"Friends are important," he replied simply. "And if that's how you spend your time, and your studies and such aren't suffering because of it, that's alright with me."
He pulled a bowl over and used the knife to slide some of the onion into it so he could dice more. "What school subjects do you like?" Gibbs had always been drawn to the subjects that let him use his hands, rather than his head. He wasn't unintelligent by any means, but areas such as math and science never had been his strong suits. To much left to chance, and too much to have to think about. Gibbs was about action, if he felt like he wasn't doing anything productive, he moved on. That was the sort of person he was.