Cody tried acting normal around Hayden on Friday, but he didn’t know what to say. He avoided him in study hall and beckoned Skyler over to sit with them at lunch, hoping Skyler would handle all the talking. Besides drooling over Mr. Goodfellow, Cody obsessed over how to handle Hayden. He thought it best to talk to him at his house, so he invited himself over during the only chance he got to speak around Skyler’s ramblings at lunch.
“I thought you wanted to hang out with Adam today,” Hayden said.
“Who’s Adam?” Skyler asked.
“Cody’s boyfriend.”
“You have a boyfriend? Is he hot? Let’s double.”
“Double?” Hayden asked. “Is that a s*x act or do you have a boyfriend as well?”
Skyler blushed and focused his attention on his Caesar salad. Cody spoke quickly to distract Hayden from any follow-
