g for the edge, “we [are] 3 steps over the line and anything can happen.” (115) They never get a chance to go over the edge; a pair of headlights interrupts them. They bolt, running for the car realizing the keys are lost; they make their way to the woods. They scatter; they are not bad anymore they are scared. Being a truly bad character has its ramifications and the three are about to find out what the ramifications are.The narrator flees into the murky water running through weeds and muck. Just when he thinks it could not get any worse, he stumbles upon the lifeless body of a dead man. It was then, standing next to a dead body the narrator starts to realize he and his friends are not as bad as they think, he is just a scared little boy. “[I’m] 19, a mere child, an infant and here in the space of five minutes I’d struck down one greasy character,” (116) not to mention the attempted rape of his girlfriend, “and blundered in to the water logged carcass of another. (116)The narrator is alone. He has no idea where his other two bad friends went. He is alone in the dark; his only companion is the dead biker. He knows he is in trouble; the car, which interrupted the rape, is still there, which means the occupants of the car are looking for him and his two bad friends. He also knows no matter what, if they catch him, they are going to beat him up. Suddenly, he hears the sound of metal against metal; the bad greasy character is smashing his mom’s car with the tire iron, the weapon of choice for all bad characters. He feels joy and vindication; he is not a murder, “the son of a bitch [is] alive”. (116) First, the headlight then the bumper then he hears the windshield break. The two bad characters that drove up in the Trans Am, are picking up rocks, muck, garbage, and pop-tops, used condoms and throwing it all through the broken windshield. It becomes increasingly apparent these...
