When I was putting my books from school into my locker, since I thankfully had no homework over the weekend, Seb approached me. "Artie, can I ask you for a favor?" he asked.

"Sure," I said, closing my locker and turning to face him. "What is it?"

"Well, there's a party tonight," Seb said. "And I want to go, but Dax can't stay by himself for too long and our dad is still out of town, so...”

"You want me to stay over at your house with Dax," I finished for him. Seb nodded. "Yeah, of course. Although, you probably will miss out on a lot of fun. We'll order...