Bryan Hullihen's first day of school in the new town was both filled with excitement and events that set his reputation off to a pretty good start as far as Bryan was concerned. Bryan had just spent the entire summer with his new friend Chris and they grew very close over that time. Chris was a chubby kid and not very athletic and being from out of town the previous year some of the older kids would make fun of him. Bryan had no idea Chris had gone through that as Chris hid it from the young Mr. Hullihen. Bryan and Chris rode the bus together and when they pulled into school Bryan could plainly see that his friend was scared. Chris finally explained to Bryan that on the last day of school the previous year three boys that were older than him tried to beat him up and he barely escaped to his bus without incident. The three boys told Chris they’d get him on the first day of school after summer and, sure enough, they were waiting for him at the bus loop that morning. Bryan Hullihen