After stopping by the caffeteria to grab his usual morning snack of powdered donuts and chocolate milk, Jim perused the hallway adjacent to the caffeteria. Normally Rick would recieve his morning pounding here by Kevin's friends. Lately, the group had been disbanded. Jim liked to think that it was his dirty work that ensured his and his pal's safe passage. Jim checked out behind the school by the soda machines for Rick, assuming that he had got his dollar stuck in one of the venders while purchasing a cola. Instead he was greeted by many unfriendly faces, mostly, he thought, because he was the biggest nerd in school and paraded about in his brand new white Ford Explorer while blasting Gravity Kills. If that didn't scream for attention, nothing else would. However, this morning seemed like more than the common resentment. The students looked upon him with absolute disgust. Jim was taken aback and made haste to the safety of...