A/N – This is going to be one of my submissions for deviant art's Crack and fanon pairings week, being hosted by TDI-Fanon-Club. As you may have guessed from all my announcements, it's going to be Codette (CodyxBridgette). Since Winter-Rae was the one that introduced me to the week on deviant art, I thought it was only appropriate to dedicate this story to the queen of crack pairings, Winter-Rae! Thanks Winter for inspiring the crack pairings here on the TDI fan fiction website!
Plot – It's seven fan fictions with Bridgette and Cody throughout the course of a year. Each one will be in conjunction with each theme listed on the deviant art on that specific day. So here we go!
DAY 1 – HOLIDAY THEME
CHAPTER ONE – NEW YEARS EVE KISS!
Cody sat in a corner as he watched everyone else at Geoff's party celebrating the arrival of a new year. He looked at his clock: only three more hours to go. But truth be told, he wasn't all that thrilled to be at the party. All people were doing were either watching some singer on the television performing in Times Square in New York City or dancing to one of those ridiculous pop songs he hated so much.
It wasn't that he was sorry he showed up or depressed about being there. It was just that there wasn't anything there he was particularly interested in doing. He just played "Final Fantasy – Dissidia" on his PSP, something he could have done without being there to have all those teens distracting him from a perfect score with random outbursts. Now, if those people watching the television would turn it off and put Guitar Hero on Geoff's X-Box, he would've been there in a heartbeat. But that wasn't the case.
"So why are YOU hiding in this corner by yourself?" a voice asked.
Cody looked up to find himself staring into the green eyes of a familiar surfer girl he had come to meet during his time on Camp Wawanakwa. Bridgette didn't wait for Cody to reply as she took a seat next to the tech geek.
"Well, there really isn't anything else to do," Cody explained to Bridgette, turning his attention back to his game.
"You mean you don't like talking to your friends?" Bridgette asked.
"Well, I do," Cody immediately retorted, "but…well…no one's really talking. They're just dancing or watching television. Plus…I really want to play this game, that's all."
"Okay, first of all," Bridgette lectured, "Your friends are more important than some stupid game. Second of all, Dissidia isn't even that good a game because there's no Sora in it!"
"Oh yeah?" Cody retorted, sounding a little offended. "Well, that's because…wait…Sora? You mean you actually know who Sora is?"
"Well, of course," Bridgette replied. "I may love the sea more than anything else, but that doesn't mean I don't play video games at all! And Kingdom Hearts is my favorite game!"
"Really?" Cody asked, sounding impressed and shocked at the same time. "I never figured you to be into video games like that."
"Well, you might know that about me if you'd talk with me more," Bridgette teased.
It took a couple seconds, but Cody eventually got the hint. He saved his game and began talking with Bridgette about different things. After talking for an hour, Cody found out that Bridgette wasn't just into the beach and surfing all the time. Much to his surprise, he discovered that on rainy days or days she didn't feel that well, Bridgette could be quite a nerd herself: she owned a Nintendo Wii, read different kinds of manga, and occasionally played Warcraft with some of her friends that were into that game (though not a whole lot). However, when Bridgette asked, she found out to no surprise that her collections and nerd side was no match for Cody's.
"I can't believe you still collect magic cards," Bridgette chuckled.
"Well, my dear, you're not a true nerd until you're a collector, like me!" Cody replied rather proudly.
Just then, they heard a slow song playing over Trent's radio. Couples began to gather on the dance floor and slow dance. Among those couples were Geoff and his date.
"Man, I can't believe he let you go," Cody said, noticing Bridgette glancing at her ex boyfriend.
"Well, he was a jerk back then," Bridgette admitted. "But at least we're still good friends."
"Well, good for you," Cody congratulated. He then turned back to the couple in the middle of the dance floor. "Still….hard to believe that of all the people on the island, Geoff hooked up with HER."
"I know," Bridgette replied, sounding a little shocked herself. "But at least she knows how to keep him in line. And after all she was through on the island, I'm glad that she got together with a nice guy like Geoff."
Cody and Bridgette continued to watch as Geoff danced around with his new girlfriend. He leaned down and kissed her on the lips, which she gladly returned. However, Geoff winced and pulled away, rubbing his lips where a small cut from her braces drew some blood.
"He should be a little more careful with Beth's braces, huh?" Cody chuckled.
Bridgette just giggled in response. Then, she grinned as she glanced over to Cody.
"Hey. Do YOU want to dance?" she asked the tech geek.
"Uh…me?" Cody suddenly stammered. "Well…uh…actually…I'm not much for dancing," Cody admitted.
"Oh," Bridgette sighed. Just then, she noticed Harold and some other guys she didn't know turning the television from the news channel to the video screen. Her eyes caught the words "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" come across the screen, which gave her an idea.
"Okay Cody, I'll make a deal with you," Bridgette spoke. "You and me, one on one, in Super Smash Bros Brawl! If I win, then you have to slow dance with me one time!"
"And if I win?" Cody asked, sounding interested.
"…um…then I owe you twenty bucks," Bridgette decided.
"DEAL!" Cody immediately replied and almost dragged Bridgette over to the television. He explained his situation to Harold, who allowed the tow to have their match, secretly hoping Bridgette would beat the tech geek to a pulp.
"You won't stand a chance against me when I'm Lucario!" Cody exclaimed as he selected the aura pokemon.
"Well, wait until you see what I can do with Samus!" Bridgette smirked as she chose the space cadet.
Bridgette and Cody were both true to their words. Some people gathered around to watch what some deemed to be the match-up of the century. Bridgette would seem to always have an answer for everything Cody threw at her and Cody was always able to counter all of Bridgette's offensive moves. The match raged on and after twenty minutes, both Cody and Bridgette were down to one life each and were as healthy as they could be.
Twenty minutes passed and they were still at each other's throats. Counter attacks were at an all time high and both would manage to find a way to heal themselves right at the last second. Then, finally, it happened: Lucario had his Ultimate attack charged up via a Smash Ball and was about ready to use it. But a small kick from Samus knocked the energy out of Lucario and she claimed it. Without wasting another second, she unleashed her power and knocked Lucario off the screen.
Cody sat there in shock as Bridgette jumped up in joy, celebrating her victory over the tech geek.
"I…don't….believe it…" he managed to finally whisper.
"I warned you," Bridgette taunted. "Don't mess with me and Samus. You will not win!"
Just then, something caught both their attentions: another soft, slow song just begun playing over Geoff's radio and couples, including Beth and Geoff, were flocking to the floor.
"I believe the wager was one dance," Bridgette teased as she pulled Cody to his feet and dragged him onto the dance floor. Before Cody could try to muster his way out of this predicament, they were both in the middle of the dance floor.
"It's easy," Bridgette replied, remembering Cody admitting that he couldn't dance. "I'll lead this time to show you."
Cody's eyes went wide as Bridgette guided his hands to her hips and then wrapped her own around the back of his neck.
"Loosen up," Bridgette chuckled, "and just move to the rhythm."
Then, Bridgette started to slowly sway from side to side in a circular motion, guiding Cody's movements along with her own. At first, Cody did not dance well at all, but after a minute or two, he finally got the motions down and followed Bridgette as she guided him in their dance.
"You know," Cody chuckled, "if these are the punishments whenever I lose a bet to you, I think I'll start losing to you on purpose."
"Don't do that," Bridgette warned him. "Consider yourself lucky. Usually, I have people who lose bets to me do far worse stuff. This one time, I made my friend, Sebastian, walk around the mall in his spongebob underwear after I out-surfed him in a surfing competition."
"You have a friend that likes Spongebob Squarepants? Dude, that must have been pretty embarrassing for him to reveal that to the public!"
"Oh, he didn't talk to me for a week. But he eventually forgave me. They always do," Bridgette laughed.
"I take it you know how to embarrass your friends in public, huh?"
"Sometimes, it's not on purpose," Bridgette sighed. "One time, I tripped over a rock that was sticking up on our beach, stumbled, and collapsed into Ariel, another friend of mine. Unfortunately for her, when I tried to regain my balance, I yanked her bra off."
"Oof," Cody winced. "Poor girl."
"I know…again, she didn't talk to me for a week. But again, we got back on speaking terms…after I had to pretty much move heaven and hell to earn her forgiveness."
"Well, why wouldn't anyone forgive you?" Cody asked. "You're pretty, sweet, caring, friendly…uh…"
Cody's face started to feel warm as he described all the positive things about Bridgette. It was then he realized what a great person Bridgette was. The more he thought about every word he just used to describe Bridgette, the sooner he came to realize that Bridgette was his dream girl. Not to mention a girl way out of his league.
"What's the matter?" Bridgette asked, noticing Cody had stopped dancing altogether.
"Uh…nothing…" Cody stammered.
"You can't lie to me Cody," Bridgette said sternly. "I can see it in your eyes that something's wrong."
Cody just sighed. There was no hiding anything from Bridgette. That was another great trait about her: her ability to sense something the matter with someone.
"I don't belong here…on the dance floor with a girl like you," he finally whispered. "I mean, you're really popular, extremely nice, and VERY pretty," he blushed. "You're everything I'm not…you belong with someone else who's right up there with you. Not a geek like me."
Bridgette just looked at Cody. She wasn't sure what to say to him at first. She didn't mean to make him uncomfortable or anything. She was just trying to have some fun with a friend. She thought about her words carefully and then proceeded to speak to the tech geek.
"Come on Cody!" she smiled. "What happened to Code-meister? He was the guy who "had all the goods for all the ladies", if I remember you so eloquently putting it."
Cody chuckled a little, though he still looked unsure of himself.
"I don't think you're just a geek," Bridgette continued. "I mean, you ARE a geek. I've never seen anyone so into computer stuff like you."
She noticed the smile fading from Cody's face and decided she was going in the wrong direction.
"But you're more than that!" she quickly commented. "You're fun! You're funny! You're extremely smart! You're caring…sweet…gentle…" Bridgette now found herself having the same problem Cody was having earlier. She began to realize what Cody was realizing a little earlier.
"…you're the kind of guy that's hard to find," Bridgette finished as she smiled up at Cody.
Both Bridgette and Cody soon found themselves blushing uncontrollably as they gazed at each other.
The sound of some teens counting down from ten indicated that there were only ten seconds to go before the new year came in, snapping Cody and Bridgette from their thoughts.
"…five…four…three…two…one…HAPPY NEW YEAR!" everyone in the room shouted at once. Different things began to happen all at once: some teens sang the new year's song, others toasted to the new year and guzzled down their drinks, and others shared a new years kiss. Amongst them was Geoff dipping Beth and kissing her passionately on the lips, being careful of her braces.
Bridgette chuckled at how cute the two looked together. Then, she felt a warm pair of lips touch her cheek, shocking her a little. She turned to see who had kissed her: it was Cody, who looked like he had just completed an insane dare.
"…Sorry…" Cody immediately apologized when he saw that Bridgette wasn't smiling afterwards. "I just thought with it being a tradition and all that…"
Cody was cut off when Bridgette pressed her lips against his. At first, Cody was too shocked to do anything else. But eventually, he closed his eyes and let Bridgette continue to go deeper into the kiss. Cody wanted it to last forever, but eventually, Bridgette pulled away. He opened his eyes and saw the prettiest pair of green eyes staring directly into his and a great big smile on the surfer girls' face.
"Happy New Year Cody," she smiled.
"Happy New Year to you too," he smiled.