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Before it all Started by Kenny

“Freakin’ Medieval period,” Dave grumbled, going over his notes. He normally didn’t study other subjects during a class, but he was really worried about the upcoming test, so he continued to study while Prof. Surace went over the day’s physics lesson. “Backwards know-nothing hicks, all of them,” he griped. “And what’s with their freaking obsession with coats of arms and lions and dragons anyway?” Mike shuddered. Anytime he heard the word “dragon,” he was reminded of his mother. “At least they didn’t have to worry about the dragons making them stand in the corner,” he said, mostly to himself. “Nice one,” said Roger, not looking at either of them. “That’s worth about fifteen points.” Mike raised an eyebrow. “Just what are you going on about now?” he asked, but before Roger could answer, Mike was knocked out of his seat by a huge resounding KABOOM. “What was that?!” shouted Dave. He looked around and started picking up his notes. Mike picked himself up off the ground and dusted himself off. “I don’t know, maybe an earthquake, or a plane crash or something,” he said. “Settle down, class!” Prof. Surace said loudly. “Stay here, I’m going to go check what happened. It’s probably nothing, so in the meantime, everyone stay here and stay calm.” As everyone sat back down, the professor left the room. He returned a few minutes later. “Okay, everyone, quiet down,” he said. “We’re going to finish today’s lesson, and then you all can leave.” Someone shouted out a question about the explosion, but he ignored it and taught the rest of the lesson. “One last thing, ladies and gentlemen,” he added at the end of the class, drawing a quick diagram on the board. “As you know, we’re bombing Iraq. Now and then a missile loses its way…” * * * EPILOGUE “Yeah, they say it was a gas leak,” said Mike, sweating bullets. Talking with his mom always made him feel like passing out. He took a deep breath and forced himself to be casual. “I’m fine, Ma. I wasn’t even near the thing when it exploded… Homeless? Don’t say that, we just don’t have a place to say right now.” Don’t make me come home, please, Mom, he thought. “I think they’re arranging something with the apartment buildings of the area. Right, all my clothes were blown away,” Mike said, not noticing campus officials erecting a list of places where dormless students could stay. “Stop saying that!” said Mike, ignoring the large crowd of people gathering behind him. “I’m not naked in the middle of the street! Why do you have to be so APOCALYPTIC? Look, I’ll be okay, Mom. I’ll find a new place with some new furniture and some new roommates and everything will be fine.” “No, actually, I won’t be rooming with Seth anymore. They found out he cheated on a test and they kicked him out.” Mike had chuckled when he heard that; it was one of the things he had threatened to bust him on before. It was even funnier because Mike hadn’t had any evidence that Seth had cheated, he had been completely bluffing. “Yeah, you’re right, Mom. He got exactly what he deserved. …No, I don’t know where he is. He’s probably left for home by now.” * * * Steve had felt like a great burden had been lifted off his shoulders all day. The authorities were officially ruling the cause of the explosion as a gas leak, which meant that he was likely going to get away with blowing up the dorms. He was overwhelmed with relief. Of course, he had blown up his own room, but he didn’t really mind that, he could buy all his stuff back easily with the money he had saved. And of course, he had completely botched that revenge thing that the jock wanted him to do. But that was no real problem either, if he could just avoid Seth for the rest of the year… Steve bumped into someone, looked up, and realized he had walked right into Seth. “Duh— I— guh—“ he stammered. “Hey, Steve. I just wanted to thank you before I left for getting back at Mike for me.” Steve was confused. “What?” he asked. “Man, blowing up his room, that was great! I couldn’t have thought of anything better, that was brilliant! I mean, the authorities said it was an accident, but I know you did it. You’re awesome, dude!” “Yeah… thanks…” Steve said, stunned. “…But what about your stuff?” “Oh, I moved it all to the frat house before that, so everything’s cool. I gotta go now, they kicked me out of school, but I just wanna thank you again before I leave.” He reached into his pocket and pulled out two twenties. “Here, take this. I can’t thank you enough, man.” “Uh… you’re welcome.” “Okay, bye. Thanks again!” With that, he walked off. “Whoa.” Steve could hardly believe his luck. Looking down at the cash in his hand, he felt happier than he had ever felt in his life. He rushed off towards town, with visions of a fiberglass headpiece with his name on it dancing in his head… ----------------- End

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