Adrian proceeded into the hallways of Degrassi after his unpleasant encounter with Spinner and Jay. He went to his designated locker, which was dingy and tattered, inside and out.
Perfect place to hide a bookbag… Adrian thought to himself, as he slammed his gray bookbag into his locker. Just as soon as he was walking away, who else but Craig Manning appears in front of Adrian? They both bump shoulders briefly.
"Excuse me," both replied
Craig turned back around and said,
"I've never seen you before. Are you new here?"
Adrian replied slowly, stumbling over his own words,
"Y-y-yes… Yes I am." he replied, with a taken aback look.
"I'm… uh… Rick?" he said suddenly, wanting to slap himself across the forehead.
"Ricky…" Craig said, inferring a reply.
"Ricky… Ricky Thompson." Adrian blurted out.
How could I screw that up? I've almost given myself away over the stupidest two words I've saidin my life. Ricky Thompson… who the hell is that? Is that some kind of alias, or…
Pause.
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Adrian just had the most sudden stroke of genius, he couldn't believe it himself.
Ricky Thompson, no one ever heard of that name. And, to his coincidence, he hadn't filled out his forms yet. Ricky Thompson could be his alias, his foolproof alias, through which no one could see through. Besides, who would link Ricky Thompson to Rick Murray? Honestly, the cops couldn't stretch that…
Back to reality…
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"Well, Ricky, it's… been awkward meeting you here. How 'bout you sit with me and the rest of my friends at lunch tomorrow? Get a chance to meet the gang?
Meet the gang? Well, if I want to get any closer to executing my "plan" to avenge my brother's death, I might as well start here… Plus, my alias as "Ricky Thompson" could use some honing in the social world of this school…
"Oh, what's the harm in it?" "Ricky" replied.
"Good, so I'll see you in 3rd period lunch tomorrowGotta let the guys know you're coming one day in advance, some of them are snooty. Oh, and look for the round table in the corner of the caf. There'll be plenty of… diverse individuals over there."
"Cool, okay, thanks!"
Adrian's heart leapt with an evil joy that he would be in with the clique.
But I can't get distracted. he thought as he pulled his brother's old list form his locker.
Step 1: Meet them at lunch tomorrow.
Step 2: Get close to the ones on the list.
Step 3: Planning.
Step 4: Execute…
