I just can't stop writing Gwen Cody stuff… Here we go again!
Disclaimer: I don't own TDI, or anything in the story.
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Ahh… Christmas time at the mall… How I hated it.
"Oh cheer up, Gwen!" Trent said, his arms around me as we walked through the busy mall.
"No," I said, angry. "You know I hate going here during Christmas!"
"Uh… When did you tell me that…?" I sighed.
"Only about 40 times since the past week!" I yelled.
"Sorry, sorry…" I shook my head.
"It's fine… Might as well find something for my mom while I'm here…"
"That's the spirit!" I couldn't help but smile at his upbeat attitude… But I still was annoyed; the mall was filled with rude, noisy, obnoxious people… We passed by a video game store. I looked over at someone leaving it.
"…Oh… Crap…"
"What?" He looked over. "Woah! Look who it is!"
"Trent…" I said quietly. "Don't…"
"Cody!" He waved over to the boy I had pointed out. I slapped my forehead, groaning in annoyance. Cody… My little stalker was back; I hadn't seen him since Total Drama Island, and I was planning on keeping it that way. But now, he was walking over to us.
"Hey Trent!" He gulped a bit. "…Gwen…" I rolled my eyes. Trent looked at me sternly.
"…Hey…" I said forcefully.
"What have you been up to?" Trent, on the other hand, was ecstatic to see Cody.
"Not much… Videogames… Computer…" He said, rubbing the back of his head.
"Hey, you wanna walk around with us?" My eyes widened when he asked. Before Cody could answer, I dragged Trent a few yards away.
"What are you doing!?" I whispered loudly. Trent glared a bit.
"The guy loved you… And he was the one that got us together, remember?" I sighed, recalling that day.
"Yeah…" I said, my arms crossed.
"The least we could do is let him hang around with us for a little…" He put a hand on my shoulder. "I know you don't like him that much, but…"
"Alright, alright…" I sighed. "Fine. But you owe me…" We walked back. Cody was still standing there, a confused look on his face.
"So, do you want to?"
"Uh… Yeah!" He nodded. I forced a small smile.
"Alright, let's go…!" I said as cheerfully as I could.
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It was hell. Cody just went on and on about some video game... I found him walking a little too close next to me from time to time, too… I had to elbow him rather hard to get him to move away.
"So, I'm walking to the final point…" He continued telling yet another story about Team Fortress 2, some video game I'd never heard of. At this point, I wasn't listening… We were in the back of a Hot Topic; Trent was no doubt looking for something to buy me, as he was at the other end of the store. This left me with Cody… I sighed. "So…" He stopped telling his story. He leaned against the wall with one arm, grinning as he simply stared at me. I was looking through some shirts, feeling his nerdy eyes looking me up and down. I shut my eyes, taking a breath.
"Back. Off," I said. His grin dropped as he took a step back. I turned; I had had it. "Look, I don't like you. At all. I don't care about your little video game stories; I don't care about your little internet jokes… The only reason you're even with us right now is because Trent forced me to let you!" My voice rose. "I just don't care, okay? Why don't you just shut your mouth for one second and actually give me some space, you sick little pervert!" Trent looked over at us. I simply glared at Cody, who looked hurt. Suddenly, without warning, he ran straight out the store. Trent walked over to me, angry.
"What did you do...!?" He whispered loudly.
"I…" I felt my stomach tighten a bit; Cody's eyes were watering very slightly right before he ran…
"I can't leave you alone with the guy for even a minute and you make him run off crying…" He shook his head.
"I didn't mean to… I was just so annoyed with him, I…" He sighed.
"Look… I know he was a little strange, but that doesn't mean you have to do that…"
"I'm sorry, I…" I felt really bad now. He stopped me.
"…I guess I can't blame you… You were already in a bad mood… Let's just go home…" I opened my mouth to protest, but stopped. He had a point.
"Alright, let's…"
BANG
Gunfire.
Trent immediately grabbed hold of me, wanting to protect me.
"What was that!?" I screamed.
"It sounded like a gun…" The person behind the counter ducked behind it. I heard what sounded like a fight outside.
"Should we go see what it is…?" I asked.
"Wait here…" He said, moving up to the front of the store. Not listening, I followed.
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The cops were already on the man, shackling him with handcuffs.
"Everyone, stay back!" One of them was saying to some people. Another was placing small handgun in a plastic bag. Trent walked closer.
"What's going on?" He asked one of the officers who was keeping people back.
"There's been a robbery… Or, an attempted robbery," He said. "Some guy tried to rob a video game store…" I had walked up, and heard this.
"Was anyone hurt…?"
"Well…" He sighed. "He had made it a hostage situation in there…" He began. "But none of them were hurt… But then a young man entered in… He seemed like he was in a trance…" My eyes widened a bit.
"What… Did he look like…?"
"Brown hair… Kinda short," I put a hand to my mouth, holding a gasp in. "We tried to tell him, but he was completely oblivious… He just kept moving. He looked like he was crying…" I saw somebody getting loaded onto a stretcher, but it was too far away to make out whom.
"He… Got shot…" He said. I began moving towards the stretcher to get a better view. "Ma'am… Stay back, please!" I didn't have to move very far before I screamed.
The person who got shot was Cody.
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Alright, so the whole robbery thing wasn't too mapped out, but I don't really know how something like that works… Anywho, will Cody be alright? Find out next chapter!