"Thanks!" He was glad people seemed to like his tux. He'd spent enough on it!

"It was like I went away for a week to take my little sister home because something here at school upset her and she wanted to leave. And when I got back here, I'd actually been gone a year." he replied to her question, shrugging and scratching at his, for once, neatly shaven chin. "When I got back some of my team had gone, my Brother had started dating my Girlfriend, and all my grades were gone and I had to start over as a Junior instead of graduating to being a Senior. It was actually really lame!"