Dante.
He patted his buddies on the back to bid them goodbye and weaved his way through the stream of students towards me. “Hey! I for sure thought you weren't going to make it to class.” He fell into step beside me.
“Yeah thanks for the vote of confidence man. Really appreciate it.” I grumbled.
“No problemo.” He smirked.
“You freaking abandoned me dude. What the hell was that about?” I whispered furiously.
“Oh come on. Don't take it personally. I had to save my skin. I had no business being there in the first place.” Mateo replied breezily.
“Save your own skin meant letting me take the fall for something you said?”
“Hey, you took the fall by yourself. Besides, what would you rather have had me do? Stand and fight a guy in his own dorm room?” Mateo raised an amused brow.
“No. Not
