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Marvin "I know, one of the downsides of being in the drama club, why I dropped it last year."
Noah "You were in the drama club?"
Marvin "Yeah, well not really in it, I was signing up and… hell it doesn't matter does it? Don't let Hector get to you Noah, he isn't worth it!"
Noah turned away from watching Dakota and the girl to look at Marvin. For a brief instant he was sure that he saw the hurt in his eyes, hurt that he had caused but then as he looked a bit closer, he realized that it wasn't just from his stupid words, but was something that went a lot deeper. For the first time he took a long look at Marvin, seeing the way his hair was askew, a sort of rumpled look to it. In many ways it seemed to suit his face, a rather thin pale one and yet, if you looked at him long enough you could see a sort of, well shine underneath. It was almost as if there was something hidden under the skin, just waiting for the right time to come out and yet as he looked in the boys eyes, all he could see was a whole lot of pain and shame even.
Noah "I don't, well for the most part I don't, he ride you a lot?"
Marvin "Hector? Yeah some, he's a jerk but fairly harmless, it's the others, the one's who you never really see, they are the one's who are the worst!"
Noah "The others? What others?"
Marvin had a strange far away look in his face, and for a brief moment or two Noah was sure he saw terror and hatred inside of Marvin's face. Weird really, to see someone that had been the butt of most jokes about gays look the way he did, the anger that was inside seemed too dark, so complete that it scared him as he saw it, and he wondered just what was it that had Marvin feeling that way.
Marvin "The one's who spur the Hector's on, guy's like Rusty for instance."
Noah "Oh come on, Rusty? No way man, he's too cool for that, I mean, shit, he even helped me clean up my locker after Hector, well after it got written on."
Marvin "Yeah I noticed, and that's why he's more dangerous, he's the type who gives the Hector's the ideas, then he sits back and acts like the great guy that everyone can look up to. No Noah, don't be fooled by the likes of him, he's more of a threat than Hector ever could be, least Hector, he's out in the open with his hatred… Look, I should get going, uh, thanks anyways, but this isn't a place I want to be at, just, well, just don't let it get to you, okay? I mean, well, you are one of the nice guys, see you."
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