Rocco

The air on the second floor of the High School was thick with Cool Water and Love’s Baby Soft. Every now and then, someone passed by reeking of patchouli. It was the first day of Rocco’s senior year, and it was going to be all kinds of awesome.

He intentionally chose electives and easy classes so he would not have to work too hard this year. This was going to be the year he would let go and enjoy the fuck out of this experience. Last night, he had just dyed his hair blue black. His hair was already black thanks to his Mexican heritage, but all the stress from perfect grades and spotless behavior had caused him to get a few gray hairs here and there. They stood out against his black hair, and he was having none of that right now. All last night, he kept admiring the effect of the dye…jet black but blue under the light. He looked like Superman.

He had spent all summer working out and watching what he ate. He dropped 20 pounds and was starting to develop muscles. He was no longer the chunky lug he had always been during middle school and most of high school. His old clothes were hanging off him like the slacker he was meant to be. He had also spent the summer mastering his skateboarding technique. He had always been a skater but never quite felt confident enough to get on the board in front of the real skaters. His neighborhood had started a new development over the summer so there were plenty of freshly laid empty asphalt and concrete spaces to practice his tricks to perfection. So, while he was still shaky on some of the more advanced tricks, he had practiced enough of the beginner and intermediate tricks that he was confident enough to go to the skate park. Over the summer, he was getting along well with the skate punks. They started to hang out to smoke up and shred over the summer. A couple of them even asked him to start up a band. Rocco looked forward to hanging out with them at school minus all the scholastic pressure. He had already learned where the secret smoke and toke location was on campus and looked forward to lighting up after school.

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