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Cody watched as Jeff, Justin, and Phil reentered the room. Phil had his hair covering the left side of his face and the bandage clinging to his forehead. Phil smiled at him and took his seat.

"You okay, Punk?" Shannon questioned, leaning closer to Phil to brush his hair out of the way so he could see the bandage. Shannon whistled. The center of the bandage was bright red, meaning Phil had yet to stop bleeding completely.

Phil nodded and moved his head so it was on Justin's shoulder. "It's not your fault" He muttered. Justin whimpered and hugged his best friend. "I know what would make this better" Jeff grinned, not noticing the three sets of eyes watching him and his friends. "What's that, Jeffro?" Shannon questioned. Jeff pulled out a bag with an assortment of cookies, a cheeky grin on his face. Phil's face broke out into a wild grin and he grabbed the lime-haired boy and kissed his cheeks. "I. Fucking. Love. You." He stated, a look of pure bliss on his face as bit into a chocolate chip cookie. Justin took a cinnamon one while Shannon took a sugar cookie.

Jeff smiled with a blush on his crème cheeks. "Enjoy guys" he told them with a smile he hid behind an oatmeal cookie as he shot a shy glance at Phil as the Chicago native chowed down on his cooking. Jeff suddenly felt a chill go down his spine. He glanced around but didn't notice anything out of place so he shrugged and went back to relaxing.

He missed the look of pure hatred that Cody was sending him.

-Lunch-

Phil, Jeff, Shannon, and Justin had met up with Eve, Kofi, and Evan and the group of friends sat down with Serena and Luke. As soon as Phil took his seat, both Eve and Serena gazed at his head with a worried expression on both of their faces.

"What happened to you?" Luke questioned, his dark eyes zeroed-in on Phil's head. Justin got uncomfortable and Phil placed a friendly hand on his arm to tell him silently that it was alright. "I was running and being careless. An accident happened" He shrugged, eating a forkful of curly fries he bought. Eve frowned and Serena took his face in her hands, taking a close look at the now-dried blood on his bandage. She was probably imagining how bad the wound was.

With a shiver, she pulled away. "Be careful Punk. It'd really suck if you got really hurt because of being careless…kay?" She murmured, worry etched all over her pretty face. Before Punk could respond, he saw a shadow looming over him and everyone at the table turned their attention to whoever was behind him. Punk turned and was met with a warm, baby blue gaze and an adorable smile to go with it.

"Hello Phil" Cody greeted, waving at his new friend. Phil smiled up at Cody, a notion that made the latter's heart skip a few beats. "Hey there, Codes. Guys, this is Cody. I had dinner over his house last night. Cody, these are my friends, Eve, Evan, Serena, Luke, Kofi, Shannon, Justin, and Jeff" Phil introduced, pointing at each of his friends. Cody greeted all of them except Jeff. He shot the youngest Hardy a cold smile with a shimmer of hate in his icy eyes.

Too bad the Hardy didn't seem to realize this, however.

"Excuse me for interrupting," Started a calm voice. Attention shifted at the table from Cody to the two women that appeared at his side. Natalya, who was speaking, was the one closest to Phil. "My name is Natalya; the female to my left is my partner and closest friend, Beth. We're Cody's friends. I was wondering if we could sit here" She stated politely. Phil shrugged. "Why not? The more the merrier" He cooed, scooting over so the three had room. Cody noticed that the direction in which Phil was moving was towards Jeff so he planted himself none-too-gracefully between the two before Phil got too close. This made Jeff yelp and slide closer to Shannon, who was currently watching Cody with a suspicious gaze.

Beth and Natalya sat down in the spot available to them and shot Cody a look of interest, one that the Rhodes child ignored. "So, Phil, what are you planning on doing for Christmas?" Cody questioned, beaming up at the older teen. Phil yawned and stretched, his shirt riding up so that the whole table saw the bottom portion of his well-toned torso.

Well, those who were watching anyway.

"My mom's planning on leaving the house with me for a week while they go to Houston for some reunion. I could go with them but that's boring and I don't feel like going to a gathering of old farts who only want to talk about how they didn't have any technology and pinch the hell out of my cheeks." He grunted, making the table laugh. "-With that being said, she also said I could have sleepovers and have company over if I wanted as long as she came home and the house was still in one piece." Phil added. The table stared at him with wide eyes.

"Wow…they trust you that much?" Evan questioned, a bit of cupcake frosting on his cheek. Phil nodded. "Man, I wish my parents were like yours!" Shannon huffed, pouting much like a child. Jeff shook his head. "If your parents gave ya that much freedom, we'd all be screwed. I'm sure you'd find some way to release Godzilla on the town or something" He drawled, his jade eyes half-lidded. The table laughed except Cody, who discretely rolled his eyes and focused back on Phil.

"That's really cool Phil. So, will you take advantage of your parent's generosity?" Cody questioned, his blue hues shining. Phil shrugged. "If you guys wanna come over, feel free. Hell, if it's okay with your parents, stay. I don't mind. Oh, that goes for you two as well, ladies" Phil offered kindly to the two blondes to his left. Natalya smiled slightly at him while Beth gave him a curt nod. "How nice of you, Phil. We'll definitely stop by, isn't that right, Beth?" Natalya questioned, looking over to the larger of the two. Beth nodded, a smile gracing her mature face.

Across the cafeteria, emerald eyes narrowed. Heath glared holes through Justin's head as the South African conversed with his friends, a smile on his face. Oh, how Heath wanted to punch him in his pretty little face. He knew it was all his fault. Wade left him because of that bastard. Heath also noticed Wade, who was sitting a few tables away from their table. The English teen was sitting with Jake, Stephen, Ted, Alex, Mike, Morrison, and Melina (who was clinging to a very disturbed-looking John). Heath noticed how the English boy couldn't stop glancing over at that…thing. Heath snarled and unknowingly snapped his fork in half.

"What's wrong with you?" David Otunga questioned, his arm wrapped around his sleeping girlfriend, Jennifer. Heath nodded towards Justin's table. "That little slut next to Evie over there was the one that took my Wade from me" Heath hissed. Husky and Michael looked at each other before looking across the lunchroom to spot Justin. David looked also. "How are you so sure it was because of Justin? I mean, you have been kind of a stuck up bitch lately" David mumbled, keeping his voice down so he wouldn't disturb-

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A STUCK UP BITCH?" Heath snapped, making Jennifer wake up with a jump and also drawing the attention of the whole cafeteria to their table. David was the only one whose eyes didn't grow at his redheaded friend's outburst. After all, Heath Miller was a drama queen. There was nothing else to it. David narrowed his hazel eyes, however. He sent Heath a scolding look, using no words.

With a growl, Heath grabbed his bag and left the lunchroom dramatically.

-Math-

"I'm telling you, Nero, there's something off about that Cody dude. He was sending you looks that could make holes burn through your head" Shannon mumbled, placing his lead pencil on the tip of his nose. Jeff frowned. "No he wasn't. You were probably seeing things" Jeff stated with a roll of his eyes. Shannon shook his head, making sure the pencil stayed balanced. "I see a lot of things, true. But I wasn't imagining that. You should know how well I can read people's body language" Shannon replied, his brown-green eyes shining. Jeff rolled his own green eyes and slapped Shannon upside the head so the pencil fell and rolled off his desk.

'But ya never notice how hard Matt looks at you or how much he protects ya…clueless idiot' Jeff thought.

Justin sat with Evan and Phil. The South African was having trouble grasping what the hell Mr. Lévesque was teaching him. Phil was helping Evan with a problem that was ahead of the one Justin was on so the tan boy left them alone despite himself. Luckily, jade eyes were watching from behind and Justin jumped slightly as a pale hand found its way to his paper, beside his hand.

"You carry the two and then divide the four" Came a thickly accented and husky voice. Justin turned, locking eyes with a kind Wade Barrett. Justin looked back to his problem and did as the British teen had instructed and he smiled to himself as he got the answer, which seemed to be more likely than the one he was getting before. He smiled back at Wade. "Thanks a lot Wade! Hey…you wouldn't mind tutoring me, would you?" Justin questioned, giving Wade a hopeful look. The large teen smiled. "I don't mind at all. Here, I'll sit next to you and help. I'm done anyway." Wade offered sincerely, moving down a row to sit beside Gabriel.

-35 minutes later-

Justin stretched, letting out a small mewl at finally getting to move his other limbs beside his arms. Wade chuckled. "Got any questions?" Wade questioned after turning in both his and Justin's paper to Mr. Lévesque, who was currently engaged in a very serious game of Tetris.

Very serious indeed. The class would get startled every so often from an explicit outburst from their blonde teacher.

Justin shook his head before placing his head on his arms and looking up at Wade. "Your eyes are nice" Justin said, unconsciously reaching up to touch the Brit's face. "And your face is really soft" He added. Wade grabbed Justin's caramel hand and placed a small kiss to his knuckles. "It appears you have soft skin as well, Mr. Gabriel." Wade uttered, his lips brushing against Justin's tan knuckle with every word. Justin blushed.

"DAMMIT!" Mr. Lévesque, growled, slamming his fist onto the desk and startling his class. He glanced around, taking in the shocked and frightened faces in his classroom before shrugging and starting a new game. The boys kept their eyes fixed on each other.

"You can call me by my name, Wade…"He trailed off, his chocolate eyes suddenly focused on Wade's lips. The Brit noticed this. "Would you like me to kiss you again?" He questioned, a smile slowly forming on his handsome face. Phil and Evan heard this and Justin saw them glance back with wide eyes. "A-aren't you with Heath?" Justin stammered, eyes shifting from his friends to Wade. The bell rung and Wade shrugged. "I broke up with him. I got tired of babying him and taking all of his shit. I wonder why I hadn't done so sooner. By the way, Justin…" Wade trailed off, his voice a purr as he lowered his face dangerously close to the other teen's.

"I was talking about kissing your hand" Wade grinned before releasing Justin's hand and exiting the class with long, yet calm strides. Jeff, Shannon, Evan, and Phil looked back at their friend, who was now red in the face. "Damn dude. I think he likes ya" Jeff drawled, his emeralds shining mischievously. Justin blushed and gathered his belongings. "You don't know what you're talking about" He mumbled, slapping his cheeks to rid himself of his blush.

"Anyway, let's go. We have science" Justin said with a shudder. His friends paled slightly and they all shuffled to their class.

-With Cody-

The Rhodes child growled and stomped down the hall to his next class, science. He was livid. It just wasn't fair how he'd only had English and Lunch with Phil while that…green haired…thing had every class with him! How did he know?

He didn't. He just knew it was true. Somehow.

He turned a corner and ran right into someone's hard chest. He squeaked and began to fall. But whoever he ran into was fast and grabbed him before he could fall. Cody took a moment to gather himself before looking up timidly at who had helped him.

He was met with a pair of gorgeous eyes. They were mostly green but they had specks of blue within them. "Sorry about that. I was rushing to find my damn science class" Cody mumbled, rubbing his head. "That's alright. You have Mr. Calloway right?" The brunette drawled. Cody nodded. "Me too. We can go together" The boy offered. Cody nodded and the taller brunette led the way.

"By the way…who are you?" The boy questioned. Cody-having switched back to his shy side-simply blushed and lowered his head. "Cody…Rhodes" He murmured, voice barely above a whisper. The other looked back, a friendly smile on his face. "Aww cute, you're blushin'! My name's Ted DiBiase" The boy grinned. Cody stared at him for a bit before his eyes grew wide.

"You're father is my father's business partner! The million dollar man!" Cody gasped. Ted blinked, his grin falling for a second before he though of where he could've possibly heard the Rhodes name. It came to him nearly a second later and he pointed at Cody. "You're Dusty's son?" He gaped. Cody nodded. Ted's grin came back full force. "You're really cute Cody" Ted cooed, beginning to walk again. Cody's blush faded and he stared at the back of his head. He didn't know what to say but soon they were in Mr. Calloway's room.

Baby blue orbs scanned the room and to Cody's delight, he saw the raven he was looking for, leaning against a wall and conversing with Eve and Evan. Cody skipped over and he was soon right behind Phil, hugging his midsection.

"So I was thinking we could-"Ted paused, not seeing the shy Rhodes child at his side. Well…so he thought. Ted turned to see Cody shamelessly nuzzling his face against Phillip Brooks' back, feigning tears and innocence, saying he was lost and alone. Ted tilted his head, eyes shifting from Cody to Phil.

"Woah there, Codes. It's alright. Where are Beth and Natalya?" Phil questioned. Cody looked up at him. "Beth and Nattie are in another class" Cody pouted. Justin and Shannon exchanged a look while Jeff stared at Cody, dumbfounded. Phil patted the smaller teen on the head. "Let me have your schedule" Phil said. Cody fished his schedule out of his pocket and passed it to Phil and the Chicago native's olives scanned the paper.

"Hm…" Phil played with his lip ring absentmindedly, something that made Cody shiver. "I can't think of anybody who has this schedule with you-"Phil was cut off by a hand taking the schedule. The group turned and looked over at the owner of the hand, only to be met with a mildly-agitated Ted DiBiase. "Would ya look at that? It seems like Cody and I have all our classes together" Ted stated, a grin coming to his face. Phil nodded at him. "Thanks. Can you help Cody to his classes? I really wouldn't want him to find them alone like he did today" He said.

"Of course, Phil. We wouldn't want that to happen again, now would we, Cody?" Ted questioned, his voice stiff. Cody frowned and wrapped his arms around Phil's arm. "But Phil…" He trailed off. "We don't have any more classes together, Codes. I'm sorry" Phil said, patting Cody's head again.

"Take your seats!" Mr. Calloway bellowed. The class nodded and took their seats. Cody went to take a seat by Phil but Shannon clasped a hand on his shoulder. "So sorry, but this seat is taken. Isn't it, Justin?" He questioned, eyes never leaving Cody's. Justin took the seat that Cody was going to take with a questionable look to his face. "Yeah?" He murmured, looking between the two, practically feeling the fire burning in their eyes, bad vibes making Goosebumps rise on his skin. Cody leered at Shannon.

"I don't know what game you're playing, but I don't like it. Stay the hell away from my friend, you manipulator" Shannon hissed, moving his head so his lips were beside Cody's ear. "I'm not playing anything, you bastard. And he's my friend too. I just don't want it to stay that way. I will make him my boyfriend. And there's nothing you or your green-haired loser of a friend can do about it" Cody hissed. Shannon growled. "Jeff saw him first" He snapped. Cody shrugged. "I don't see him doing anything about it. A cookie isn't going to win his heart" Cody grinned before tapping the side of Shannon's face, hitting a tad harder than he should have, leaving Shannon with a stinging feeling. The blonde growled and sat beside Jeff.

"What was that about?" He questioned, looking to his best friend. Shannon growled. "You're going to get Punk. Don't let a brat like Cody get him. I don't like that damn prep" Shannon hissed. Jeff frowned and glanced over at Punk before looking to Cody, who was currently glaring holes through the chalkboard.

Maybe everything isn't as it seems after all…

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