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I think Chad does care about Sage to an extent, just not romantically. He was in the relationship for appearance (cover for being gay is the most likely explanation, but there are other possibilities too), but had no way to leave it. Mel obviously knows the story and suggested this would be the best time to end things. That doesn't quite explain why Mel (or Chad) would pick now if the MC isn't pursuing Sage, but I think it covers most of the rest.I mean. One of the first things we find out upon arriving at the school is his fuck up. Hardly a skilled manipulator.
Its not a song and dance. Its true. It is him. Its also her, but its mainly him.
I dunno. I feel like you're reading into things here a bit much here.
EDIT: I really feel the Chad thing is pretty straightforward. But in case I am just not reading the scenes right, what do you think could be going on, then ename? Whats the weirdness in the timeline about?
I do take your point, but we've seen Chad quite a bit and he's not usually so... tentative when interacting with people. To me that makes it seem like he's not being honest during the breakup. If you think otherwise, we'll have to agree to disagree.
I just can't go along with that. The jocks may be dumb, but I think even they might notice phone sex in their midst. More importantly, who the hell wants to have steamy phone sex while on a treadmill?!While I've always been pushing the gay Chad & Troy theory, the Chad & Mel theory is really the obvious one (too obvious), and she could have just had her bluetooth ear piece in while chatting to Chad. Only Sarah would have heard her at that close proximity, and Sarah already knows. Those jock morons would have been clueless.
But I just don't get why Chad would dump Sage for Mel. Sage ticks all the boxes, Mel ticks a few... Whereas Troy I get, he ticks all the boxes and then some!
That's possible, but it's also possible Bella used to be more libertine and Tommy has been around long enough to have caught a few stories (not necessarily involving students, though); DPC does love sprinkling that sort of foreshadowing in, after all.That's just crude guy banter. Happens all the time. He doesn't know anything about her sex life and she won't have done anything to gain any kind of notoriety, Tommy's just bullshitting.
It's hard to say much for certain when we know almost nothing about Bella's past.