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 Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 6:27 pm
"Okay, I'll see you in a bit then," Cody smiled into the phone. What would they even do? He liked Toby well enough, but they didn't really have much in common.
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 6:31 pm
"Alright. See you soon."
Video games? Cooking? He looked down at Peaches and tilted his head.
"What do you think?"
Peaches squinted up at him.
"I know, Buddy. I know."
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 6:37 pm
Cody arrived a half an hour later, with a bag in hand. Ingredients for chocolate chip cookies. Dari was always talking about how much Toby liked to cook. He knocked on the door.
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 6:40 pm
Toby got up and peaches just happily fell into the warm space where his butt had been. He smiled when he opened the door to find Cody there and stepped back with a sweeping gesture.
"Come on in. What do you have there?"
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 6:43 pm
Cody walked in, smiling at Toby. "Cookie ingredients," he explained, offering Toby the bag. "Dari told me how much you like to bake, so I thought we could make some."
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 6:48 pm
Toby smiled. How domestic of him.
"Do you know the recipe?" Toby asked. "If not, I have some. Do you want to see the pool?" He had to head for the kitchen anyway to take things out of the bag and bake, and it was pretty much right there.
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 7:02 pm
"Yeah, I wrote it down. It's mom's recipe. She used to have me bake with her whenever she felt I was being difficult." He remembered one particular time when he'd gotten a detention. "She really likes side by side talking, I guess."
He paused. "You have a pool?"
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 7:09 pm
"Ohh. Mine would do the same thing. Not bake, just cook in general. I never got a detention, though." He winked and clicked his tongue at Cody while he pointed a finger. Oneupmanship!
"Wait, what? Dari didn't tell you? Yeah, we got a pool! Like three weeks ago. C'mon." Toby was sure Dari would have at least mentioned it, but maybe that had been his method to turn Cody away from the pool party. He motioned for Cody to follow and led him out the back door.
"See? Pool."
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 7:39 pm
"It was only that once!" Cody protested, but he was grinning. "Dari's been becoming a rebel, he told me I've corrupted him." No, Dari hadn't mentioned the pool. "It's really nice," he said, admiring it. "Smells like the beach! Did you use salt water?"
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 7:41 pm
Toby waved a dismissive hand. "He's a goody two shoes." It was part of the reason Toby loved him.
"Yeah! yeah, it's salt. It was an engagement present for Maia. She used to live right on the beach."
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 7:57 pm
"We broke the law twice," Cody whispered, as if sharing some big secret. "Yeah, Dari told me you met her on a business trip. In Oregon, right?" Cody smiled. "I bet she was thrilled."
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 8:00 pm
"Yeah, I heard," Toby said with a laugh. Cody might not know it, but Toby heard about pretty much everything Cody and Dari did together.
"Yup. She actually owns a house out there with a private stretch of beach." Holy s**t, they had three houses together! Were they shitty rich white people? "She was happy for sure. You can use it whenever you want."
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 8:13 pm
A house with a private beach? Cody stared briefly. "So, do you use it as a vacation home?" He asked. "I was thinking about taking Dari down to Oregon for the glass float festival. They hide them all over the beach and in the jetty and people look for them. He said he'd never been there as a tourist."
"Really? Thanks! I might take you up on that." When Dari got home.
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 8:18 pm
"Oh! Um. Well, I guess. It's pretty small, and we haven't been back in a while," Toby said with a shrug. He headed back for the bag of ingredients. "Yeah, Maia's talked about that. You could ask her if you could stay there. I'm sure she'd say yes. My name's nowhere on those documents." He laughed.
"Yeah! Sure, why not? You're family too." He began unpacking the bag.
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 8:52 pm
"I'll ask," Cody promised. He'd been intending to get a hotel room, but staying in a house right on the beach might be nicer.
He smiled at Toby. "Your family is wonderful," he said. No one had welcomed him into their family so easily.
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