After winning another game of Laser tag, Cody was in first place, Moxxie in second place, then it was a tie for Blitzo and Tex, both of which were in third place. Cody felt proud and triumphant in himself and he felt thirsty since all that running and dodging made him sweat a little bit. "Whew, that was awesome." Cody said. Though they didn't win, the other three guys had fun either way, and they went to the food court to have themselves a drink. Normally, Blitzo would get himself an alcoholic beverage, but he decided not to for Cody's sake so he wouldn't make a fool of himself when he is drunk. That, along with how he behaved last night at Satan's soiree when he was inebriated.

He didn't want to get hauled away back to his apartment again, and be humiliated for his drunk behavior once more (though he was used to people judging him). Somehow, he felt more protected with Vortex around since he is not Blitzos' ex bodyguard anymore. Yes, I.M.P got a little more muscle since Vortex got hired for a job at the place.

Cody got himself a big jug of root beer and Moxxie some lemonade, and Blitzo some blood cola. Tex got the biggest drink which was called an "Emperor" sized cup, which was bigger than the extra large cup one would find in a Chevron or a Circle K. The male hellhound's drink was a diet coke so he wouldn't have to have so much sugar in his body. (reason why he got diet was because he wanted to stay in shape and he knew that sugar turns into bubbling fat over time in one's body).

As the boy took the first three sips of his drink, he felt so refreshed just feeling the cold feeling of the icy soft drink going down his throat, into his small body. "That's the stuff." he said

"So Cody," said Moxxie. "I'm just curious, do you speak a second language?"

"What kind of question is that, Mox?" asked Blitzo, looking confused. "Come on, he doesn't look old enough to learn a second second language yet. I think it's... until high school to speak a second language? Gah, I don't know."

"No, it's ok, Blitzo." said Cody. "I've been learning a little French from my brother and Celeste. I mean, he served in the French Foreign Legion and he married a beautiful and nice French girl."

"Ah, that makes sense." said Blitzo.

"Je comprends un peu le Francais." Cody smiled

"Ooh. what does that mean?" asked Tex

"I understand French a little." the boy remarked before taking another sip of his drink. The three other demons looked impressed with the kids' skills in learning a second language

"You ever been to France before, kid?" asked Blitzo.

"Once. About a year ago with my parents and I was visiting Tommy and Celeste on vacation. We got to see Paris and all the cool places."

"Nice." said Tex. "Was it expensive?"

"Yeah, but my grandma and grandpa have their ways to save money." Cody remarked. "I even got to visit Disneyland in Paris."

"There's a Disneyland in Paris?" said Blitzo

"Yeah, there's one in Tokyo too." said Vortex before taking large sips of his diet drink. "There's also Disneyland Hong Kong and Disneyland Shanghai."

Blitzo looked absolutely dumbfounded at hearing this. "Jesus on a stick." he said, "I thought there was only one Disneyland in Good ole Los Angeles. I never thought there were other Disneyland parks out there. Not counting Disneyworld in Florida because that's a different place."

"Well, you can't expect everyone on Earth to go long distances to visit the most famous Disneyland in California sir."

"Maybe them high-class snobs who are the one percent on the pyramid. Ha! Those kind of pricks can do whatever the hell they want. They got money, lawyers, power, friends in high places, fancy cars and jets, maybe even private islands."

"Aren't you friends with one of those upper class people, sir?" Moxxie looked smug, obviously referring to Stolas.

"Oh shut up. Stolas is... different, and eccentric like most rich assholes would be like." he took a sip of his drink before continuing: "Stolas is... a decent kind of guy to say the least."

"He is nice to me." said Cody. "Maybe it's mostly because of Octavia."

"Maybe." said Tex

"I think he likes you too." said Moxxie. "I mean, he did live a sad life with Stella. But sir," he looked at his boss, "did you regret doing... it with Stolas?"

"Regret? Moxxie, Moxxie, Moxxie, I regret sleeping with him every night since I did it the first time with him. Though... he does have a nice body and he is quite tender."

"What's it?" asked Cody. Moxie, Blitzo, and Vortex all blushed and nonchalantly sipped their drinks while looking to and fro like they were pretending to be oblivious or innocent about this. It just made the human boy more confused

At last, Blitzo was the first one to answer when he said: "It's adult things, Cody. Trust me, if we told you, you would probably throw up in a nearby trash can."

"Yeah, when you're older you'll understand." Tex said. "Some things are better left unheard of."

"OK." Cody got a sip of his drink again. "I hope Loona is having a good time with Octavia."

"Ah, she and Octavia are... rather close." said Moxxie. "Shopping for stuff girls love and boys don't." he couldn't help but chuckle at the thought. "I mean, shopping for skirts and dresses, the mall?"

"Ugh, I don't know why girls love those kind of places in the first place. 'Oh! like look at me!" Blitzo began to sound like a stereotypical teenage girl. "Does this dress make me look fat? Ooh, i'm a lady who has a ridiculously big ass that looks like i'm shoplifting cheese." The other three guys began laughing.

"Yeah, but I hear malls won't be around anymore in the future." Cody said

"That makes sense. Most people prefer to shop online nowadays." Moxxie pointed.

"So Cody, how do you learn French?"

"I learn from one of those language apps, Vortex."

"Ah."