"Yes... I do, mom." He felt ashamed at the sadness in her words. It was torturous. he didn't want to hurt his mother or be the cause of any sadness.  "I.. never mind." Every time he started to explain he had no words. Lately nothing made sense and he couldn't seem to sort his feelings out. He really didn't know who to talk to about it. He just leaned over and nestled his head in the crook of her neck until they got to school. Right before he got out he hesitated. "Um.. thank you for letting me do this. I, yeah.. that's it." No it wasn't. There was volumes more he wanted to say but felt stupid he couldn't put it to words.<br/><br/>"I love you, mom." he whispered when he hugged her, hoping she could understand how much there was behind that I love you. He tried to make it look easy, but half of him wanted to crawl right back in bed and nurse until his belly exploded. As he had been of late he let his hands linger on her body, gently caressing those hidden curves before slipping out of the car and into the stream of students heading for classes.  He saw the eyes on him and ignored them, restoring his stoic hard mask and heading in the direction of the correct building. He had poured over the student map so he could walk to his class with confidence. A confidence he didn't really feel. He was here to learn not impress anybody, or be trampled on because of the car he pulled in.<br/><br/>There was something odd about the way others treated him, but he gave up trying to figure it out. There seemed to be plenty of others like him, but few if any got the unwanted attention.  It was either junk about the house he lived in and what went on there or it was both guys and girls trying to 'get to know' him better and clinging way too close. No one but his family needed to be that close.  By the lunch hour he'd had enough and resigned himself to being alone. The indifferent gaze he gave off managed to shoo away every one but a genuinely friendly ferret by the name of  Glenn.<br/><br/>After lunch was gym and he managed to gain a few more admirers by showing off his soccer skills, but took flack for it from some guys as they changed afterwards. Just to avoid another round of insults he left to go see if there was anything that need to be done with all the equipment. Not familiar with the offices in the gym he snooped around before he thought he found the right hallway. Strange sounds were coming from the room at the end of the hall and he thought for sure it was the same jerks from before messing around. With a grin he took his phone out of his pocket, sure to catch them up to no good, but what he saw when he edged his phone up to the widow on the door blew his mind away.