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Guess What?

Beth was in love, totally and completely. She's finally admitting it to herself after awhile of admiration for her best friend. She'd known Cody for around 5 years now and 2 years ago, she began to feel like she wanted more than friendship from him. It would never happen though, for Cody didn't see her as the girlfriend type. To Cody, Beth was simply one of the guys. Will Cody ever come to his senses?

"Bumble Bee, hurry up! We're going to be late!" Cody yelled to her.

"I'll be out in a minute!" she yelled back.

"What's been up with you? You have been taking longer and longer to get ready!"

"Just relax! I'm a girl, I need time!" Beth shouted in retaliation, knowing full well the reason for her taking longer was her desperate attempts to "wow" him.

Every time they are supposed to go out with a group, she would try everything to look her best.

A few minutes later, Beth emerged from her bathroom wearing a black leather mini skirt, a pink, skin-tight tank top with "Available" printed across the chest that showed a little bit of her midriff, and pink converses, (she loved those things, what could she say?) topped off with an adorable black headband with a tiny bow attached. Her hair had a perfect wave to it and she had made sure there were no flaws in her makeup and she looked completely natural.

Truth be told, she didn't need much makeup anyways.

"How do I look?" She asked as she walked into the sitting room of her hotel room, where Cody had made himself comfortable waiting for her.

Cody looked up from his iPhone.

"You look good."

That was the only answer she ever got. She was a bit disappointed and it showed.

"You okay?"

"Yeah," she said, "are you sure I look okay?" She tried to force a compliment out of him.

"Yeah, you look good."

In all honesty, he always thought Beth looked stunning. And tonight as no exception, she looked better than she had previously and Cody wondered how it was possible for her to get more beautiful as the days passed. She looked sexy! He could never tell her that though. I mean, Beth was out of his league, and quite frankly he was pretty sure she would punch him for it.

Beth was even more disappointed now. She had spent hours on her hair, washing it, blow-drying it, then straightening, curling it, and fluffing it to achieve her perfect waves. She took around 45 minutes picking out her outfit earlier that day and don't get her started on her makeup. It took her a solid 2 hours for that. She just didn't understand why she wasn't pretty enough for him.

"Ready?" He asked her.

"Yeah, let's go."

When they arrive at the club the 2 friends locate their other friends. Beth heads over to where her best friends Barbra and Mickie were having a drink while Cody headed over to his friends, John and Randy.

With Beth, Barbie, and Mickie:

"Any luck?" Mickie asked Beth as she walked over.

"What do you think?" Beth replied, taking a seat in between the two girls.

"Not even a little progress Bee?" Barbie asked.

Beth shook her head.

"You look awesome! Did he at least compliment how you looked?"

"He told me, 'I looked good'," she said, mimicking Cody, and sounding a lot like him by the way.

"That's it Bee, just give up. He's definitely gay if he didn't think you looked hot. I mean shit, you would turn me on looking like that!" Barbie said.

"Thanks Barbie. But maybe your right, maybe I should just give up, it's obvious I will never be good enough for him." Beth said, holding back her tears as to not mess up the makeup she had worked so hard on.

"Bumble Bee, don't be sad." Mickie said. "It's his loss."

"Yeah," Barbie chipped in. "If he doesn't care that you have feelings for him, then he's not worth your time or tears."

Beth knew Barbie was probably right, for once. She just couldn't stop loving him.

"You guys are right, I know that," she said. "But it's not as easy as it sounds for me to give up on him." Beth said.

With Cody, Randy, and John:

"Sup guys," Cody said to his friends as he approached.

They seemed to be in a trance of some sort, so he waved his hands in front of their faces.

"Guys!"

"Oh, sorry man." Randy said.

"What were you guys looking at?" Cody asked.

John was still staring and Randy had drifted back into the trance.

Cody wanted to know what could be so captivating as to keep their attention this long.

Cody followed their gaze to where they were staring. He should have known. They were staring at a young blonde wearing a black leather mini skirt, pink tank top, and pink converses.

"Guys! Put your eyes back in your head and stop drooling." Cody said.

They both snapped back.

"Whoa," Randy said.

"Yeah," John added, "I have never seen her look like that. She looks so hot!"

"Hot is an understatement. She looks sexy as hell!" Randy stated, still staring.

"Can you guys stop talking about her that way?" Cody asked.

"Cody, why haven't you got with her yet?" John asked.

"She's my best friend!"

"Well, maybe she can be my best friend," Randy said licking his lips.

"Dude!"

"What? She's hot."

Cody knew full well that Beth was smoking hot but he didn't like his friends talking about her that way. It was weird. How could he not tell her? I mean, they were together 99% of the time. Cody decided against arguing with them though, as it was probably of no use.

Beth sat alone and watched Barbie and Mickie dance. She giggled a little at Barbie who was so drunk she probably had no idea what she was doing.

Mickie came over to Beth, "Bee, come dance with us," She said wanting to help her friend feel better, "no need to let all that gorgeousness you worked so hard on go to waste." Mickie smiled and stuck out her hand. Beth smiled and took Mickie's hand. The two girls joined Barbie on the dance floor.

Cody watched everyone else dance from the corner, he was never keen on dancing and quite frankly, he wasn't that good at it. But the girls were. He watched Mickie, Barbie, and Beth dance and laugh. It was a rare occasion to see Beth dance but when it did happen, Cody liked to watch her. She was a natural, a gifted dancer. Beth had taken dance classes her whole life and they had not gone to waste. It was a fun way for her to get some exercise when she wasn't feeling the gym. Cody stayed in that corner the remainder of the night.

The next day Beth and Mickie were stuck helping Barbie get through her hangover.

"Guys, I feel like crap," Barbie said.

"What do you expect Barbie? You drank like a gallon of liquor last night," Mickie pointed out.

"Yeah Barbie, you seem to have a real bad habit of drinking too much whenever we go out," Beth added. " I remember why we stopped going."

"Guys, My head hurts!" Barbie yelled.

Mickie and Beth help Barbie to lie down on the bed.

Beth gets a text message and reaches into the back pocket of her holey jeans to get her phone. She pulls out her phone and reads the message then sighs in discomfort.

"Ugh."

"What's wrong Bee?" Mickie asked.

"I was supposed to meet Cody at Starbucks down the street twenty minutes ago."

"Then go."

"What about Barbie?"

"I got her, look, she's almost asleep already anyways."

Beth looked at Barbie and she was indeed almost asleep. She was drowsy and her eyelids were fluttering.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah," Mickie said. "Don't listen to Barbie, don't give up just yet." Mickie said then winked.

"Thanks," Beth smiled and then quickly headed for the door. Mickie looked down and giggled to herself.

Beth turned and came back, "Wait, how do I look?"

"Beautiful as always," Mickie assured her.

Beth smiled giddily looking the insanely similar to her high school photo.

"Thanks Mickz, you're the best!" Beth skipped over to Mickie and hugged her and her phone vibrated again. She pulled away from Mickie and looked at the screen of her phone.

"I have to go, he's getting antsy," Beth said.

Beth put on the act that she was annoyed that Cody gets so antsy when she's late, but to be honest, she loved it. The idea that he worried about where she was made her feel like he might actually care about her more than she thought.

Beth hugged Mickie again then skipped out the door.

Beth walked into the Starbucks and looked around. She didn't see Cody, so she decided to text him to ask him where he was and take a seat at an empty table. She leaned on the table with her elbows and rested her cheek on her right hand and played with her hair with her left hand. She sat there, checking her phone, for about 2 minutes before someone sat across from her.

"Hey," the voice said.

Beth smiled thinking it was Cody.

"Hey!" She said in a flirty voice.

As she looked up she saw that it wasn't Cody.

"Umm, can I help you?" She asked.

"I just thought you could use some company," he said, "such a beautiful woman shouldn't be all by herself."

"Umm, thank you, but I am waiting for my…"

"Aw, don't tell me you have a boyfriend," he said in a rather disappointed voice.

Beth was flattered and she did feel bad, but…

"Well, I- I-"

As she searched for something to say, her knight in shining armor came to rescue her.

"Hey Bumble Bee," a familiar voice said.

She turned around quickly.

"Hey!"

Cody hugged her and gave the guy who was flirting with her a look that said: "she's with me."

The guy simply assumed they were together and nodded their direction before walking out of the coffee shop.

The two sat down and started talking.

"I thought you were already here. Where were you?"

"I went to look for you. You were taking a rather long time."

"What is this obsession with me being on time?"

"It's not an obsession."

"Close enough," Beth mumbled as she drank a sip of her green tea.

Cody smiled at her and then tapped the bottom of her drink causing her to spill some of it on herself.

"Cody!"

Cody laughed as she grabbed some napkins to try and dry her shirt.

"It went down my shirt you jerk!"

That is where Cody had been aiming however; he apologized nonetheless.

"You're not sorry!"

Beth was getting angry now, and that was surely Cody's goal as he thought she was quite sexy when she was pissed.

"I'm going to go back to the hotel."

Beth got up and walked out of Starbucks leaving Cody alone.

Later that night when Barbie and Mickie were sleeping, Beth was on her MacBook, answering her emails and responding to her twitter followers while watching Orphan on HBO.

PING!

Beth receives an IM.

DashingCody101: Hey Bumble Bee

She doesn't respond.

DashingCody101: I know you're there Bee

BuMbLe_BeE: no I'm not

DashingCody101: talk to me?

BuMbLe_BeE: why should I?

DashingCody101: Because…

DashingCody101: I'm your best friend

BuMbLe_BeE has signed out

Beth wanted to talk to him, but she was tired of constant heartbreak. She loved Cody and the fact that he didn't return her love made her crazy. She hated the pranks he always played on her, the fact that he rushed her, really everything he did, and yet, she couldn't stop loving him.

Beth typed one last tweet before drifting off to sleep:

"I love you, but I'm done this time."

The next day Beth woke up to an empty hotel room. She went into the bathroom to find a note taped to the side of the mirror.

"Dear Bumble Bee,

Barbie and I have gone shopping in town, we were going to bring you, but we decided to let you rest, as you were upset. We decided we would bring you some stuff back if you want. Do you want anything specific? If so, call me.

Hugs and kisses,

Mickie Laree"

Well, her friends were gone; I guess that meant she could lie around the hotel room all day. So, that's exactly what she did.

Beth loved being alone sometimes. I mean, she never had to worry about how she looked or pleasing anyone. She showered, washed her hair, blow dried it, and then threw it up in a messy bun leaving a curl or two out on each side. She then slipped into her favorite pajamas; the pink ones with yellow ducks on them. The top was a little short and exposed a small amount of her stomach, but she didn't care. Nobody was going to see her after all. After this she grabbed her MacBook and made herself comfortable on the couch.

As soon as she got comfortable, she heard a knock at the door.

"Seriously? Ugh."

She got up and made her way to the door thinking Mickie and Barbie must have come back earlier than expected.

"Who is it?"

No answer.

"Hello? Barbie? Mickie?"

Still, no answer.

Beth looked down at her outfit, then thought, "screw it" and opened door anyways, she couldn't look that bad.

When she opened the door nobody was there. She stuck her head out of the doorway a little bit and looked in both directions; and saw nothing. She shrugged her shoulders and looked down to see a white teddy bear with a pink nose holding a single lily and sign that read "I'm sowry." She smiled at this. How sweet, but then she remembered. She remembered how he kept hurting her. She was committed to moving on. She decided to leave it in the hallway as she turned to close the door, but right before she did, two hands pinched at her sides and she let out a scream so loud that she nearly burst her own eardrums.

One of the hands quickly covered her mouth and pushed her into the room and closed the door.

"Stop screaming," a voice said. "People are going to get the wrong idea."

"Cody! What the hell!"

"Aw Beth come on. Please talk to me. We're best friends."

"It doesn't feel like it. You're always doing this. It's not funny."

Cody got a good look at her for the first time he was there.

"Great look. The duckies really compliment your messy hair," Cody stated pretending to hold back his laughter. But really, he thought Beth looked flawless. Only she could pull off that hair and those pajamas.

"See? That's what I'm talking about," she said, "that's not funny. You're mean."

"Mean?"

"Yes, you're mean."

"Beth, that's what best friends do!"

"No it's not. I want to be able to talk to you about anything and I want you to be able to talk to me about anything. When I ask you how I look, I always get the same answer. A friend would be honest and tell me what they really thought."

Cody would love to be honest, Cody would love to tell her everything, but she didn't want or need to know everything.

"Beth, you don't want that, you might think you do, but you don't. If we had that kind of friendship, our friendship might be over real fast."

"Why? I do want to have that kind of friendship. And if it doesn't work out that must be the way God wanted it to be."

"You really want to know the truth about how I think you look?"

Beth knew the honest answer in this case; she looked a hot mess. So, she nodded her head willing to take the brutal criticism just to see if he would be honest with her.

"Fire away," she declared.

"Well, HONESTLY…" he enunciated the word powerfully.

Beth braced herself for his answer.

Cody took a deep breath, looked at her face, and decided to tell the complete, total, and honest truth.

"Honestly…" he paused again. "I think you look beautiful," he stopped for a second, looked down, and then got quieter as he added, "as always."

"What?" Beth asked, shocked.

"You heard me."

"No, I really don't think I did, did you say, I looked beautiful?"

Cody, still refusing to meet her gaze nodded his head. When Beth didn't say anything, he broke the silence.

"See? This is why I don't tell you everything I'm thinking."

He turned to leave but she grabbed his hand. Instinct I guess.

"That is the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me."

Maybe she wasn't wrong to love him.