Chapter 9September dawned, bringing with it the looming specter of term papers. Devante descended into study hell, emerging only for his shifts at the Brighton library and drinks with The Friend Group. Michael still met him for lunch on Monday and Friday, but they turned into working lunches, both of them bringing their laptops and setting up shop in Caffe Nero or Michael’s apartment and working for an hour or so while they ate: Devante on his final papers and readings, and Michael on sponsor deals for the new season, or editing videos and pictures for i********:.
It was tradition, in the final weeks of a semester, for Devante and Preeda to whine at each other over text whenever the mood struck. Preeda texted Devante as much as she ever had in those circumstances, but Devante found himsel
