stuck in the middle with

When he first started thinking about moving out of Nikky's house, to get more time with people his own age, the idea of moving into Tom and Latts's apartment would never have occurred to him. Latts is nice enough to him most of the time--they are teammates, after all-- but he's never been able to shake the feeling that Latts doesn't like him very much. Latts is different when Andre is around than he is with anyone else. He smiles less, looks closed off, tense; seems less comfortable.And here is Latts, conspicuously absent the day Andre is supposed to get settled in.