"Don't worry, I might be quite the girl one day, too." It was a joke, mostly. But he hugged her, shifting onto his hip and sitting more on the floor and clenching his eyes. Sometimes- sometimes he felt very old, and very young and inexperienced.

He missed his brother. He wished that he were there, right then.

He tucked the communicator into an overly deep pocket. He'd give it to him later. "I presume he will. And I'm certain you'll do something very nice for Mr. Hoffman, but lets allow his 'family' to arrange it for him." He doubted very sincerely that some of his friends could handle the graduation party being crashed.