"Seven months?!" He clamped a hand over his mouth and lowered his eyes when his voice cracked a bit on the second word. "Great. I feel like I'm eleven all over again," he muttered behind his hand.
There was no way he could stay here that long! He had things that needed to be taken care of and a brother that needed to die! She couldn't have been serious. Maybe she was just trying to scare him into thinking that he'd be there for a long time.