Summary

Thank You – Travis comments on how he’s not looking forward to Thanksgiving, the first family occasion on which he’ll be reunited with all his aunts, uncles, and cousins. Much to his surprise, after some initial awkwardness, things go well with all the cousins, until the moment at dinner when his grandmother makes a toast to him, and everyone has “the same expression, one of those sad-but-happy ones that you see when there’s a good memory or joke shared in a eulogy or when your grandparents talk about their childhoods.” He then realizes how unique a place each person has in the lives of the people around them and comments on how his grandmother tells him that she always knew he’d “come back”.

Come Back – Back at school after the holiday, Travis reconnects with Hatton, who asks whether it...