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“You’ve got a whole city outside your door I bet people would like to see your pics”

“Maybe” Jereroaned “Talk about a pity party I’ll shut up now”

Max didn’t seem bothered “Nah, it’s cool So what’s the prob? You’re too nervous to make friends?”

“Du in don Toronto with a million people, and I can’t meet anyone”

Max shifted on Doug’s bed, crossing his legs His exposed toe still poked froet it, man The city can be really lonely So ers”

“Yeah But it’s not like I’ve never been to the city before Victoria’s not huge, but I’ve taken the ferry over to Vancouver enough ti”

“This place is a lot University’s a lot Leaving home’s a lot Especially if it’s tense with your parents”

Jere breath He wasn’t sure how the captain of the football tea in, but soot here just before frosh week, and I tried to have fun Meet people and make friends But after a couple of events, it was just…” He shook his head “I kept thinking about home and my parents My brother who I can’t even talk to besides erade seven, and our folks won’t let him have a cell yet He actually senta kid”

“Was the project on ancient communication?” Max nodded to the bulletin board nailed up over Jeremy’s desk “Is that it?”

“So like that, and yeah” Jerelossy postcard of the Rockies fro he had tacked up was his class schedule, which was dumb because he’d memorized it by day two He handed the postcard to Max

“Wait, he calls you ‘Cherry’?” Max grinned “And you thought ‘Honey’ eird!”

“No, not weird!” I just thought he was your boyfriend, but apparently you don’t have one, which shouldn’t be as exciting as it is

“I’”

“Right And yeah, Sean couldn’t say ‘Jeremy’ when he was little Called me ‘Cherry,’ and with my hair, it stuck”

Max s that Sean missed him and would kick his butt at Super Mario when Jeremy came home Jeremy had read the messy scrawl of words a hundred ti home They hadn’t kicked him out, but…

“Must be fun to have a little brother”

“Yeah” Jeremy took the postcard and carefully tacked it back up before sitting across froain