“Yeah, I can believe it, man! I’ve seen some of the shit that dude posts”, Jake agreed amicably, “He’s lucky he had a girl to save him”, Jake added for extra measure.

When Simon leaned in close to Jake and stared thoughtfully at him, all of the reasons for being there evaporated from Jake’s head, What was Simon going to do?, was all that was left. Jake’s breath stopped dead, caught in his throat. When Simon spoke, Jake released a long sigh and took a long drag from his cigarette; he was insane to think Simon might actually kiss him. Simon was straight as an arrow. “DUDE!, Jake exclaimed, “That’s what I was thinking! No problems here until this guy comes along, right?! Then we have body parts, owl attacks and some bat creature at large in the school!”

“Simon, did I ask for money?”, Jake was blushing bright red, due to his blond complexion, “You forget, my dad has more money than The U.S. Mint.” The joke really put a few fun visuals in Jake’s head. “Careful how you joke, man”, Jake chuckled, “In case you didn’t know, I’m a switch hitter! Blow jobs for lessons sounds like reasonable trade to me!”