Room 307, Friday Morning

[dollpocalypse]

The reason it had taken Topher so long to leave was because he just wasn't a hundred percent sure of where he was going after this. His parents wanted him to travel, but Topher just wanted to play video games and nap between now and Stanford's September 15 start date. So it had taken him some time to sort that out with his parents (video games won

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[selfhelphero]

Billy was trying not to be sentimental too. He had everything packed up, and he could either sit around and play on his phone, or hang out with Topher and try not to get sappy. "Hey. Need any help?" he said lingering at the door.

[dollpocalypse]

"If you don't mind magicking my bags to the portal on the causeway?" Topher suggested cheekily. "Carrying stuff is for people without witch boyfriends."

[selfhelphero]

"I totally could, if you really wanted me to," Billy said. "Did you have to pack a lot more stuff than you expected? I kind of don't know where it all came from."

[dollpocalypse]

"Yeah, I guess three years of living in one place adds up," Topher assessed, eyeing his duffel bags. "Turns out I have all these souvenirs from trips and stuff, plus that holo-desk thing Peter gave me, plus the robot dog and the console I bought for the common room that I kind of want to take to college..."

He shrugged. "I need to stop buying stuff."

[justbeingbay]

Bay hadn't really left her bed much since she got back from Los Angeles, so she was around as Topher packed. "Heading out, huh?"

She -- well, she sounded broken up, but it wasn't abut Topher leaving. She was pretty much fine with that one.

[dollpocalypse]

"Pretty much," he said. "You're sticking around for the summer? Or, wait. Did you graduate?"

Some valedictorian he was.

[justbeingbay]

"Yes, I graduated," Bay said, sounding vaguely offended. "Did you seriously already forget? Graduation was like a week ago."

"Either way," she added, "I'm staying. At least until July."