[ Matthew is easy to love as well, and also in the business of making friends with everybody. You never know when you'll need a science class buddy, for one. (It doesn't hurt at all that she's pretty, not that he would've ignored her if she wasn't.)
Either he fails to realize she's older or figures it doesn't really matter; he continues to address her with the easy familiarity of a peer. ]
Lucy.
[ He smiles, too. It takes him a second to work out her meaning, because she definitely doesn't talk like anyone he's used to. ]
Pretty recently. A couple days. It's really weird, right?
[ Weird but not as frightening as it had been for him the first day, at least. ]
YESSS
Either he fails to realize she's older or figures it doesn't really matter; he continues to address her with the easy familiarity of a peer. ]
Lucy.
[ He smiles, too. It takes him a second to work out her meaning, because she definitely doesn't talk like anyone he's used to. ]
Pretty recently. A couple days. It's really weird, right?
[ Weird but not as frightening as it had been for him the first day, at least. ]