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"Well, uh... why did you guys want me anyway?"

"Just to hang," he replied.

"Oh," I replied with a hint of confusion. "Okay then."

He then waved for me to follow him, and led me to the group of guys. I greeted some of them with a quick tip of my chin, getting a greeting back of the same. It instantly became pretty hard for me to feel like I was fitting in. I knew none of these guys, none of them looked like me, all of them smoked and they all carried the same air of self-importance around with them.

I had no idea what Steve's idea of hanging was, but so far it was really dull. From behind his sunglasses, it seemed like he wasn't even looking at me. With such a level of disinterest, I couldn't figure why this guy would want me around. Something just seemed really off, and my buzzing head alerted me of that.

After a few moments of silence between us, Steve finally spoke again.

"So," he said while letting smoke vent out of his nose. "Heard you fucked up some guy at school. What was his na