"A gap year sounds awesome," David said, slightly relieved to get off the subject of college and career paths. Both subjects tended to make his skin crawl a little bit. "Dad's pretty insistent I go straight off to college. The sigh of relief was immense when I got the magic letters back from Dartmouth and USC. I think probably I'll be heading off to New Hampshire in the fall. Haven't decided for sure yet, though."

L.A. sounded like it would be his kind of place, really, as much as Adam wanted him to go Ivy.