How had he even learned that word?

"Too 'not studying' for me," Warren grit out. "And my parents have nothing to do with it. I don't even talk to them. Hell, so far as I can tell, my father doesn't like Karla, money or none."

He took a moment to settle down again, forcibly smoothing his feathers down over his back.

"Why do you want me to come along so badly anyhow, if I suck so much? I'd think you'd be embarrassed to be seen with me, or something."