"ugh, why is climbing into your window as complicated as you?" Nate grumbles as he narrows himself in through your bedroom window, which he went to the trouble of climbing out of to avoid your overprotective-and-overdramatic parents.

your dad would definitely kill you if he found out that Nate Macauley, the most notorious ex-drug dealer in the city is in your room, and, worse, at 1 in the morning.

It's risky, you both know. But, after everything that's happened in the last few weeks, being suspected of Simon's death, it seems like it's managed to bring you two together, at least...a "little", as you say to your sister.

"You said you needed someone by your side to watch Ringu." He says after a moment of silence as you look at him like he just created lightning out of his head. "And I brought Stan." He adds, holding up his lizard in the palm of his hand.