THREE WEEKS LATER
The gang are all sat smoking by the benches outside when, unfortunately, Miles stirs things up unintentionally by bringing up the possibly most controversial topic he could have chosen. In his defense, however, he only brings it up in an attempt to lighten the mood, unaware of his own mistake. Alex has been quiet and acting reserved all day, no – all week. All month. Everybody is growing desperate, because nothing seems to cheer him up any longer. He’s forever silent, removed from them, isolated and too lost in his own thoughts. He barely ever laughs at anything anymore, not even Matt’s jokes, not Jamie’s stories, or Nick’s parodies.
Believing that he’s picked a topic that might actually catch Alex’s interest for once, Miles utters foolishly:
“I wonder what Luke’s p
