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Warning/s: homosexuality, possible sexual themes, coarse language, suicidal thoughts/tendancies.
If any of these offend, insult or upset you in any way, please stop reading now.
A/N: Another short chapter and it looks like they'll be this way for a while...sorry.
CHAPTER 1:
It had been several months since Cody had last seen Eric and now he was finally to be released. He knew it was too painful for Eric to come back to the Ostroff Centre but it didn't make the fact that he hadn't visited hurt any less.
Upon returning to the place his brothers have called 'home' for near two years Cody was tackled by his brothers in an impromptu welcome home party. He rolled his eyes at their antics as they asked him what he'd been up to lately. "You should know, you came to see me every friggen day." His sarcastic reply shut them up, having forgotten momentarily just how much he had changed in the two years since he'd been home last.
"I'm just gonna dump my stuff and head out, so where can I do that?" They directed him to a room at the end of the hall, the walls were pale blue and the bed sheets were plain. It was more depressing than his room back at the Centre...
Cody dug through his pocket for the address. After entering it into his phone's GPS, he set off to the apartment building where he knew the Van der Woodsen family currently resided. And after explaining the situation to the foreign doorman, he directed Cody to their floor.
Stepping out of the elevator, Cody looked around in awe, he'd known Eric's family had money, but this was ridiculous! As the elevator opened, the family looked up from their dinner in curiosity before Eric laughed in delight before tackling Cody to the floor.
"Just what in the world is going on here!" Oh right, the rest of the world could see them in this rather compromising position with Cody having wrestled Eric to the floor and was know straddling him. Ms Van der Woodsen did not look happy at the sight of her baby boy being pinned beneath a delinquent she had only seen in a rehabilitation centre.
They both scrambled to their feet and hurried to explain what was going on, tripping over each other in the process and landing similarly to where they started.
"I'm Cody Mason, Eric's best friend from the centre, it's lovely to meet you." When they finally untangled themselves, he extended a hand for her to shake as he struggled to keep a straight face.
"A pleasure I'm sure, Eric won't you invite your friend here if he'd like to stay for dinner, I'm sure we'd all love to know more about him." It was not a request.
The boys had been sitting across from the women of the family and Eric's new stepfather, both close to cowering in fear for over an hour when they were finally dismissed. They hid in Eric's room, which unbeknownst to the rest of his family, doubled as his art studio.
The two boys spent the remainder of their night catching up, laughing at some stories and cringing at others. But Cody held great restraint when he refrained from saying 'I told you so' after hearing of the happenings between Eric, Asher and a girl named Jenny.
To stop himself from doing anything he'd regret later, Cody just slung an arm around his neck and said "You really don't have much luck with guys do you?" Cody began to threaten Asher though, Eric told him of his step brother Chuck getting him sent to military school. It made him feel a little better. Eric said he and Jenny were even friends again and that she had a new boyfriend in their year from St Jude's named C.J. At that Cody cracked up laughing.
When asked why, he replied "My brother goes to St Jude's, is in our year, and name is Cory James Mason, or C.J...I assume you haven't met him yet then, cause you would know him if you had!"
Then Serena barged in and hauled Cody up by the collar of his shirt and pinned him to the wall. "Why the hell didn't you tell us Damien Delguard was your brother!"