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A hed, and Jerelasses and put them on, but Max stopped him

“Put the new ones on and gimme your phone for a sec,” Max said When Jeremy handed it over, Max swiped up for the camera and told him to smile He took a few shots and exa the others He gave back the phone after Jereram post What’s your handle? I’ll follow you”

“Oh Um, it’s ‘Jeremy-underscore-science-nerd’ I know, I know”

“What? It’s cute Very on brand” Max opened the app on his phone and searched the user name “Request sent” He watched as Jeremy checked his app

Jere up above the metal rims “Future-lawyer-jock,” he read “Guess that’s on brand too”

“Yup” Max sed Was he a future lawyer? Would he have to change his social o to law school?

As if that’s what I should be worried about

“I’reat on the LSATs”

He blinked at Jeremy in surprise “Guess I can’t hide it, huh? Thanks” Max sidestepped a woht-up reindeer antlers “Anye should get your order in and get to Winners”

They sat at one of the desks and an optician took Jerey Jeremy had pulled up his prescription on his phone, the photo in a text thread The phone was sitting on the desk, and Max glanced at the es

Okay, he lanced Curiosity spiked the ball in the end zone and he went into creeper es The first was fro how everyone was, then the request for the prescription photo Then his mother’s response

We’re fine Busy packing You’re still covered on our insurance, so send me the receipt Try to be more careful with this pair Let us knohen you have your exam results

Max quickly looked away and spun a carousel of reading glasses on the corner of the desk, squir read the texts Which eird Like, they were polite, and it was good his parents weren’tabout beingfor what? But then she wanted to know about Jeremy’s exams There was this push and pull

Jere to be alone for the holidays, so whatever his fa? Was he going to be stuck in res? Max supposed there would be a handful of other people there, so maybe it wouldn’t be so bad? Maybe he’d actually make friends with some of them Maybe

The optician said the new glasses could be delivered express by the end of day on Monday and rang up Jeremy’s order He paid with a credit card, and Max wondered if that was a card his parents paid off Obviously none of his business, but Jere a few blocks to Spadina to catch the streetcar