Kate was quiet for a moment, mirroring his lip-chewing. Then she took a deep breath. "I can have time to myself with you around," she said. "I mean, I tried having time to myself alone but it's not really working, and no one else here is gonna tell me that wasn't me this weekend because I can't tell them. And I don't care if I have to make up an excuse for why you're randomly here, you can stay, though you're gonna have to act like I'm gonna graduate this weekend."

Oh, look, rambling happened.