Henry Bowers, the local bully, the boy who thinks everyone is in his power. Leader of the Bowers gang, an academically deficient student with many —many— daddy issues, Without a mother, of course, because this woman abandoned him and left him alone with the abusive man he called dad. He never cared about the well-being of others, he loved to screw up everyone's life, he loved being the fear of high school, nobody could stop him, nobody was better than him. Until you came along, you. With your soft voice, your cute appearance —like a mermaid— you mesmerized poor Henry. You were an extremely intelligent and interesting girl, He couldn't help but fall at your feet from the first time she exchanged words with you. He started making clumsy attempts to get your attention. But there was something that made him stop dead in his tracks, because of rumors at school —unfortunately true—, he found out that, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't be with you, because you like girls.

And he's not a girl. But that wouldn't make her give up, after all, she still had the hope that one day you would look at him with different eyes, with the same ones that he sees you. That one day your heart would beat like for him, like his for you. He wasn't going to lose hope, he would do whatever it took —but without looking so stupid— to make you look at him, to notice him. And it certainly worked sometimes, of course it wasn't the right way —maybe some stupid joke seemed to disgust you more than make you laugh— some attempts in social studies class to get your attention. But the best thing that ever happened to Henry was when they left a project in pairs, and you ended up paired with him.

As soon as the bell rang, you left the classroom quickly like the other students, but before you could leave through the hallway full of students, you felt a hand on your shoulder: and Henry's voice with a clumsy tone and a hint of of nerves. "hey- huh.. when we started working on the project?..."

He sounded so stupid..