"So, are you two, what, are you, like, dating now?"

"I don't know, Squib."

"Well…are you going out again?"

"I don't know, Squib."

"Are you g-,"

"Squib! Can we please talk about something else now?" Cody sighed exasperatedly.

"Okay, okay," he defended, "I was just wondering!"

"Well, I'd prefer not to be grilled about my love life right now, thank you very much."

"Fine," Squib conceded, "we'll talk about something else."

"Do you have a match today?" Cody asked, picking at the pasta in front of her.

"No, not until tomorrow," he told her, "you coming?"

"Well, there's nothing else to do in this place…"

"Gee, thanks," Squib rolled his eyes as Cody stuck her tongue out at him.

"Hey, guys," Adena said cheerfully, slipping into the empty seat beside Cody.

"Hey, Adena," Squib returned the greeting.

"So, you never told me," Cody spoke, "how was your date with Cameron?"

"Great!" Adena exclaimed, "It was so perfect! I love having a boyfriend!"

"He's your boyfriend?"

"Well," she answered Cody, "obviously! I mean, we've been on a date! What else is there left to do?" She picked at Cody's salad, grabbing the redhead's fork and helping herself.

"Oh, well…cool," Cody told her.

"I know!" She squeaked happily. Taking a sip of Cody's orange juice, she got up, "Well, I've gotta meet Gunns!" With that, she skipped out of the cafeteria.

"Since when are Cam and Adena dating?" Cody asked once she was sure the other girl was gone.

"This is the first I've heard of it," Squib responded, "Cameron hasn't mentioned anything. All he's told me was that the date was 'good'."

"…Something tells me these two aren't exactly on the same page."

"Hey, Tans," Adena greeted her friend after practice. She flung her bag on the floor and sat at her desk. "So, have you heard anything about Cody and Nate yet? I was going to ask her this morning, but Squib was right there, so…"

"Nope, nothing," Tanis looked up from her homework, "I tried to get details from Nate, but he just locked himself in Bates' office to get away from me…"

"Since when are you friends with Nate?"

"Since now," Tanis shrugged.

"Whatever," Adena moved toward her closet, looking for something to change in to.

"So," Tanis started, "how did things go with Cameron?"

"Great! I so love having a boyfriend!"

"Wait, he's your boyfriend?" Tanis asked.

"Well, yeah!" Adena smiled. She held up a tank top and jeans, "I'm just gonna change into these, and then we can head to the Open."

"Nate?" Cody called outside his father's office, "Why is the door locked?"

"Oh, sorry!" She heard him call from inside and, moments later, the door was opened for her.

"Thanks," she breathed, walking into the office and perching herself on the desk.

"So…"

"So…"

Cody laughed, "This is stupid."

"It shouldn't be so awkward," he agreed.

"It was never awkward before," she added.

"But," he pointed out, "that was before we went out on a…"

"Date," she finished for him.

"So," he said after a pause, "you wanna do it again?"

"You mean, like…"

"Go on a date," he clarified, a small smirk on his face, "with me," he added.

She smiled, "…Yeah." Slipping off the desk, she slid into the seat beside him and picked up a handful of whatever files he was currently sorting through. Nate cast her a shy glance out of the corner of his eye, and they continued their work in companionable silence.

"Tanis!" Cameron called, running up to her. She turned to see who had spoken, and continued walking.

"Hi," she said shortly when he caught up.

"Hey," he said, slightly out of breath, "what's up?"

"Just on my way to practice," she told him.

"Cool…so…you coming to cards tonight?"

"I might," she shrugged, facing straight ahead.

"Something wrong?"

"Nope."

"You sure?"

"Look, Cam," she snapped, "I'm kind of busy. Why don't you go talk to your girlfriend?"

"My…what?" Cameron asked, genuinely confused.

"Your girlfriend," she clipped, "you know, Adena."

"I don't know w-,"

"I have to go, Cam. See ya," she quickened her pace, arriving at the courts.

"…And he's just so sweet! He is totally the best boyfriend ever!" Adena exclaimed. "And-,"

"Adena," Rick said, "can you please SHUT UP?"

"Well, I, you, we-,"

"Why don't you go find Cody?" He suggested.

"Whatever," she huffed, walking away without a glance back.

"Hey, Rick!" He turned around to see Squib walking toward him.

"Hey, Squibey! S'up?" He stood, hands poised on his hips.

"You seen Cody?"

"Not lately," Rick told him.

"Weird…I checked her house and Bates' office…which are really the only two places she hangs out…"

"You try the darkroom?" Rick suggested.

"No!" Squib exclaimed, already on his way inside, "Thanks, Rick!"

"No problem! Oh, and, don't touch the light switch- she tends to get angry…"

"You need a new subject," Nate told her, watching as she hung yet another picture of tennis to dry.

"Well, there's not much to photograph around here," Cody laughed.

"We should go into town one day," he suggested, "find you something more interesting to capture."

Cody smiled, turning away from her pictures to face him, and nodded, "Sounds good."

"All done?" He nodded toward the pictures.

"For now," she told him softly.

"We should get back, then…"

"Yeah…" Cody was suddenly acutely aware of just how close they were. They both began to lean in, almost in sync, when-

"Cody?" Squib opened the door. The two sprung apart, Cody managing to knock herself into her chemicals.

"Crap!" She exclaimed.

"Oh, are you okay?" Squib asked quickly, both boys rushing toward her.

"Fine, fine," she assured them. "I just need to mix some more…and change," she said, eternally grateful that the safelight of the darkroom was hiding her blush. "I'll, um, I'll meet you two in the Open for cards, 'kay?" She quickly rushed out of the room.

"So, um…what were you two up to?" Squib tried to be conversational.

"She was just developing pictures," Nate told him. He rummaged around, finally managing to find some paper towel. It was, after all, a converted storage closet. The two boys got to work cleaning up the mess.

"Cool…" Squib said.

"Yeah. So…you coming to cards?"

"Of course."

"Cool."

"Yeah."

"…You realize we don't have to be nice when Cody's not here, right?" Nate told him.

"Yeah," Squib said, "but, I just figured it would make everything easier."

"True," Nate agreed.

"Okay," Squib said after a pause, "this is too weird for me."

"Yeah," Nate agreed as the two boys stood up, finished with their cleaning, "no more of this nice crap."

"See you at the open, geek," Squib told him as they left the room, heading in opposite directions.

"Later, jerk."

"Hey," Squib met Cameron on his way to the Open, "I heard about you and Adena."

"Yeah, so did I," Cameron sighed.

"Ah, I figured you weren't included in that decision," Squib nodded.

"Yeah, well, now I know what I've gotta do…"

"And that is…?"

Cameron gulped audibly, "Talk to Adena."

"Ouch."

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