Just so everyone is aware, Tad is a real character from the show. If you guys remember, in the episode Flushed, he was the blonde guy who threw the pool party, at which they ended up blowing up that green monster alligator that was coming out of the pipes and attacking people. If you don't remember how he looks, I would suggest looking him up, because there's nothing like having a visual while you're reading the story.

"Jesus Christ, that's disgusting!" expressed Ethan.

Benny also grimaced.

"What?" Rory asked after pulling the red, white, and blue popsicle out of his mouth, confused, with lips stained the colors of the popsicle.

Ethan was grabbing Benny's arm in disgust.

"Is that...really how you eat that?" Ethan asked, disturbed.

"What are you talking about?" Rory asked, not understanding.

Rory took another lick of his popsicle.

"Oh my god, you just did it again," said a disarrayed Ethan.

Ethan grasped Benny's arm harder and hid his face behind it.

"What's wrong with you guys?" Rory asked.

"Um, Rory? Have you ever heard of, um, a blowjob?" Benny started.

"Yeah, I think so," the innocent Rory responded.

"Well, that's what you're giving to that popsicle," Benny finished.

"You guys are crazy," Rory expressed.

Rory licked the seemingly patriotic American popsicle from bottom to top, then sucked on it.

"Oh my god," Ethan reiterated in a disgusted tone as Benny's mouth hung open in amazement.

"You should definitely go into porn," Benny suggested.

"Great, now the jock table is staring at us," Ethan pointed out.

"Actually, only Tad is staring," Benny informed.

"Tad? Tad who's pool party at which we blew up a monster alligator?" Ethan asked for clarification.

"Yep, that Tad," Benny answered.

"Oh, god, he's getting up. He's coming over here. Probably to make an oral sex joke about Rory," Ethan prepared himself.

Tad took a seat next to Rory. Ethan and Benny were on the other side of the lunch table looking uneasy. He raised a hand to Ethan and Benny to say hello. They awkwardly waved back.

"Oh, hey, Tad," the clueless Rory said with a blue and red-toothed smile.

"Hey, Rory."

Ethan and Benny looked on in amazement as Tad was actually being nice.

"Don't you just love popsicle day?" Tad asked Rory.

"Obviously!" Rory responded.

"I can tell," Tad said, then smiled.

Tad just sat there and watched Rory eat his popsicle, which didn't bother air-headed Rory. He simply looked at Tad as he continued eating it. Tad got comfortable by putting his elbow on the lunch table and his cheek in his palm as he watched Rory. His mouth opened slightly as he keenly observed. A baffled-looking Ethan and Benny looked from the other side of the lunch table.

"Psst," Ethan whispered to Benny.

"Yeah?" Benny whispered back.

"What's happening?" Ethan asked.

"I have no idea," Benny admitted.

Tad watched Rory until he'd finished his popsicle and there was nothing left but a stained wooden popsicle stick. Tad took the stick out of Rory's hand.

"I'll throw that away for you," said Tad.

He threw the popsicle stick toward a trash can about five feet away and of course made the shot, because he was a total jock.

"Wow, that was awesome. Thanks," Rory said with a smile.

"No problem. Having these doesn't hurt."

Tad took off his letterman jacket and flexed his biceps.

"Take a squeeze," Tad suggested.

Tad grabbed Rory's hand and placed it on his flexed bicep muscle.

"Wow, that's hard," Rory described.

"Thanks. Hey, you should hang out with me and my boys after school."

"Wow, really? That would be cool."

"Done. Just come to my car after school. It's the Mustang. I'll drive you."

"Great. I'll be there."

Ethan and Benny looked at each other in stupefaction. Tad was still looking at Rory.

"Wow, you're pretty, almost like a girl," Tad admitted, never having noticed before.

Rory blushed a bit.

"Thanks, I guess."

"No, it's definitely a compliment. Wow," Tad continued.

Tad seemed to be examining Rory's face with his eyes. At that point, Ethan and Benny were both staring at the interaction in astonishment.

"Anyway, I'll see you later?" Tad reiterated.

"Yep," replied a happy and included-feeling Rory.

"Righteous. Hey, how about you keep this until then? Try it on," Tad said before handing his letterman jacket to Rory.

Ethan and Benny's eyes followed the jacket as if it was the Holy Grail as it was handed to Rory. Rory tried it on and it looked unsurprisingly big on him. Rory smiled widely as he checked himself out in the jacket.

"Looks great. Anyway, see you later," Tad said before getting up and going back to his lunch table.

Rory continued to admire the jacket before realizing how quiet Ethan and Benny were.

"You guys? Isn't this awesome? Check it out."

Rory modeled the jacket, which on him seemed oversized.

"What the heck just happened!?" Ethan broke the silence.

"Again, I have no idea," Benny spoke.

"That guy's really nice," Rory stated.

"Yeah, nice to you. That guy's never been nice to us. I mean, he was never mean to us, but it was like he didn't know we existed, even after we blew up that alligator at his party," Ethan explained.

Benny appeared to be thinking about something

"Rory, why do you think he was suddenly being so nice to you?" Benny asked.

"I don't know. Maybe he just wants to be my friend," Rory answered innocently.

"Yeah, I'm sure," Benny commented ominously.

"What are you thinking?" Ethan whispered to Benny.

"Remember how Tad was looking at Rory while he was deepthroating that popsicle?" Benny asked.

"Yeah, that was weird," Ethan noted.

"Yeah, weird. Weird like Tad may have been wishing that popsicle was a certain part of himself," Benny suggested.

"What? No way. You think Tad was...turned on?"

"I don't know, but I intend to find out. No one treats our Rory like a piece of meat."

"What are you guys whispering about?" Rory interrupted.

"Oh, yeah. I forgot he's still here. Nothing, Rory. Just how cool that jacket looks on you," Benny deflected.

"I know, right?" Rory agreed.