Before I continue with the story, a few more details.
First, more about Brad. Brad was the typical high school guy. He was reasonably athletic and played football. He was no stand out or all star but never the less had that fragile, jock ego about him. I wouldn’t say he was dumb, but the guy wasn’t [Will Hunting](https://media.giphy.com/media/3otOKtnGppPi5Q4hOw/giphy.gif) either.
I think it’s relevant so I’ll give you an example. One night a large group of friends were playing poker. With no obviously segue, Brad looks at me and says,” Have you ever read So Crates?” I said, “What?”, without flinching he said, “So Crates…?” I was at a loss for a beat but then understood, “Yeah, why do you ask?” He said, “Oh, I just wondered, it’s interesting stuff.” One of our other friends looks at me, “What the fuck are you guys talking about?”, “He’s talking about [Socrates](https://68.media.tumblr.com/4f38bdc5c634134f635599a36d1b8b39/tumblr_o2gvbrjYiy1qa32meo1_540.gif)” I replied.
I’ll continue from where I left off.
We were all together at someone’s house in a college town. It was just a smaller gathering but it kinda evolved into this instantaneous party. People were coming and going, watching a game on TV. A lot of drinking and smoking.. People I knew and a lot that I didn’t know, came and went.