A NEW BEGINNING
It was a sunny Monday morning 7:30. There were no clouds lurking in the blue sky. Summer vacation was over in the quiet town of Great Falls. It had been a quiet summer, most of the teenagers left town with their folks to live up the holidays, but now School was back and slowly the teens had returned to their roots. It was the first day back at school and the streets were lined with parked cars. The black Station Wagon pulled onto the curb outside of East Great Falls High.
Mr Levinstein turned his head to Jim and Kevin who were sitting in the backseat. "Now are you boys sure you don't want me to drop you a little closer to the school?"
"No." Jim blurted throwing his arms up. "Here is just fine, were meeting Oz here anyway." Jim lied not wanting to hurt his Fathers feelings.
"Are you sure son? What about you Kevin?" Eugene asked raising his bushy eyebrows. "It could be, kind of cool."
Kevin was fumbling for his seat belt trying to rip it off. "No, that's okay Mr Levinstein. Were just gonna hang a bit. Besides Oz is waiting for us" Kevin played along.
"Well Dad thanks for the ride, I'll see you later." Jim and Kevin jumped out of the car and made their way to the curb. Not giving his Dad another chance of letting him humiliate both of them in front of the whole school. What kind of Dad would do something like that on his sons first day of junior high. Eugene poked his head through the window fixing up his prescribed silver glasses. "Keep it real homies."
Jim rolled his eyes and Kevin bit his tongue trying not to laugh. "Okay Dad we'll catcha later." Jim groaned pulling his cheap, bulky bag over his shoulder.
"Thanks for the lift Mr Levinstein." Kevin waved.
Eugene waved goodbye to his son and Kevin, turned the key into the ignition and drove down the street.
"Man no offense, but Jim your Dad can kind of.. be annoying sometimes."
Jim shook his head annoyed at his Father. "Yeah I know Kev, sometimes I wish he would just lay off the cool act.It really doesn't suit a man in his fourties."
Both teenagers walked across the oval getting caught up in the excitement of teens running wild. Summer was over and it was back to another year of school, but this time it was different they were juniors.
Kevin smiled as a group of senior girls skipped past giggling to them selves. "Oh wow, damn I need to get myself a girlfriend." Kevin whined straightening the collar of his black waist jacket.
"I'm with you there Kev, but it's so hard to talk to them." Jim sighed keeping up the pace with his shorter black haired friend, while having a perve at any female in her teens that walked by. Kevin and Jim had been friends since Grade School. There was never a moment when they weren't there for each other. Somehow they had both managed to stay close so far through High School.
"Gentlemen, how are we this delightful morning." Came a familiar voice from behind them.
"Hey Finch, how was your summer in Paris?" Jim and Kevin asked turning on their heel to face their old chum.
Paul Finch was a lanky, charming young sixteen year old. He wore a red plain t-shirt with black trousers down to his bare ankles, wearing sandals. "Other then Stiffler bombing my front porch with eggs last weekend it was quite exquisite.
Kevin shrugged his shoulder looking confused. "I got the Stiffler part, but how did you like your vacation?" Jim looked bewildered also.
Finch shook his head muttering to himself then looked up. "It was an awesome holiday."
The three teenagers were standing in the middle of the oval, the large red and white main building standing tall in front of them. Groups of teens walked passed chatting to them selves. "Oh okay." Jim laughed straightening his short black hair. "That's cool."
"What part me having my porch bombarded with flying eggs or you finally understanding my new intellectual way of speaking?" Finch grinned seeing the desperate fight back from Jim who stuffed his hands deep in his brown baggy trousers looking dumfounded.
"What. no.I meant your holiday", Jim managed looking at Kevin for support. "Anyway what's with you speaking like that you sound like my Dad?" Kevin and Jim asked laughing their heads off.
Finch just stared at the two of them rolling his eyes. "Ah laugh if you will, but I met a girl named Katherine this summer and she awakened my horizons to new and greater things."
"Holy shit man did you screw her?" Kevin asked with anticipation.
"No I did not Kevin, there are more important things in life then scoring with a girl."
"Yeah like scoring with a dude, ay shit break." Stiffer emerged from behind a tree wearing a blue vest and silver pants. "Fuck man, get your head outta the books, take your hands off your dick and maybe you might actually get laid." He laughed at his own joke.
"Shit Stiffler, you scared us." Jim whined walking with the rest of his buddies away from Steven Stiffler.
Stiffler ran in front of them blocking their tracks. "Jim you fucken pussy have you looked in the mirror lately? Your face could scare away the dead."
"Leave Jim alone Stiffler." Kevin stepped forward balling his fists ready for a fight. "Pick on someone else shit head."
Stiffler took a step back and raised his arms in defense. "Hey, settle down bitch I wouldn't wanna make you cry." Then he turned on his Nike sneakers. "Catcha round fuckers", and ran off bowling through teenagers huddled together in small groups with a lot of groans until he disappeared from view through the double doors of Great Falls High.
Jim took a long breath happy to see Stiffler leave. "Thanks Kev, but you know I could of taken him." They began walking in union talking about their summer vacation.
"So anyway Finch what was this girl of yours like?" Kevin asked keen to know all about Finches love life considering he didn't have one.
The three teenagers pushed their way through the double doors, walking into the ground floor of the two story building. Slowly they made their way climbing the stairs to the top floor. Different colored lockers were lining down the endless corridor. Teachers were waiting in classrooms impatiently for their students to arrive while the teenagers chatted amongst themselves running through the corridor causing havoc. Jim, Kevin and Finch were surrounded in the chaos of teenagers marching to their designated lockers.
Finch turned his head away from two jocks that were picking on a skinny boy with spiky red hair. One of the two pulled the kids underwear over his head and slapped each other a high five. Poor Sherman. He thought, before he answered Kevin who was becoming impatient. "Well my fellow companions, I met Katherine in Paris she taught me many things, like poetry and the arts of Shakespeare."
"Who?" Kevin asked scratching the back of his head.
"Shakespeare gentleman, he is a great English writer in the late sixteen hundreds. He wrote the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet, and the courage's Hamlet." Finch held his hands to his chest and sighed.
Jim and Kevin looked absolutely stunned, Finch used to be one of the guys, but now he was acting like such a grown up. "Hey man who ever, what ever she did to make you this way you gotta snap out of it before the dance on Friday night or you'll have no chance of scoring with a chick." Jim grabbed Finch by his shoulders and shook him. "Wake up man."
Finch simply shrugged Jim off taking a few steps back. "Jim a woman is a lot like a flower; their petals don't sprout until their old enough to bloom. And most of these girls my friends are no where near matured enough to be a respectable woman." He talked with such grace and maturity that Finch smiled at himself.
The three teens walked to a cluster of green lockers Jim and Kevin were staring at the girls strolling past them. Oz was leaning on one of the green lockers with his arms crossed over his chest. Chris Ostreicher was a tall, athletic sports star. He wore a black green stripy t-shirt and navy blue Jeans. Unlike most athletic jocks Oz cared about people other then himself, not letting his stardom get to him. "Heya fellers, how's it goin?" He brushed a strand of black hair from his face.
"Hey Oz, yeah were good, summer was awesome. We had a blast, but some random chick turned Finch into a poetic writer." Oz slapped Kevin and Jim a high five.
"Bull..shit." Oz said unbelieving. "The Finch Wiz changing his partying ways." He looked hard at Finch and grinned.
"What can I say Oz, she stretched my horizons, awakened me to new greater things."
Oz turned away from Finch not knowing how to react and slapped Kevin and Jim a high five. "Well dudes it's good to see you again. Three months is one hell of a long..time. So wait a minute does this mean you're not interested in High School girls anymore?"
"Yes, I've out grown High School romance. Now I thrive for older mature woman I can talk poetry with, share common interests of the Arts with."
Oz crashed on the locker he was previously leaning on pretending to faint from shock. "Fuck dude, I seriously hope you wake up from this nightmare or Stiffler will catch on and make the rest of your teenage life a living hell."
After a few minutes Jim interrupted his friends scrabbling. "Anyway guys how about the dance Friday night in the Gym." He twitched his black eyebrows. "Should be fun."
Oz smiled pumping his fist in the air. "Yeah I heard about that Jimbo it sounds like a blast and plus there's gonna be heaps of chicks there."
They talked about the dance as they packed their books into their lockers. "Well I'm certainly looking forward to it. I think it's time Jim Levinstein hooked up with a girl."
"This is gonna be interesting." Kevin mused fumbling for his history book on the American Revolution.
"What is?" Finch asked
"Today, this year. Remember guys were not sophomores any more, we're juniors the next step in high school." Kevin replied.
"Yeah to the next step." Oz threw out his hand in front of him.
"To the next step." Kevin added slapping his hand on Oz's
"The next step." Jim followed suit placing his palm on the back of Kevin's hand.
"Well Finch." Kevin asked nodding him over. "What do you say buddy, you with us?"
Finch rolled his eyes, shook his head at his life long friends and somehow knew nothing would break their bond. "Yeah guy's to the next step." Finch dropped his hand on Jim's and held on.
Each nodded there head and withdrew their hands cheering as the siren rang through out the halls of East Great Falls High. Students stampeded in all directions disappearing into the classes in a mad rush. Jim, Kevin, Oz and Finch stuffed their bags into their lockers and made for their History class waiting outside the front purple door.
"Well fellers, this is it, another year at Great Falls." Oz mused to his friends who each grinned in turn. "What do you guys reckon shall we go for it?"
Kevin grabbed the silver door knob and twisted. "Bring it on."
It was a sunny Monday morning 7:30. There were no clouds lurking in the blue sky. Summer vacation was over in the quiet town of Great Falls. It had been a quiet summer, most of the teenagers left town with their folks to live up the holidays, but now School was back and slowly the teens had returned to their roots. It was the first day back at school and the streets were lined with parked cars. The black Station Wagon pulled onto the curb outside of East Great Falls High.
Mr Levinstein turned his head to Jim and Kevin who were sitting in the backseat. "Now are you boys sure you don't want me to drop you a little closer to the school?"
"No." Jim blurted throwing his arms up. "Here is just fine, were meeting Oz here anyway." Jim lied not wanting to hurt his Fathers feelings.
"Are you sure son? What about you Kevin?" Eugene asked raising his bushy eyebrows. "It could be, kind of cool."
Kevin was fumbling for his seat belt trying to rip it off. "No, that's okay Mr Levinstein. Were just gonna hang a bit. Besides Oz is waiting for us" Kevin played along.
"Well Dad thanks for the ride, I'll see you later." Jim and Kevin jumped out of the car and made their way to the curb. Not giving his Dad another chance of letting him humiliate both of them in front of the whole school. What kind of Dad would do something like that on his sons first day of junior high. Eugene poked his head through the window fixing up his prescribed silver glasses. "Keep it real homies."
Jim rolled his eyes and Kevin bit his tongue trying not to laugh. "Okay Dad we'll catcha later." Jim groaned pulling his cheap, bulky bag over his shoulder.
"Thanks for the lift Mr Levinstein." Kevin waved.
Eugene waved goodbye to his son and Kevin, turned the key into the ignition and drove down the street.
"Man no offense, but Jim your Dad can kind of.. be annoying sometimes."
Jim shook his head annoyed at his Father. "Yeah I know Kev, sometimes I wish he would just lay off the cool act.It really doesn't suit a man in his fourties."
Both teenagers walked across the oval getting caught up in the excitement of teens running wild. Summer was over and it was back to another year of school, but this time it was different they were juniors.
Kevin smiled as a group of senior girls skipped past giggling to them selves. "Oh wow, damn I need to get myself a girlfriend." Kevin whined straightening the collar of his black waist jacket.
"I'm with you there Kev, but it's so hard to talk to them." Jim sighed keeping up the pace with his shorter black haired friend, while having a perve at any female in her teens that walked by. Kevin and Jim had been friends since Grade School. There was never a moment when they weren't there for each other. Somehow they had both managed to stay close so far through High School.
"Gentlemen, how are we this delightful morning." Came a familiar voice from behind them.
"Hey Finch, how was your summer in Paris?" Jim and Kevin asked turning on their heel to face their old chum.
Paul Finch was a lanky, charming young sixteen year old. He wore a red plain t-shirt with black trousers down to his bare ankles, wearing sandals. "Other then Stiffler bombing my front porch with eggs last weekend it was quite exquisite.
Kevin shrugged his shoulder looking confused. "I got the Stiffler part, but how did you like your vacation?" Jim looked bewildered also.
Finch shook his head muttering to himself then looked up. "It was an awesome holiday."
The three teenagers were standing in the middle of the oval, the large red and white main building standing tall in front of them. Groups of teens walked passed chatting to them selves. "Oh okay." Jim laughed straightening his short black hair. "That's cool."
"What part me having my porch bombarded with flying eggs or you finally understanding my new intellectual way of speaking?" Finch grinned seeing the desperate fight back from Jim who stuffed his hands deep in his brown baggy trousers looking dumfounded.
"What. no.I meant your holiday", Jim managed looking at Kevin for support. "Anyway what's with you speaking like that you sound like my Dad?" Kevin and Jim asked laughing their heads off.
Finch just stared at the two of them rolling his eyes. "Ah laugh if you will, but I met a girl named Katherine this summer and she awakened my horizons to new and greater things."
"Holy shit man did you screw her?" Kevin asked with anticipation.
"No I did not Kevin, there are more important things in life then scoring with a girl."
"Yeah like scoring with a dude, ay shit break." Stiffer emerged from behind a tree wearing a blue vest and silver pants. "Fuck man, get your head outta the books, take your hands off your dick and maybe you might actually get laid." He laughed at his own joke.
"Shit Stiffler, you scared us." Jim whined walking with the rest of his buddies away from Steven Stiffler.
Stiffler ran in front of them blocking their tracks. "Jim you fucken pussy have you looked in the mirror lately? Your face could scare away the dead."
"Leave Jim alone Stiffler." Kevin stepped forward balling his fists ready for a fight. "Pick on someone else shit head."
Stiffler took a step back and raised his arms in defense. "Hey, settle down bitch I wouldn't wanna make you cry." Then he turned on his Nike sneakers. "Catcha round fuckers", and ran off bowling through teenagers huddled together in small groups with a lot of groans until he disappeared from view through the double doors of Great Falls High.
Jim took a long breath happy to see Stiffler leave. "Thanks Kev, but you know I could of taken him." They began walking in union talking about their summer vacation.
"So anyway Finch what was this girl of yours like?" Kevin asked keen to know all about Finches love life considering he didn't have one.
The three teenagers pushed their way through the double doors, walking into the ground floor of the two story building. Slowly they made their way climbing the stairs to the top floor. Different colored lockers were lining down the endless corridor. Teachers were waiting in classrooms impatiently for their students to arrive while the teenagers chatted amongst themselves running through the corridor causing havoc. Jim, Kevin and Finch were surrounded in the chaos of teenagers marching to their designated lockers.
Finch turned his head away from two jocks that were picking on a skinny boy with spiky red hair. One of the two pulled the kids underwear over his head and slapped each other a high five. Poor Sherman. He thought, before he answered Kevin who was becoming impatient. "Well my fellow companions, I met Katherine in Paris she taught me many things, like poetry and the arts of Shakespeare."
"Who?" Kevin asked scratching the back of his head.
"Shakespeare gentleman, he is a great English writer in the late sixteen hundreds. He wrote the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet, and the courage's Hamlet." Finch held his hands to his chest and sighed.
Jim and Kevin looked absolutely stunned, Finch used to be one of the guys, but now he was acting like such a grown up. "Hey man who ever, what ever she did to make you this way you gotta snap out of it before the dance on Friday night or you'll have no chance of scoring with a chick." Jim grabbed Finch by his shoulders and shook him. "Wake up man."
Finch simply shrugged Jim off taking a few steps back. "Jim a woman is a lot like a flower; their petals don't sprout until their old enough to bloom. And most of these girls my friends are no where near matured enough to be a respectable woman." He talked with such grace and maturity that Finch smiled at himself.
The three teens walked to a cluster of green lockers Jim and Kevin were staring at the girls strolling past them. Oz was leaning on one of the green lockers with his arms crossed over his chest. Chris Ostreicher was a tall, athletic sports star. He wore a black green stripy t-shirt and navy blue Jeans. Unlike most athletic jocks Oz cared about people other then himself, not letting his stardom get to him. "Heya fellers, how's it goin?" He brushed a strand of black hair from his face.
"Hey Oz, yeah were good, summer was awesome. We had a blast, but some random chick turned Finch into a poetic writer." Oz slapped Kevin and Jim a high five.
"Bull..shit." Oz said unbelieving. "The Finch Wiz changing his partying ways." He looked hard at Finch and grinned.
"What can I say Oz, she stretched my horizons, awakened me to new greater things."
Oz turned away from Finch not knowing how to react and slapped Kevin and Jim a high five. "Well dudes it's good to see you again. Three months is one hell of a long..time. So wait a minute does this mean you're not interested in High School girls anymore?"
"Yes, I've out grown High School romance. Now I thrive for older mature woman I can talk poetry with, share common interests of the Arts with."
Oz crashed on the locker he was previously leaning on pretending to faint from shock. "Fuck dude, I seriously hope you wake up from this nightmare or Stiffler will catch on and make the rest of your teenage life a living hell."
After a few minutes Jim interrupted his friends scrabbling. "Anyway guys how about the dance Friday night in the Gym." He twitched his black eyebrows. "Should be fun."
Oz smiled pumping his fist in the air. "Yeah I heard about that Jimbo it sounds like a blast and plus there's gonna be heaps of chicks there."
They talked about the dance as they packed their books into their lockers. "Well I'm certainly looking forward to it. I think it's time Jim Levinstein hooked up with a girl."
"This is gonna be interesting." Kevin mused fumbling for his history book on the American Revolution.
"What is?" Finch asked
"Today, this year. Remember guys were not sophomores any more, we're juniors the next step in high school." Kevin replied.
"Yeah to the next step." Oz threw out his hand in front of him.
"To the next step." Kevin added slapping his hand on Oz's
"The next step." Jim followed suit placing his palm on the back of Kevin's hand.
"Well Finch." Kevin asked nodding him over. "What do you say buddy, you with us?"
Finch rolled his eyes, shook his head at his life long friends and somehow knew nothing would break their bond. "Yeah guy's to the next step." Finch dropped his hand on Jim's and held on.
Each nodded there head and withdrew their hands cheering as the siren rang through out the halls of East Great Falls High. Students stampeded in all directions disappearing into the classes in a mad rush. Jim, Kevin, Oz and Finch stuffed their bags into their lockers and made for their History class waiting outside the front purple door.
"Well fellers, this is it, another year at Great Falls." Oz mused to his friends who each grinned in turn. "What do you guys reckon shall we go for it?"
Kevin grabbed the silver door knob and twisted. "Bring it on."