Vinny Zucko wakes up in the early morning to the obnoxious sound of the digital clock alarm, and slaps the snooze button promptly. He flops back to his pillow and tries to get a few more minutes in, dreading the first day of Rydell High, though marching band camp was alright. He made a few friends from there already, most of which were from the color guard, though they kind of labeled him as the "new guy" and didn't want to really have to bother making friends with one of the freshmen. He shrugged it off though, but now he dreaded having to see the hundreds of older students bustling around, making all sorts of noises and pushing him around. He soon heard two pairs of feet creeping up the stairs cheerfully to greet him with a smiling face. Grandpa Danny and Grandma Sandy came in slowly, and started their business of getting Vinny around for school...

Sandy: Good morning, little guy! You're first day at High School is here!!!
Danny: Hey hey, what's shakin' little man?! You're gonna see what it's like to be as cool as ol' Zucko here!

Vinny: Yeah yeah, just let me sleep in a little longer...please? I don't wanna go...

Danny: Aw, come on, man! You'll have fun, and there's LOTS of ladies out there to chase too, haha!
Sandy gives Danny the signature "eye" and he backs away to the other room.

Sandy: Vincent, get up! Come on, you're gonna be late for school, and your breakfast is already getting cold.

Vinny: Alright, mama, I'm comin'...

Vinny slowly peels himself from his beloved mattress and turns on his CD player, which resonated his favorite music to wake up to...Techno music. This was rather strange to his folks, but at least it made him happier, so they complained little.

Sandy: Alright, thank you. Make sure you get showered, dressed, and eat your breakfast. I'll see to it that your lunch is made. Danny will drive you to school.

Vinny: Thanks mama...ya know, I'm glad you both take good care of me.
Sandy just smiled and made her way out of the room and went to the master bedroom where Danny was getting dressed.

Danny: Oh man! My man's goin' to Rydell...it brings back such great memories.
Sandy: Yeah, we just gotta make sure that Vinny doesn't have as much trouble as we did back then...I'm glad the gang-fights are long gone.
Danny: Yeah...

***
Danny was walkin' in downtown Rydell to make his usual visit to LaTierri's Italian Restaurant to see how the old guy was doin.

Danny: Hey, how 'bout a friggin A, LaTierri?
LaTierri: Aw man...ya know I love that! FRIGGIN' A!!!!!!

They both had to laugh at that one, as they got looks from the customers at the dinner tables eating pizzas and other Italian delicacies.

Danny: So, how's business?
LaTierri: Not too shabby, but just a few weeks ago, these punk Rydell High kids come rollin' in here as if they were...well, the T-birds & the Pink Ladies or somethin'. It blew my mind, they just come in here and start orderin' us around like we was their servants, and then they started bullying around the other kids their age that usually hang out in here! They called themselves the Red Flames or somethin'. They had a group o' gals with 'em, called the Fuchsia Queens. It's like Deja Vu man! Crazy!

Danny: So the legend continues, eh? This could be bad...I mean, little Vinny is goin to High School in just a few days, and I don't want him to get hurt or nuthin'.
LaTierri: I'll do what I can to help. Well, I gotta get to work now, got customers up da wah-zoo!
Danny: Alright, stay cool man.

***

Vinny went to the bathroom and took his shower, and got dressed. He then went through his usual ritual of spending about 20 minutes on his hair. If there was one thing that ran in the family, it was that they prided themselves on their hair. Vinny had hair that came down past his nose all the way around, and so he spent lots of time making sure that it was parted perfectly in the middle so he could brush it back easily. After he was finally done, he finished up with his cleaning up and then waltzed down the stairs and sat at the dinner table, where his eggs, buttered bagels, and his orange juice awaited. He defeated the meal quickly and slammed his juice down. Then he got his book-bag out, and went to the kitchen, where his happy-go-lucky mama was waiting for him with his bag-lunch. He stuffs it into his bag along with the already stowed notebooks, pens, pencils, and other odds & ends...

Vinny: Thanks mama. *muah*

Danny came in the kitchen just then...
Danny: Aww, where's mine, little man?
Vinny: Aw, jeez...
They laugh, and then Vinny goes off to get his coat and waits for papa Danny to stroll to his car. He turns on the TV for a few minutes of the sports news to get some quick scores & highlights so he'd have something to talk about later on. About 10 minutes later, Danny waved him out to the car to go to school.
Vinny: Bye mama!
Sandy: Have a great first day!

Vinny smiled a bit, and then he made his way out to the car. He was sporting a regular blue shirt and baggy blue jeans with some athletic shoes. He slung his bag in front of him when he got in the car, and buckled up. Danny smiled, and started the car up.

Danny: Let's go show off the wheels, eh?
Vinny: Sounds good, papa!

Danny, being around 64, you wouldn't expect much, but he suddenly slammed on the gas, and the tires spun, screeching and smoking up the pavement

Danny: YEEEEE HAWWWWW!!! I haven't had this much fun in years!

He peels out, and Vinny's eyes widened with surprise as Danny flew down the side-streets, where no cops were around. When they got to the main highway, Danny slowed down to the speed limit, laughing cheerfully.

Danny: How was that? That should've given ya a little boost of adrenaline to help ya get through the day more confidently, haha!
Vinny: Wow, papa, that was amazing!
Danny: Eh, I know...I'm just cool like that.

Danny smirked in his classic smile with his teeth shouting from his lips as he drove Vincent the rest of the way to school.

Danny: Here we are, good ol' Rydell High! Hey kid, good luck alright, and keep your wits up, k?
Vinny: No problem papa, see ya this afternoon!

Vinny strutted a little as he walked away from the classic convertible that his grand-dad tooled around in, and made his way into the doors, which opened up to young Vinny Zucko the mysterious life of a teenager...

=Keep reading on to see Chapter 3, when you find out just how good or bad Vinny's first day at Rydell High resolved.=