"Hey, Nova." He seems happy to see me. That's a good sign, right? He holds open the door for me and I enter and start towards the queue. As we get our food and search for a table, we make small talk. We eventually find a spot and settle down.
"So how's your first semester of college going?" I note that he looks even better in natural lighting.
"It's good, actually. I don't have many friends yet but I just started two months ago," I explain weakly. Maybe that was a little to early to drop the 'I have no friends' card. Now I probably just seem lonely.
"Yeah, I didn't make many solid friendships until second semester. You should be fine. You're pretty cool." He offers a confident wave of his hand before pointing at me. "You have Dominic, right?"
"Yeah. He wants to meet you." I take a slow
