"I mean...I'll try," he said, chewing on his lip. "I don't know if I will though. I'll have to train myself. Christians suffer in silence, don't you know?" he said, actually sounding grumpy about his religion for the first time ever. "I don't even know how to ask for food."
"So just take some," Nicholas said returning to the living room to shove the plate of pie into his hands. He gave some to Jesse and JJ as well, before sitting to eat his own. "You don't even need to ask here."
"See, I'm not so good at that either," Jayden sighed. "Though I had a collection of things I could eat easily hidden in my room for days when I needed them. I took them from the pantry if I thought he wouldn't notice. I don't think he even thought about me long enough to wonder if I was okay or not."