Episode 44---Amends
"Oh, man. I totally blew it."
Cody sighed, slumping down on the couch and putting his head in his hands. Noah, sitting beside him and (big surprise) holding a book, brought it closer to his face to try to block him out.
It didn't work.
"I don't think Sadie's ever going to forgive me for this. You know how crazy she gets about this kind of thing. What if she never speaks to me again?"
"Cody. Please stop talking. You talking makes me ignoring you kinda hard."
"Eh, what's going on?" Ezekiel asked, coming into the room and taking a seat on a nearby armchair.
"Cody's in histrionics over a fight with Sadie," Noah grumbled, focusing on his book with the kind of laser intensity that made it clear he wasn't even bothering to try to read.
"I'm such an idiot! How am I going to make this up to her? She was so mad at me the last time we talked. What if she breaks up with me? What if she never wants to speak to me again? What if---"
"Oh, sweet merciful Webster, will you shut up, man?!" Noah suddenly screamed, snapping his book shut and taking the other two completely off-guard. "Do you really think you're going to make it up to her by sitting here and moaning about it?! She's not a hard girl to please, Cody! Go apologize! Buy her flowers! Get her a milkshake! Just go and DO something instead of moping around here, giving up and driving ME to the edge of Izzy-esque insanity!"
And with that he threw his book back open and glared down at it with that same "pretending-to-read" intensity. Cody blinked, mouth hanging opened a bit, before he suddenly stood up, hands on his hips and chest puffed out. "You know what, Noah? You're right! I'm not just gonna sit around here and mope! I'm gonna go and find a way to show Sadie I'm sorry! Thanks, man!"
And with that he turned and scurried out of the room.
Both Noah and Ezekiel were silent, and for a moment Noah thought he would finally be able to return to his novel. Thirty seconds into the bliss, though, Ezekiel spoke.
"Let me guess. Sadie got mad at him because he told her she was prettier than Katie, eh?"
"You speak from experience, I assume?" Noah muttered, eyes scanning the words in front of him.
"Ayup."