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One lesson Trevor still hadn't learned was to watch what he agreed to when he was in a good mood.
Not that this was a terrible situation. He had just forgotten about how long Jay's D&D sessions with the ghosts were. And he was pretty sure it would feel infinitely longer now that he was a part of it.
But it was hard to be annoyed when Pete was sitting on the other end of the couch, going on and on about how grateful he was.
"You know, I really appreciate you offering to help," he said, reaching over to take Trevor's hand. "It's kind of romantic."
"You're so weird." Trevor couldn't help but smile. "All I'm doing is rolling a dice for you guys for hours."
"Yes, but I know you don't really care about D&D. It's nice of you."
Trevor shrugged. Pete's gratitude made him feel a weird mix of satisfaction and embarrassment, and he really didn't want to think about what that meant.
"Besides, it's almost like we get to actually participate," Pete continued. "Sam doesn't roll the dice for us. Now it's like we're really there."
"I mean, you are really there. You just can't touch things."
Pete smiled and reached over to take Trevor's hand. Trevor squeezed back, feeling a strange prickle of pride in his chest.
They broke apart when Jay entered the room, carrying a box of nerd stuff, followed by Alberta and Sass.
"Okay, guys," Jay announced. "Let me set up and then we can get this show on the road!"
Sam came in right before they were about to start, looking like she had been searching for an excuse to cancel. She sat down at the table and frowned at Trevor. "Are you joining too?"
"No way. I'm just here to roll the dice," he said.
Pete looked over at him fondly when he said that. Trevor rolled his eyes, trying not to seem like he cared too much. It was clear by the way Pete's smile widened that he was failing.
They started a few minutes later. At first, Trevor just rolled Jay's nerd dice and kept looking over at Sam's phone, trying to catch sight of whatever video she was watching. But that took too much effort, especially because she had her screen angled away from everyone else, so he ended up listening to the game instead.
It actually wasn't too bad. Besides the math and the overly intricate plot lines, it kind of felt like watching a TV show. Maybe not one of his favorites, but something he could sit through without getting annoyed.
Pete kept glancing over at him across the table with a small smile, almost like he couldn't help himself. Something like pride flickered in his eyes.
Emotion swelled in Trevor's chest. Way more than he ever wanted to admit to. He tried to tamp it down and just smiled back.
Maybe agreeing to this hadn't been such a bad idea after all.