Hey, I was fourteen not too long ago! DWJ also tends to write her characters as being more emotionally mature than their age, don't you think. Besides, Jamie is what, hundreds of years old by now?

But yeah...Joris...I dunno about him. He's such an interesting character! I mean, it was also pretty clear that he was in love with that Khan girl, and I kind of saw his insistence that Helen looked like a Khan an indication that he was a bit attracted to her. Gosh, I need to read it again.