He would remain their friends, and would never deny them a place at the lunch table or any other event he was participating in, but he worried what would happen if they got involved in the school wide conspiracy to make Courtney drop out of school. The wrestler stood up from bed. His legs were sore from the five miles he ran around the school track before darkness fell. What started out as a light jog to clear his head turned into a heart pounding, muscle jarring run as he fueled himself with the frustration of current events. He was use to psyching himself up before wrestling matches, getting extra energy and strength by feeding off the negatives that were in his world. He never before did it for a workout and was now paying the price as he tried to stretch out in his jockey shorts. He didn't get worked up solely on the fact that Shannon and Stephanie abandoned somebody in need, but that was what started his mind down the path of being worked into a frenzy. It was also the other students going along with the plot against Courtney.
