Svante hesitated to answer, and when Ivan asked again the door to the boy´s room was opened and Mats Hörlin stepped in.
"Hey", he said.
Ivan nodded and Svante rose and gave Mats a hug. He turned and looked at Ivan.
"You! Mats and I planned to be together today. Maybe we can see each others tomorrow instead? All three of us?"
Ivan felt like if someone punched his stomach. He did not look at the other boys and left the room without a word. Svante smiled towards Mats. He did not even notice Ivan.
"We must have an exciting name while chatting on Internet. What do you want to be called? I am Cannel..."
From the school-room was "Shine Over Sea and Shore" heard on the piano, and the voices of the girl and her grandmother.