I found him on the couch, watching some superhero movie. For me, all the colorful suits blended together, and I couldn’t keep them straight. If it wasn’t Superman, Batman, or Spiderman, I had no clue who was on screen. “You want me to order pizza for dinner?” I asked. “I know it’s a little early, but —” “Yeah!” I chuckled. “Okay. I’ll take care of it.” As we waited for the pizza to arrive, I sat next to Leo and tried to make heads or tails out of the movie. Apparently, a snake-faced bad guy was trying to, from what I could tell, end the world with some kind of microscopic nanorobots. And the hero, for some reason, could only save the world with a weirdly named metal only found on the moon. It was mind-numbing to try to follow, but Leo was engrossed, so I didn’t interrupt with questions. Instead, I zoned out, trying to make up my mind about Jaxon, and what it would mean for our lives.Dinner arrived forty-five minutes later, and we ate at the kitchen bar. Without the movie to focus on,
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