Elijah sat down. "Don't put me in this spot, Anthony. We can't take someone's child. If his family abused him and he wanted to complain then may be. But a kid can't just come up and ask you to take him home."

He didn't even want to answer James. But he had to tell him something. "I prefer it if I was still seen as single, not that I'm ashamed of Anthony. I care about him a lot but it's.. just better if people think he is my friend and occasional roommate."