"I'm never desperate," he responded, metaphorical nose going up. Alex may be many things, but he would never allow himself to be desperate. That just wouldn't be cool.

"I'm perfectly nice to him. I've never smoked in our room, I keep my side relatively clean, I look out for him when I feel he needs it..." He gave a little shrug. Brian was probably the only one among his grade he really considered a 'friend', in a loose definition of the word. "He's just weird."