Yes

As he parks and enters the gym, the familiar smell of sweat and the sound of weights clanking begins to calm him. He changes into his workout clothes and heads straight to the free weights, hoping the physical exertion will drown out his swirling thoughts about tomorrow at school.

Johnstarts with some bench presses, focusing on each rep, feeling the burn in his muscles. Moving on to the pull-up bar, he grits his teeth and pulls himself up, trying to finish his workout quickly. He thinks about tonight and how much he missed this, too. He wished they could do this more but this was becoming rarer and rarer for John She had seemed surprised but not upset. Did she know something he didn’t? Was there more to their interactions that he had been too oblivious to notice?

As he finishes his set and wipes the sweat from his brow, he realizes that he is really bitter and tries to shake it off? He had no one to talk to his friends might not understand, and he definitely didn't want to make things awkward with the family or his own.

Just then he hears someone say, “a penny for your thoughts?”