It will take me a bit of time to write these so I will write in pieces --
It was only 6 miles and took us about 12 min to reach. We have been to that neighborhood a few times and it is a really nice neighborhood. Clearly Cody has done well so can buy a house here. While we entered the neighborhood, I made a comment to Emily
"Wow, he got a house here in these market conditions, that's great"
To which she said
"Well, this will help him to impress girls when he starts dating again"
I was so close to saying to her "so did he impress you" LOL but I felt this will end up being awkward so I kept my mouth shut
We parked in his drive way. It was an impressing house with a big drive and 3 car garage. I got the cookie tray out and handed over to Emily. I said
"You did the hard work of baking these, its your job to give it to Cody"
Cody was wearing a white shirt formal shirt, tie and formal pants. I can see that he came directly from the work. He opened the door and greeted us with a wide ear to ear grin with his long jawlines. We had a strong handshake and she handed over the tray congratulating him. This was the first time they both meeting since September last year when we went for camping and I saw a bit of shyness in her gestures. He invited us inside with a 20 feet high ceilings in the main room. He had a make shift arrangement as he is not yet moved in. He had bar stools with his laptop where he was working before we came, wifi routers in the corner, 4 chairs and a small coffee table.
I told him that hope we haven't disturbed him as he was working on his laptop to which he said, "not at all and closed the lid". Emily and I complimented him on the house and the location and he brought a bottle of red and three glasses for toast. He made a comment "Jon I know we both are both scotch guys but today we have to manage with wine". I laughed and said "no problem, soon we will celebrate again with scotch".
We sat there and finished our glasses. He complimented Emily on the cookies. I couldn't resist the moment and made the comment
"She is really good in baking, may be she can teach you too. She has been trying to teach me for years but all in vain"
To which he replied
"I am up for it. And I am good in grilling, may be I can reach a few tricks there" with a burst of laughter
Since these where three individual chairs, we were almost sitting almost in a triangle with all facing each other. I think Cody was trying to be a gentleman and was keeping his eyes off her legs but she is too difficult to resist and as she was sitting her mini dresses was high up to her thighs. I saw him catching a few glimpses but then moving again to looking at her face when she was talking
I think broke the conversation and asked him to show us the house