He just knew it wasn' t this one. You can have them, he said. That wasn' t his bag. At least I wouldn' t come back on my own time. I' ve got to move on.
Some kids skate through high school.
Some collapse and drop out. Others throw themselves into honors classes, angling to become the next valedictorian. Michael often endured. The Spring Valley kid made close friends on campus. He had fun, like when he appeared in school plays and joined the Helix bagpipe troupe for a while.