The Dead Twin

Ana’s eyes lit up at  Cody’s generosity, even though she’d originally saved the cupcake for him —- the gesture back to her, made her smile widen. “You’re too cute, you know that?” She swiped up a bit of frosting on her finger and brought it to her lips. “So, hey… can I ask you a question, uhh… about your sister?” Ana was a nosy girl, quiet and insecure most of them time, but she had a habit of getting too curious. In this instance, it was her brother’s love life she was really prying into. 

A series of weird feelings began to stir in Cody’s gut at Ana’s comment about his “cuteness”. Why the heck girls always had to make things weird, the ghost boy would never know. 

Taking a bite from his cupcake, Cody closed his eyes in a moment of contentment. Baked goods had to be his favorite source of food. Of those items, cupcakes topped the list of things he always wanted to eat. Luckily being dead had its perks, and he didn’t have to worry about a balanced meal. 

“It’s okay! I’m sure it’s not the last cupcake to come into the house—-” she paused, not knowing that for certain. But she was fairly sure it wasn’t. “—-and if it is, I’m happy to have saved it for you.” Her eyes shifted down to the cupcake, and after a brief moment she swiped a bit of frosting off with her finger and popped it in her mouth. “…the frosting’s my favorite part,” she huffed out a quiet laugh.

Concern fell off from Cody’s face at the mention that there would always be more. That fact was always true. There would always be someone--hopefully--in the house that would bring food in. Hopefully, they would be willing to honor a ghost kid’s request for some cupcakes. Hopefully. 

“I knew you’d like it,” she giggled as Cody indulged in the frosting. Another blessing. Being able to experience joy in the afterlife, little things like tasting your favorite foods or getting butterflies when you least expect it. “Is it as good as it looks?” 

Tongue poking out to get at a stray fleck of frosting that was left on the side of his lips, Cody grinned back at her. It had been such a simple thing for her to do and yet it had made his whole day. “Did you not have one?” The concern was clearly etched on his face as he looked from his cupcake back to her. “Did you want a bite? I don’t mind.” 

“Yeah way,” Anabelle grinned as she handed the container over to the other young spirit. While it sucked that anyone was stuck in the house, she was thankful there were others in her age range.

Cody’s eyes widened as the plastic container was passed to him. “Thanks, Ana. This is the greatest thing I’ve had in a while.” Opening up the container, and lifting the cupcake out of it’s place, he took a big lick off of the frosting. 

“There were cupcakes in the kitchen, I saved one for you.” Ana announced, pleased with herself, as she held onto the plastic container with an over the top fancy dessert inside.

Eyebrows raising to register his excitement, Cody looked at the cupcake through the plastic container. “A whole cupcake? No way,” he said, smiling genuinely. 

do the sexy love™ with: Salem. 

sacrifice myself for: Violet. I’m dead so it’s not like it’ll hurt. 

kick: Peter. That guy needs to lighten up about pranks. 

take to prom: Avery. I don’t think she’d go, but we could have fun…I think. 

abandon in jurassic park: Spencer. He’s dead it’s not like anything in there can hurt him….much. 

push off a bridge: Chandler. She’s dead, it’d be okay. 

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