I was in high school in a class with at least 30-something students. I was called up to the front (board) to present some kind of list. It wasn’t until I was done that I realized my pants had fallen down almost to my knees. There may’ve been some laughs, but I didn’t care. I was somewhat of a class clown anyway; often making jokes and goofing around; so I just pulled them back up.

I had to pass thru other students sitting at their desks on my way back to mine. That’s when a boy; his name might’ve been Andre or Bobby; yelled something to me about making a bet. I turned around and told that “fool” he was broke; I even made a zero sign with my hand to indicate the amount of money in his bank account; which prompted laughs even from him.

Once I reached my seat, I saw a desktop full of toy cars at the seat to the right just in front of me. There were three or four guys there not so much playing with but more admiring them, so I leaned over to join them. The toys, which consisted of both cars and trucks, were bigger than typical 1:64-scale Hot Wheels or Matchboxes. They were probably scaled at 1:43 or 1:24.

“If you can have any of these in real life,” I asked, “which one would you choose?” One guy chose the biggest one on the desk; a red pickup truck. He said the make/model, but I forgot what it was. “That bitch sweet,” I said in response, but I knew my pick had to be all black. It wasn’t until I awoke that I considered adding the option that we could change the color.

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