"She's polite enough to keep our conversations private so I'll do the same. I know I'm not the easiest person to get along with anyhow so that doesn't help," Alex wanted to hide under his covers just to get away from... Everything? He wasn't sure. "People in here'll start gettin' to know me well enough pretty soon. I'm almost out of that dreamless sleep potion." Maybe he'd moved down to one of the emptier dorms.
Luca had a fair point. Alex hadn't exactly gone out of his way to get to know his year mates. "I guess I didn't want to intrude any more than I already done."