For the first few years of high school, Parker Manning seemed to exist only to try to cause me misery. He was, as one would expect, a popular, handsome young lad with a shock of blonde hair and an athletic frame obtained through years of sport. I'd always been rather envious of him, considering I too had spent years of my childhood in various sporting activities, and yet I remained quite skinny, perhaps even scrawny, whilst he seemed to bulge in all the right places. He was taller than me too, and had a confidence that I could only dream of. The older we both got, the more impressive the young man became, until the year we'd both turned eighteen, and he was easily the hottest and most popular guy in school. Parker had a girlfriend too, and as you'd probably expect, she was the epitome of eye candy. At first glance, they resembled a high school version of Barbie and Ken, though I'd argue that they were less plastic and potentially even better looking. The bullying had never really
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