“Don’t be like that,” Jess replied. “You’re going to be living fifteen minutes away. And you are going to visit anytime you like, you hear m...e?”Jess leaned in and put her arms around Emma. Emma returned the embrace.“So,” I said, turning to Mike. “Are you going to need help moving your stuff in?”“No,” Mike said, turning to me. “I should be good. I have two friends from school who are helping me load the U-Haul tomorrow. All I really have is my clothes and a mattress since Emma was nice enough to. " And turning yourself into He-Man the Steroid Freak didn't help!"Brenda cringed at Katie's last impulsive outburst, but was not about toundermine her sister. Instead, she tried to smooth the edges as much asshe could, "No. That just made ...Jason... an even bigger threat."Kelly wanted to object--to come up with some reason, some mode of logic,that would turn teenage Brenda and Katie back into the stuck-up bimbosthat Jason had always considered them. Her treacherous brain, however,thrust. I was mad about the invasion of privacy and embarrassed by him knowing about my camming, but Pete was clearly embarrassed about what he'd done, too.He was a nice guy, and I liked him. I couldn't stay angry. "Well... fuck." I said. Capitulating to the circumstances.I told him I was going back to my room and to bring my laptop back when he was decent. Pete's knocked on my door a few minutes later, carrying my computer."I won't tell, Robbie. You're a nice lad. I'm sorry I found out. And sorry I've. "That was my nickname growing up: Unredeemable." Catchy," I laughed. "I would have thought it would be Carry-All, Carry-Over. But I was never very clever as kid." As a kid?" she said. "Times haven't changed much. I mean, Kelly and Kasey, Mike and Mark. Clever passed you by a long way." We have the same middle names, too," I said. "Kelly Renee and Kasey Renee; Michael Anthony and Mark Anthony. What's your middle name?" Lee," she said."Carrie Lee," I said. "Cute." Thanks," she said. "Michael.