It had taken them, meaning his parents, at least five minutes to say goodbye to him. Kevin had enough of his mother embarrassingly hugging him in front of everyone and his father kept telling him not to get in to trouble this year and to be a good student for once.

He promised all of this with his fingers crossed behind his back and he wished for them to go away before anyone recognized him.

After they left, Kevin sighed heavily and sat on top of his trunk, lost in thought.