I shook my head and said, “Oh yeah, everyone who is anyone wears their socks like this! Haven’t you seen all those Hollywood stars?”

She make a teeth sucking sound like she wasn’t sure if she believed me or not. She went on to roll up the second pant leg. However, when Stacks started to tuck the shirt in for me, I jumped back, “No, I can do it myself.”

“Oh sorry, I’m just used to helping my brothers.” She said, blushing again. “You look a little bit like my youngest brother… I mean in the eyes.”

She picked up my wet clothes and said, “I’ll put these in a plastic bag and you can put them in your locker.”

“Sweet!” I said.

“What?” She asked back.

“Oh, I meant to say thanks.” I said.

“You can have your mom wash that shirt and pants and bring them back tomorrow.” Stacks said but then she stopped abruptly and adopted this concerned expression, “Do you have a mom? I mean…”

“Yeah I have a mom and a dad.” I assured her with a laughing smile which put her at ease.

The rest of the day, I didn’t see Stacks or those three jerks. Anyway, it’s probably a good thing I didn’t see Larry, Fish, and BB, because I would have had to attempt to beat the crap out of them. Yeah, I am sure I would have lost, but that wouldn’t have stopped me from getting a few good licks in before they pummeled me to death.