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
was a brave young boy and nobody was going to beat up his friend without him
doing everything he could to stop it. Bryan told Chris that he would get off
the bus first and get in their way so Chris could run to class which ended up
working pretty well. Chris took off running down the corridor and the three
boys ran off in a different direction so Bryan quickly caught up with him. They
began laughing together as Bryan put his arm around his friend to let him know
that he was safe. Their celebration was short lived, however, as they rounded
the corner of the corridor to find the three boys waiting for them out of sight
of all the teachers and students. Bryan knew that Chris couldn't outrun them
now so he put his backpack on the ground and stepped between the boys and his
friend with his fist up and ready to fight. To Bryan’s surprise, and relief,
the three boys were so impressed with his bravery they didn't do anything to
the two youngsters except ask Bryan his name and where he was from. Bryan Hullihen later found
out that he stood up to the three toughest kids in the school all by himself
which spread very quickly amongst all the young children and earned him a warm
welcome in a new school. When Bryan relayed this information to me as his
author I could see his face light up when he recalls this time in his life. All
those boys later became close friends and had a lot of fun together as they
grew up and learned about life in the beautiful beach community of Jupiter,
Florida.
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