And here is the second update for the day. Hope you like it. This one is also a bit short. But this story is little snipits… Not a long chaptered book..

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A now seven year old Cody walked home from a normal day of second grade. He had his backpack secured on his shoulders, and as it was winter a large coat tucked away his upper body from the harsh cold of the air around him. His nose had grown pink and his ears as well had adopted a flush. He sniffled as his feet padded along the side walk, stray clumps of snow crunched under his shoes.

Cody's gaze was focused on his fogged breath, the usually clear substance now a smoke color as it escaped his lungs and traveled up and out from his mouth. He smiled cheerfully; he had had a good day. His teacher hadn't called on him to much and he had successfully written his I's in cursive along the dotted lines of his paper.

Cody was pulled from his breath as he heard rapidly approaching feet from behind him. He turned his head and his eyes grow in size as the figures came into clear view, he turned and began to trample down the walkway towards his house just a lot faster. "AW- Cody! We just want to play!" He heard from behind him as the boys behind him quickened their pace to a sprint and caught the seven year old around his jacket hood and pulled him back. "What's the matter little Cody don't want to play with us fifth graders? The big boys." Said a taller boy, he had short blonde hair, piercing blue eyes and a gap toothed grin. He had pulled Cody's pa ck off his shoulders and Cody watched it topple to the ground, it was buried in snow.

Cody shook his head and bent down to retrieve his backpack but was stopped when the blonde pushed him by his chest away and he fell to the snow covered lawn behind him. He winced at the frozen feeling that came across his backside and shook as he stood up. Tears had begun to rim his baby blue eyes and he sniffled rapidly."Leave me alone." He slurred and reached once more for his pack, his jacket had started to slide down his shoulders and it was giving Cody the uncomfortable chills.

"No…." The blonde spoke causing his two friends behind him to snicker and slap him cheerfully on the back.

"Hey, he said leave him alone!" Cody heard a familiar call and his head shot up, the tears disappeared.

"Randy." A whispered plea from Cody, it didn't go unheard by the blonde, and only seemed to give him another reason to pick on Cody.

"Aww, Randall you hang out with the small kids? He is cute isn't he." He ran a finger over Cody's cheek, Cody flinched back and glared, now that Randy was there he felt more bold, he pushed past the older boy and reached for his backpack, he shucked it over his shoulders and ran past the blonde and his friends to stand behind Randy.

" Have you nothing else to do but pick on kids younger than you? " Randy shot back and nodded for Cody to stay behind him. Cody had no problem with that.

The blonde couldn't come up with anything else to shoot back and Randy lifted his chin in a dare and the boy backed down. Randy's eyes bore in to the three as they walked past the two of them slowly and made their way back in the direction they came.

"Thank you Randy.." Cody smiled and watched as Randy held Cody's jacket closed and zipped it up for him.

"You shouldn't walk alone Cody." He spoke in a careful tone and draped his arm around Cody and guided him home.

"Ah, thank you Randy for bringing my son home." A cheerful Dusty greeted them at the door as they walked up.

"No problem sir… See you around Cody." Randy hugged his young friend before walking across the lawn to his own door.

"Thank you again Randy!"