There was one extra chair near the window.

Theo dragged it toward the table for Preston, then reconsidered and placed it between himself and Eli.

“You can sit here,” he said.

“That way you can help if Eli spills.”

“I don’t spill,” Eli protested, immediately tipping a cup toward the edge.

Preston caught it in time, and everyone laughed.

During dinner, the boys argued about whether Pluto should be called a planet.

Naomi explained the definition of a dwarf planet.