Part One: A Guy That Big, That's the Only Place You Hit 'Em
One Jack Tibbler, thirteen, was quite a curious
junior high student. Almost an enigma to his peers. The boy had made it through
the trials and tribulations of his first year of middle school with a graceful
veil of mystery wrapped around him. He'd made no real friends, only chatted up
a few other boys his age in the cafeteria, maybe even out on the quad during
lunch hour. He had joined a soccer team which surprised the hell out of his
family, especially his older brother Andy who was now in his last year of high
school. Things were going much better than Jack or anyone else in his family
had expected. His grades were good, his social standing wasn't that of a
celebrity, but somehow he managed to avoid ridicule.
Though in every bright sky, there was one dark
cloud that threatened to pour rain down over ones spoils, to cast shadows
wherever one had light. For Jack Tibbler, that dark cloud was Sean Zygers. A
fourteen year old boy, lean, very much in shape for his age. Dark brown hair
which was cut short and whipped up towards the front, as if he were some young
super model. Sean came from a wealthy family who'd just moved into the city a
little over a year and a half ago. His money alone lead to his initial
popularity, his garish personality crowned him king of Dr. Barry Middle School.
He was always found wearing tight faded jeans and small polo shorts with the
stiff collars, always flipped up.
The boy was repeating the 8th grade, which gave
him an air of rebellion and made the other students love him even more. No one
thought that it might be because he was just a walking jumble of good looks and
cash, no academic brains to speak of. Yup, he was one strikingly good looking
dark cloud that liked to rain all over Jack's parade on any given day, at any
given time. Hell, he once rode up on his bicycle and found Jack in the public
park flying a kite over the summer. He then gave Jack a wedge, tore off his
underwear, tied it to the kite and let the thing take Jack's briefs with it.
