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“Ryan’s parents were a little… you know, protective I totally agreed with them They’re like little sisters to me, of course – I never had any brothers or sisters, so I think they’re awesome – but, yeah, Mara’s 13 in a couple of months, and I’irl want around”

“No, no, back up – you lived with them?”

“Yeah, for a couple of weeks after Trevor – my step-dad – kicked ed, and I could hear this loathing in his voice

“What happened?”

“Well… I dropped out of high school, for one”

My stomach twisted

So he was a high school dropout

Greeeeaaaat

He looked at me out of the corner of his eye “Probably not what you wanted to hear”

“No, I… whatever,” I shrugged, trying not to be judgmental

“We used to live in Los Angeles That’s where I grew up My mom and dad split up when I was ten, and Mom reain “Then, the suot transferred here, to Athens He ive me a choice”

“That sucks… your senior year…”

“Yeah,” he said gri to start a band in LA So to play the Whiskey a Go Go, where the Doors started… and then you find out you’re ypt”

I laughed – I couldn’t help it “Athens is hardly Buttfuck Egypt”

“It is when you’re living in LA”

“Athens is where REM and the B-52’s began,” I pointed out