Sam approached his car and noticed from not that far away that somebody was already sitting inside. Huh. Had he forgotten to lock it this morning? Well, luckily that happened on the one day he expected to be someone's ride.

Not that he wanted this. He had an assignment due soon, he didn't have any time whatsoever for a cross states road trip that would have him away from the library and his lectures and everything for at least a week. But Matty had played all the classics - he had been a baby, how was it his fault that he had been in diapers? - and here he was. Guilted into doing this, given Matty already felt abandoned by him over Sam studying at all, much less studying in California, land of hippies.

Sam got to the passenger side and opened the door, getting in. "Hey, nice to mee--"

Then he stopped talking and simply stared. Oh no. He was not meeting this man for the first time.