Post by Cody Jensen Cavanaugh on Nov 12, 2012 19:34:20 GMT -5
Cody twirled the pen between his fingers as he watched Tyler leaning up against the doorframe. “Collin said you’re dating that little Garrity girl finally,” he said , placing his foot up on the counter as he tilted his head to look over at him. “ And a Renner told me that he walked in on his office to find you two lovebirds partaking in some carnal pleasure,” he said, trying to hold back the laughter as he shook his head. “ Daring little fucks,” he said slightly impressed. Not even slightly impressed. Very impressed. “ Just stay out of my studio,” he said while faking a look of authority. “ Oh my god you’ve totally had sex in some of these studios haven’t you,” he said before giving up trying to seem responsible and just laughed. Oh, to be young again. “ Whatever, man. I’ll see you on set” he said, reaching out to give Tyler a fist bump before he headed out. “ I swear to God looking that kid in the eyes is like looking into the future and seeing what Brayden is going to grow up to look like,” Cody said as he clicked the end of the pen and looked over at Shane. He opened his mouth to say something else but turned as he noticed Claire coming in carrying the same little boy he had just mentioned. “ Someone came to surprise daddy,” she said before gasping with a smile at Brayden and brought him over to Shane. “ Hi baby,”[/b] she said to him, offering him Brayden before she leaned down and kissed Shane upon the lips. Cody puffed out his cheeks and then look up and lifted his eyebrows with a smile as she smiled over at him. “ Oh hey Cody,”[/b] she said, lifting her hand up into a wave before she placed her hand in her back pocket. Cody lifted the pen as a gesture of a wave before he tried to look away, give them a few moments of privacy. She was already talking quietly behind him. “What time are you going to be home tonight?” she asked him and he listened, Shane talking to her while probably staring down at Brayden. “ Do you want anything special for dinner?” she asked. Cody clicked his tongue to himself quietly, spinning in the chair. “ Okay. I’m going to go home and work on some lyrics I guess while I watch Brayden. Good luck in the studio, baby” she said, kissing Shane again, this time a bit longer, before she took Brayden from his arms. “ I could come help you out” Cody said, not realizing he had even intended to say it until he heard the words being spoken.
“ Oh my gosh that would be great. Shane has so much to get done before he heads out on tour… thank you, Cody,” she said, smiling at him. Cody cleared his throat. What the fuck had he done. “ Yeah!” he said, more enthusiastically than necessary. He placed his hands on the armrest of the chair before he pushed himself up and gave a head nod over to Shane. “ Man I’ll catch you later” he said , taking his jacket off the back of his chair before he put it on lazily and followed Claire out of the studio. “ Well I’ll see you there, Cody” Claire said, giving a small wave to him before she headed over to the Escalade. Probably bought by Shane. Not that it really mattered. He watched her for a moment, putting Brayden in his carseat before she climbed behind the steering wheel, it made her look so small. Cody looked away, getting into his own car quickly before he put it in drive and followed her through the streets. What the hell was he actually doing. He considered Shane one of his favorite people at the label. Despite what Tyson’s views of him had been, Cody had never taken much of what he thought about Shane too seriously. He was chill, a good musician, a fuckin’ fantastic singer, a great dad. He was just all around one of those guys you just wanted to chill with. Cody dug the cigarette out of his armrest anxiously before he lit the end of it and took in a deep drag. Claire probably wouldn’t let him smoke around Brayden. He thought all of these high things about Shane, and here he was, going to hang out with his girlfriend who he was totally attracted to.
Cody finished the cigarette off quickly before he parked his car behind Claire’s and run his hand over his face quickly. Anybody else… if she was the girlfriend of ANYBODY else he would make a move. It wasn’t that he was an asshole, he just sort of figured he wasn’t the one in a relationship. And he was a rockstar, if he wanted something, he would go for it. The girl would be the one cheating. But he actually really liked Claire. And he liked Shane. He tapped his hands back and forth on the steering wheel nervously before he unbuckled his seatbelt and headed up the front door which she had left open for him. “ Are you hungry at all? I was going to make Brayden a bottle real quick and do some quick cleaning before I started writing,” she said, turning to look at him. Cody listened to what she was saying but found himself staring at her legs, drawing them up to the curves of her dress before he finally brought his eyes up to hers. “… What? he asked and Claire laughed slightly. “ I asked if you were hungry,” she repeated and he cleared his throat. “ Oh that’s right.. uh, yeah I could eat,” he said, taking his jacket off. “ Oh, I’ll take that!” she said, walking over to take his jacket from him so he didn’t have to throw it over the back of the couch. “ ….Well go ahead. Make yourself comfy,” she said, pulling her hair over to one shoulder before she looked down and started stepping out of her heels. “ You really are a short little thing..” he said, giving her a quick smile. “ Ugh. Tell me about it. I have two giants for brothers and then my parents genes decided..nah…we’re good…” she said before leaning down to pick up her high heels and carried them over to the bottom of the staircase where she placed them on the bottom step.
“ This is a pretty nice place for you and Shane,” he said, going into the living room. He’d been there before, but it was true nonetheless. “ He spoils me… I don’t even know how he found out I had fallen in love with this place. But he bought it for me to live in before we even decided to move in together,” she said, giving a small smile. “ Ethan says you used to be a fan.. So is dating him everything you ever dreamed of?” he questioned, following her into the kitchen. “ Well first of all.. I’m still a fan,” she corrected him, making her way over to the fridge where she opened the door and started to dig through it to get stuff out. “ And second of all.. yeah.. I mean I guess I would say dating him is everything I thought it would be,” she said, but Cody couldn’t help but watch as her facial expression changed, like she was trying to figure out how to appropriately word something. Maybe things weren’t as blissful as they made it seem. “ I see,” he said, leaning up against the counter. Claire smiled at him, turning on her heel as she used her foot to shut the fridge and placed all of the ingredients on the counter. “ What are you making him?” he asked and Claire took the ponytail holder off of her wrist, tying her hair into a low loose ponytail before she pulled it over her shoulder. “ When we were in Italy Shane really liked this spaghetti, and I convinced the little lady who was cooking to give me the recipe, so I figured I would surprise him with it,” she said ,looking down at all of the spices as she spoke. Cody gave a small nod, biting the inside of his lip. “ Well.. I mean how did you two meet? Do you think you’ll get married?”. He watched as she stopped moving her hands on the spices and seemed to freeze in place before she placed on a quick smile and then gave a shrug of her shoulder. “ Um.. I don’t see why not,” she said before taking in a deep breath of her own and placed her hands on her hips. “ Shane is the last guy on Earth I thought I would ever end up with. Ethan invited him over to sort of keep an eye on me when apparently I was ‘too much to handle’. Mistake on his part, but… Shane and I became these instant friends. It’s like everything about me knew that I was supposed to be with him except my brain. And then it just sort of all hit me all at once. He’s pretty amazing,.. very amazing.”[/i] she said before she turned her back to Cody and went to the stove.
Cody watched her as she maneuvered over the stove, silently thanking whatever God might exist that she had been so dedicated to ballet. Legs like that didn’t come around often. “ Well I don’t think that many people expected Shane to end up with you either… I guess that was sort of a lucky strike,” he said quietly, cracking his knuckles on both hands before resting his hands behind himself on the counter. Claire brought a bottle over to Brayden who was sitting in his chair in the kitchen , setting it down and telling him that she would be right back. And there she was again, bending her right leg behind her left and he couldn’t help but trail his eyes up to how perfectly her curves worked with her body when all of the sudden he saw something flying at him out of the corner of his eye and felt as the plastic toy smacked him in the face. “ Ow,” he said, bringing his hands up to his face where he covered his eye, slightly glaring at Brayden. That kid might look like Claire, but he had Shane written all over him .”Oh my gosh, that’s so not like him. I am so sorry,” Claire said, going over to pick up the toy before she went back to Brayden. “ It’s okay,” he said, rubbing his hand against his face. “ Actually, I think I got an idea for a song.. kind of inspired by you. And Shane. It’s inspired by you and Shane,” he said, watching her as she looked over at him with a smile. “ Oh okay,” she said, taking a pen out of the cup on the counter and offered it out to him before handing him a piece of paper. “ Thanks,” he said, making his way out to the living room. He needed to be aware from her so that he could focus.
Two hours later and he had eaten some spaghetti, which he had to admit was pretty damn bomb, finished a song and was putting his jacket on. “ Thanks again, Claire. Maybe next time we’ll actually work on one of your songs instead,” he said before leaning down to kiss her cheek and wrap his arms tightly around her in a hug. He held her for a moment before she seemed to start wiggling away from him before he let her go, putting his hand up in a wave. “ I’ll see you later,” he said, darting out to his car. He just needed to lay the vocals down. Once he got into the studio he walked past All Time Low’s which was on the same floor, pausing he leaned into the doorway. “ Hey,… texting Claire?” he asked, seeing that Shane was typing away on his phone. “ The dinner she made for you is pretty delicious..” he said, giving him a nod, “ Lucky guy,” he said, clapping his hand against the door frame before he backed away and made his way to his studio to record the song that he was pretty confident Claire herself, and hopefully no one, would really be able to decipher.
“ Oh my gosh that would be great. Shane has so much to get done before he heads out on tour… thank you, Cody,” she said, smiling at him. Cody cleared his throat. What the fuck had he done. “ Yeah!” he said, more enthusiastically than necessary. He placed his hands on the armrest of the chair before he pushed himself up and gave a head nod over to Shane. “ Man I’ll catch you later” he said , taking his jacket off the back of his chair before he put it on lazily and followed Claire out of the studio. “ Well I’ll see you there, Cody” Claire said, giving a small wave to him before she headed over to the Escalade. Probably bought by Shane. Not that it really mattered. He watched her for a moment, putting Brayden in his carseat before she climbed behind the steering wheel, it made her look so small. Cody looked away, getting into his own car quickly before he put it in drive and followed her through the streets. What the hell was he actually doing. He considered Shane one of his favorite people at the label. Despite what Tyson’s views of him had been, Cody had never taken much of what he thought about Shane too seriously. He was chill, a good musician, a fuckin’ fantastic singer, a great dad. He was just all around one of those guys you just wanted to chill with. Cody dug the cigarette out of his armrest anxiously before he lit the end of it and took in a deep drag. Claire probably wouldn’t let him smoke around Brayden. He thought all of these high things about Shane, and here he was, going to hang out with his girlfriend who he was totally attracted to.
Cody finished the cigarette off quickly before he parked his car behind Claire’s and run his hand over his face quickly. Anybody else… if she was the girlfriend of ANYBODY else he would make a move. It wasn’t that he was an asshole, he just sort of figured he wasn’t the one in a relationship. And he was a rockstar, if he wanted something, he would go for it. The girl would be the one cheating. But he actually really liked Claire. And he liked Shane. He tapped his hands back and forth on the steering wheel nervously before he unbuckled his seatbelt and headed up the front door which she had left open for him. “ Are you hungry at all? I was going to make Brayden a bottle real quick and do some quick cleaning before I started writing,” she said, turning to look at him. Cody listened to what she was saying but found himself staring at her legs, drawing them up to the curves of her dress before he finally brought his eyes up to hers. “… What? he asked and Claire laughed slightly. “ I asked if you were hungry,” she repeated and he cleared his throat. “ Oh that’s right.. uh, yeah I could eat,” he said, taking his jacket off. “ Oh, I’ll take that!” she said, walking over to take his jacket from him so he didn’t have to throw it over the back of the couch. “ ….Well go ahead. Make yourself comfy,” she said, pulling her hair over to one shoulder before she looked down and started stepping out of her heels. “ You really are a short little thing..” he said, giving her a quick smile. “ Ugh. Tell me about it. I have two giants for brothers and then my parents genes decided..nah…we’re good…” she said before leaning down to pick up her high heels and carried them over to the bottom of the staircase where she placed them on the bottom step.
“ This is a pretty nice place for you and Shane,” he said, going into the living room. He’d been there before, but it was true nonetheless. “ He spoils me… I don’t even know how he found out I had fallen in love with this place. But he bought it for me to live in before we even decided to move in together,” she said, giving a small smile. “ Ethan says you used to be a fan.. So is dating him everything you ever dreamed of?” he questioned, following her into the kitchen. “ Well first of all.. I’m still a fan,” she corrected him, making her way over to the fridge where she opened the door and started to dig through it to get stuff out. “ And second of all.. yeah.. I mean I guess I would say dating him is everything I thought it would be,” she said, but Cody couldn’t help but watch as her facial expression changed, like she was trying to figure out how to appropriately word something. Maybe things weren’t as blissful as they made it seem. “ I see,” he said, leaning up against the counter. Claire smiled at him, turning on her heel as she used her foot to shut the fridge and placed all of the ingredients on the counter. “ What are you making him?” he asked and Claire took the ponytail holder off of her wrist, tying her hair into a low loose ponytail before she pulled it over her shoulder. “ When we were in Italy Shane really liked this spaghetti, and I convinced the little lady who was cooking to give me the recipe, so I figured I would surprise him with it,” she said ,looking down at all of the spices as she spoke. Cody gave a small nod, biting the inside of his lip. “ Well.. I mean how did you two meet? Do you think you’ll get married?”. He watched as she stopped moving her hands on the spices and seemed to freeze in place before she placed on a quick smile and then gave a shrug of her shoulder. “ Um.. I don’t see why not,” she said before taking in a deep breath of her own and placed her hands on her hips. “ Shane is the last guy on Earth I thought I would ever end up with. Ethan invited him over to sort of keep an eye on me when apparently I was ‘too much to handle’. Mistake on his part, but… Shane and I became these instant friends. It’s like everything about me knew that I was supposed to be with him except my brain. And then it just sort of all hit me all at once. He’s pretty amazing,.. very amazing.”[/i] she said before she turned her back to Cody and went to the stove.
Cody watched her as she maneuvered over the stove, silently thanking whatever God might exist that she had been so dedicated to ballet. Legs like that didn’t come around often. “ Well I don’t think that many people expected Shane to end up with you either… I guess that was sort of a lucky strike,” he said quietly, cracking his knuckles on both hands before resting his hands behind himself on the counter. Claire brought a bottle over to Brayden who was sitting in his chair in the kitchen , setting it down and telling him that she would be right back. And there she was again, bending her right leg behind her left and he couldn’t help but trail his eyes up to how perfectly her curves worked with her body when all of the sudden he saw something flying at him out of the corner of his eye and felt as the plastic toy smacked him in the face. “ Ow,” he said, bringing his hands up to his face where he covered his eye, slightly glaring at Brayden. That kid might look like Claire, but he had Shane written all over him .”Oh my gosh, that’s so not like him. I am so sorry,” Claire said, going over to pick up the toy before she went back to Brayden. “ It’s okay,” he said, rubbing his hand against his face. “ Actually, I think I got an idea for a song.. kind of inspired by you. And Shane. It’s inspired by you and Shane,” he said, watching her as she looked over at him with a smile. “ Oh okay,” she said, taking a pen out of the cup on the counter and offered it out to him before handing him a piece of paper. “ Thanks,” he said, making his way out to the living room. He needed to be aware from her so that he could focus.
Two hours later and he had eaten some spaghetti, which he had to admit was pretty damn bomb, finished a song and was putting his jacket on. “ Thanks again, Claire. Maybe next time we’ll actually work on one of your songs instead,” he said before leaning down to kiss her cheek and wrap his arms tightly around her in a hug. He held her for a moment before she seemed to start wiggling away from him before he let her go, putting his hand up in a wave. “ I’ll see you later,” he said, darting out to his car. He just needed to lay the vocals down. Once he got into the studio he walked past All Time Low’s which was on the same floor, pausing he leaned into the doorway. “ Hey,… texting Claire?” he asked, seeing that Shane was typing away on his phone. “ The dinner she made for you is pretty delicious..” he said, giving him a nod, “ Lucky guy,” he said, clapping his hand against the door frame before he backed away and made his way to his studio to record the song that he was pretty confident Claire herself, and hopefully no one, would really be able to decipher.
