Brian had gotten up early to make sure I had time to shower, and had even found me some of his older, and smaller, clothes to wear to school. I weighed barely 80 pounds at the time at an even 5 foot. And, while he was not fat by any stretch, I was tiny compared to most of my classmates.
     While I showered and got myself ready for school, he had kept himself busy by making us both breakfast, cereal and toast with orange juice. I appreciated his efforts to offset what was probably going to be a very strained day, trying to give a reasonable explanation to my teachers as to why I had neither homework nor books to bring to class.
     Gathering up all of his school things, we headed out the door. He lived only a few blocks from the junior high, and walked to...

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