Chapter 4

He meets Royce and Trey when he joins the dance team.

It's nice, having friends outside of class, even if the campus is big and there are strangers everywhere.

This might have something to do with the fact that he doesn't have very many friends

in

his classes, because it's so much easier to bond over a shared hobby than it is over a shared assignment, but the point still stands:

Royce and Trey make Gael feel a little more like he belongs here.

A little less like an outsider peering in.

The first few weeks at Norcrest are an…