Max and Johnny hung out maybe once every other week. This was enough for Max, although he felt lonely on the weekends in between. He preferred being lonely like that as opposed to annoying Johnny. Johnny was social, he guessed. And probably had a lot of people asking him to hang out. So Max didn't want to impose.

The upcoming weekend would be one he'd spend alone. He would continue reading the Norwegian crime novel he had started a week back. He had been reading it slow until then. Now the plan was to finish it over the weekend. Maybe he would become a heavy reader like Dave had assumed. If Max were to become a reader like that then he would never need to correct Dave. Instead Dave would just end up being correct.

Max thought about the upcoming weekend and where he might read the book. He definitely wanted to get out of his apartment but he couldn't think of an obvious spot to go and read. The best places would be in a college town a bit of a drive away. In the past he had been used to driving far for things he wanted. these days not so much. But this weekend he felt up for it.