"Last I checked, your mother and aunts actually went and killed my brothers and yet I happen to love you even though I'm well within my right to hate your family and still want them dead after everything," he pointed out and then paused when his mind finally caught up with his mouth and he looked incredibly embarrassed. That wasn't what he wanted to say.

His first reaction was to bolt and he stood up, shifting his backpack on his shoulders and walking back over to the doorway, avoiding looking at Chris. This was only going to complicate things and he was wanting to avoid Chris now that he had let that out. "You know what, forget about the homework. I'm going to go back downstairs and help wrangle the kids. I'll see you at class."