One day, after Spanish class, I was walking down the hall with Barney to our next class, History if I remember right, when Jack Egbert stepped out in front, fists clinched, and wouldn't let Barney pass. I dropped my books and swung once with a hard left right across Egbert's square jaw and busted my knuckles. He never found his front teeth. Barney was shaking pretty bad, but he sniffed once and went on to class, and I was kicked out of school. Years later someone told me Barney didn't remember me, but I think he knows.