A/N: This is a friendship piece dedicated to my friend Justin. Anyways, Cody and Tyler need more love.
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Cody wasn't an attractive boy. He wasn't a jock, or popular, or really anyone that anyone really noticed. But he was smart -- actually he was a genius, and no one seemed to give a damn about that. His teachers may have given him A's all the time, but they never glanced at him when Geoff or Duncan bullied him. Cody didn't have many friends.
Every lunch Cody spent his time sitting in the library, studying or writing about his own little world in his own little language where he sought comfort sometimes -- really the real world wasn't all too nice to him. Except for the librarian, Ms. Reed. She let him eat his lunch in the library if he cleaned up and helped around every once in awhile.
"Cody!" Ms. Reed smiled and gently touched his shoulder. "Could you go help that boy find his way around the library? I don't think he knows what a book is." she smiled gently and turned back to her desk. She knew that Cody was going to say yes.
"Sure." Cody mumbled under his breath and walked over to the Jock-y looking guy who seemed to fit every jock stereotype. "Hi, I'm Cody. Can I help you find something?" He asked politely then cringed; waiting for Tyler to say some snide remark or flip him off.
"Uhh…yeah, Tyler. I have this Shakespeare thing about some McBlock…" he trailed off and scratched his head . "I've never been in here really. Soooo can you help me out?" he asked slowly and looked around the library uneasily.
"You mean Macbeth?" Cody asked slowly and Tyler's face brightened. "I know where that is. Why don't you sit down and I'll find you some." Cody motioned towards a table then set off into the shelves to find the play on Macbeth, the uneasiness left his stomach the moment Tyler was out of his sight. A jock being nice to him was never a good thing.
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Tyler ran his sweaty palms through his hair and watched as that Cody kid disappeared among the books. It made him nervous to be around such smart people -- especially since he was about as bright as a toothpick. If Cody didn't come back he wasn't sure how he would go about finding that McBurger guy…
"Alright. I've found the play." Cody said nervously.
"Uhh dude. I'm not looking for a play. I need a book." Tyler said slowly, feeling that Cody may not be as smart as he first thought.
To Tyler's surprise Cody laughed and took a seat next to Tyler at the round table. "No, no. Shakespeare wrote them as plays, but now they're turned into books." he explained to Tyler.
"Oh…yeah…" Tyler said though he really didn't have a clue what Cody had been talking about. If his teacher got mad at him for doing the wrong thing he would just bring Cody to explain. Simple enough. "Uhh…can you help me with this for a bit more, you know? I can pay you if you want…"
Cody paused. A jock -- a human being wanted to spend time with him! Other than Eva and Noah that he spoke to over the internet Cody had zero friends. (Other than Owen who just followed him everywhere. Cody didn't like him that much though)
"You don't have to pay me. I'll help." Cody said quickly and lifted the book up and flipped to the first act and began reading. Tyler nearly died of boredom listening to Cody read out Shakespeare's words…then explain what they meant. How did they expect anyone to understand that stuff?! It was impossible!
After about ten minutes of listening to Cody drone on and on Tyler decided he had to cut in, and save poor Cody from complete insanity. "Okay, okay dude." Tyler cut in and closed the book in Cody's hand. "Lets take a break. My brain can't take a lot you know."
Cody's face looked puzzled, almost hurt. "We haven't even reached the second act yet." he complained and looked down at the leather bound book.
"Yeah, but it's too much for my head. I think I just want to talk, ya know? Just be guys." he said and leaned back into his chair. "So, you got a girl?" he asked casually and thought back to his own girl. Without thinking Tyler pulled out his wallet and prepared himself to show Cody his picture of Lindsay.
"Nah. I do like one though…" Cody said and trailed off, looking out into space. "Gwen, have you ever seen her? She's perfect." Cody sighed and thought of her dark blue locks and super high sexy boots.
"Goth girl? She's hott!" Tyler cried and slapped Cody on the back. Then he pulled out the picture in his wallet of Lindsay and passed it to Cody. "That's my girl. Her name's--"
"Lindsay. I know. I was her math tutor last year." Cody broke in, then noticed the upset expression on Tyler's face then added. "She's pretty though. How long have you two been dating?"
"Four years now." Tyler said proudly then kissed the perfect photo. "I love you babe." he said to the picture then put it back into his wallet.
"Ew. Dude! Not cool." Cody cried out dramatically. "You're talking to a piece of paper."
"Yeah, but a hot piece of paper."
Ring
Cody and Tyler both paused, unsure of what to say next. At the same time both of the boys stood and grabbed their bags. "Yeah, so…good luck with your Macbeth." Cody said awkwardly then prepared himself to leave Tyler's world completely.
"Yeah…so I'll see you here tomorrow?" Tyler asked hopefully with a puppy dog like expression on his face.
Warmth spread from every pore of Cody's body and he couldn't help but smile. "Yeah. I'll see you tomorrow Tyler." Cody said and slung his back pack over his shoulder.
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A/N: Anyways. That is my friendship piece! Hope you enjoyed it!!!