School was 8 hours long. It gave 700 exp. per day, 5 days per week. If you wanted to grind Intelligence, this was the place to be. Hanging with The Bros was nice. When they offered to hang out at the park, Quinn declined. I said that I would go with them. I was curious what they were about, and maybe get some interesting quests out of them. We went back to the park and decided to hang out. We talked about all sorts of stuff. I thanked them in person for warning me about the gym. "You were totally right about the gym the police officer told me about. Thank you so much." I said. They were surprised that I went there and asked me about it. I told them about the police asking questions and that I thought a drug deal took place. I did make sure to leave out that I was the drug mule. I did not want that to get out. Bryce asked "Did you go to the recreation center at all? That's the better place to work out." I nodded. "Yeah. I met a guy there and we got to spot each other on the machines." They all shared a knowing look. "Light pink hair. Tan. Blue tank top with white stripes?" Brock asked. I nodded.
They described Aiden perfectly. "Yeah. That's Aiden. He's nice, but he focuses on working out too much. He never wants to just hang out." Brett said with a sigh. He did seem he was not a delinquent. Aiden was a gym bro. That was fine. All of them seemed like great guys so far. Now that we were in the park again, I could take in the sights more. We were going to areas I did not get a chance to see the first time. There were ponds and fountains. There were even playgrounds for kids and teenagers. I thought that it really was a park worthy of all the property tax. The Bros were just walking around and gaining compliments from people. It seemed to be a boost to their ego. All of them smiled and strutted around. There was a group of teens from Exalted Gardener Academy. When they met, they all got mutually aggressive towards each other. I rolled my eyes as the six of the elite people walked up to us and began glaring us down. This was a public park. We had every right to be here, but classism was real. Nobody wanted to see homeless people. Same thing with low class people by the rich.
When they all got together, it looked like they were going to come to blows. They were already insulting each other. After a few had been thrown across the factions, one of the rich guys pushed Brett in the chest. Brett pushed back immediately. Brock and Bryce got rowdy too. I did not see who threw the first punch, but it was not on the side of The Bros. They were now all brawling on a grassy field. The Bros were outnumbered 2 to 1. I decided to help them out here. We would still be outnumbered, but they were my new friends. After getting out of the school building, we got the exp. as we got on the street. It put me over the threshold for Level 2. I was probably still not prepared for a fight, but I would do my best. I have gone into boss fights under leveled before to just test myself. I would sometimes win them too. I got behind one of them and threw a punch. I was now officially in the combat. I was punching and kicking, but it was not doing as much damage as they were doing to me. The Bros were pretty strong on their own. By distracting some, they were able to beat all of their opponents.
