See, this is why Ava is a good friend. He mentions something is private and that's that. Or, well, she wildly assumes he's got dirty magazines, but that's still better than snooping. Maybe in time, he'll be able to tell her, but as it stands, it's something so deeply personal that he hasn't even brought it up to his closest friends at home.

The change in subject draws a mild laugh out of him. "Maybe you ought to do whatever Mary Anne would do." He's pretty sure that's the girl who ran over to the boy's side for some arbitrary, likely romantic reason. Because obviously, he's not in any position to be doling out relationship advice.