The next day, I walked from my car up to the entrance to my school. I was tired from the night before. I was wearing my "costume" under my clothing, just in case. It was kind of uncomfortable at first, but as the day progressed, I got used to it. I entered the cafeteria, walking casually to the lunch line I always go to; get my usual meal, pasta with cheese, and apple, and milk. After purchasing the products I walked over to my seat, alone for now. But, like every day, the quiet is spoiled as soon as Lenny and the Boys sit down next to me.

"K-Boy, what up?" he asked me, diving (almost literally) into his pasta.

"Nothing, another day another wise crack, another principal constantly pissing and moaning at me. How about you boys?" I retorted, politely eating my pasta as opposed to every one of the boys.

"Eh, same old same old ya know." They replied,

"More thank you think." I mumbled to myself. I was tapped on the shoulder; I turned slowly around in my seat, half expecting to see the thug from yesterdays encounter here to be raising his fist. But it was instead the kid he was pounding on, he was really fucked and I mean really fucked.

"Hi, Kyle is it?" he asked, a little scared.

"Yeah, hold on." I said, getting up and leading him away.

"My-I'm Sam." He said, stilled a little nervous.

"Nice to meet you Sam, you didn't tell anyone what I did; did you?" I asked. "And not because I regret it or care if it would make me look bad. I just don't-." I began again.

"I know what you are getting at, and no I didn't tell a soul." He retorted, chilling out a bit.

"Okay, thanks." I replied, nodding.

"I should be thanking you, I mean, he was wailing on me pretty hard." He stated.

"I can see that." I answered. He had a black eye and many cuts and bruises scattered over his face. He grinned slightly.

"Well, I just wanted to express my thanks." He said, putting his hand out for me to shake. I shook it,

"It was nice to meet you Sam, hope I see you around eh?" I replied.

"Sure man." He said, turning and walking off.

Mindi watched the Kyle boy walk back into the Café. She was apprehensive as to saying hi. She kept asking herself if she actually wanted to do this.

"Shit." She muttered to herself as she entered the cafeteria and past him. "Walk by for now." She mumbled.

"Why do I even want to meet this kid, he seems like a fucking idiot." She thought to herself as she walked to the lunch line. "His friends seem like a bunch of shambling,

snobbish lunatics." she continued thinking to herself. She looked at him quickly, "at least he's the quiet one." She continued in her head.

That girl from the day before walked past me, startling me. She stopped and turned around. She walked calmly up to me and said,

"Hi, Kyle was it?"

"How many people are gonna ask me that today." I mumbled to myself. "yeah, that's me." I retorted loud enough for her to hear this time.

"Mindi, Mindi Macready." She said, putting her hand out. I shook it, she damn near crushed my hand.

"Quite the grip you got there." I said. She turned and walked off.

"Who was that?" Lenny asked, looking at her ass. I slapped him across the cheek lightly and said,

"Keep your eyes on your noodles, maybe you'll find where you last girlfriend cut it off and stuck it tomorrow morning." He cringed,

"That is disgusting bro." he retorted.

"Yeah, so are you." I muttered.