"Not going to just leave man, especially not right now." Hawkins was still home, and there was no chance in hell he was going to just abandon the place in a time of crisis, that he wasn't going to fight back.

"And I hate to be the one to break it to you, but higher education is not in the cards for me. Trade school maybe but I'd have to figure out how to pay for it, that's not going to lead to a 'real job' so no chance I'd get any help from my folks."

There was a quiet, almost dejected little laugh then, shaking his head and dragging a hand up over his face, "And I should shut up, you're the one of us with actual problems right now."