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[color=008B8B]“Yo, Jay. JC. Wake up, man! We’re gonna be late!”[/color]

The voice of his younger brother brought Jameson Radley away from Dreamland and back to the real world. It was early Monday morning: his first day of senior year, and Jasper Radley’s first day of high school. It seemed like just yesterday that JC was getting into fights in the elementary school backyard, sticking up for his brother after some bullies had been teasing him. And today, his baby brother would be joining him in the jungle that was high school. Time sure flew, and it was JC’s job to make sure Jasper’s time in high school went smoothly and that he didn’t get into the wrong crowds. Lord only knew JC didn’t want his brother to follow the same path he had. Jasper deserved to be the one to go far in life.

The older Radley’s lack of response made Jasper anxious. The younger teen shook his brother’s figure harder, and blurt out a loud: [color=008B8B]“JAMESON!”[/color]

A hand emerged from under black covers, waving Jasper away. [color=6B8E23]“Yeah, yeah. I’m up. Just… Gimme a sec.”[/color]

Jasper rolled his eyes at his older brother, but ultimately did as he was told. [color=008B8B]“Okay, okay! But hurry up, man. I don’t wanna be late on the first day.”[/color]

JC waved Jasper away again, his eyes still closed under the covers and his voice thick with sleep. [color=6B8E23]“Damn, Jasper, take a chill pill. I’ll be right there. You know I’m not a morning person.”[/color]

About forty-five minutes later, JC and Jasper were kissing their mother good-bye and taking their respective seats on JC’s car. The ride to school was a short but entertaining one: like all the ones that had happened since JC had received his Mustang as a Sweet Sixteen gift from his father. The Radley boys had made it their tradition to do a car karaoke every morning on their way to school. Today, it was Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen spirit blasting through the convertible antique car’s speakers, with JC and Jasper singing along to the long-gone Kurt Cobain. The boys attracted stares from their schoolmates as they entered the school parking lot, but neither of them seemed to mind. 

As soon as the car’s engine had been shut off, Jasper jumped off the car and raced to the building. His brother, however, made up a feeble excuse that Jasper never bought and stayed in the car for a little bit longer. He’d received some requests for delivery of ‘products’ before classes started, and since his motto had always been to tend to his ‘clients’ first, Jameson made sure to handle his ‘business’ beforehand. By the time he was finished and walking in the school building’s direction, the warning bell rang. He’d never been one to care much about being late or early, but first impressions were everything. And so, the raven-haired teen quickened his pace and soon enough was through the door of his homeroom classroom. His brown eyes quickly scanned the room, going across familiar faces of people he’d studied with since his grade school years, and ultimately focusing on only one person at the end of the room: James Rumancek.

A wide smirk rose on JC’s lips at the sight of his best friend. With the characteristic swagger that earned him fame with the female population of Delbrook Academy High School, Jameson made his way across the room to take the seat on James’ right.

[color=6B8E23]“Well, well, well… Look who it is. The elusive James Rumancek. You pulled a fucking Houdini on me this summer, man.”[/color] JC said teasingly, punching his friend’s arm lightly.