Cody learns to love

The one chapter where Tanya comes over

  Wolffe was having a normal morning. Tanya called him at an unholy hour in the morning, sometime around eight, to play some games and they've been gossiping about random stuff since.

  Then Fox walked into Wolffe's room. That wasn't all that odd, the odd thing was that he didn't knock. Fox always knocked. "Fox, you okay?"

  "No."

  "How bad?"

  "Like Cody just told my literature teacher he could bend him over bad."

  "You're kidding, right?" Fox probably wasn't kidding but Wolffe wanted to make sure.

  "No, I'm not kidding, I'm fucking traumatized."

  "I need details," Tanya said.

  "Can't you see Fox'ika is shaken."

  "Seeing as this is not  video call, no, I can't," Tanya deadpanned.

  "Well, he is so shaken he looks like he's going to faint. Oh wait, now he looks more like he's going to throw something at me."

  "Do it Fox!"

  "It's appealing but I prefer Wolffe alive."

  "Your brotherly love is nice and all but I'm still waiting for the details," Tanya reminded him. "I want the full story, Fox."

  "I literally just went to get a glass of water and heard... uh, this. I think they were arguing who is stronger and then Cody said it."

  "And what did Kenobi say to that?" Wolffe asked.

  "He asked Cody to prove it."

  "And then?"

  "Then they went to make pancakes." Wolffe would think Fox was just making fun of them - really, why pancakes - but this was the face Fox used when he was seriously serious.

  "What the fuck?" Tanya asked. It didn't make sense, Wolffe got it.

  "I guess they didn't want to continue this in front of the kids."

  "The kids were there?" Tanya sounded surprised. Wolffe wondered where exactly she expected the kids to be. Of course they were there. Kids were everywhere.

  "It's not like they will get it." Fox shrugged.

  "What about your sister, was she there?"

  "Yeah."

  "Do you think she got it?"

  "I had to explain what a kiss was like two days ago so... No, I don't think Emerie will figure this out," Fox answered. "God, I hope she isn't going to ask me to explain it."

  "Just give her my number. I can explain it to her," Tanya offered. Wolffe had no idea why she would offer that. Maybe she just wanted to make friends with Emerie. Wolffe didn't get that either but whatever. If Tanya wanted to be friends with his weird sister, she could.

  "As long as it's without a demonstration..."

  "Aw, is that really a condition?" Tanya asked jokingly.

  "Yes."

  "Such a shame. By the way, Wolffe, did you finish your essay?"

  "What essay?"

  "The essay about your best friend? I reminded you yesterday?"

  "Right, that essay." Wolffe vaguely remembered how annoyed he was when they got a homework on weekend, even worse, an essay. Essays were the one thing he couldn't just copy from Tanya. She was too good at writing for anyone to actually believe Wolffe wrote it. "I'm going to write about Fox."