#darry blurb

-Got pretty good grades, always was good at science and shop/woodworking

-Started to be real popular and well known his junior year

-This was when he really started to be a shinning football player and had a really good season

-With this came a lot more attention from girls, which he enjoyed but he never really cared for any of them too much

-he went on dates and what not (was a big fan of double dates tbh) but just never really had a thing for one girl

-honestly he took gym class a little too far

-like he knew the limit but sometimes he just got so caught up in the game that he forgot it even existed

-always in the gym after school and between practice

-Twobit was a freshman his junior year when he started to get real popular

-Let the new found popularity and soc acceptance get to his head a little and never said hi to Twobit in the hallway and tried to avoid him

-At this point he wasn’t hanging out with the gang as much

-partially because of the age gaps

-partially because of sports practice

-and partially because he was spending more time with the soc-y crowd

-A lot of this changed near the end of his junior year when he stood up for Twobit after he “accidentally” caused a bit of a scuffle in the hallway

-Started to accept his lower class roots a little more after that and no longer alienated Twobit, or his younger brothers as much

-Senior year he took a home economics course

-after growing up and helping his mom in the kitchen, he wanted to learn more about cooking

-was the only boy in the entire class

-which he didn’t mind too much

-learned a lot more about cooking, and more about house making

-it was a bit of a drag but he learned a lot

-this was the year he took his football team to state semi-finales

-they lost by a touch down

-Always took a girl to every dance, usually liked to stick with one for a month or two and then, after she got mad that he wont commit, move on to someone else, but he rarely went stag

-loved to dance so usually danced with his date as well as her friends

-which caused a little bit of inner clique jealousy but he was none the wiser

-he was just there for a good time

-Always did his homework on Sunday afternoons

-he was too busy hanging out and partying fridays and saturdays

-or working part time at a nearby hardware store to save up for college

-whether it was with the gang or with kids from school

-his weekends were pretty social

-winning boy of the year was a total shock to him

-wasn’t too surprised when he was nominated

-but super shocked that he got the most votes

-his senior year he was working super hard on both academics and athletics

-he needed to secure a scholarship or two for college

-fell a bit short on scholarships and didn’t quite save up enough from the hardware store

-was absolutely crushed when he accepted that he wouldn’t be going to college

-it was so hard for him to hear about his friends talking about these universities they were going too and what they were going to major in

-this was his one chance to build a better life for himself

-and then give back to his family

-and it was now gone

-graduation day was bittersweet for him

-after that he lost contact with a lot of the friends he made in high school

-some of them right away, and others started to drop off as time passed

-this brought him closer to his family and the gang though

-so he appreciates that, mainly in retrospect though