He feels his RAGE and AGONY boiling inside him.

He attempts to control it.

James follows him through the hallways, toward the exit, and out of the school. He stands there behind the door, frozen, and watches as his younger self is getting his ass beat by the bigger kid.

I swore that I’d get back at him.

James clenches his fist. He wants to…to…

…he’s walking toward the bigger kid, ready to kick his ass like he wanted to and should have years ago.

His PRIDE wants to…to…

…wipe the smirk off the kid’s face…

…but his REASON doesn’t want any part of it.

So James just stands there, caught between his emotions, as he watches the bigger kid finish and walk away from a beaten-down young James.

PASSION whispers in James’s ear:

“Let it all go.”