Chapter song: Back to the Old House - The Smiths
It had now been five months since Julius' arrival at his new school, but not only that, it had been five months of growth for Julius as well. The reserved typical teenage boy, barely scraping by in the soul-sucking grind known as high school, the same boy who would get angry red patches on his skin at the thought of having to start over again in a new school had evolved from his self-deprecation and loathing, at least somewhat.
