JMO, I take what these two say with a grain of salt.
I don't know much about the guy, but when Dash is asked if she's a close friend she comes up with her pat answer, "She's pretty much the reason I passed calculus. Yes."
Translation: Not a close friend.
Mother sets fire to her daughter's gloating rapist
The Sunday Telegraph (UK) ^ | June 26, 2005 | By Peter Upton in Alicante
Posted on 06/25/2005 8:15:44 PM EDT by aculeus
Some of the students are probably trying to ctoa, hoping that their parents will not find out what they did.
LAter the boy said something about "the closer friends" sort of gently contradicting the girl. The way I interpreted it was that the girl and N had probably spent a lot of time together studying and become close, had heart-to-hearts and become good friends. However, I believe it was Jayne Ellen and the other girl who were her best friends.