"I'll get my mommy and daddy right on that." Whatever. He could joke about that, what was the point in getting upset. "But sorry to disappoint you. It's none of your business who I'm meeting."

There really was no reason to make this a secret other than because James had ultimately been nothing but an ass to him and he saw absolutely no reason to trust him. He tensed when he saw his watch, then hated himself for not hiding it better. His hands tightened to fists and he took a step forward, wishing he was a threat. Wishing he could just force him to give it back.

His grandmother had wanted him to have it. She'd loved him and she had always told him to be himself. He remembered the first time she'd showed him the inscription and he remembered how she signed the ticking to him, back before he was able to hear it. Just moving her arms.

He had nothing left.

"I can buy it."