Because Mark didn´t know any other people at school, he settled with Noah and Ted to chat during breaks and go to lunch together, since it would be so depressing being alone, after having been part of a very close group from his old school. And he would never get used to not being with Mandy. He felt like if he had a chronic pain because it was a bad feeling that never left him, this missing Mandy pain. What he most wanted was to listen to her laughter, to touch her silky hair, kiss her