Josh hesitated slightly; he agreed with Laura, but he tried to give people the benefit of the doubt when he could. That was hard to do with Brian, though. Even though Josh had never shown any interest in Mallory above friendship, he was pretty sure that Brian still didn't like him. And Josh considered himself to be a fairly nice guy, so he was less than impressed with anyone who didn't notice that after several chances to get to know him.
"Well...," he hedged. Aw, fuck it. "Yeah, he's a dick. He's rude and obnoxious and he never wants Mal to hang out with her friends--even ones that she's been friends with for years."
Not that Josh and Mallory had known each other very well before she came to UNC, but he'd dated one of her friends and stayed friends with Claudia through high school. They had become pretty good friends before Brian came into her life and Josh thought that she'd be better off without the jerk.