Cody cracked open a third bottle of mountain dew.

"Isn't Justin supposed to be with us?"

I shook my head, crushing up my empty soda can and tossing it behind the couch.

"I invited his but he said today is his mud wrap day so he can't" I said, rolling my eyes at the dude's lack of masculinity. Okay okay, maybe I'm not one to speak, but at least I admit to being gay.

Total Drama ended about an hour ago, and Cody and I have been in my room watching Pawn Stars since. We were laying with our backs on opposite sides of the couch, and our legs tangled together in the center. It was way too hot for a blanket, so we both lay in T-shirts and shorts.

After Cody threw down his empty soda bottle and reached for his fourth, I stopped him.

"Woah little dude, think you can handle that much?"

He laughed and nodded his head, and grabbed the green can, popping it open, and pouring it down his throat.

I rolled my eyes and continued watching the TV program.

"If Owen were on this show, he'd fit right in" I pointed out bluntly. Frankly it wasn't that funny, but it was funny enough to make Cody laugh so hard that Mountain Dew bubbles came out his nose.

"Okay, that's enough Dew for you" I said, reaching over to take the bottle out of his hand. I poured what was left in my mouth and threw the empty container on the trashed floor. He stuck his lip out at me in a fake pout, but I just smirked.

"You'll be fine kid"

He rolled his eyes at me, laughing. Then he sat up and swung his legs onto the floor.

"Noah, we should do something"

"No, we aren't going to go get more Mountain Dew"

Cody turned his body towards me, my eyes fixed to the television to prevent myself from staring at him.

"No, I mean like an adventure!"

I reached for the remote and clicked off the TV.

"There's not really much we can do here"

"We can climb to the roof of the Playa and watch the sunset" he shrugged, picking up the empty bottles and can off the floor, throwing them towards the garbage bin, allegedly missing most shots and having the containers bounce across the room.

"That's one of the gayest things I've ever heard" I said cooly, stretching out my back.

"Then you haven't looked in the mirror, er, I mean, heard yourself.... damn, I tried"

I couldn't hold back my laughter on that one.

"Nice try buddy. Sunset roofing it is"

He grinned and dumped his collection of soda bottles into the trash can.

"I wonder who got kicked off tonight" Cody commented, sitting back down on the couch.

"Judging by the amounts of raging fits coming from Courtney, my bet's on Harold"

Cody shrugged, smiling slightly. When he wasn't trying to put on an act so people thought he was cool, he's actually a really genuine, attractive guy. Of course it saddens me slightly that he doesn't put on an act for me, but I'd rather him be comfortable with me and myself be friend zoned, than to hope for him to keep putting on a mask of fake confidence.

It tears him apart, and I know it. I've heard him sobbing at night through his bedroom door. I can see the hurt in his eyes. The 'Codemiester' is only a character, and the real Cody is just an actor. A terrible one, but an actor all the same.

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"Okay, so you had a good plan and all Captain, but how are we getting on the roof?"

Cody had put on long jeans, and a maroon sweatshirt with Glacier National Park written across it. I, however, made the lousy decision to stay in my dark-wash jean shorts and the black Polo tee I've been wearing the last three days. There's a washing room by the infirmary, but I'm just so lazy that reusing the clothing just seems more practical.

"Worry not, Soldier! There's a closet with a ladder in it that Ezekiel showed me the other day. I mean, he fell off of it, but at least I know about it"

"So that's how he ended up in the infirmary. Makes sense" I shrugged.

Cody gestured towards the door of my apartment room and called out 'Onward!' with a little too much energy for someone who's about to watch a Canadian sunset from the roof of a building.

He led his army of one to a closet at the end of the hallway by the infirmary. Inside the closet was a rickety ladder that went through the ceiling. I followed Cody up cautiously, and crawled my way onto the roof of the Playa. The roof was just industrial cement with no walls or anything, which was quite underwhelming in comparison to the rest of the Playa. Cody sat a good distance from the edge in criss-cross applesauce mode.

"Come on chicken pants, sit on the edge with me" I smirked, swinging my legs over the side. I looked down at the pool deck below. There were a few people sitting down at the juice bar, but I couldn't tell exactly who they were.

After some think time, Cody joined me on the edge of the building. He sat far enough that it was comfortable, but close enough to be touching arms.

"Noah aren't you cold?"

I shrugged.

"It's Canada dude, this is summer weather"

He looked convinced and looked below at who I'm pretty sure are Katie and Sadie tossing a beach ball back and forth.

"Noah, so you know how you listed the hottest guys? How would you rate the girls?"

I had to give this some thought, because honestly I didn't think about it much.

"Bridgette is the hottest, then probably Courtney, Heather, Lindsay, Katie, Izzy, LeShawna, Gwen, Sadie, Beth, Eva"

The little dude thought about it for a few seconds. He opened his mouth to say something, but then shut it again and went back into thought.

After an awkward two minutes or so, he spoke up again.

"If I had to rate the guys it'd be Trent as the hottest, the probably you, Justin, Geoff, DJ, then I don't know, I'd say Duncan but he never struck me as attractive, so maybe Tyler, then I don't know. The rest I never really pay attention to" he rambled on.

I felt my cheeks flush. He thought me, a skinny ass brown sack of sarcasm, was the second hottest guy on the show. I mean, Trent's musical butt beat me, but the dude is pretty hot.

"I didn't know you put thought into the guys, Mr. Lady's Man"

He shrugged.

"I don't know, I guess talking to you made me think about it"

I laughed and looked over at him. His pale cheeks were flushed from the wind and his hair was blowing backwards softly. And it was something about that moment with his focused look, his soft hair, and the sunset behind him that made me think of how beautiful he is.

I know beautiful is supposed to describe pretty, bubbly bags of sparkly stupidity like Lindsay, but I feel like that adjective was the best one for how to describe the guy.

I felt the wind blow through my own hair and I realized how chilly I was sitting onto of the damn roof in the Canadian evening.

"Alright, time to head back inside" I said, standing up. I offered my hand to Cody who looked a little too scared to get off the side of the roof. He graciously took it, and squeezed it until we were a safe distance from the edge. Now I'm going to sound like a total girl right now, but the whole time he had my hand, I swear I was dying inside.

Anyway, after we got back to the warmth of the Playa, I headed back to my room expecting to crash, but Cody followed me in there.

"Need something dude?" I asked as he shut the door behind him.

"We should have a sleepover!" he proposed. I rolled my eyes.

"That happens at least once a week when you crash on my couch"

Cody laughed.

"I mean like one where we stay up and play truth or dare and drink soda and pull an all nighter!"

"I need my beauty sleep kid"

He rolled his eyes this time.

"Not like we have any obligations tomorrow"

And after about five minutes of arguing back and forth, I finally gave in. The reason I didn't want to have him over wasn't because I was tired, but more of the fact that when I get tired I don't think things through, and end up spilling things that shouldn't be said out loud.

Cody ran to his room to get his pajamas and blanket, and I went down to the kitchen to snatch a liter bottle of Pepsi. I know Mountain Dew is Cody's favorite, but I just can't handle the Dew.

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"Dude, can't you just let me sleep now?"

Cody poured more soda into his mouth.

"It's only been an hour, and you spend 35 minutes of it working on your hair"

Hey, a faggot's gotta do what a faggot's gotta do.

"Fine. What do you want to do then?"

"Let's play Kiss Marry Kill!"

I raised a eyebrow.

"Don't you mean Fuck Marry Kill?"

Cody shook his head.

"This is the version I play. I seems a bit more, uh, comfortable"

I rolled my eyes, but I smiled at him.

"Fine. Courtney, Heather, and Bridgette"

Cody had to put some thought into this one. Likely, the dude never thought about anyone but Gwen.

"Marry Bridgette.... uh, kiss Courtney and kill Heather I guess"

"The world thanks you for it. Your turn"

He layed back against the wall. Both of us were sitting on my bed, but I'll probably kick him out when he finally lets me sleep.

"Tyler, Duncan, and DJ"

Okay, thank God he didn't put himself in there.

"Kill Duncan, marry DJ, kiss Tyler" I replied. He nodded and took another drink of Soda. At this rate, the dude might get drunk off Pepsi.

"Okay, how about Ezekiel, Harold, and Eva" I smirked, throwing him the three most repulsive things to ever touch Wawanakwa. Besides Chef's cooking maybe.

"Darn, probably marry Eva, I bet I could handle her. Kiss Harold, and kill Zeke"

"So you're saying you'd kiss a dude?" I teased.

"Eva's more of a dude than Harold anyway. But I guess I wouldn't be opposed to it. Can't be much different than kissing a girl"

"You've never kissed a girl have you? Your lips are virgins"

He nodded slowly, obviously embarrassed.

"I guess. I've never had a girlfriend either"

Okay now I just felt bad for the guy.

"Have you kissed anyone Noah?" he asked me, sitting up straight.

I nodded.

"I've had one boyfriend, a dude back in 9th grade. We kissed once"

"Ah" he muttered.

After that, the room filled with silence, surrounded by the raging of Courtney and the terrified screams of poor Harold.

"Now can we go to bed?" I asked, breaking the silence.

"Fine" he said. He set the bottle of soda on the floor, and to my surprise, he layed down next to me and got under the covers.

"Whatcha doing there?"

"Sleeping" he replied, sounding confused. I was about to kick him out until I realized what a great opportunity this was.

Okay, okay, I know that sounded stalkerlicious, but I'm not going to rape him or anything. I'm just going to sneak in some cuddles.

"Fine. But don't kick me in your sleep or you'll wake up in the pool"

"Deal" he said, and rolled over to face the wall. I layed down and face the same direction so that if we were any closer I'd be spooning him.

That can be arranged.

But I kept it in my tight little pants and managed to fall asleep, to my dismay, without any physical contact with Cody.