If they knew (Beginning of the end #1)

The way that she looked at me let me know that it would never actually be all right. The way that she touched me...showed me it could never be anything less than this. I was hopelessly in love with her...and it was a love that never should have been.

Picking himself off of the cold marble floor he was sore and bruised. They really got him good this time. Rick tried to laugh as he stood there alone. The dumb pricks could not resist beating the tar out of him every chance they got. This is what happens when you are the know-it-all...this is what happens when you apply yourself.