"I guess..." Alfie noticed him. Every time he was within a hundred feet of the boy it was like he could feel him around... but he hadn't, before this year, so he supposed that Drew was right about it.
"Um. Well. I - " And he stopped again, then said in a rush, "Isortofosnoggedhimandnowhehatesme." He didn't meet his friend's eyes when he said it.