Jack reacted with put-on surprise, leaning back like anyone thinking he was less than innocent in all things was unfathomable. "If you say so... Just remember bikini season is right around the corner."

Ah, poor choice of words. The idea of being here into summer without his people would be enough to slap the smile off his face if he were anyone else. But he was Jack the terminally optimistic--no room for tears or moping, no sir.

Going along with the change of subject, he nodded at the street she was pointing at, which was opposite from Nyx's house. "Over there," he finished for her. Wayward Pines spun a good yarn, but there were holes in its story--and one of them was why a boy who'd grown up healthy and happy would move out of his guardian's home before he was even of legal age. But move out he had, apparently. "I'm sharing a house with some others. It kind of feels like a dorm that way, but I like that it's a fresh start since the accident. I think that's what we all need! A nice, clean break from our old lives."

Emphasis on the breaking part. Breaking out of this town wouldn't be such a bad start.