Bullworth : Nick's Story

[Repo Man]

Nick Penty walked out of the taxi, at the steps of Bullworth Academy, in 7:30. The school gates were still closed, and Nick sat on a wooden bench next to the entrance. He was a medium-sized short black-haired handsome 15-year-old boy. He was muscular, well built, athletic and strong. He was also skilled in fighting sports, having reached black belt in karate. He was a very good pugilist too.

He arrived to the town of Bullworth a week ago with his single mother and therefore he had to be enrolled into Bullworth Academy. It was September 1, first day of the school.

He wore a black jacket made out of cloth, brown slacks and white sneakers. He carried a backpack over his right shoulder. It was almost empty, containing two textbooks and a spray can.

Finally, in 8:00, a Prefect opened the gates and Nick walked in.
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[Mercury]

Nick made a few steps on the used pavement, but strange noises on the road, behind him, made him turn around. Slowly, he discovered what was going on.

At one side of the street, the one he was before the prefect arrived, about seven students in blue pattern sweaters were taunting another bunch of students, that had arrived at the other side, with a faux english accent that Nick couldn't hear without frowning. The taunted boys were wearing leather jackets, and as far as Nick could see, their hair was combed back. The new kid didn't have to think much. He immediately understood that the first were rich and cocky, while the others seemed to be maybe poor, but much more cool. He slowly made his way to the exact middle of the street. The effect was perfect, because everybody had stopped arguing, and was watching him.

"What the hell is everyone's problem right here ?" Nick shouted.
"These paupers don't deserve studying in our Academy !" a guy in blue pattern sweater said.
"Those morons think that money can buy class !" an Italian guy in leather jacket responded.
"You're a new kid, aren't you ?"
"Yeah, I am, is there a  problem ? Huh ?" Nick asked angrily.
"Okay, new kid, the choice is yours. You can choose which clique you're gonna fight with. Yeah !"

Nick crossed the arms and thought for a moment. For his first day, he already had to make a choice...

[Repo Man]

Nick kept thinking for a few minutes. On one side were Preps, rich, snobby and probably spoiled. Opposite to them were Greasers, poor tough guys in leather jackets. Although Nick thought that Greasers were right, he just couldn't help them now because he knew none of them.

-  Well, the truth is I can beat the living crap out of all of you - he said, smiling. - But I dunno, really.

-  So you think you can beat the living crap out of us? - one Prep, Tad Spencer, asked. - Then why don't we fight, chap?

-  Sure why not - responded Nick. - But, not on the street. Let's go in the school grounds.

All of them moved to in front of the Boys dorm. They circled Tad and Nick, and surprisingly, the rivalry between Greasers and Preppies stopped here.

-  You're gonna go down, pauper! - said Tad, and assumed his freestyle boxing stance.

-  Whatever, English boy.

Tad threw a few punches, but he saw that Nick was tougher than he expected. He blocked all of these and almost managed to break through Tad's guard. He didn't use his legs, because he wanted to defeat Tad by boxing.

Tad started to hop around Nick, and managed to evade and block all of his punches. But when Nick threw a series of punches, Tad just couldn't stop them all. One of them hit Tad hard in the stomach and he bent in pain. Nick grabbed him and pushed him on the ground, stepping on his face.

-  As I said, I can... - he started, but was interrupted by a black Prep with a bandage on his right hand.

-  C'mon, lads, will we allow some new kid to beat Tad? Let's beat him and these Greaser paupers!

Soon all hell was broken loose and everyone was fighting. That helped Nick decide whom to help, and he began attacking the Preppies.

[Mercury]

Nick adapted his fighting style as soon as he saw that the fight was turning into a melee. He prepared to block from any side, and threw powerful kicks to any rich boy he had in sight. He even fought against the black guy with the bandage, and as soon as he had finished with him, he took a look around him, and discovered in horror that the Preps had won the fight. All the students in leather jackets were down, except one, that shouted to Nick :

"Come with me, new kid ! Come ! They are too much !"

Nick considered the four Preps facing him, and began running next to his new friend, trying to follow him as he mounted on some walls, and ran on the pavement.

"Where are we going ?" Nick shouted.
"To the Autoshop. I'll tell you when we're there. You know how to roll ?"
"I'm black belt in Karate, man."
"Good. Be prepared."

They arrived, still running with the Preps behind them, to the fountain. They immediately turned right, and the guy in leather jacket sprinted, passed the open metal gate, and disappeared behind a control panel.

"Jump, kid ! Jump, now !"

Nick jumped through the two parts of the heavy metal door that was closing with the help of powerful valves. He made himself a ball and rolled to avoid getting hurt, while the door closed with a great noise, letting the Preps outside the territory. Nick sat against the door, next to his new friend, and offered him his hand, while eggs started to be thrown over the door.

"I'm Nick."
"Peanut. Call me Peanut." the guy answered with a smile.

[Repo Man]

-  Nice to meet you.

They shook hands and Nick sat on one of the crates.

-  Is there an other way out? - he asked Peanut.

-  Why?

-  Well, I still have to go get my uniform, see the principal and all that crap...can I get out of here without having to face the Preppies? I also left my school bag at the dorm?

-  Bag? What were you carrying in it, man?

-  Nothing, just some textbooks.

-  Then okay. You still don't know our community here Nick. It probably vanished.

-  That's okay. Like I cared for the old pack anyway.

-  You can escape through the parking lot, and then reach the main building.

-  Ok. Can you show me the way?

-  Well I will have to escort you, since the parking lot is the Bullies turf. They're just wimps, but like to torment new kids and Nerds.

Peanut noticed how Nick confused was when he mentioned Bullies and Nerds, so he said:

-  Tell you what. You go talk to that old crow Crabblesnitch, get yourself an uniform from the clothes man, he's on ground floor, go right from the entrance and you'll spot him, and meet me at the fountain. I think those rich scumbags will clear by then.

-  Ok. Thanks Peanut.

So they went, through the Bullies turf. The Bullies recognized Peanut so they kept their hands off them, but Nick saw that they were smiling malevolently, probably planning to attack him when he splits from the Greaser.

[Repo Man]

Nick entered the main building and went into the principal's office, meeting face to face with Miss Danvers, Crabblesnitch's secretary.

-  What are you doing here, boy? - she asked him.
-  I'm new. My name's Nick Penty.
-  Oh yes. Headmaster's office is this way, boy.
-  Thank you, uh, ma'am...

He walked into Crabblesnitch's office. The "old crow", as Peanut described him, was writing something.

-  You must be Penty - he said.
-  That's right, sir - said Nick, and sat on a chair.
-  Hmm...I see, you attended a school in Los Santos and was expelled for beating a boy up? Interesting, very interesting indeed, my boy. Well, I don't know what else to say, Penty. Just to give you an advice. If you're found fighting, boy, I will not hesitate to make sure your nose gets clean. VERY clean. Do you understand?
-  Yes I do. May I get my uniform now?
-  Off you go.

Nick went to Mr Luntz, the clothes seller and took his new uniform. Luntz was giving free uniforms to new kids, and Nick's new uniform consisted of a blue sweatshirt with a Bullworth logo on his left chest. Nick went to Boys dorm, and spotted some blood on the place of fighting. His bag wasn't stolen, but its straps were cut and it was thrown in the dust. In the Boys dorm, Nick changed, put his jacket over his uniform, and went to meet Peanut at the statue of mascot.

[BloodChuckZ]

To avoid the Parking lot side of the school, Nick took the East path around the other side.  A ways off to his left, up some steps and through an arch, he noticed a large building, with some odd looking kids hanging about. Walking and still looking off to his left, he collided with something…A big something.

“Hey !!!  Why don’cha watch where you’re going ?”, he heard.

Nick looked at the person he had just run into.  The kid wore some kind of green clothing, and was short but very big around the waist.  So big, in fact, it looked like he was having a major zipper malfunction.  The kid had close-cropped hair and glasses….And, was that a Pocket Protector ?

“Why don’cha get outta my way, Fatass ?”, Nick said.

“You’re not very nice !”, the fat kid said. “Don’t make me angry !”

Nick knew the drill, from his time at other schools.  In one-on-one confrontations, always get the upper hand first.

“Then, don’t fuck with me, Porky”, snarled Nick, and grabbed the overweight boy and pushed him backwards towards an open trash bin, whereupon he stuffed the fat kid ass first into the container.  The kid’s huge buttocks were wedged in tight, and he struggled in vain to get out.

“Just a warning -- Next time I won’t be so nice”, Nick sneered at the big kid. Then, he laughed. “That looks good on you., Fatso.”

Nick resumed his walk to the fountain to meet with Peanut, keeping an eye out for people who weren’t watching where he was going.

[Repo Man]

He again thought of that fat kid with unzipped fly, and turned around to see him. He was desperately trying to get out of the garbage bin, and finally he managed to get on his feet but the bin remained on his back. Also, Nick noticed one more thing. The pants, around the groin of that boy, were wet. Nick smiled once again, and continue to walk.

Peanut was already at the fountain, with three Greasers. One of them was smoking, one was checking his hair on a mirror and the third one, a big black guy, was just sitting on the fountain. Nick recognized them, they were fighting with him against the Preps. Their faces were bruised, and the one who smoked had a couple of plasters on it.

-  Hey, it's the new kid - said Norton.
-  Oh, yeah. His name's Nick. The asshole can fight alright! - said Peanut. - Nick, Norton, Lefty, Vance. They belong to my gang.
-  Nice to meet you.

He shook hands with all of them.

-  Hey. Wanna smoke, Nick? - asked Lefty, but Nick refused.
-  How 'bout you show me your community? - he asked.
-  Okay, whatever. There - he pointed at the Harrington House - are those Prep rich scumbags. They like boxing and all of that, but we can beat them anytime. Except one guy, Bif, he's their champion, he's kinda stronger. But he's a scumbag too. There - he now pointed at the gym - live the Jocks. We're cool with them, y'know. They're into football and all that. We hang at the Autoshop, you already went there. And the Nerds hang at the Library. They're fucking wimps, but they ain't that harmless. You know, since they're smart and all that, they have some serious weapons. Me and the crew thought to catch where they have them and steal them all, but I'd be embarrassed to be found with stink bombs and spud guns.
-  I already met one of them - said Nick, smiling. - Some fat guy, with open fly.
-  Oh, Prince Algie. He's the least dangerous, I assure you. Pisses in his pants. I'm surprised he didn't leave the school, if I'm right, since he arrived, he was given more than a thousand wedgies lol. Try to live with that.

The bell rang, marking the start of first class.

-  You better get to class - said Peanut. - We don't do that anymore, we just go to Gym and Shop. But you, new kid, don't wanna be truant. Trust me on that.

[Repo Man]

Justin, Bryce, Gord, Chad, Parker, Tad and Bif were sitting in the Harrington House. Just a while ago, they had a fight with Greasers and Nick. Although they won the fight, they were still beaten and bruised, although Bif had just lost one tooth.

-  That new kid! - said Parker, putting some ice on his face. - He knows to fight. Did you see that? That's like, karate or something!
-  He's just a lucky pauper - replied Tad.
-  Your face shows otherwise, Tad - said Parker. - It seems to me that you had new kid's shoe on it.
-  Shut up, wanker!
-  Excuse me? - Parker stood up, offended.
-  Calm down, both of you. - said Bif. - That kid's gonna get what he deserves when I catch him.
-  Hey, there they are! - said Chad, approaching the door of the House. - I see those paupers! They sit at the fountain!
-  Is new kid there? - asked Bif.
-  Yes...he's just leaving...class I believe.

When Chad said that Bif was already outside. He ran to the fountain and approached the Greasers.

-  You rich scumbag! Get him, guys! - said Peanut and again prepared to fight. However, Bif knocked all of them down with no much effort.
-  Hey new kid! - Bif shouted. Nick looked back.
-  Oh, Preppy Bif, isn't it? Whaddoya want?
-  I want to beat your poor sorry ass, right here, right now, new kid. And then I'm gonna let you polish my boxing trophies.

[Repo Man]

Nick wanted another fight, but Bif was just too big. He turned around and began running, and Bif chased him, probably in a fit of rage. They were running back to the fighting place, in front of Boys dorm, where some blood was on the ground. Nick stopped and looked back. Bif was bent and panting, tired from running. Nick grabbed him by the head and threw him on the ground. He then stepped on his face like he did to Tad earlier.

-  Look, that new kid just beat up Bif! - said an extremely skinny and small Nerd.
-  You have a problem? - asked Nick. He was panting too, but he was a good athlete. - What about it, Nerd?
-  Nothing, I...just...

Nick grabbed him by the collar with both hands and lifted him in the air. Nick hadn't had much of raw strength, but Donald was so underweight he managed to lift his feet off the ground.

-  I'm...Donald...Donald Anderson - said the Nerd, giving his hand to Nick.
-  Great. I'm Nick.

Nick dropped him and they shook hands. However, Nick squeezed him and pulled him to a nearby trash bin. He then lifted him on the shoulder and put him in the bin, with his head down. Some Bullies arrived and started kicking the bin, laughing. They didn't touch him, probably saw that he's not so weak.

Nick went to the first class, English. The teacher was Mr Galloway, who looked drunk and had a thick tongue. After the class, Nick went to the bathroom and spotted Algie, the first Nerd he met. It's time to play with him again, Nick thought.

He pulled a chocolate bar out of his pocket, and asked Algie:

-  Hey Algernon! Want a chocolate?

Algie turned around, but Nick squashed his chocolate on Algie's uniform. Then he repeated that on Algie's face and glasses.

-  I'm sorry, my bad! - said Nick, chuckling. - Let me clean you.

Nick pulled out a paper cup out of other pocket, and filled it with water. He then spilled everything on Algie's "critical place".

-  Oops - said Nick. - Pissed yourself again? C'mon, come here, I'll clean you.

He pulled him to the bathroom stall and forced his head in the toilet. After giving him a swirlie, he spotted that Algie didn't flush the toilet after doing his business! That was even better, thought Nick, and left, leaving Algie embarrassed.

[Repo Man]

Melvin and Fatty cleaned and washed Algie's face with water, and Melvin cleaned his glasses.

-  That new kid, he's so mean! - said Algie in his whiny voice. - I'm gonna tell mommy about this!
-  Don't be stupid, my fellow knight - replied Melvin. - Do you truly believe that that dragon cares about your saintly mother? A dragon has to be killed with a sword! So, my fellow fighters, I suggest we attack him and kill him!
-  With a sword? - asked Fatty, confused.
-  With stink bombs! - Melvin replied. - We'll show him that Nerds aren't to be messed with!
-  Umm...I don't know if that's a good idea, Melvin - said Algie. - I saw him with the Greasers, he made friends with them. Attacking him would make the Greasers attack us!
-  Are you gonna sit there and piss yourself all the time, Algie? - asked Melvin, with unusual way of speaking.
-  No...
-  So we'll attack him and prove we'll strong! Fatty, why don't you make some stink bombs?
-  Aye, aye, cap'n! But what about Earnest? Will he be happy to know?
-  Of course! I'll tell him, he hates bullies as much as we do.

Fatty made the stink bombs in the Observatory, and met Melvin at the Library.

-  Alright, I see him, he's coming this way! - said Melvin. When he passes by, throw this at him!
-  Ok, Melvin - said Fatty and prepared.

Nick went past the Library, and looked at Melvin and Fatty, who tossed their bomb. Thanks to his reflexes, Nick dodged it, but another bomb hit the floor near him and he was soon in a green smoke. Odor was terrible and was killing his nose, but Nick managed to run out of the smoke. He ran towards the Library. Melvin was already inside, but Fatty, the fatter one, was caught by Nick.

-  You stupid little ass Nerd! - Nick said and hit Fatty's face on a stone wall, breaking his nose and glasses. - You're lucky I have Gym class now so I can shower. Otherwise, I'd kill you.

Nick then left, going towards the gym.

[Repo Man]

After the Gym class, Nick went into the Dorm and saw Algie exit one of the room and go into other one. He put his ear on the room Algie entered. There were Nerds inside and were playing Grottos and Gremlins. There was time for Nick to do what he planned. He decided to continue terrorizing Algie, but now not physically, but to embarrass and humiliate him in front of the whole school. To put the whole of his diary, letters from his mom and things like that on the bulletin board! That's the prank of the millennium, he thought. He sneaked in the room and quickly opened every drawer there was, looked under the bed, under the pillow...and finally found some papers. There wasn't a diary. He then trashed the room, and wrote a huge graffiti "Pee-Stain!" on the wall. Then he ran to his room and read the papers. One was a letter from his mother, one was letter to his mother he obviously forgot to send, and the third paper was his chemistry homework. Nick simply tore the paper and threw it in the trashcan. He then read the letter from his mom.

Dear Algernon,

I'm alright dear, you don't have to worry. Don't cry about your bedtime stories! I'll read them to you when summer starts again. In the meantime, why don't you ask a teacher to read you your Little Red Riding Hood. Isn't that your favorite?
                                                                                                   Love, Mum.

Nick laughed when he read, and soon started reading the letter to his mom.

My Dear Mother,

The teachers don't want to read me my bedtime stories!! It's unfair, they say that Little Red Riding Hood is for younger kids, not a 16-year-old boy!! They're calling me Pee-Stain in the school, and always bully me. I can't stand it! When I asked one teacher to read me my fairytales he slapped me four times. I think I shouldn't ask a Gym teacher.!!!
                                                                                                    I Miss You. Algernon

Nick laughed again, and then invited a couple of Greasers to read.

-  Why don't you put this on the bulletin board? - asked Lefty.
-  I was thinking about it too. Best fucking prank ever!

He decided to post that tomorrow.

[BloodChuckZ]

Nick wandered into the common area of the Boy’s Dorm.  There was a TV, a couch, a game table, a drink machine, and an old console video game.  Nick checked his pockets and went to the drink machine to get some Beam Cola.  As he took his first sip, a voice spoke behind him……

“Hey, wanna play shirts and skins ?”

Nick swung around.  It was that bully named Trent, and he had assumed a fighting stance.

“I’m the shirt, and you’ll be skinned !!”

Trent was close.  Nick quickly shoved him back.  “Get OFF !!”

Trent made a move to punch Nick, but Nick easily ducked that and sunk a fist right in Trent’s guts.  Trent doubled over, and Nick pushed Trent back again.  As Trent began to raise up, Nick drew back his other hand, with the nearly-full Beam Cola can still in his grasp, and let fly right at Trent’s head.  The can smacked him right between the eyes, and Trent went down backwards on the floor, knocked out.

Shit, what a waste of a good cola, Nick thought.  He turned back to the machine to get another cola.
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[Repo Man]

He cracked the cola open and just as he wanted to drink it, a hand pushed it and Nick spilled everything over his clothes. Nick dropped the cola, and met face to face with Bully Davis.

-  Like that, new kid? - he said. - You maybe beat Trent, but you ain't gonna beat me!
-  I saw you chasing a Nerd near the fountain. You're a great runner. Maybe you should use that and escape before I catch you?

Davis, however, assumed a fighting stance.

-  You obviously suffer from hearing problems. As I said, you won't...

A swift punch to the stomach stopped him. Nick easily broke through him with his left and weaker fist and hit him in the abdomen. He then pushed him away, and put his right foot on Trent's face. It was his favorite humiliation move, stepping on someone's face shows that you're superior to him. Trent woke up, but was pretty groggy.

-  Will you let me stand on your friend's face? C'mon, tough guy!

Davis again attacked, but he ran into Nick's mai-geri kick, and fell backwards. Not wanting to fight anymore, Davis started to run towards the door, and Nick went after him.

-  Ya little weasel! You're gonna pay for spilling that cola on my jacket! - he shouted.
-  Screw you, new kid! - Davis shouted too, now brave, because he was faster. - You will never catch me.

He ran to the parking lot where he met three of his fellow Bullies, Wade, Troy and Tom. Nick stopped and panted. Davis climbed on the old school bus and sat on it. Three Bullies circled Nick and assumed their fighting stances. Nick did that too, however he wasn't sure if he could defeat three opponents at once.

[Repo Man]

He grabbed Troy, pushed him and defeated him, but as he turned to the other two Bullies, Tom threw a very quick punch that hit Nick in the face and threw him on the ground. His nose was broken, and Davis, Wade and Tom began to kick him. He tried to stand up, but Bullies weren't as weak as he thought. Suddenly, Tom screamed and fell on the ground. Nick looked up and saw the face of Greaser Ricky Pucino, who hit Tom with a lead pipe in the leg. He then smacked Davis with the pipe in the head, knocking him unconscious. Wade tried to escape, but Ricky managed to break his left ankle, and he fell. Ricky then knocked him out, and came back to Nick.

-  Alright? My name's Ricky - said Ricky. - You're Nick, right?
-  Yeah... - Nick touched his nose.
-  Your nose's broken. You should visit a nurse.
-  Not necessary - said Nick, and straightened his nose. It was painful, but it was a minor injury. - It's nothing big.
-  Whatever you say. What the hell happened here?
-  Well, I beat up one guy in the dorm, then chased another one to here, where I was jumped by three of them. You know the rest.
-  I guess I do. Hey listen, now when I saved you, we ordered a few pizzas and got some beer in the Autoshop. Wanna come?
-  Sure...I guess.

It was almost six o'clock and it was almost dark so there were barrels put on fire everywhere. Ricky and Nick entered the Autoshop. All Greasers were there, and the few pizzas were at least 20 of them, on a big table. Greasers were drinking beer more than eating the pizza, but Hal Esposito, the only fat Greaser, was eating them like a machine.

-  Hey Nick! - said Peanut. He was holding two cans of beer, and threw one to Nick. - We have a little party here, but you're welcome. Here's a beer.

-  Hey Peanut - Nick cracked open the drink and took a big sip. - Who's the lady?

He pointed to Lola Lombardi, sexy brown-haired girl, only girl in the Greaser clique.

-  Oh, that's Lola - Peanut said. - She's the girl of our leader Johnny Vincent.
-  Johnny who? I thought you were the leader?
-  Johnny is in that fuckin' Asylum. Should return in a week or two, though. I'm acting boss, Johnny is de facto.
-  So will I get to meet Johnny?
-  You will, don't worry. But I gotta warn you, Johnny is kinda...fist happy, you know what I mean? Piss him, and he'll grind you.

Nick was in the Autoshop until midnight, when he started to feel tired. Whole of the Greaser clique was drunk, and some where even asleep. All beers cans were empty and pizzas were eaten. Nick did eat one whole box of pizza, but he didn't drink much so he was sober. Lola, Johnny's girlfriend, was sober too.

-  Hey, new kid - she said. - I'm Lola.
-  I'm Nick. I better leave now, it's midnight.
-  Don't worry, curfew doesn't exist anymore in the school. You can stay outside for how much you want...but it's dark and I'm afraid to go to the Girls' dorm myself. Will you walk me there, Nicky?

Now, Nick was completely aware that Lola was putting moves on him, but he decided not to react. Being with Johnny Vincent's girl will probably not be taken friendly by the Greasers and that's what Nick wanted the least. However he decided to still walk Lola to the Girls' dorm, because she was really hot. During the way to the dorm she was constantly flirting with him, and when they arrived she leaned her face to his.

-  I think I...like you, Nick...

They French kissed, but Nick pushed her off gently.

-  Listen, we shouldn't be doing this. I don't wanna piss the Greasers, Lola. Bye.

He left Lola and made his way to the Boys dorm.