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'The Match To The Gasoline'

Cody pops the trunk on his 96 mustang convertible and grabs out his long board. He slams the trunk closed and sighs. Wess puts his hand on Cody's shoulder, "It's going to be fine. Just be you. Go back to being Cody. Not some guy who bends over backwards for a girl who isn't even interested." Cody nods and pulls out his lighter and a cigarette, "You're right Wess." he says as he puts the cigarette in his mouth and lights it. Wess smiles and throws down his sector 9 long board, "Race you." Cody cracks a smile and takes off on his board, "It's never a race if you're my competition." "You cheater!" Wess yells as he skates after Cody."

Sarah steps out of Blake's car, everyone's eyes fall on her and him. "Is that Blake with Sarah?" someone whispers. Sarah inhales deeply and grabs Blake's hand as she walks past the crowd of people to find Cody. Blake bites his bottom lip as he follows Sarah through the group of people. "I figured this would happen." Sarah groans. "When did you become so popular?" Blake asks looking back as she leads him away. "Once sophomore year hit and I started caring about my looks." Blake keeps his mouth shut and looks around the campus as Sarah leads him towards her usual hang out spot. Kasandra waves at them from by the trees. Blake looks at Sarah and pulls her to a stop, "Babe, slow down. You're going to rip my arm off. Is everything alright?" Sarah smiles up at Blake and hugs him tightly, "Yes hun. Everything is fine. I'm just excited for you to meet everyone." Blake smirks, "Great, more menstrual fueled crap that I have to pretend to put up with." Sarah's jaw drops, "What the hell Blake." Blake shrugs, "Just being honest." Sarah looks past Blake and sees Wess with Cody. Wess shoves Cody and grabs Cody's board and takes off running towards Sarah. "You dick!" Cody yells as he runs after Wess. Wess runs behind Sarah and places the board at her feet, "Hey Sarah." he smiles at her. He looks at Blake, "Hey chicken fucker." Blake narrows his eyes and growls, "Watch it goth boy." "Me-ow." Wess laughs. Cody sees Sarah and he stops running and walks up to them slowly. "Wess, give me my damn board." Wess shrugs, "Sarah has it." he says as he points to her feet. Cody looks down, his board is between Sarah and Blake's feet. Cody looks up at Blake and Blake grins, "Here man, let me help you." Blake says as he bends down and picks up Cody's board. Blake grins and hands it to Cody, Cody looks him up and down and gives off a small laugh. "Funny. For a second I actually could have mistaken you for a gentlemen." Cody smirks as he jerks his board from Blake's hands. Sarah and Wess both look at Cody, neither of them can believe how he just acted. Wess grabs Cody's arm, "Hey man. Let's just go." Cody nods and pulls a sucker out of his pocket. Blake rolls his eyes, "Cheers to the happy couple. You freaks. C'mon Sarah." Blake grabs Sarah's arm and pulls her in the direction of Kasandra. Wess shakes his head and gently pulls Cody by the hair, "Dude. Let's go." Cody pops the sucker into his mouth and looks down. The bell rings and Wess smiles slightly, "Wanna ditch?" Cody looks at Wess and grins, "Yes." Wess puts his arm around Cody's back and they walk down towards the street. Sarah looks back at them leaving as Blake drags her to her first period. "Forget about them babe. You don't need them anyways." Sarah looks down and nods.

Lance opens the door for Cody and Wess, the two teenage boys run in and plop themselves down on the couch. "So let me get this straight..." Lance says as he shuts the door, "Blake is alone with my little sister?" "He picked her up for school." Wess says as he shoves a cigarette into his mouth. Lance walks over to the lounge chair and sits down diagonally from them, "This is the first time I'm hearing of this." Cody lifts his head up and stares at Lance, "She didn't tell you?" Lance shakes his head, "I had to work late. She told me not to worry and that you'd be picking her up like always." Cody immediately pulls out his lighter and a cigarette. Lance pulls out his phone and dials Sarah's number, "I'm going to see if she'll let me come pick her up early today." "Say something happened to Cody. Though I doubt that she'll care." Wess snorts. "Hello?" Sarah's voice whispers into Lance's ear. Lance puts his phone on speaker and sits it down on the coffee table, "Hey sis. I have to come pick you up early today. Will you have your stuff ready  by third period?" Sarah sighs, "Yes Lance. What's with the early pick up?" Lance looks at Cody as he exhales smoke, "Cody's..err.. Cody's feeling down and I don't want you coming home alone." "Alright. See you in about an hour." "Alright." Lance hangs up his phone and sits back in his chair. "And now we wait." He sighs.