Without their insistence we be friends, I wouldn’t have really had any. I didn’t normally have the drive or confidence.I didn’t stick around aft...r that news. It just reminded me even further how our best years were really ending. It seemed more and more I’d inevitably leave my friends behind. I arrived home early, and kicked the late January snow from my boots. I couldn’t get the thought of the game out of my head though. To think, after all these years, The Far Plane would shut down. They were. The younger brother, Belteshazzar, was a failure in almost every aspectof his life and jealous of his older brother Berosus. Belteshazzar livesa near-invisible life in his brother's shadow, practically forgotten byeveryone, including Berosus himself. The only bright aspects ofBelteshazzar's life are playing the occasional practical joke (usually toget the attention of Berosus), and his thus far failed efforts attemptingto dabble in the art of magic and chemistry (the latter half of which. “Shut up, dude!” Hunter said, “And yeah, she was a virgin. Big emphasis on the was.” “Dude, you boned a virgin last night and now you love her. What the hell, Hunt? Man, you’re fucking looney toons today, you never get with girls like this,” Adam said, having heard their conversation from him and Jade’s bunk, which was closest to the area the guys now sat in. “Adam, hon, I didn’t know you were up,” Jade said, smiling at his boyfriend and lover of several years. “Yeah,” Adam replied, smiling.. ." So in three years..." I'll give you a job," he nodded. "You'll come back here and teach. Math, English..." Phaggot Education?" I giggled." ... anything you want ... well, I don't think Coach Bailey will give up that class," Mr. Davis chuckled. "But he wouldn't mind seeing you walking the halls again either." I know," I stuck my tongue at him. "He asked me to marry him." Really?" The Principal blinked at me and it wasn't often something caught him by surprise."I think he was just teasing me,".