2 Sean Jules almost visibly relaxes as he closes the door behind us, locking it. He stands still, taking a couple of breaths before he looks up at me. He’s been doing that all evening, looking at me, trying to read me. Trying to see how I respond to all the things going on. But I don’t know how I’m supposed to react to what just happened. We were at the club, having fun, but as we left, Jules saw someone who freaked him and his friends out. And then we took the long way back here, and the things he told me on the bus... How am I supposed to react? I just don’t want him to get hurt. I don’t want him to have bad things happening to him. And I don’t know how else to be there for him than to show that I am there for him, that I’ll protect him, no matter what he needs from me. Meeting his

