The next day, the boys meet up at a local park and hang out together, having nice conversations about little things and nothing and things about their pasts.
Dave tells John about how his bro is really cool and stuff but he's never around and how Dave's practically alone all the time. John tells him he can relate because he's homeschooled and he's always alone except his dad is there sometimes. He tells him that his mom left when he was little so his dad always blamed him and abused him a lot because of it. Dave says he only ever had his bro and doesn't know if his bro is his dad or if they're brothers and don't have parents because his bro always said it was better if he didn't know.
They lay in the grass together somewhere under the shade of a tree and look up at the clouds. They talk about school and Dave asks if John's always been homeschooled. He tells him that when he was younger he went to public school, but around the beginning of middle school his dad made him switch and he's been homeschooled ever since. Dave tells him he goes to the bigger public school in town and it's dumb and he wishes he could be homeschooled with John. John tells him it's really lonely, and he's only made one friend out of it.
After a while, they lay there in a comfortable silence. John suddenly asks about the shades, and Dave responds because they make him cool and ironic and jumps a little when John bursts out laughing. Dave turns his head and watches John roll onto his side in laughter and starts laughing himself. After they calm down, they look at each other smiling.
"Hey Dave?"
"Yeah John?"
"I really like you."
"I really like you too."