i know really little too honestly but i think i'm saying he grew up in palo alto? also yes!!! growing up i think i wanna say he was this awkward european wallflower who, i guess thanks to puberty and a growth spurt and maybe a pretty girlfriend or something, ended up becoming popular during the last lap of high school. so i think all his friends growing up were one thing or another. depending on what he was like, maybe he was the one friend he didn't leave behind once people started to like him? and tried to drag him to bad high school parties or something