Heavy footsteps echoed against the tile floor and from around the corner strode in a heavy set man wearing shorts and a wife beater. His thick hairy arms crossed across his wide chest and a scowl could be seen beneath his salt and pepper beard.
"Coach!" yelled Vinnie, surprised, relieved and a little worried by the look on coach's face. "What are you doing here?"
"I was trying to go about my weekend workout when I heard a ruckus" coach explained "Normally I let you boys horse about in here, but today it seems like someone decided to fuck around with my spell."
"You're spell? Who the fuck are you?" Angelo spat at the coach.
"What don't you recognize me?" Coach smiled "I must admit I've gained a bit of muscle. And the beard might throw you off."
Angelo's jaw dropped "Rafe?"
"You've been watching him walk around for years and you didn't notice in all that time he was the one who turned you into lockers?" asked Carter incredulously.
"Shut up, of course I noticed!" Angelo retorted defensively.
"HA I doubt that. Despite bullying me for years Angelo never remembered my last name," coach smirked. "But I don't take it personally. You always were a bit thick."
"Why are you coaching here?!" Bartholomew demanded to know.
"Well I wanted to use my expertise to pass on knowledge to the next generation." explained the Coach "When the school heard I was going into teaching they begged me to be the coach and I thought, why not? This school is just as good as any, and if I got to assign lockers and decide where the least hygienic students hung their jockstraps, well that was just icing on the cake."
"Begged you!?" spluttered Angelo "Why would they beg you? You're a little four eyed dweeb."
"Was." Corrected coach "Bulked up in college, joined the football team, got scouted and went pro and retired from the game at 35 with a healthy bank account, thousands of adoring fans and too much free time on my hands. Guess I have you to thank for the idea Angelo, wasn't going pro always your dream."
"You bastard! You stole my life!" shouted Angelo, suddenly charging forward, "You'll pay for this!"