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Though Jari Harper didn’t want to go to the Angel Grove Beach, he had allowed his friends to talk him into it, they were waiting for him when he got there. He planned to stay on shore due to not being able to swim. His friends all knew about this. So he was sure they wouldn’t try to throw into the water as a prank.
Tanya Sloan and Gia Moran were in the water while the others were talking in the sun and laying in the sand. Kimberly Hart patted a spot next to her and Jari quickly occupied it. Dominic ‘Dom’ Hargan was on his other side. While Dillon D occupied Dom’s right.
As Jari got caught in conversation, Kimberly asked if Jari’s parents were okay with him staying out late that night. He asked why. Jason Lee Scott put an arm around his friend and informed him they were having a bonfire. He asked why and Jason and Dom only shrugged their shoulders in response.
Dillon advised Jari to go with the flow, there was no need for the latter to question anything.
That evening Jason, Dominic, Dillon, Kimberly, Tanya, Gia, and Jari sat around a bonfire, the septet ate and laughed as they had a good time. Life wasn’t perfect. But in that moment everything was fine.
Midnight was fast approaching as Jari drove home, but he was forced to stop when the main road leading to his house had been blocked off. Apparently there was some sort of landslide. He sighed as he laid on his steering wheel which caused the horn to sound.
Sudden rapping on his window caused Jari to look up, he looked out the window to see a California Highway Patrol Officer. Sky Tate. Sky was muscular and had brown spiky hair with gray eyes. Sky pointed his flashlight in his face and asked if he was okay.
With his hand covering his face from the light, Jari told Sky that he would be better without the light in his face. Sky apologized and asked why he had been out so late. He explained about his friends and losing track of time. Sky looked ahead and informed him the road was going to be closed for a while.
The alternate route wouldn’t get Jari home until morning, his parents were bound to be furious if they already weren’t. Sky surprisingly came up with a solution. The CHP called Jari’s mother after getting the number and then made up a believable excuse. He was even provided with a voucher to the local hotel nearby.
A few days later Jari heard from a cousin of one of Dillon’s friends that Dillon’s aunt was in the hospital, he knew that his friend needed him. But the doctor Blake Bradley wouldn’t let him into the room of Dillon’s aunt since he wasn’t related. Blake was of asian descent with black hair and brown eyes.
Though Jari tried to protest that Dillon was like a brother to him, the doctor told him that it was against hospital policy and then walked away. He was okay with that due to not wanting to argue with the man anymore.
When the coast was clear, Jari snuck towards the hospital room and spotted Dillon. Dillon had a confused look on his face as he asked how Jari had gotten in there. The latter explained that it wasn’t important. They then heard footsteps entering the hall that belonged to the security guard Jen Scotts.
Jen had short brown hair worn in a ponytail with green eyes.
“Kiss me.” said Dillon as he pulled the smaller teen into his arms, Jen entered the hall a few seconds later to see the two boys in a heated kiss. The guard spoke into the walkie and said that she hadn’t found the trespasser before walking off.
The second Jen walked off, the best friends pulled away from each other and wiped off their mouths. Jari glared at Dillon and scolded him for not coming up with a better plan. The latter said that it was the best he could come up with on short notice.
In order to not risk another run-in with security, Dillon and Jari walked into his aunt’s hospital room and shut the door behind them.
Though Jari tried to assure Dillon that his aunt was fine, he was proven wrong when Dillon’s aunt passed later that day. The news brought great sorrow upon Dillon and his family. Jari decided it was best to leave them in peace.
With their friend needing space, Kimberly and Jari decided to go ice skating and then out to eat afterwards. They planned to check on Dillon in a couple of days. The duo was having fun until another skater Adam Park shoved past Jari and he ended up falling onto the ice.
Adam was of asian descent with black hair and green eyes. As Kimberly helped Jari up, she screamed at Adam and asked why he did that to her friend. Adam scoffed and gave a non-apology. Jari stopped Kimberly who was readying up for an argument and told her that it wasn’t worth it.
The mood spoiled, Kimberly and Jari left the rink and removed their skates before going to the food court area. The two servers Dustin Brooks and Hunter Bradley appeared to take their orders. The friends decided to share a large supreme pizza.
Both had seen what happened on the rink, Dustin said that it was lame of Adam to do that to Jari. Hunter added that he would punch Adam’s face in if he didn’t need the job. Jari laughed and asked when the two’s off days were. A puzzled Hunter asked why and Kimberly suggested that they could all hang out sometime.
A few weeks later Dillon and Jari decided to go to a new Thai Restaurant for dinner, the friends hadn’t eaten the whole day. They also wanted to try something different. The duo had ordered their food and were waiting when Dillon excused himself to use the bathroom.
The span of an hour passed and Jari started to grow concerned, he got up from the table and headed to the bathroom. But his friend was nowhere in sight. He then went outside the restaurant where he found a group of what appeared to be gang members preparing to bash Dillon’s face in.
The leader Xander Bly sneered at him and told him to get lost, clearly Jari had become the unwanted witness. Jari asked what was going on. Dillon advised Jari to run and that he could take care of himself. But the smaller boy shook his head. There was no way he was leaving his friend behind.
Xander was slim built of australian descent and had brown hair with hazel eyes.
Irritation written within tone, the gang leader once again told him to get lost and accused him of having a hearing problem. Jari could tell that the taller teen was losing patience and tried to buy some time. He pretended to leave but instead hid nearby so that he could hear what was going on.
Xander accused Dillon of being the guy who stole money from one of his gang members the week before, the australian even showed him a picture. The latter denied and shouted that Xander was crazy.
Once Jari got a closer look at the picture, he revealed his presence and informed Xander that he had the wrong person.
Only that it was proven that Dillon wasn’t the guy Xander’s gang was after allowed he and Jari to barely escape with their lives. The parting wish from Xander was that they never crossed paths again and the feeling was mutual. The friends forgoed dinner after the night’s events and headed home instead.
That evening Jari had a sudden case of nausea brought on by trauma from earlier events, he covered his mouth and ran into the backyard of his house. The teen tried to catch his breath in a crawling position after emptying the contents of his stomach. A hand on his back startled him.
The hand belonged to his next door neighbor Tyzonn T. who asked if he was okay, Jari protested about being fine and got to his feet. Tyzonn noticed the smaller teen was shivering and started pulling him towards his home. They walked inside Tyzonn’s and the blond lit the fireplace.
Tyzonn was skinny with abs and had blond hair with violet eyes.
Silence broke out between the neighbors for a few minutes as they were seated in front of fireplace until Tyzonn broke it, the blond asked why Jari hadn’t puked in the house instead of his backyard. He explained that his mother was at home and would worry.
Though Tyzonn said it was a mother’s job to worry about her children, Jari replied that he didn’t want to lie to her about the true reasons of his illness.
Once Jari felt better, he headed back to his own home after reluctantly thanking Tyzonn for his help.
The next afternoon it had begun heavily snowing and mostly everyone was staying indoors, Jari was doing the same. Until Jason, Dominic, Dillon, Kimberly, Tanya, and Gia called him outside for a snowball fight. He couldn’t resist.
The septet separated into teams with Dillon, Kimberly, and Jari on one team while Jason, Dominic, Tanya, and Gia were on the other. There were alot of snowballs thrown back and forth between the teams. Finally Jari opted to take a break for water and Dominic joined him.
As the duo drank some water, the expression on Dominic’s face caused a raised eyebrow on Jari who asked what was up. Dominic pretended that he didn’t know what his friend wasn’t talking about. But Jari wasn’t fooled. He pointed out that Dom had been acting weird all day.
Since Jari wasn’t letting the subject drop, Dom had no choice to tell his friend the truth. Dom knew about the events that occurred with Xander’s gang. The reason they had been after Dillon was because Dom had dressed up like him and stolen money from the gang member to pay rent.
Not believing what he was hearing, Jari told an apologetic Dom that he needed to tell Dillon the truth before he found out from someone else.
Dom decided to take Jari’s advice and reveal his betrayal to his friend, the result was Dillon punching him in the face and telling him that their friendship was over.
As the winter holiday was underway, Jari’s parents had taken a last minute out of town business trip. He was left by his lonesome. Jari’s mom called and expressed her love with a warning not to burn her house down before hanging up the phone. His friends were all spending time with their families.
While Jari was sure they wouldn’t mind, he didn’t want to intrude. Instead the teen decided to drive bumper cars at a local amusement park. Maybe it would be a positive way for him to let off some steam.
In a rush, Jari started his car and drove to the amusement park. He then got in line with several others for the bumper cars. One of them was Lily Chilman who was there with her family.
Lily had long dark blond hair with blue eyes. She asked if Jari’s family would be joining him. But the latter shook his head no. A frown appeared on Lily’s face and he told her not to pity him. The teen said that she felt families should be together on holidays.
The fact that Jari didn’t know Lily prompted him from going into the details of his personal life, he went silent until the ride operator allowed him into the bumper carts area. The smaller teen avoided conversation for the rest of his time at the amusement park.
He didn’t want to deal with the possible awkwardness.
A few days later school had just started back and Dillon and Jari were carpooling, they decided to take Dillon’s car for the first day. The next rotation would be Jari’s. They figured they had extra time and decided to get breakfast at Kentucky Fried McBurger King.
Enroute to school, Dillon felt the car stopping and pulled to the side of the road before the vehicle completely broke down. Dillon went to check under the hood. Jari asked him what was wrong with the car. The latter responded that he didn’t know yet.
The smaller boy checked his watch and warned that they would be late for school, Dillon tried to keep the frustration out of his voice as he told his friend to relax. Several minutes passed and Dillon suggested that he could call a towing service though Jari had to wonder if there was any other way.
The towing service would take too long and both knew it, the duo tried to think of a better solution when a car pulled up beside them. The window was rolled down and a teen named Summer Landsdown stuck her head out. Summer asked if they were okay.
Summer had long blond hair with green eyes.
After Jari explained that the car had broken down, Summer revealed that she and her father were mechanics and could fix the car for them.
Summer’s father could also have the car towed to his shop. Since fixing it would take time and Summer attended the same high school as them, she offered to give them a ride. They couldn’t help but jump for joy much to Summer’s amusement before getting inside the car and thanking her profusely.
True to the blond’s word, Summer’s father had Dillon’s car running normally by the time the friends got out of school. It turned out to have been a faulty battery which had been quickly replaced once the problem was discovered. Summer gave them to a ride to her father’s shop so that they could pick up the vehicle.
That evening Jari walked into a jewelry store, Kimberly’s birthday was coming up and he wanted to buy his friend something nice. The clerk Orion O. asked if he was looking for anything in particular. He didn’t know what he was looking for just that it had to be nice.
Orion was bulky built and had reddish brown hair and blue eyes.
Since the necklaces weren’t catching Jari’s eye, Orion led him to the section where the earrings were kept. Jari asked if there were any jewelry with real gold. Orion smiled and went to the back. Minutes later the clerk returned with a box containing a pair of beautiful design earrings.
Awed by the earrings and thinking that Kimberly would love them, Jari couldn’t speak and Orion said that they were the last pair in stock. He bought them. The smaller boy decided to get Tanya and Gia’s opinion and invited the girls to the park. The girls took one look at the earrings and told him he had been ripped off.
Gia explained that the design on the earrings was a cheap imitation of the real one, she had always known how to spot a fake when she saw one.
“Who knew?” asked a stunned Jari. Tanya advised him to return to the jewelry store and get his money back. The smaller boy cut his outing with Tanya and Gia short and returned to the store. Orion smirked and told him there were no refunds.
Jari shouted at the taller teen for ripping him off, he threatened to call the cops if Orion didn’t refund his money within the next few minutes.
But Orion didn’t budge, in the fact the clerk showed him a nearby sign telling customers that they were no refunds. But Jari didn’t back down and said the sign was small and easy to miss. He then told the clerk that he was done with him and took out his phone to call the authorities.
Since the cops showing up would mean the clerk getting fired, he returned every cent of Jari’s money and gave a feigned apology about the inconvenience.
The next day one of the biggest heat waves of the year had hit Angel Grove, Jari was one of the unlucky people whose air conditioning had broken. He drove to Dillon’s. But his friend’s air conditioning didn’t work either. Leaving both the teens sweating at an extremely fast rate.
Not able to take anymore, Dillon had removed his shirt and stripped down to his underwear. Jari did the same. The friends decided to kill time by playing video games and drinking large glasses of ice water to stay cool. A knock on the door interrupted their game.
The friends had a brief fight on who would answer the door, Jari’s argument was that it was Dillon’s home while the latter’s excuse was that he was lazy. Dillon suggested that they just ignore the door and whoever was knocking would go away. The smaller boy thought it was idiotic reasoning but decided to try it.
Whoever was knocking at the door didn’t go away, the knocking continued up until Jari sighed and flung open the door. A teen named Taylor Earhardt was standing on the other side. Taylor blushed as she looked down at his body and then at Dillon’s who had come to stand next to him.
Taylor had long grayish blond hair and hazel eyes.
First Taylor apologized for bothering them and asked if their air conditioning worked, hers was broken and the heat was driving her crazy. Jari shook his head and told her that they were barely staying cool as it is. Dillon tried to close the door and send Taylor on her way.
But Jari suggested that they let her stay if she wanted, he didn’t want to be rude. Taylor accepted the invitation and stripped off her shirt revealing the bra underneath causing the guys to blush. She refused to remove anything else. Who could blame her? She didn’t know Dillon and Jari.
Bags of ice were found hidden in the back of Dillon’s refrigerator, the trio decided to use them to stay cool until the heat wave cleared up. Taylor went home once it the sun started to go down.
That afternoon Jari got a devastating phone call about one of his uncles who he hadn’t seen in a few years, the man had passed away. He hung up the phone and locked himself in his room. His uncle’s funeral would be within a few days. It seemed that the only time he saw his extended family was at funerals.
It was sad, Jari may not have been in any contact with his uncle who had been got up in age but it still hurt. Texts and calls came from his friends over the week but he ignored them all. The teen didn’t want to talk to or see anyone.
After the funeral, Jari tried to mask his pain and go on with life. He avoided his friends and kept the company of Tori Hanson and Eric Myers. The new trio drank, smoked, and cut school often. Activities that he wouldn’t normally take part in but decided to try it.
Tori had long blond hair and aquamarine eyes while Eric was lean built of asian descent with black hair and green eyes.
But things soon went sour between Tori, Eric, and Jari when the trio were hanging out in alley one afternoon, the three were sharing a flask of vodka. Eric voiced that his surprise that Jari actually wanted to hang out with them. The latter shrugged and asked why it shocked him.
Tori explained that they heard through the grapevine what happened to Jari’s uncle and gave condolences. Not wanting to talk about it, Jari thanked her in a short tone. Eric couldn’t blame him for not wanting to talk about it and insensitively said it was probably time that the old man croaked.
It was an evil thing to say and Jari knew it, he snatched the vodka bottle from Tori’s hands and poured the liquor on Eric’s head. The smaller boy then called him everything but a child of god before walking away.
One week later Jari made up with Dillon and the rest of his friends, they had finally discovered what had happened to his uncle. He had wanted to lock himself away. But Dillon who had lost his aunt recently knew exactly what his friend was going through. He told him that being around people helped.
The friends were walking on a footbridge when they spotted a boy a few years younger named Justin Stewart, Jari had a passing acquaintance with him. Jari greeted Justin who responded back with a hello and goodbye. Dillon commented on how rude the preteen was being.
Justin was no more than thirteen and thin with brown hair and silver eyes.
But Jari wasn’t worried and had the theory that Justin was just shy, Dillon didn’t respond and the friends changed subjects. They were interrupted from their conversation when they spotted a group of guys their age bullying Justin. If there was one thing they hated it was a bully.
Originally Jari held back from getting involved, he figured that Justin probably wouldn’t appreciate their help. He ended up racing over with Dillon following behind him when the bullies tried to throw Justin off the footbridge. The teen was never the bystander who stood back and allowed someone to get hurt.
The bullies turned their attention to Jari who taunted them to hit him, he was someone who would fight back unlike Justin. Dillon agreed and said they should pick on someone their own size.
The lead bully held his hands up and said that the group didn’t want any trouble, then they turned tail and ran away. Jari laughed and shouted after them about being cowards before asking Justin if he was okay. The latter said that he didn’t need them interfering and he could’ve handled the bullies on his own.
Justin scowled at them and gave a sarcastic thanks before walking away.
That evening Jari was eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich as he walked home, the weather was cold but the jacket he wore provided warmth. The PB&J sandwich was suddenly snatched from his hands and thrown to the ground. He turned around to see Eric and a group of Eric’s friends.
Eric smirked and asked Jari if he really thought that the asian wouldn’t get revenge for the liquor being poured on him. The latter reminded the taller boy that a line had been crossed when it came to his uncle. Eric shoved him to the ground with the order to shut up.
Never one to go down without a fight, Jari braced himself for an impossible one as Eric and his friends closed on him. A few minutes later the teen was on the ground with scrapes and bruises. His attackers had already left.
The feat to pick himself up off the ground was not easy but not impossible, Jari decided to continue home. Hisses of pain came from his mouth the whole way. Bridge Carson and Veronica ‘Ronny’ Robinson appeared in front of him. Jari cursed and asked if they were going to finish what Eric started.
Bridge was lean built with brown hair with blueish brown eyes while Ronny had long light brown hair with brown eyes.
The duo owned a plumbing company down the street from where Jari lived.
Bridge was shocked by the news that Eric had been the attacker, he commented that Jari must’ve done something to anger him. Ronny cut in before Jari could verbally attack her friend and tried to convince him to go to the hospital. The latter refused.
Since Ronny’s mother was a nurse, Jari ended up going to Ronny’s instead to get patched up with Bridge supporting him during the walk over. He would’ve refused but that would mean having to explain the injuries to his mother.
Once Jari had been patched up, Ronny convinced him to call the police to report Eric’s assault on him. Eric was found and arrested within the hour.
The next morning Jari went to Dillon’s in order to tell his friend of the attack, the latter was tempted to go hunting Eric down. But the news of Eric’s arrest stopped Dillon’s thought. He also told his friend that his mother was seeing a grief counselor and wanted him to see one as well.
“Hey that’s my shirt!” exclaimed Jari as he finally turned his gaze on Dillon’s clothing. Dillon tried to claim otherwise. But the smaller boy said that he remembered the shirt since his parents had it custom made. His friend said that it had been so long since borrowing it that he forgot Jari owned it.
In between laughter, Jari allowed his friend to keep the shirt since he had plenty of others at home. Dillon asked when he was supposed to see the counselor. Jari checked his watch and realized the appointment was in a half hour. He then raced out of the front door.
The weather was pouring rain as a heavy storm approached, Jari had on his umbrella as he power walked for several minutes to Angel Grove High.
Though his mother had tried to get him to see a shrink, the only counselor Jari was willing to go to was the school counselor Madison Rocca. He only spoke to the counselor in passing but figured that he could get out of her office faster than anywhere else.
Madison was of hispanic descent with dark brown hair that went to mid back and amber eyes.
Madison greeted Jari and asked how he was doing as he walked into her office, the latter told her he was fine. But that he didn’t feel he needed to be there. The counselor said that it was his own choice not to talk. The two simply played board games until the fifty minute session ended.
If all sessions were that easy, Jari was more than willing to return to counseling.
Kimberly’s birthday celebration took place about two weeks later, Jari had finally found the perfect birthday present. But he had lost it somewhere at Angel Grove High and had to run around the campus like a chicken with his head cut off. It was a big school and could be anywhere.
With only an hour left until Kimberly’s party, Jari was just about to give up. He would have no choice but to break the news to his friend that he had lost her present. One of the brainiac kids in school named Gem G. approached him in the quad area and asked what he was looking for.
Gem was toned built of asian descent with black hair and gray eyes.
Not wanting to discuss his problems, Jari replied that he wasn’t looking for anything. Gem smirked and reminded him that he was talking to a brainiac. He sighed and reluctantly informed the brainiac that he had lost his friend’s present. The latter stopped him as he got up to walk away and offered his help.
The chances of finding the present were slim to none, Jari let Gem know that he knew a sunking ship when he saw one. Gem laughed and asked the smaller boy the last place he saw the present. The duo then checked Jari’s first period classroom. He groaned to Gem that looking was hopeless.
But the brainiac wouldn’t let him give up, the duo searched up and down the school. Kimberly’s present was finally found in the back of Jari’s locker which was coincidentally the first place he looked.
Though Jari showed up late to Kimberly’s birthday party, he was able to give his friend her present and she quickly forgave his tardiness.
The next afternoon Dillon came up with the idea for the friends to shoot fireworks that evening, it was the right season afterall. Jari originally planned on using his father’s credit card to buy them alone. But those plans were dashed when he found his Dad had changed the password.
Instead the duo found a local fireworks stand operated by Aisha Campbell, buying there would be cheaper than other places. Aisha showed them the best fireworks that she had in stock and was willing to give them a good deal. The friends carefully examined the fireworks before purchasing.
Aisha was of afro-american descent with long dark brown braids and violet eyes.
Before they walked away from the stand, Aisha made them to promise to come back if the duo wanted to purchase any more fireworks. Dillon and Jari waited until it got dark and the friends set the fireworks off on the street by the former’s home.
Many neighbors came out to see what the commotion was, but were relieved and a bit annoyed to know that it was only fireworks. Jari suggested inviting Jason and Dominic. But Dillon nearly bit his head off and reminded him that he hadn’t talked to either of them since punching Dom in the face a couple of months ago.
Pangs of guilt hit Jari who apologized for bringing them up, Dillon only gave his friend a look that said not to worry about it. The duo continued to set the fireworks until one o’clock in the morning. Both were getting way too tired to keep their eyes open.
Since Dillon’s was the closest, the friends headed here with the agreement of Jari sleeping over.
Angel Grove High was holding a winter Masquerade ball, Dillon and Jari decided to attend. Jari was normally wary about attending the dances but decided to make an exception. He asked Summer to come with him as friends and the blond accepted. Dillon was already taking Kimberly.
Good music played during the ball and Jari couldn’t help but enjoy Summer’s company, he was learning alot about the new mechanic that he hadn’t known before. The evening was enjoyable until Kimberly came up to them and pulled Jari to the side. She informed him that Dillon hadn’t shown up.
But Jari wasn’t too worried, he told Kimberly that Dillon had probably decided to stay home at the last minute. But the latter replied that Dillon would’ve at least called with an excuse. He couldn’t argue with Kimberly’s reasoning and they were about to search for their friend when Dillon came staggering into the ball.
Dillon told them that he had been robbed, they both asked who had done it but the taller boy didn’t get the chance to answer the question. Xander appeared with the sarcastic hope that they were having a good evening. Suspicious Jari accused him of being the one to rob Dillon.
With a laugh, Xander warned Jari to be careful who he went around accusing of such things before walking off. The latter glared after him. He tried to ask Dillon what happened but his friend just ignored him and walked off. Jari was just about go back to Kimberly when Shane Clarke stopped him.
Shane was muscular and of samoan descent with black hair and green eyes. He was also the vice president of the Student Council.
Though Jari claimed it wasn’t a good time for him to talk, Shane revealed to seeing Xander’s gang rob Dillon just before he got to the ball. Apparently it had to do with Dillon ignoring Xander’s greeting and the latter taking it as disrespect. Shane said that he was going to report what happened.
But Jari managed to talk the council vice president out of it, he knew that Dillon wouldn’t want anyone making a big deal out of what happened.
A few days after the ball Jari decided that it was time for Xander to get his comeuppance, he kept his plans from Dillon knowing that they would be met with disapproval. He went to Aisha and asked if she knew anyone with a bone to pick with Xander. The stand owner introduced him to Jack Landors.
Jack was athletically built with abs of afro american descent with short black dreadlocks and silver green eyes.
The thief was once a member of Xander’s gang but had been kicked out due to unknown reasons and left homeless. At first glance Jari didn’t think that the thief wouldn’t be any help. But was quickly proved wrong when he heard Jack’s plans for Xander.
While Aisha was providing the distraction for Xander’s gang members, Jack and Jari put their plan in motion. They caught Xander alone that evening. Though the gang leader did put up quite the struggle. The duo could barely hold him down. Jack finally managed to disable the leader with a punch to the face.
Once Jari tied the australian up, they stole his money and clothes and even roughed him up with a couple of punches and kicks before trying to leave him in the alleyway. But Jari hadn’t counted on Xander breaking free and trying to strangle him. Jack tried to break Xander’s grip on his neck but it was strong.
Sirens sounded in the distance, Jari figured that Aisha had called the police as failsafe if things didn’t go as planned. A shocked Xander loosened his grip and Jari pulled back with his hands on his throat. He was coughing while trying to catch his breath. Jack grabbed his arm and urged him that it was time to leave.
Though Jari tried to protest, Jack urged the smaller teen to come with him and the duo ran out of the area just before catching sight of police cars and ambulances.
Though Jari hadn’t expected it, his risky revenge plan against Xander had actually gone through. He decided to tell Dillon about it that evening. Of course his friend wasn’t happy and was wondering what he was thinking. The smaller boy said that he couldn’t let the gang leader get away with robbing Dillon.
But Dillon was still pessimistic and warned Jari that the plan could’ve went wrong in many ways, the latter was aware of this and told his friend so. He also reminded Dillon that the same would’ve been done if it were the other way around. Though the taller boy protested it was besides the point.
The debate with Dillon was beginning to bore Jari, he asked if Dillon wanted the details on how he pulled off the plan against Xander. At first his friend refused but then relented. He could tell there was a small hint of satisfaction about what he had done to Xander but it was being masked by worry and frustration.
“Amuse me.” said Dillon with a smirk, Jari returned the smirk and then gave the details on his revenge plan against Xander. He also informed Dillon that the cops had shown up but everything was fine. The duo then went outside Jari’s and spotted the Gardener Theo Martin working.
Theo was skinny built of asian descent with brown hair and gray eyes.
Dillon had always found him creepy and wondered why Jari’s parents kept him around, but the latter said that Theo was good at his job.
Dirt was flung in Jari’s direction as the friends walked down the pathway, he looked at the gardener who appeared to be oblivious.
Since it appeared to be an accident, Jari warned Theo to be more careful next time before continuing to leave with his friend.
There was one house in Angel Grove that was located just outside the neighborhood, it was said to be haunted. There was no houses next to it. Jari decided to check it out the next morning and had run-in with Dana Mitchell who was in charge of the school newspaper.
Dana had short blond hair with violet eyes.
The blond asked if Jari was going inside the house and the latter nodded his head, Dana insisted on going in with him. Jari didn’t really want the company and assured her that she didn’t have to. But the journalist more or less blackmailed him and threatened to tell his parents if he didn’t let go with him.
With much reluctance, Dana and Jari walked inside the house which was dark on the side. The door slammed shut behind them the second they entered. Dana raised her eyebrow and said it was just the wind. The latter told her that he was aware and then walked ahead.
While Jari wanted to get away from Dana and the house, he needed to know if the house was actually haunted. It would give him peace of mind. Dana took out a flashlight from her purse and they used it to guide their way as they crept through the house.
The kitchen, livingroom, and dining room were filled with dust but appeared perfectly normal otherwise. Jari noticed there was an upstairs and wanted to go up there. Dana tried to get it out of it by saying they didn’t have to check out the rest of the house.
Though Jari offered to leave the blond downstairs if she was too scared, Dana insisted that she was going if he was. The duo went upstairs and into a room. Just like before the door slammed shut behind them causing both to jump. The journalist had enough and said that she was going home.
But when Dana tried the door, it wouldn’t open and the same thing happened to Jari when he tried. The duo was locked inside. Dana blamed the smaller teen for dragging her into this though Jari reminded her that she had blackmailed him. The two started to argue when a noise stopped them.
Picture frames and objects started to fall to the ground freaking the teens out, Dana then ran to the door which surprisingly flung open. The journalist ran downstairs with Jari following behind. The two decided that what happened in the house was simply a shared hallucination and there was no need to talk about it.
That afternoon Dillon and Jari decided to buy concert tickets to one of Dillon’s favorite bands, it was fair since the last concert they went to involved Jari’s favorite band. But the ticket booth attendant Rocky DeSantos informed them that the concert tickets had just sold out.
Rocky was toned built with abs of hispanic descent and had brown hair with hazel eyes.
“You can’t be serious.” said Jari with a sigh as Rocky only shook his head and told him there were other people waiting in line. Dillon shot a glare at the ticket booth attendant before he and his friend stepped out of line. Though there was something bugging him.
Just before coming to the concert, Jari had checked online and seen that there were still tickets available for the concert. Dillon figured that perhaps they had sold fast. But he wasn’t buying it and spotted Dana who had just bought a ticket. The smaller boy approached her and asked what she was going to see.
The blond answered that she was going to the same concert that Dillon and Jari had planned on going to, she then headed inside while he went back over to his friend. He informed that Rocky had lied to them and there were still tickets available.
But Dillon was confused on why Rocky would lie, Jari replied that it didn’t matter and they were getting into the concert one way or another. But his friend had an idea that didn’t involve the friends causing a scene. They got a couple of fan girls waiting in line to buy the tickets from Rocky who was none the wiser.
As the two walked into the concert auditorium, Jari gave the theory that Rocky favored selling the tickets to women to impress them.
Puzzles were one thing that perplexed Jari to the highest proportions, but he couldn’t help trying to solve them. He had decided to purchase a new one a few weeks after solving the last one. Focus and needing it had prompted him to go the school library at Angel Grove High.
The final bell had rung and most students had gone home, Jari was able to focus his attention completely on the puzzle. He had managed to put some pieces together but was still struggling when a noise caused him to lose focus. The smaller teen walked to the other end of the library.
The walls were being plastered by Damon Henderson, he was one of the workers at a company who took care of all the school’s needs for plastering. Jari noticed that the plasterer had his headphones in and decided not to bother him. The teen then went back to his puzzle.
Damon was average built and of afro american descent with a shaved head and chestnut eyes.
One hour passed and Jari wasn’t even a quarter of the way finished, the sun was beginning to set and he would need to get home soon. Damon then passed his table and accidentally knocked the puzzle off with the ladder in his hands. The smaller boy tried to save the pieces but it was too late.
Unfortunately Jari would have to start all over, it sucked because he had worked so hard. Damon stood behind the smaller boy and asked if he was okay. He replied yes but that his puzzle had been ruined. The plasterer apologized but he waved it off since it was an accident.
Once the pieces were safely secured in Jari’s backpack, Damon offered to give him a ride home since it was getting late. He agreed. The plasterer admitted to being an expert at puzzles and that he would help the student fix it over the weekend.
Jari’s mother caught a craving for chocolate that evening and Jari was sent to the store in order to buy some, he didn’t want to go but wasn’t left much choice. His mother could be quite the scary woman when she wanted to. Even he knew when to stop acting out as all teenagers did.
But as Jari looked around the candy shop, he had spotted all types of candy except chocolate. The smaller boy hoped that the shop hadn’t run out since that would mean his mother being pissed. The owner of the candy shop Mackenzie ‘Mack’ Hartford looked over from where he was stocking nearby shelves.
Mack was fairly skinny with brown hair and blue eyes.
Though Jari wasn’t paying any attention until Mack asked if he needed help finding anything, he replied that he had looked for chocolate. But had been unable to find it anywhere. The owner stopped stocking and tried to help him with finding chocolate.
But even with Mack’s help, the chocolate was nowhere to be found and Mack decided to look in the back to see if there were any in stock. Minutes passed and Mack returned without chocolate causing Jari to frown. The owner apologized and said that there would be more chocolate in stock the next day.
Despite not getting what he had come for, Jari thanked Mack and then went to walk out of the store. The latter asked if there was any other candy that he wanted to buy but he shook his head. The teen would just have to tell his mother that there wouldn’t be any chocolate for her that night.