"It made more sense than a three way relationship," he answered with a shrug. Matheus couldn't help but think badly of his friend at times because of the Aspect he carried. He would never say that and try to argue otherwise, but Nate was always lurking in the background of any thought involving Shannon. "You can't blame me for thinking it."

There was a soft laugh from Michelle and she played with her boyfriend's hair while this went on. She wanted to distract him from Matheus' idiocy and drag Shannon along to go find Eli so that the three of them could greet each other properly.