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“Here let me show you how its done brother” Cole said to Oliver as he leaned over me and snatched the paint from his hands. Sitting down in his seat Cole started to tug and pull on the lid, you could see it start to come loose. Then as if it all happened in slow motion the lid made aloud pop as Coles hold on the paint can loosened and slipped out of his grip making a direct arc toward a large bulky guy with black hair in a school letter man jacket. Jack McCown, Oliver told me of him, he is the son of NFL quarterback Josh McCown and he had a very bad temper, Jack was to be avoided at all costs. Just before the paint was about to hit him you could hear the gasp that went through the room as he turned around and the paint splatter all over the front of his face, I was pretty sure the entire school held their breath as he slowly wiped the paint off his face and stood up. That’s when I got a good look at him, this guy is huge he could easily be 6'5”, I would need three hands just to wrap them around one of his biceps. Its was like he was a high school version of Dwayne Johnson, so when he...

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