Zeke smiled when they shook hands and then sat down by Fin. He didn't get a feeling at all that Fin was rude or avoiding him. Far from it. The impression he got was he was here for Shannon unconditionally, and he had been upset dealing with this. That told Zeke Fin was a sweetheart, and Shannon deserved a sweetheart to date. "You watched my vids? Seriously? Just when I thought you couldn't get more cool being, like, a cowboy drummer or anything. Shan's showed me clips of you doing both, and seriously, I feel like a talentless meatball. I did make one with Andi, though. Couldn't get Sash to come in front of the camera for the life of me, so Justin is seriously a miracle worker. I'm glad we can meet, though."

"Do you need some water or anything? I can nip out to the vending machine for you. Shan's told me about what you have, but I'm sorry, I don't recall the name of it. But if you feel like you're going to keel over, just let me know and I'll get help. If you can feel it. I know he told me he gets real worried when it happens to you because you fall and get sick." He looked at Shannon and couldn't stop a sigh tumbling out of him. He had been here day in, day out, after Shannon's accident, so this was like deja-vu. Not good deja-vu either. But this was the best chance for Shannon now he had grown so much. It was hard seeing him like this. "Everyone says that. Our moms look really alike. That's where those dark genes come from."