Can people at Gym really presume Joe and Brian are exes? Think about it, at this point rumour mill got everybody to speed about the thing Joe told to Doug about his college situation, plus Mr. Gartenberg had a talk about him with Danny who look up some more info from college teachers, so they might know even more than what Joe told. Add to this the fact they think Brian stopped going to the gym because he found out he is gay, and that was a few years back. With that, the time they would date is either A) before Sabah incident, which we don't know if they know when it took place, but not so before that it before Brian left the Gym B) after Sabah incident, if there is time in after, as again, they might not know when it happened or C) Joe was dating Brian and was trying to get the girl at the same time.
Now, option C is an indictment of Joe's character, and if we consider Joe's and Brian's respective ages, 21 and 17, option B is sketchy and option A is very sketchy. Actually thinking about it, the real question is not if gym people can presume that Joe and Brian dated, it's if they brave enough to presume that Joe dated a minor while in proximity to Ms. Gartenberg after Parian's recent accusation.
Edit: Oh fuck. Imagine Brian finding out that Parian accused that Joe, Apeiron, was "bothering" his little sister. Aisha and Joe thought that their conversation can't get any worse, but there is always a way. Thankfully, Lord is better than engage THIS kind of misunderstanding indulged drama.
