her if you keep thi

the back of the class, starting a much

pted, Miss Patricks now can you

books and walked out of the classroom. Susan Raymond, one

a thumb shorter than Brendan and the brown and black extensions in her hair were too ob

He pretended t

her, duh! Do you

s glance at her. Apart from gossip, he noticed that her expression was that of a person who had no worries at all. Her small pebble-like nose actually made her look conspicuous. Brendan regretted sharing the same

ks like,’ he finished the conversation with a snap. Almost every

from where he was standing but he could not see the person responsible. There were too many people walking and running ou

Erik

voice of Angus the school bully. It

at’s your nam

tly to his right as if tr

f the stranger. He had a black bandana on his head, which was against the school uniform. He was dressed in such a scruffy way that one would think

ce and tone that reminded him of Sam

the hall, bumping his shoulder into Brend

ped. Simon despised the word “drugs”, only because his mother was abusing them too. Brendan made sure he tried his best to avoid mentioning this when he was with him because he kn

l of racists but I think that’s just a lousy excuse

in the first eleventh grade class and Brendan was in the last where, unfortunately, his

n with something which could have been a sledgehammer or a heavy brick.

do this? Not even Angus would or could do something like this. B