The summer before I started junior high, all the seventh graders coming into the Access (gifted) program and their parents were invited to an informational meeting to learn about the program and meet each other and the teachers we would have in our core classes throughout junior high. I sat in front of a boy with long hair who bumped his desk into the back of my chair or something. I believe he apologized, but I didn't like what I saw when I looked back at him.

I got to know him better after school started. His name was Seth and he became one of my good friends during junior high.