Chapter 1

Again, I don't own any of these characters

Author's Note: Since I seriously doubt I can come up with enough ideas for four years of college let alone grad school, I'm going to merge all of my college stories into one story. As everyone is now in different places, this will tend to be more Cody/Bailey centric than my others, but everyone else will still make appearances as well as the three returns I already promised. The first will show up in Chapter 2.

Everyone returned from Orlando by Saturday evening. Once back, Cody and Bailey immediately went to work getting everything ready to go by Monday morning. While all of their clothes were being washed, they were organizing everything they had bought and boxing it up. By Sunday night, they started taking all of their things down to their vehicle in the below ground parking garage. Fortunately, their back seat folded down because they were quickly filling up all of the cargo space. And the cargo space of Carey's car and the cargo space of Zack and Cassie's SUV. Cassie, Zack, Carey and Arwin were going to come down to help them move. Carey and Arwin had to leave to come back Monday night, but Zack and Cassie were going to stay the night. After all, they couldn't move into their dorms until the Friday of the following week. Beyond that, Bailey's parents and Kurt and Sarah were flying in from Kansas City to New Haven via Philadelphia with Porkers with them.

Early Monday morning, a caravan of three vehicles left Boston and headed west. Cody and Bailey weren't sure exactly when their deliveries would begin, so they felt they should be there by 9:00 AM to be on the safe side. A couple hours later, they pulled up in front of Cody and Bailey's place. As they got out of the car, Jo Thomas came out of her side of the duplex.

"Welcome."

"Good to finally be here..." Cody turned to Zack, Cassie, Carey and Arwin. "Jo, this is my brother, Zack, his girlfriend and Bailey's cousin, Cassie, my mother, Carey and our friend, Arwin." He turns back to Jo. "Everyone, this is Jo Thomas, our landlord."

Everyone shakes hands and Jo turns back to Cody and Bailey and holds out some keys. "I assume you two will need these...If you all need anything, just let me know." With that, Jo heads back into her half. Cody and Bailey take the keys and open their front door. Before Bailey can walk inside, Cody lifts her up and carries her over the threshold again.

"Had to do that the first time we entered here as our place..."

Bailey just laughed as Cody put her down. Before starting, she gave everyone a quick tour of the place. Everyone agreed that it was nice and looked a lot better in person. Zack and Cassie had agreed to go pick up Maggie, Jo, Kurt and Sarah, so their vehicle was the first one to be unloaded. It was mostly filled with bags of clothing which they could unpack and hang in the closets or store in the closet to keep out of the way until the furniture arrived. After that was done, Zack and Cassie headed off to the New Haven Airport while everyone else begin unloading things they could put in the kitchen cabinets.

The first delivery truck arrived around 11:00 AM. It was the partner's desk. The delivery guys carried it into the apartment and place it exactly where Bailey told them to put it. Once it was placed, they could put down the mats on the carpet so their desk chairs could move about easier. Soon after that, the next delivery truck pulled up. It was the brass bed. Again, the delivery guys brought it into the bedroom and put it together exactly where Bailey told them too. About the time that truck was pulling away, Zack and Cassie pulled back up with Joe, Maggie, Kurt and Sarah. They had to be quickly given a tour as a large truck from the furniture store was spotted coming down the street.

Since so much had to be unloaded off the truck, they delivery guys were there for a while. And again, Cody deferred to Bailey to let her place everything where she wanted it. He really had no preferences, and figured he would let the delivery guys place everything so he didn't have to change things later. By the time the truck pulled away, the place was beginning to come together. Now, they could let Porkers out of his travel carrier and let him get used to his new place. Finally, the final truck from the electronics store arrived and began unloading its contents. The delivery guys were bringing in boxes when Zack began to laugh.

"Cody?"

Cody came back into the living room and looked at his brother. "What?"

"I didn't know you had it in you!"

Cody looked confused. "What are you talking about?"

"I never pegged you for a 65 inch flat screen..."

"What?" Cody looked over at the huge box being carried in. "We didn't order that!"

The delivery guys set the box down and hand Cody an envelope. By this time, Bailey has joined Cody, and they both open the envelope and read the letter inside together.

Bailey and Cody,

Haven't I taught you both anything since you've known me? That dinky little TV you bought will be fine for your bedroom, but I decided you two needed something more to help pass those longer winter nights. I know you two have other ideas, but consider this my housewarming gift to you both.

London

Cody and Bailey look to each other and sigh. "London..."

The delivery guy looks at them. "So, can we get back to work now?"

Cody and Bailey nod in defeat.

The delivery guys began setting up a full home theater system complete with flatscreen, DVD player, CD player with Ipod port, BluRay player, surround sound speakers and a Wii stocked with numerous games.

Everyone was given tasks to do. Kurt and Joe were given the task of assembling desk chairs and bookshelves in the home office. Maggie and Carey were organizing the kitchen. Arwin was putting together the dining room table and chairs. Sarah and Cassie were organizing the bathrooms. Cody and Bailey were unpacking everything in their bedroom and putting their clothes away as well as dressing the bed. Zack was in charge of keeping Porkers company and vice versa.

Within a couple of hours, the apartment that was bare earlier that morning was finally done. Everyone decided to go grab some dinner at a local restaurant so Carey and Arwin could get back on the road to Boston. First, they had to go pick up Kurt and Sarah's rental car so they could move on to Hartford later. After dinner, they hugged Cody and Bailey goodbye and left. Joe, Maggie, Sarah and Kurt made their way to their hotel. Maggie and Joe had to get back to the farm, so they were due to fly back the next night. Kurt and Sarah had purposely scheduled some shows in Hartford for the end of that week and the beginning of the next so they could be around to help both couples move in.

After dinner, the four headed back to Cody and Bailey's apartment to just hangout. They all were exhausted and slumped down in the living room when they got back.

Cody turned to Bailey. "Well, we're here..."

"I know...I have no desire to move again any time soon..."

"It'll probably take us four years to forget how much of pain this was..."

Bailey laughed. "Sounds about right...Long enough for us to think moving will be a good idea again..."

Cassie smiled at them. "After this, I'm just glad the dorms already have all the furniture in them already..."

Zack laughed. "I don't know. I could get used to this. That TV is sweet..."

Cody rolled his eyes. "Zack, if you had that in your dorm, you'd never go to class..."

"Probably...Of course, you did wait till after we no longer lived together or across the hall to get one of those..."

"We didn't get it...London did."

"Well, I just hope you both know that you two will be hosting the big events like the Super Bowl..."

Bailey smiled. "That's fine..."

Cassie smiled at her cousin. "It is awfully convenient that you guys have orientation that days we are supposed to move in so you can't help us..."

"We didn't schedule it..." With that, Bailey yawns.

Cody turns to her. "Sounds like you are ready for bed."

Bailey nods. "Its been a long day."

Cody nods. "Alright, lets pull out the sleeper sofa and we can all call it a night."

Everyone got ready for bed, and Cody and Bailey climbed into their new bed for the first time. As they laid there, Cody leaned down and kissed Bailey's forehead.

"Welcome home, Bails..."

Bailey looked up at him and smiled. "Welcome home, Codykins..."

"I'm glad we have almost two weeks, we have a lot to do still..."

"I know. Maybe after we give everyone a tour of campus tomorrow, we should stop by the bookstore and see about our books?"

Cody nods. "Good idea. We also need to stop by the post office and do our change of address forms. And at some point tomorrow, we need to find a grocery store."

Bailey nodded and giggled. "Yeah, we probably would make sense to have food in the house..."

"And there's a few other things we need to think about..."

"Like what?"

"Well, do we want to change our driver's licenses to Connecticut licenses and do we want to register to vote here?"

Bailey paused. "I don't know..."

Cody smiled. "Well, its not something we have to decide right now, we still have time."

Bailey smiled. "All I want to do right now is go to sleep..."

Cody slides behind her and wraps his arms around her. "Goodnight then..." He leans down and kisses her goodnight. "I love you..."

"I love you too..."

And with that, they both fell asleep in their new place for the first time. In the morning, they met their parents for breakfast and then gave them a tour of the campus. Everyone seemed impressed, especially seeing the "tomb" of the infamous Skull and Bones secret society. After the tour was done, they bid farewell to their parents and walked back to the apartment. Cassie and Zack packed up their things and loaded their vehicle.

Cassie and Bailey were hugging each other goodbye.

Bailey smiled. "You know I'm only a phone call away or a couple of hours drive..."

"I know. I'm really going to miss you. You make sure Cody takes care of you."

"I will. And you make sure Zack takes care of you too..."

Cassie smiled. "I will too..."

Bailey grinned. "Though, I think he already did our last night in Orlando..."

Cassie just looks at her cousin. "What are you talking about?"

"Nothing. Just be careful..."

Cassie nods. "I will. You do the same."

"I'll do my best. And if you have time, keep an eye on Woody and Addison..."

Cassie laughed. "I only have so many hours in the day..."

Bailey laughed. "Well, if you need help, don't be afraid to call in the cavalry..."

Cassie hugged Bailey again. "I don't know why I'm getting so emotional. Its not like we aren't ever going to see each other again..."

Bailey hugged her right back. "You'll still see us so much you'll get sick of us..."

"Never..."

They finally pull apart. Bailey goes over and hugs Zack. "You better take good care of her for me..."

Zack nods. "I will. And I'm entrusting my only brother to you. You better take good care of him too."

"You can count on that."

Cassie hugs Cody. "You take good care of my girl, you hear me?"

"You know I will. And you take care of my boy too. And if he gives you any trouble, don't hesitate to call me..."

"I won't..."

Finally, Zack and Cody look at each other.

"I guess its time, huh?"

"I guess so..." Cody pauses. "Finally separating after 18 years..."

"I know..."

"But, we are leaving each other in good hands."

Zack smiled. "I know..."

Cody pulled his brother into a hug. "You take care of yourself, okay. And if you get yourself into any trouble, you call me..."

"I will...and you better do the same..."

"I will..." Cody leans in and whispers. "And you take care of Cassie too, you hear me?"

"You have my word..."

Cody pulls Zack to the side. "Good. Because I know your relationship has changed..."

Zack just stared at his brother. "Why do you say that?"

Cody smiled. "I recognized that goofy grin you had that last morning in Orlando. I had the exact same one..."

Zack sighed. "That obvious, huh?"

"You knew something was up with me last summer, you don't think I saw the exact same things?"

"Are you going to tell anyone?"

"No, Bailey has her suspicions too, but its none of our business. Just be careful..." Cody grinned. "I'm not quite ready to be an uncle yet..."

"But don't some of Bailey's sisters already have kids? You're pretty much already an uncle..."

Cody laughed. "You know what I mean..."

"Yeah, I do..." Zack pulled his brother in for another hug. "I guess this is the end of an era..."

"Maybe...But the beginning of new one. And in both, you'll always be my brother, and I love you..."

"I love you too, bro..."

Zack and Cody finally broke apart, and soon, Zack and Cassie were back on the road. Cody and Bailey stood there with Cody's arm around Bailey's waist.

"Looks like its just the two of us now..."

To be Continued...