Why oh why did he have to go and admit that? It wasn’t like he could afford to not tell his mother about his absence if his counselor's threat was anything to go by, but he could have broken the news in a less seemingly flippant manner. It was one thing to not care about something, it was quite another to lead with that fact. Honestly, it wasn’t like he particularly wanted to tart the truth up, but he also didn’t want to...