After the car drove off it was a little too quiet in the house. Chris was dutifully licking the vanilla ice cream. "Come on," Ryan said while waving his hand and nodding his head, "let's get some pizza rolls."

they went over to the freezer chest in the garage. when they opened it Christopher's mouth turned into a big o. "You have combination!"

"Yeah, man. That's the only flavor besides pepperoni worth eating," Ryan snickered. Christopher was too starry eyed to notice that Ryan was making fun of him.

"And it's the big bag," Chris said.

"Psh. Come on. Set that oven to 425."

It took a moment for Chris to notice.

"Yeah you! You know how to work a oven right?"

Chris didn't know. But he nodded. He could figure it out by looking at the controls he told himself. He hoped he could figure it out. Chris walked as slow as he could over to the oven. Could feel the eyes of Ryan and Jay watching his back.

He feared more what Jay thought. Ryan was already being kind of a dick to him. But Jay hadn't said anything.

He finally arrived at the oven. Stared at the clock. The different buttons. Wondered how he could set it to 425. There were no numbers. What was he supposed to press?