Eli laughed quietly when Jake sat down across from him. "I thought it would be more fun to see how fast word spread." Really he was planning on getting a local phone number and randomly messaging old friends, but this worked too.
"I'm doin' good. Just trying to get settled, mostly." Moving was a pain in the ass, especially going across the country. And his living situation wasn't quite as cut and dry as just buying a house like he had planned.