He looks to the food, wishing he felt hungrier than he did. But what made him feel worse was lying to Hope. Sighing, he shakes his head. "Naw... it was a rough day, actually."
Swallowing hard, he finally reveals his bandaged hands and sets them up on his desk. "I had a fight with a punching bag... and lost." He shrugs. "Otherwise, it was a perfectly horrible day, deserving of the crap of the year award."
Jason's eyes widen and he catches his balance as the energetic little boy smacks into him. "Whoa, BJ, my man!" He ruffles BJ's hair and laughs. "One of these days, you're gonna run me right over. Where do you get your energy?" Finally free, he nods to the tables. "How about you showing me where my mom and Wes are, hmm?"
Ryder chuckles and winks at the child, getting a kick out of both the energy, and seeing Jason around a kid. He gives Thirteen's hand an extra little squeeze to let her know they were just fine. He nods to the faces as Katie introduces them, seeing some that he found oddly familiar.
Sparky nods to Faith. "Far as I know, they're staying through Christmas, yeah." His eyes find Thirteen again, wondering at her presence. He knew without a doubt who she was, and he couldn't help but question what Trent would do. As far as Sparky knew, this had not been planned.
And he was right. Trent sees Jasmine looking at him, and he finds it hard to muster up enough of a smile to appear cordial at least, while on the inside, something near panic was making his stomach church. He catches Ryder's eye and lifts an eyebrow as if asking what on earth was going on. But he receives no silent response. Instead, it's just Jasmine's wave. He finds himself giving her a little wave in return, but nothing more.
Feeling a bit awkward himself, Ryder takes another sweep with his eyes, for some reason landing on Dan. He gives a nod of greeting, wondering now if he and Thirteen were to sit with Jason and Katie or somewhere else.
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