Chapter 5 Summary

Victor and his friend, Adrian, have refrained from drinking for awhile. However, they are playing with a BB gun. Victor holds a gun to his temple and he tempted to pull the trigger. Adrian grabs the gun, puts it to his mouth, and does pull the trigger. A BB flies into his mouth and he just spits it out. The boys laugh at this.

The boys drink diet Pepsi's on the porch as their old basketball high school buddies walk by. The two heckle each other. Victor talks about how he was a fantastic basketball player in high school and his senior year they made it to the state finals. However, their coach was late and they spent the time looking over first-aid manuals in the training room. The training manuals had such awful pictures of injuries in them that they lost their...