"Jason rolled his eyes. "You sound like you're proud of that." Well, if saggy-seeger was right, then I broke the old record." Seems to me you set the ...ld record as well."Richie gave Jason a cheesy grin. "Then I am still da champ. No one will unseat me! I am undefeated! I am the detention superstar of Haven!"Jason shook his head. "I give up." Good. Gettin' tired of you trying to make me into a better person, or whatever the fuck it was you were doin'. Just leave it be, 'kay?" So how'd you get. "David, calm down..." she said very quietly."Why don't you knock instead of just barging into someone's room!!" I yelled. I could feel my face in a complete blush now. I was caught and I knew it. "Git outta here!!" Calm down David, I'm not mad at you..." she said. I sat there on the floor, the folded pillow in my lap, at the verge of tears as she took one more step into the room. I had ten million different thoughts at this point, all of them terrifying and embarrassing. I was sure she would. I knew Coach was gonna be pissed at practice though. I mean, Brian's left eye was all swollen and black and blue. First he could barely breathe after I'd socked him in the nose, and now he could barely see. Plus Shaun was the center and if he couldn't squat over the ball and hike it cause his nuts hurt ... Coach was gonna have a fit! But that was in the future too, so we didn't pay a while lot of attention to that anyway. We had bigger things to worry about."Does he know?" Matt was whispering. The old driveway up to the house was hardly recognizable. Again and again the boy had to climb over fallen tree trunks. Shrubs scratched the soft light skin of his legs, and his naked feet were wet from the morning dew on the grass. For some time he stopped in front of a sculpture that was overgrown with moss. He tried to recall a faraway memory of having seen it once before. Finally he continued his way and reached the rusty gate, opened it with some effort, and stepped out into the street. He.