"Honestly? I don't know, but I'll do everything and anything I can to make things right between us," he replied sincerely. Cole loved Chris, cared for him more than anyone else in his life and he was going to do right by him no matter what he had to do to make him no longer angry.

"How about we start simple? I wasn't lying when I said I needed help on my history homework," he said with an awkward smile. "I mean, if that's okay with you. If not, I'll get help somewhere else and figure it out myself."