that works! he tends to be closer with girls than with dudes, so bring on the friendship. how would you like her to be related to his mom's boyfriend? all i've ever established about him is his name is pauly and he owns a tire shop, lol. he's sort of a lovable doofus in my head. max can't stand him, but he's moved from blatant hatred to eye-rolling annoyance at this point, and maybe your chick helped with that?