Jacob spies Mike in the hallway between classes. He’s standing at his locker. A few freshmen huddle near him, the boys he sits with at lunch. Jacob suspects these are the boys who tease him about his roommate. Mike should just tell them to mind their own damn business. That’s what Jacob would do.
He leans against the other side of Mike’s locker, away from the freshmen. One of them is that Trevor guy from the second day of classes, the one who got him in trouble for talking s**t about Avery. Before he even knew Avery. Jacob can’t believe how far things have come between them now. He spent the weekend in Avery’s arms! Jesus. He wonders what this Trevor kid would think of that. He tells himself he doesn’t f*****g care. “Hey, Mike.”
Mike glances up at Jacob and smiles quickly. “Jacob.” He so
