Nic makes a gagging sound in the back of his throat and pulls a face when I glare at him. He’s been like this all semester. Cranky, bordering on bitter when all of us are together. Most days I don’t pay him any attention because I know Chris and I being together has changed the dynamic of the group, and it’s possible he feels left out. Before we were together, Nic and I were the perpetually single ones. Now, he’s all on his own which, speaking as someone who used to be a fifth wheel all the time, I know can’t feel good. I just wish he’d get laid, or take any one of the girls he’s always
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