"Can we not talk about that?" Dennis asked, a bit loudly, "Look I... I'm not a very strong person. Never have been... I can't really... anyway. I meant... I meant catching up school wise. That's all," his face had turned beat red as Justin spoke, he could feel it. The heat that came over him whenever he even got close to talking about how losing Colin made him feel. Or even got close to someone saying how it must feel for him.
"I'm not sure you should be tutoring me if you missed a year of school too," he tried for a teasing smile.