"Dude, I'm really sorry about this," said Bruce, Ted's friend with whom he had been staying since James kicked him out of the house.
"It's all good, man, it's not your fault," Ted said as he threw his duffel bags into the backseat of Bruce's car.
"I can't believe my mom is making you leave. I mean you haven't caused any trouble and you don't eat that much!"
"She was cool about it," Ted told his friend. "She said she thought it was only going to be a night or two and I'd patch things up with my family. She doesn't feel comfortable letting me stay any longer. She feels like that's only making it easier for me not to go home."
"I guess that's true," Bruce agreed after he thought about it. "So you want me to bring you to your house now?"
"Hell no! I ain't going back there with my st
