Dusty stood there stunned, and confused. It was almost time for school so he thought that he would ask one of michaels friends if they knew what happened. Dusty put the comic in his backpack, got on his bike and rode as fast as he could to the school. After Dusty parked his bike he was walking to the door of the school and made sure that his money was hidden deep in his backpack. Jay the school bully was walking out of the restroom and trotting over to dusty then stopped right in front of him so he couldn't go anywhere. "Pay up" Jay spoke in a tough way, "if your mean me give you the money that my mom gave me then No I'm not going too" Dusty said trying not to sound scared. "Give me your money or the only thing you'll be having other than your lunch is a knuckle sandwich" Jay said. But as luck would have it the bell rang and as Jay turned his head to see the hallway empty Dusty took off and ran to his classroom before Jay could punch him. When school was over and the last bell rang Dusty ran out of school, hopped on his bike, and rode home, But Dusty decided not to go by the book store before he went home because he needed to go to the dog park to see Lacey which was one of Michael's really good friends. Dusty rode to the park because Lacey had just gotten a puppy for her birthday. Dusty parked his bike, opened the gate, ran up to Lacey, took his backpack off and set it by the bench. Lacey spoke in a soft voice "Hi Dusty". Dusty sat down on a bench and slouched as he was talking "Hey Lacey, do you know if Michael came back from his trip?". Lacey looked at him very confused, "who is Michael?", Dusty sat upright "what do you mean you don't know Michael? He took you to the final fling last year" he said. "How come you don't remember? I didn't go to the final fling last year, it was my aunt's birthday and we went to see her for the weekend"she said. Dusty looked at the ground, stunned, not knowing what to do next he said goodbye, went outside the park, got on his bike and rode home. Dusty felt as if he forgot some at the park, just then he remembered he left his backpack. So he turned around, got off his bike and in a rush grabbed his backpack then rode home. He didn't notice that his comic fell out of his backpack because a boy picked it up and took home with him...