Summary

Chapter 36 takes place on Abby's birthday. John has made a "Happy Birthday, Abby" sign for her and tried his best to recreate Scooter's catfish cakes (essentially just brownies), but this upsets Abby. Earlier that day Mike brings his Jetwater Uzi water gun to school because he intends to soak Penn with it. John tells him that he is going to be suspended, which annoys Mike. Mike observes that John is acting different and that he is a "dud" but backs off and takes it back when John grabs his shirt. Later John walks past Mike spraying Penn with the water gun while Penn does not fight back. John realizes that something has changed with him and that perhaps he is no longer the Crash Man he thought he was. At the end of the night John finds a note from Abby apologizing for...