TALK HARD! JD and Nora were having a quick smoke before school started when Nora could hear a conversation that Heather Duke was having that involved her. "Oh I hate Nora, she thinks she's better than everyone just cause she's dating JD." Heather Duke said to Heather Macnamara. "That bitch!" Nora yelled, then she walked over to Heather Duke and shoved her hard. Heather fell on the stairs. "What's your damage Nora?" Heather yelled standing up. "Oh don't play innocent with me I heard what you said." Nora yelled. "Hey I can't help it if you're a bitch." Heather laughed. Nora punched Heather hard in the eye. She would have beaten her up more but JD grabbed her. "Let it go, she's not worth it!" JD yelled. "She started it!" Nora yelled getting angrier by the second. "What are you five?" Heather Duke laughed. Nora yanked her arms out of JD's grasp and punched Heather in her nose, blood poured from it. That's when Ms. Emerson came out. "Arrest that bitch!" Heather Duke said holding her nose. "Heather shut up, you probably deserved it anyway; but Nora I am going to have to suspend you for two days. Ms. Emerson said. "That isn't fair; Heather Duke started the whole fucking thing!" JD yelled. "Jason keep that language up and you'll be suspended." Ms. Emerson said. JD put a cigarette in his mouth and lit it. "Like I give a shit." JD said then him and Nora got on JD's Harley and rode off to Nora's house. When he got there he walked Nora to her door. "Don't worry I'll do something about this." JD said. "What?" Nora asked. By that time though JD left. "Perfecto." Nora said sarcastically then she walked into her room and slept. Later that night at 10:00p.m. Nora was tuning her radio to hear some music while she painted. She stopped on some random channel and listened. "This is Hard Harry coming to you live and in the flesh." JD said. "What the hell?" Nora asked as she continued listening. "Does anyone understand the point of school?" "We're supposed to be paying attention; but we're all really thinking "Why am I in here listening to this shit when I could be out having a smoke. "JD said. "I don't believe he's doing this!" Nora yelled listening some more. "So call me, and tell me what you think...my number is 515-7240. JD said. Nora quickly dialed JD's number. He picked up the phone and answered it. "This is Hard Harry, care to voice your opinion on how pointless school is?" JD asked. "You having fun?" Nora asked. JD hung up. "Uh sorry folks, prank caller." "Um...I guess that's all for tonight, catch me every night at 10:00p.m." JD said then he shut off his radio set. Nora knocked on his door. "Hey let me in!" Nora yelled. "Shit, uh...one second!" JD said putting all his radio stuff away best he could. "JD this isn't funny, I know your there so let me in!" Nora yelled. "All right, I'm coming!" JD yelled then he ran to the door and opened it. "What's with the radio show?" Nora asked. "Radio show?" "What are you talking about?" JD asked. "Cut the crap Jason; I'm not stupid." Nora said. "I know that, but I still don't know what you're talking about." JD said. "JD come on!" "I know you're that DJ guy, don't worry though I won't rat on you or anything." Nora said. "Look I just wanted people to know how things really are." JD said looking at the floor. "Sweetie I'm up here." Nora said. "Sorry...it's just that I felt I had to do something, I...I guess it was a bad idea." JD said. "It's a good idea, we'll see if it worked tomorrow." Nora said. "But you're suspended, if you're caught on campus Ms. Creswood will expel you." JD said. Nora put a cigarette in her mouth and lit it. "Fuck her, like I give a shit what she'll do." Nora said angrily. "Well I'll tell you what happened later tomorrow." JD said. "Tomorrow then." Nora said then she left. The next day at school JD was sitting on the stairwell reading a book while all the other kids were eating lunch. This was when he heard Heather Duke's radio playing a tape of his show. JD then decided to skip the rest of the day and go tell Nora all about it. He rode over to her house on his Harley and climbed inside her window. "Hi." She said cheerfully. "You aren't going to believe this." JD said giving Nora an audiocassette tape. "This guy was selling a shitload of these, I bought one and he didn't have the slightest idea that I was "Hard Harry"...thank god for my harmonizer." JD laughed. Nora smiled at him and popped the tape in her radio. "You started something you know." Nora said. "Yeah but how long will it last?" JD asked. Later that night at exactly 10:00p.m JD started his radio show. About halfway into the show Heather Duke called. JD didn't know it was her though, she was crying and he didn't recognize her voice. "H-Harry?" Heather asked. "Yeah caller, what's up?" JD asked. "I'm going to kill myself." Heather said sadly. "Whoa, now look I'm sure your life's not that bad." JD said. "You don't know what it's like, I'm anorexic...my...my friends make fun of me, I just can't deal with it anymore!" Heather yelled crying. "Well...uh...um...you...um I mean how are you going to do it, do you have a gun?" JD asked. "No I'm going to use my finger stupid!" "Of course I have a gun." Heather yelled. "Well did you write a note, I mean when people find you they'll need to know why you did it." JD said. Suddenly Heather hung up the phone. "Caller?" "Hello?" "Perfecto, now I'm depressed, fortunately though I'm to depressed to care." JD said then he paused for a moment. "Well this is Hard Harry, and caller whoever you are... well don't kill yourself things can only get better." JD said. The next day JD rode to school on his Harley. Nora was waiting for him on the sidewalk. JD got off his bike and walked over to her. "Yeah?" He asked. "Teachers have been listening Jason, and that caller...well it was Heather Duke...she killed herself last night." Nora said sadly. "What?" She can't be dead...I... I never told her to pull the trigger or anything." JD said shocked. "Yeah, well you never said don't either." Nora said. "Shit!" "What am I supposed to do?" JD yelled. "Sweetie calm down, I'm sure if you explain it to the cops they'll listen." Nora said. "Yeah cause cops are real understanding...they'll probably twist it around so it sounds like I pulled the trigger!" JD yelled then he put a cigarette in his mouth and lit it. "Well you can't just ignore this and hope it'll go away, you got to talk to someone!" Nora yelled as JD got on his Harley. "How about this, you're completely nuts!" JD yelled then he rode off. "Yeah well you make me nuts!" Nora yelled then she walked to her house. That night at 10:00p.m JD started his show. "I didn't know she'd really go through with it...I..I thought she was bluffing." "Jesus I could've at least said "Everything will be better, just give life a chance." "But no, that's not at all what I said." "And to all you parents and teachers who blame me for it, well you can all fuck off!" JD said. "I mean why blame me when you don't even know what's going on." "You were young once, so why can't you at least listen to us?" "Really listen you know, not just talk out of your ass and say it's some phase or some stupid shit like that." JD said. "Suicide is wrong, but the funny thing about it is how uncomplicated it is." "Now I'm not suggesting we all go out and kill ourselves, that's not what I mean." "Think of it though, here you have all these problems running in your head and you happen to have a gun...pretty easy solution." "But remember, there's always tomorrow." "Now to all those parent's and teachers who are listening think of this: "Sometimes being young is less fun then being dead." JD said then he shut his radio system off. That's when Nora came in his window. "That was pretty deep." Nora said. "Yeah, look I'm sorry I called you nuts." JD said. "That's okay, look I know your just stressed and all." Nora said. "It's not Ok though Nora, I fucked everything up." JD said sadly. Nora hugged him. "The world's fucked up JD, not just you." Nora said. "Oh that's reassuring." JD said holding Nora's hand. "You know what I mean, the world needs you JD, we need someone to speak out and tell everyone what's really going on...ya know TALK HARD!" Nora yelled. "Talk hard?" "I like that, it sounds powerful." JD said. "Well this whole thing is powerful." Nora said then she left. The next day at school Nora and several other students were pulled into Ms. Creswood's office. "What's this about?" Nora asked. "Tell me who Hard Harry is and I might not expel you." Ms. Creswood said. "Fuck you!" Nora yelled. Yeah fuck you! All the other students in the office yelled. "Fine have it your way, you're all expelled, now get out of my sight!" Ms. Creswood yelled. Nora quickly ran out of the office and outside. This is where she ran smack into JD. "Where are you going in such a hurry?" JD asked. "Shut up and let me through!" Nora yelled tears streaming down her face. "Nora what happened?" "What's wrong?" JD asked. "I got expelled cause I wouldn't tell that bitch Creswood that you're Hard Harry." Nora yelled. "What?" "That's bullshit!" JD yelled. JD...Nora started to say. JD interrupted her though. "Don't worry I'll take care of it." JD said. "Jason you aren't listening...I..I don't give a shit that I'm expelled, I'm glad in fact." Nora said sadly. "Nora I can say something to get you back in." JD said. "No!" "Just leave it alone!" Nora yelled. Then she noticed some yellow trucks that said F.C.C on them. "Jason look!" Nora said pointing to one of the trucks. "That's fucking beautiful, I'll be arrested and my message isn't through!" JD yelled angrily. "Ever think of blowing up the school?" Nora asked JD. "What?" JD asked. "Maybe Veronica was right; I mean she was crazy; but maybe there was some truth in her message." Nora said. "I'm afraid I don't follow." JD said. "Think of it JD, the ultimate protest to a society that degrades us, fuck them all as far as I'm concerned!" Nora yelled. "You're serious aren't you?" JD asked. "It'll definitely get your message across, and there's nothing the F.C.C. or that bitch Creswood can do about it!" Nora yelled. JD smiled. "Why not?" He said as they walked over to JD's house. When they got there Bud Dean was standing in the door. "Go out with a bang son." Bud said then he got out of JD and Nora's way. JD and Nora ran to JD's room and JD set to work on his bomb. About 3 hours later he was done. Then he got out some duct tape and taped the bomb to his chest. "What are you doing?" Nora asked. Plan B. JD said as he gathered all his radio stuff and put it in a pile. He set to work saudering and working on everything then Nora helped him take all of it out to his dad's jeep. In about a half an hour they had everything hooked up to the jeep. "What are we doing exactly?" Nora asked. "Finishing this, we started something Nora." JD said. "We didn't start shit, this has all been you." Nora said getting into the jeep. "Well I need you to finish it...by the way do you know how to drive a jeep?" JD asked. Nora smiled at JD and floored the jeep. JD switched on his radio set. "Well it looks like your old pal Harry is a celebrity, now I need to ask a favor of all my listeners, I need you to meet me in the parking lot of our school." JD said. "What are you doing?" Nora asked. JD smiled at her. Then they zoomed into the parking lot. Soon over a hundred students, and F.C.C. trucks and police cars followed them. JD and Nora stood up in the jeep holding hands. "I just wanted to say that you shouldn't listen to what anybody tells you, hell you shouldn't even listen to me." "I want you all to find your own voice and scream it to the world!" "They can't stop you!" JD yelled. Suddenly Ms. Creswood pulled JD's microphone cord and he was silenced. "Arrest these little pukes!" Ms. Creswood yelled. JD and Nora walked out of the jeep. The cops swarmed around them both and JD opened his gunslinger coat revealing the bomb. He hugged Nora tight and set the bomb for 15 seconds. "I hope that I changed peoples views on life." "Maybe I couldn't change the world but at least I tried." "That's all any of us can do is try." JD said sadly. Nora looked at the bomb. It read 3 seconds. "TALK HARD!" She yelled.