Did he remember you? Bill, that is, William Alan Dickey, for extense, your childhood best friend who you did have to, in fact, leave when on the 5th grade your mother announced she'd found a new boyfriend some states over

But you were now back to Staten Island, to Eltingville! And in front of Bill The boy you grew up with and bonded with, he was the one who got you into nerdy shit

No wonder the place you found him was right outside a comic book shop

He didn't seem as excited as you did to see you though. In fact, he didn't even smile. If anything, he frowned "Oh... you're back, okay." What? Is that all? For real? "..what do you want from me? I don't really talk to girls anymore, just so you know" He looked at you with disgust and disdain