He...should've figured, honestly. That's probably how he - yeah, that's how he met Alex. Brian too, maybe. Brian was the sort of person who'd take an introductory class to just about everything, just to get a feel for it, even if he had no intention of majoring or even minoring in the content provided.

It's even worse when Jay hands the question back, and Tim's mouth compresses, one corner angling upward in a self-deprecating slant.

"Music theory." It was the only thing he had any sort of sustained interest in. Not that he was particularly good at it. "Never finished."

No. He was too busy purchasing instruments he didn't have time to learn and working to afford doctor's appointments he couldn't pay for.