18-year-old John Dumas wasn't what you would call a popular guy. He was harassed on a daily basis buy the jocks and popular guys in school. No girls looked his way, and if they did it was to laugh at him and insult him as well. One day John was walking in the parking lot after school and heard a sound at the far end of the lot.
John crept closer to the noise and was totally shocked at what he found. Dan Krups the most popular guy in school and his close knit band of goons had Lacy Webster cornered and were advancing on her like they were going to attack her. The terror on Lacy's face was frightening. She looked like she was about to fall to pieces she was trembling so hard. I looked around and found a 4X4 beam. I picked it up and smacked the closest goon on the head with it knocking him out cold without the others noticing. One by one I took out Dan's goons until it was just he, Lacy, and I. John walked up behind Dan and tapped him on the shoulder.
"Leave her alone!" John said. Dan whipped around and looked surprised to see his buddies laid out and to see John standing there.
"Make me you little maggot", Dan sneered.
John then took the beam and drove it into Dan's midsection. Dan doubled over and John hit him again with the beam across the back of the neck and shoulder area laying Dan out. He walked over to Lacy and asked her if she was okay, then bolted to his car and drove out of the parking lot before Dan and his goons came around.
The next day John walked into the school halls being cautious not to run into Dan and his thugs. John gets to his locker and opens it up. A note falls out into his hands. The note is from Lacy. He quickly opens the note and reads the message from Lacy asking him to meet her at her locker after school. He puts the note in his pocket, grabs the folder and book he needs for his first class and closes his locker and heads to class. After school is over John shuffles down the hall to meet Lacy at her locker. As he is heading toward her he sees she is dressed in her cheerleader uniform. John then walks up to Lacy, and she tells him thank you for helping her out of a bad situation the day before. She then goes on to explain how she has been dating Dan since 9th grade and had just broken up with him earlier that day, because he was always pressuring her to sleep with him. Then she asked John if he could accompany her to her cheerleading practice, because she still felt nervous that Dan would try and attack her again.
"Sure", Dan said. They then walked off down the hall that led to the back of school where the football stadium was.
After the practice was over Lacy came up to John and asked him if he would walk her to her car, because she was scared Dan would be waiting in the parking lot for her. He agreed and they walk toward her car in the parking lot. Lacy then asks John if he has a date for the prom.