Cody's tears mixed in with the raindrops as the sky emptied out water.

The tech geek couldn't find it in himself to care. He didn't care about the thunder, or that he was soaked to the bone.

He thought he had a chance this time. After Action, Chris had decided to bring the show back to its roots. They had all been brought back for a new season called Kokipa, and Gwen was going to be there!

Cody winced as the name and image of his Gothic crush flashed through his mind.

Gwen.

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Cody was ecstatic!

Okay, so he had been thrown out of a plane, which had replaced that jubilation with terror, which was then replaced with relief when DJ had plucked him out of the air and pulled his parachute.

After hitting the ground and seeing Gwen, that feeling of giddy excitement had returned even stronger than before.

He had been bummed when she was on a different team, alongside the kind hearted DJ. Some tall amazonian purple haired chick named Sierra, who had greatly unnerved Cody by staring at him like he was a nice cut of steak. Then there was Duncan, who Cody knew well from his friend Harold's complaining in between seasons 1 and 2. There was also Ezekiel; who Cody only knew from him getting kicked out 1st for sexist comments. Finally there was Bridgette: The surfer chick from season 1 who had gone far.

Cody had meanwhile gotten stuck with the bfffls Katie and Sadie, and the Jock with anger issues Eva. Plus the bossy C.I.T. Courtney and Alejandro,some Spanish charmer who really gave Cody deja vu.

As soon as they were shown to their accommodations, Cody had set out to find the girl of his dreams. He found her sketching while sitting on a tree trunk, her back to him.

Cody quickly smoothed out his hair and clothes before taking a deep breath and walking up to her.

" Hey Gwen, I was wondering if you'd like to…" Cody stopped talking when Gwen raised her hand.

" I'm not interested, Cody. I already have a boyfriend."

" Oh...you and Trent got back together?"

" It ain't Trent, dweeb." Cody instinctively froze up before turning around and seeing the last person he wanted to,"Hey Pasty, this nerd bothering you?"

" Actually, I was just leaving."

" No you aren't." Cody looked to Gwen to see annoyance written all over her face," Not until you listen to me.

I will never love you. Honestly, I don't even like you that much at this point. I thought you understood after helping set me up with Trent that you and me will never be a thing. But you don't. Get this through your head: it doesn't matter what you do, it doesn't matter what you say, I'm just not into you." She leaned down to get to eye level with Cody.

At one point, Cody had dreamed of this. Their faces would be this close, and then they'd kiss one of those fireworks going off in the backgrounds kisses. But this nightmare Cody felt trapped in was quickly perverting and killing that hope.

" Leave me alone." Venom dripped on every word," Understand?"

Cody felt like dying right then and there. The girl of his dreams had just ripped his heart out and stomped it down multiple times. Despite all that, a weak smile quivered onto his face.

" Y-yeah, Gwen, I understand." Cody swallowed a painful lump in his throat and walked away.

" You think he got the message?" Duncan asked, waiting until after the Tech Geek was out of sight.

" I hope so."

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Courtney was not having a good day. She had been reminded of who that Ogre had left her for when she saw the two of them making goo goo eyes at each other, it was raining and here she was, without a raincoat,and for the cherry on top of the crappy sundae that was this day, she was already down a teammate,

She had just wanted to go for a walk after the loss, was that so bad? Apparently the sky thought so, as it was drenching her with wave after wave of cold rain in retribution. She smiled as the cabin finally came into view, but frowned when she saw a figure hunched down in the rain.

It was Cody, his head being hidden behind his hands as he rocked back and forth in the pouring rain.

She stomped over to the moron( seriously, who would choose to be out in this weather!?), taking a calming deep breath before putting a hand on his shoulder.

" Hey, you need to get inside" Courtney had made a concentrated effort to keep the anger and annoyance out of her voice.

" Hey Courtney… looking good." Cody made finger guns and gave the C.I.T. a weak smile. Courtney just rolled her eyes.

" Cody, you'll catch your death out here." The tech geek sniffled.

" That doesn't sound so bad right now." Cody's smile evaporated and he stuck his face right back into his hands. Feelings, equal parts shock and empathy, flashed over Courtney's face.

She walked away, with Cody not even noticing as he returned to crying in the rain.

Cody did however notice, and shrieked, when he was lifted up by one hand by a raincoat clad Eva. She walked him over to the boy's side of the cabin, kicked the door open and threw him in.

" Thank you, Eva." said Courtney, standing behind Eva.

" Don't mention it." The brick house walked away, and then Courtney stepped inside, shutting the door behind her.

" Cody, please tell me what's wrong?" Cody rubbed the back of his neck, feeling like he was under a magnifying glass.

" It's...it's nothing, just stupid…"

" Cody, I'm a counselor in training. I can help you but you need to tell me what's wrong." Courtney's tone was soft in a way Cody never knew it could be.

" It's Gwen, she hates me." he sniffled," and she's with Duncan." He spat out the name like it tasted bad. His eyes widened, and then he nervously looked at the C.I.T.

" No offense, of course."

" Cody, he left me for Gwen after telling me off and telling me I was too controlling. You feel free to say whatever mean things about him that come to mind. I just might join you."

" Oh well." Cody wiped his eyes," I just...it's… Courtney, what's wrong with me?"

" What?" As far as Courtney knew, Cody had always had an unearned level of confidence when talking to girls.

" Am I ugly? Is that what it is? It's just…. Gwen would rather be with some delinquent who can't treat her half as good as I know I could. Why is it that no girl wants anything to do with me romantically?"

" Cody, you're not ugly...you're no Justin, but you're far from ugly."

" Then why does she hate me?!" Cody's voice rose at the end.

" Cody, I'm pretty sure Gwen made up her mind about you after the first season. She's always seen you like an annoying younger brother."

" But…" Courtney raised her hand, making the tech geek freeze.

" Before you talk, let me ask you a question: If Gwen's your friend, what has she done for you?"

" Well...I….she…."

" Cody, she was your 'friend' so long as you could help her. You two were more friendly acquaintances than actual friends. You have actual friends here: DJ, Bridgette…"

" They're both on the other team." Courtney thought for a moment, putting a finger on her chin.

" Well, what about me, could we be friends?"

" Friends? You want to be my friend?" Cody's tone was of disbelief, like someone had just told him he had won a million dollars.

" What's so hard to believe about that?"

" Courtney, I'm not the type of guy hot girls say they want to be friends with."

" What was that?" Courtney asked, eyebrow raised.

" Uh, I said I'm not the type of guy girls usually give the time of day."

" Well, I'm they type of girl to ask a guy like you to be my friend so…." She put out her hand," Friends?"

Despite himself, a small true smile made its way onto Cody's face. He grabbed her hand and shook.

" I'd like that a lot."

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Courtney shut the door behind her, leaving the tech geek to get to bed. She turned back towards the door to the girl's side to find Alejandro waiting in front of it.

" Hello Courtney." he purred.

" Alejandro, what were you doing on the girl's side of the cabin?"

" Nothing insidious if that's what you're presuming, I've merely been comforting Katie since her sister left. It appears you've been doing the same for our little buddy."

" Oh, in that case, thank you. I've been so busy pulling Cody back together that Katie slipped my mind." Alejandro bowed.

" It was my great honor, senorita."

Alejandro straightened up and walked past Courtney to the boy's side door.

" Wait!" Alejandro's head swiveled back to face a somewhat nervous looking Courtney.

" Could you keep an eye on Cody for me?"

" Of course." He then turned around, and went into his cabin, hiding a devilish smirk.