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Cody and Noah talked at the pool for a long time. "How many brothers and sisters do you have?" Cody asked at one point.

"None. I'm an only child," Noah answered.

"Lucky," Cody said. "I have seven other brothers and sisters. Five sisters and two brothers."

"Wow," Noah said.

"Yeah. It gets a little crowded at our house," Cody said, laughing nervously.

Noah was happy like this, talking to Cody, but really he wanted to be closer to Cody. Physically closer. He moved forward in the water and was gathering the courage to put his hand over Cody's when Izzy popped up from underwater.

Noah screamed and Cody jumped. "Izzy! You scared me!"

The redhead laughed. "Cody, Noah has a crush on you," she announced.

Noah blushed. "What?! I do not!"

"Yes, you do," Izzy argued. "You kissed him during the awake-a-thon."

"Did not," Noah said through gritted teeth, annoyed and embarrassed.

"Did, did, did-"

"Shut up," Noah told her, and she grinned at them.

"Sorry to interrupt your date!" She said cheerfully and swam away.

"Well...That was awkward," Cody said nervously.

"Yeah," Noah said.

"I mean, we're just friends, right?" Cody said.

Noah's heart sank. "Right," he agreed, a lump forming in his throat. He looked away.

"Hey, you okay?" Cody said gently, swimming closer to him and putting a hand on Noah's shoulder.

Noah blushed. "Yeah. Fine. Just...a little homesick," he lied. Actually, the last place he wanted to be right now was home. He was happy here at Playa de Losers.

Except that Cody didn't want to be with Noah. He just wanted to be friends.

Noah swallowed the lump in his throat and tried to cheer himself up as he and Cody continued to get to know each other.

As it started getting late, around eleven o' clock, Noah started getting cold and he said, "Want to get out?"

"Yeah," Cody agreed. "I'm kinda cold."

"Me too," Noah said, smiling.

"Hey...do you want to spend the night in my room?" Cody asked.

"What?!"

"Not...not like that!" Cody quickly exclaimed. "Just as friends. A sleepover."

Noah's face burned. "Oh...Sure." How stupid he'd been to think Cody actually meant anything else. "Yeah, a sleepover sounds great."

They went back to Cody's room and Noah said, "Can I tell you something?"

"Yeah, of course," Cody answered.

"This is kinda my first sleepover," Noah confessed sheepishly.

"Seriously? You've never had a sleepover before?" Cody asked him.

"I don't really have that many friends," Noah answered.

"That's..." Cody didn't finish. "I'm sorry."

"It's fine."

Cody stared at him, and Noah felt really self-conscious. "You know I'm your friend, right?"

Noah forced a smile. "Yeah. I know."

They watched TV in Cody's bed, helping themselves to the snack bar in the nice hotel room. Noah watched Cody more than the TV, wondering if he dared hold Cody's hand or rest his head on the other boy's shoulder.

Cody fell asleep after a while and Noah moved a little closer to him. His heart ached for more, but Noah was somewhat happy, happy that he and Cody were friends, and with this thought he fell asleep too.