Now Race felt like an idiot. Why did he punch a mirror? Coming back to reality, Race stood up and grabbed the bandages and tweezers. He pulled each tiny shard of glass out of his hand and winced every time. Each shard of glass felt like a dagger being removed from his hand. After a few minutes, all of the glass was in the trash can and his hand had a cloth wrap on his right hand.

     He sat on his bed with his head in his hands just remembering how he yelled at Elizabeth and how her eyes were filled with terror afterwards. He did truly care about her, he has never felt that way about a girl before. He always thought that they were simple, quiet, and only 2D. Even with Kathrine, he has never felt that a girl could change him for good. He was jealous of Jack and Kathrine's relationship, but he never thought that the lovey - dovey life was for him. He never wanted to be reliant on someone. After all, he's been self sufficient all his life for about twelve years. Four years of having a family was the only exception, and they're all gone. He got lost in thought for hours until Crutchie walked into the room.

    "Hey Race!"Crutchie said smiling

    "Hey Crutchie." Race said as he looked up at him

    "You ok?" Crutchie asked concerned

    "Yeah, Yeah I'm fine." Race said smiling

    "What happened to your hand?"

    "Uhhhh.... punched a mirror."

    "Stressful day huh?"

    "Yeah."

    "Hey some of the boys are headed over to Jacobi's wanna tag along."

     "Did they leave already?"

     "No. Theys out side." Before Crutchie could finish his sentence, Race stood up and ran out of the room then sprinted down the stair case. As he slammed open the door, Specs, Mush, Woodstacher, and Elmer looked up at him. "Don't go to Jacobi's."

    "Why?" Elmer asked

    "Reasons." was all Racetrack could say.

   "What "Reasons" Racetrack" Specs asked angrily. "If you don't tell us then were gonna go any way.

    "Well I'm not going to tell you." Race said trying to sound strong

    "Alright fine. Let's go boys." Specs announced. They only made it a few feet from Racetrack when he shouted, "Fine! Fine! I'll tell you!" The boys turned around and began to walk back towards Racetrack. He motioned for the boys to walk inside with him where he would explain everything. They all walked up to Race's room and sat on the beds while Race told the boys the story beginning at the boxing match to only a few minutes ago.

    "And that's it." Race said as he finished the story.

    "Ok so to break it down, you met a girl who is being abused by Snyder's son and the people we fought were part of his gang?" Specs asked

     "Yes. And they seem to have set up headquarters at Jacobi's Deli." Race replied

    "Great." Elmer said "So now we are a part of some gang's hit list."

    "Yep. Just be careful on your paper routes ok?" Race track asked. All the boys shook their head and sat there

    "So...who wants to play poker?" Mush asked trying to lighten the mood. All the boys nodded and sat down at the circle table and played cards all afternoon.