "Rian don't start. You don't understand and may never understand. Cody and I are better together for reasons you won't get. Now I'd appreciate if you treated him like a human being and dropped the subject." Rian's face twisted into a frown and he grudgingly went back to his normal seat. Cody didn't say anything, and at first it worried me, but that was until I heard a soft snore come from the right of me.

"Cody, wake up, class is over." I shook his shoulder, making him jump a little. "Its just me. The bell just rang and you need to get this back to our room." He stood up, gathering the things we brought for movie day and headed out the door, me on his tails. "I'll see you in 3rd, ignore everyone and just breathe." I hugged him quickly and bolted toward math, only having two minutes to get there. I got in right before the bell rang. I heard some people snicker when I got a rude look from the teacher. "Mrs. Getter, so nice of you to join us." A heavy blush set on my cheeks and I sat next to Dan, Zach, and Maxx in the back. "How's Cody?" We had group work assigned and since I wasn't here yesterday, I'm just watching. "He's tired. I think the whole Shay ordeal made him mentally exhausted. There's only so much I can do to protect him from himself."