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Iapetus and Nereus (part 2)3/18/2023 Another memory was in high (secondary) school, Iapetus and Nereus, were a year or so behind me. I remember one time being bullied by Brutus (m) and I was not in a good headspace. I think it was around 10th grade for me. Anyways I was walking down the hall when someone grabbed my shoulder. I turned around and punched the person in the stomach. It wasn't a hard punch, fortunately, since it was Iapetus who had grabbed my shoulder. He wasn't mad, I think because it didn't hurt him and he could tell he had startled me. I think it might have been the only time I hit someone, out of anger, in my life, and of course, my luck, it turned out to be my best friend. I think though, had it been someone else, like a bully of mine, it would have been a much different outcome.
One time Iapetus' mother took me, Iapetus and Elpis (f) to Sulphur Springs. On the way home we played movie trivia. I gave clues for a movie starring Michael J. Fox that had been popular around that time, "Bright Lights Big City". Iapetus called out "Big Lights Bright City" and I had to say he was close, but I think Elpis ended up saying it correctly. We all had a good laugh about it that, yes, big lights would create a bright city. Iapetus' mom used to feed me (us) when I went over for a visit. He and I would sit at the island in the kitchen to eat. We would play outside in the yard, a lot, or in his room. They had a rec room, in the basement, I think his allergies bothered him a lot down there, but we still played on his computer (when the weather was bad or we had already played outside for a sufficient length of time). At Nereus' house we would play outside, or, even better, up in the attic. He lived on Second Avenue in an older brick home with a full storey attic. It was partially finished with a ceiling over ten feet and a small window that opened out into the branches of a mature maple tree in the front yard above the street. Nereus lived next door to Daphnis (m), my friend who drowned in the river. In fact we were all having a snowball fight in their front yard, Nereus had a small fort built in his around the maple tree, just a day or two before the accident that claimed Daphnis' life. I still remember that was the last time I had seen Daphnis alive. One time, during a New Years Eve party, we were throwing pretzels out the window and one caught a small branch of the tree. I'm not certain how long it hung there, it was winter so maybe a day or two. The New Years Eve parties, playing Dungeons & Dragons, and hanging out with my two best friends is probably some of the happiest memories of my teen years.
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