Chapter 4: Moments.
It had been six since the incident with Cody's father, who took to a nearby clinic, being arrested for a day by the high percentage of alcohol in his blood. This gave enough time to Cody to bring all his things and move into a small apartment in a different location, which his father never knew to avoid any problems.
Dawn, on the other hand, remained with her routine, the squirrel, or Vanessa has recovered satisfactorily and is back home. The recent events made her meditate more about the past and present, at least, now has a friend, no, a best friend.
"I´m done with this. We avoid any problem the snowfall could cause in the future" it´s cleaning day in the treehouse. Cody, with the little knowledge of carpentry he had, a settlement the older parts of the treehouse and holes where the snow or rain could get in.
"I´m so glad to have you here, even if it took you too long for something so simple" Dawn had ended her part a long time ago, now is devoted to caring the birds seeking food, above one of the highest branches of the tree.
"Oh, I´m so sorry for not being so fast. Maybe I throw this wood, which I kindly costume for your chimney," Cody said with a notorious sarcasm, but without removing his smile, decorated by the smoke coming out of his mouth. Even though snowfall already ended, when the snow melts, make much colder the air. This time, Cody only brings a blue jacket with a hood and some gray pants.
"It will not be necessary. I appreciate your help" Dawn replied, beginning to go down from the tree, after saying goodbye to her little friends, unlike Cody, she had more resistance to cold so that with only a yellow sweater and his typical purple long socks had enough.
"Is nothing, but I need to go to the lake to collect some water for your plants, and then we go to downtown to see what we can do" Dawn decided to join him, the lake is relatively nearby. Besides, the natural energy the lake emanated is always relaxing and reassuring for the soul energies. After a quick walk, both stop around the lake to admire it from another point of view.
"I will never get tired of seeing this," Cody whispers to himself, he left the tray aside to rise to a rock that was giving a better sight, ignored the fact it is frozen, and he slips. The geek tried to maintain the balance to don't fall, even Dawn sprint to help him, but in the end, Cody pulled her to drop down into the lake, the water was freezing for being a newly defrosted water. They swam up to the shore, but it was late, a cold sensation was too much for both, and the weather was not helping.
"We need to go...to...your house" Cody spoke between voice cuts, making the noise with the teeth in clear sign of freeze.
"If we stay more...time...here...grows the possibility...of hypothermia...follow me" in the same state, Dawn guided him to a small cave but the sufficient to shelter them of the cold air. For fortune, they found firewood to light a little bonfire inside. Once burned, they had a heat source.
"We need to take off the wet clothes and put it close to the fire" dry off the clothes were the most logical idea, but he couldn't avoid blushing for the fact of having to take off the clothes nearly a girl. The moonchild appears to not bother about it, wrong. Dawn is equal to shamed as Cody. They managed to agree when taking the clothes off, both staying in underwear, using a rock like a wall to separate them, the only sound was the wood been burn.
"Listen...".
"You move the sight a little more, you will be Mr. Bear cub new toy, and Mr. Bear is very jealous about his family," warn the naturalist with a quite dark voice.
"Sorry…just wanted to apologize for dragging you with me into the water," Cody whisper, looking to the fire.
"I would feel bad if I had not tried to help you, even if we end in this way" after stopping speaking. Dawn exhale air of the mouth to warm her hands, the clothes would take more time, and everything seemed to indicate that the temperature wouldn't rise, have to choose the natural option, oh dear.
"Cody, have an idea to keep our corporal heat. I move a little closer to you".
"Wait, you mean a little more closely or be to my side?" Dawn´s decision took Cody by surprise. She already had glued her back with his back, more near the fire.
"So, will keep a point of heat in both bodies while our clothing ends drying, also helps to connect a little more our auras, that what my grandmother taught me when were enclosed in the refuge without light and with the snow plugging them exits. She always hugs me, trying to keep me optimistic" by only mention Dawn´s grandmother, Cody remember something.
"When snowed, my uncle told me I always wait for my mom at the entrance of the house, making a snowman that I never do well, never wore gloves, but didn't care to see her smile. Mom lit the heater and served me a hot chocolate, was still quite naive to take something warm without burning my mouth, for what she helped me drinking with a spoon" both couldn't help but laugh low by stories of their childhood, of the few that was worth to remember.
There was another silence prolonged, both lost in their memories, without losing the reality that they not alone in the cave. After a while and the clothes were enough to put them on and leave, returned to the treehouse. Cody checks his cell phone to see that he had an e-mail from a private account.
"Hey, Dawn, did you received an e-mail from a so-called producer of Total Drama?" the geek ask, checking what other accounts received the message.
"No, but my cards said today I would receive news about the show, something that changed our routines drastically," Dawn responded with her legs crossed, reading some cards. He didn't even know when she came from to be next to him, natural talent?
"Says every Total Drama ex-participants need to connect to Skype today at nine o'clock in the evening for something important" this was strange. It might be another season, but that would be impossible, they will be broken the verdict from the court, but thinking about it, wouldn't be the first time the producers give a shit about the law.
"But I don't have an account of...that" clarified the naturalist, wasn't a surprise, it would be difficult to see her with accounts on the internet, she has a Nokia, of those who break the floor if they fall.
"Don't worry, you can come to my department to use my computer, I would bring my laptop, so we can see it here, but is installing a heavy program and took at least two days, what luck" Cody scratch head, maybe it wasn't the best idea.
"No problem, I would like to see your new department, your aura tells me you work hard this week" thank goodness she can't read the thoughts. Dawn doesn't know Cody´s room looked like a tornado had passed there, would have to distract her for at least hide the trash.
"OK, for now, we are going to downtown to kill time" nothing remarkable happens, only walked around, drink a cup of hot chocolate in Starbucks, after a will, they decided to go to the apartment. Cody distracted Dawn with the pet's area inside of the building so that the animals wouldn't have a cold outside, the geek entered in his department, throw boxes and the trash inside the closet, just when she arrived.
"Why you push the door of your closet?".
"Ah, this? Only verified that bide my weight, still missing two and a half hours, nothing better than to watch a movie, sit on the sofa while I prepare some popcorn" Cody took a package of popcorn, to place it in the microwave.
"Let me help you a little bit, I will make a homemade tea to accompany the film" Dawn check the fridge for the ingredients that she needed, the ringer sound indicated that the popcorn was ready, the placed in a bowl dwelling and was to select the movie.
"I am a with a cute girl to see a film together, just the two of us, there is only one clear choice, a horror film," Cody though while selected the film called ´The Conjuring 2´. Cody still had that old habit of trying to take advantage of the situation with girls for lighter than they were, without any intentions of something more.
"The tea is ready" Dawn came out of the kitchen with two cups of hot green tea, due to that the heater in the place had flaws, they decided to find shelter with a blanket while watching the start of the film, the attempt of the geek begins.
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"Don't open the eyes, Janet, don't look over there" the movie shows the scene where the wood crosses the room, turned in the sign of the devil, and after a short silence. Appeared the evident screamer of this type of horror film, escaping a scream of the department that wakes up some of the neighbors.
"Relax, is only a movie" the plan works, only that the roles were changing. Cody Anderson is the scary cat, trembling like jelly by the scene of the film, slightly hugging and comforted by Dawn Forest, who didn't seem to have any fear of the movie.
"Even though it was an attempt to scare me again, I admit that looks very cute being scared, as a small child," Dawn thought was trying to withstand the laugh with her hand, without achieving hide the smile. Watching as her best friend covered with the blanket as if that was some field anti-ghosts, she caressing Cody's hair with softness, so he knew that wasn't alone, but something was entirely sure, if she is with him, will always have funny moments to cheer his day.
