Sequel: Soria Girl
Status: Regular updates every Sunday and Wednesday.

Renny Boy

Okay. So I know seventh grade doesn’t seem like a huge deal in the scheme of things, but just thinking about it gave me the willies. Being twelve, on the cusp of being a teenager, is like standing on the edge of a cliff – and at the bottom of the valley is an ocean of responsibility, puberty, and making your own phone calls.

Even my parents knew I didn’t have any friends growing up, and that’s pretty bad, even if they raised me on a soundtrack and influenced me to pick up singing at an early age.

I never thought I would be ready for that kind of “growing up” crap, honestly. Not when I was just some skinny white boy who didn’t do anything well except sing.

I had hoped for mediocrity and expected the worst on that first day of junior high, but I got way more than I bargained for. In the corniest possible way, I found my voice that year, and I ended up meeting a few people who changed my life forever.

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Playlist!

The banner for this story is based upon the album artwork for "Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen. I don't own the original artwork.
  1. I Was Born
    Joan of Arc - I Was Born
  2. The Story with No Ending
    Passion Pit - Live to Tell the Tale
  3. I Feel Strange
    Jimmie's Chicken Shack - Strange (hooray for long-butt chapters!)
  4. A Refreshing New Start Right Now
    Larger than Life - Refreshment
  5. Breaking Down, I'm Breaking Out
    Nothington - Bottom Line
  6. Bolder Than Buzzing Bugs
    Cap'n Jazz - Oh Messy Life
  7. Common Sense
    RenAndSoria - Common Sense
  8. To Make the World Go 'Round
    No Doubt - World Go 'Round
  9. You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks
    Funkadelic - You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks
  10. ...Just What We Need
    Latterman - He's a Good Sposato (I Love Ya Blue-Blue)
  11. Headacher
    Fireside - Headacher
  12. Red at Night
    The Gaslight Anthem - Red at Night
  13. You Get Up, You Get Down
    Three Dog Night - Sure as I'm Sittin' Here
  14. A Walk Through Hell
    Say Anything - A Walk Through Hell
  15. December Embers Trickle Up
    Cap'n Jazz - Precious (long chapter is looong!)
  16. This Time of Year
    The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - This Time of Year
  17. Trusty Chords
    Hot Water Music - Trusty Chords
  18. Good Ol' Fashioned Nightmare
    Matt and Kim - Good Ol' Fashioned Nightmare
  19. It Makes You Wanna Shout it
    Bordertown - Skate Star (Five thousand word chapter. Woo hoo!)
  20. If I Fall Down
    Ex Number Five - Index of Values
  21. Circus of the Stars
    Braid - Circus of the Stars
  22. Goodbye Old Life
    Echo Screen - Run Home Jack
  23. Anonymous
    ...take a wild guess.
  24. Epilogue: Famous...?
    Author's note!