Skyler was washing his hands in the bathroom. Miss Coffman was a nice teacher. He always seemed to get nice teachers. Shankar was in Mrs. Knight's class, so he didn't get to see him much. Bobby was in his class though, which was lucky or he would have had to try and make new friends. He shook his hands dry and went for the paper towel dispenser when he saw that Bobby was hanging from the ceiling by a string of web.

"What are you doing?" Skyler asked, his mouth agape. Then he got nervous as he looked around to see if anyone else was in there. There didn't appear to be.

"I'm hanging from the ceiling," Bobby replied, stating the obvious.

"Get down. You're going to get in so much trouble if someone sees you."

"Says who?" Bobby asked defiantly.

There was a knock on the bathroom. "Bobby, are you still in there?" came Miss Coffman's voice. "What's taking so long?"

"Nothing, Miss Coffman," Bobby answered, barely restraining his chuckles.

"Don't make me come in there," she said warningly.

Bobby's mouth dropped open, and he whispered, "She's a girl, and this is the boy's bathroom. Can she do that?"

Skyler shrugged and whispered back, "She's not a girl. She's a teacher. She can do anything she wants, I guess."

Bobby dropped from the ceiling, "Coming, Miss Coffman."

In class, Bobby pulled out a caterpillar from his pocket while Miss Coffman was reading to them. Skyler motioned for him to put it back in his pocket but Bobby just grinned. Skyler anxiously looked at the teacher to see if she saw, but she was involved in reading the book. Bobby put the caterpillar in the hair of the girl that was sitting in front of him. She let out a scream like only a girl can. Miss Coffman noticed it then and knew it was Bobby, as Bobby was laughing unashamedly. Miss Coffman took the caterpillar and put it outside without saying anything. Then she pointed at the board. Bobby had to write his name on the board. If you got two checkmarks in one day, you had to sit out of recess for a week. Skyler figured it wouldn't be long before he didn't have a friend to play with at recess.

Out on the playground, Bobby was stirring up more trouble. Skyler had never seen him being this much of a troublemaker, especially in one day. He was having fun picking on the girls, one in particular, a girl named Beth. Bobby would tap her, and Beth couldn't stand someone else having the last lick. She would chase him around until she hit him back. This went on for quite awhile. The other girls on the playground were snickering and calling Bobby Beth's boyfriend, which made Beth even angrier.

Miss Coffman had left the other teachers to watch them while she went on an errand. Beth was viciously chasing Bobby. She was fast for a girl or anybody really. She had chased him to the end of the playground where the dumpster was. Bobby was trapped now. He had no choice but to be hit unless he jumped into the dumpster. Bobby opted for jumping into the dumpster.

Miss Coffman arrived just in time to see him jump in. She fussed at him. The other kids laughed, and Bobby had to sit out of recess for the rest of the week. Bobby's clothes weren't dirty, but he stunk really bad for the rest of the day. The kids that sat next to him pinched their noses and or kept their shirts over them.

This was just the first day of school. Skyler had a feeling Bobby was going to make it a long, interesting year.