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wanted to do was talk to Matt about it. But then, he didn’t even know what it was he wanted to say. Matt? There’s a guy at school who’s into me, and I’m not totally against the idea of liking him back. What do you think? Or even Matt, old buddy old pal? I’m pretty sure I’m into guys. Can we discuss?
“What?”
    Drew was abruptly brought back to reality to find Matt staring at him. “Huh?” For a horrifying moment he wondered if he’d said any of it out loud.
Matt snorted. “You just laughed. What’s so funny?”
    He tried to downplay the relief that washed through him and realized right there that no, he wouldn’t be chatting to Matt about his love life any time soon. “Nothing.” He waved it off casually.
Matt raised an eyebrow in question, but then let it go with a “whatever” shake of his head. “Weirdo,” he muttered.
    “I’m cooler than you.”
“You wish, butt-face.”
“Butt-face? You’re supposed to rub off on Travis, not the other way around, idiot.”
    Matt shrugged. “What can I say? Little dude makes me laugh.” He grinned. “Speaking of, he’s harangued me into taking him into that new comic book store in town tomorrow. You want to come with?”
“Do I want to come with?” Drew smirked.
    “Ugh, fine. Will you please come with us and save me from total boredom-slash-geekdom? Plus my brother asked me to ask you. He thinks you’re cool, though fuck knows why. Loser.”
    “You’re such a sweet talker!”
“Just say yes so I can tell him you’re coming.”
“Fine, whatever. You’ll owe me, though.”
“I’ll owe you shit. You’re coming and you’ll be happy about it.” “Why am I friends with you, again?”
Matt closed his math textbook and shoved it across the floor. “Because I am fucking awesome!” he declared with a flourish.
    “Not to mention modest.”
“That too.”
“Your folks must be so proud.”
“Hmm,” Matt replied and gave him an odd glance. “You, uh… heard from your uncle recently?”
    “Yeah, got a letter from him a few days ago, actually.” “You must be looking forward to him getting home.” “You’ve got no idea,” Drew said, tension creeping into his voice. “Is everything going okay?”
“Yeah, we’re doing fine. I just worry about leaving her alone during the day.”
     
Matt nudged him slightly. “She seems to be doing okay.” “Yeah, well. There are good days and bad days.”
     
“There’ll be more of those good ones when your uncle gets back, don’t worry.”
    “Yeah, yeah, I know it. Thanks.”
“No problem.”
They went back to their textbooks. Within minutes, Drew’s mind had wandered, thoughts of blue eyes and storage rooms distracting him.

ChaPtEr ThrEE.
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REWhadn’t exactly expected an ecstatic greeting from Kieran in class, but he thought the guy would at least look at him and answer him with more than the odd one-word reply. He supposed Kieran’s embarrassment was a little more acute than he originally thought. Though, casting a quick look around the classroom, he supposed he might want to keep a low profile too, if people were whispering about him.
    He cut a glance to Kieran, who was more or less huddled at the other end of the desk, hunched over his sketch pad, and sighed. This was where small talk came in handy, surely? He heard Kieran curse quietly and watched as he examined the pencil with a now-broken nib. Seeing an in, he hurriedly pulled a spare out of his bag.
“Here,” he offered, perhaps a touch too brightly.
    “Careful, he looks hungry.” Giggling erupted from the desk in front of them, and he glared at the two girls who sat there, smirking at Kieran.
    He recognized one of them, Liz Sanderson. He leaned forward with a smile and nodded at her. “Hey, Liz…,” he whispered with a small “come here” nod. A gleam of interest shone in her eyes. “Take a break from being a bitch, yeah?”
    Her flirty smile turned sour, and both girls turned around with affronted grunts. He risked a