We're better off alone than lying to ourselves (FM April)
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.- George Washington

I guess the kids I went to high school with paid a lot more attention in history class than I ever. Not exactly surprising when you consider the fact that I'm a high school dropout and they probably all graduated and went on to college or whatever it is that normal people do.

Old Georgie had one thing right. It's way better to be on your own than it is to hang out with a bunch of assholes. I've done both and no matter how lonely I ever got? I never missed the bad people in my life. Kinda the way that my classmates probably never missed me when I left school. I never really got along much with them and usually I was only getting into trouble all of the time. I saw the inside of the Principal's office more than any other kid at Southie High. Usually I was fighting or something but it wasn't like I was gonna let anyone push me or Gracie or Tommy around.

When it all comes right down to it, back then I wasn't trying to strike out all on my own. Somehow my classmates just knew that I was the one who was bad news and it was better to stay away from me. Those were the smart ones, the dumb ones were always trying to kick my ass.

When I became a slayer I used to have these stupid daydreams. Like I'd run into one of them getting attacked by a vamp and afterwards they'd cry and tell me they were wrong about me and that I really was a good person. I don't think much about that stuff anymore but I'm not exactly seventeen anymore either.

Besides, in some ways they were kind of right. I did end up in prison. Wonder if I'll be invited to the reunion.