A new kid at school

There's this new kid at school whose name is Billy, but for some reason he makes everyone call him Bubba. He's really tall. Well, I guess he's not that tall for his age - it seems he's been left back a couple of times, maybe three. He also has this kind of dull mean look about him. 

P.J. ran into Billy - uh, Bubba -  in the hallway and tried to make some small talk, trying to avoid being beaten up. He told Bubba about our rocket and the trip to Mars. Bubba told P.J. that wasn't anything big, that he'd been to Venus three of four times and that the girls on Venus were much better looking than the girls on Earth. He also told P.J. that he had a girlfriend on Venus and that she is way prettier than Molly Pinkston (the prettiest girl in our grade).

Venus! Come on! Now I see why this guy's having difficulty getting to the next grade. Does he realize that it's about 900˚ F on Venus? I guess that would make his girlfriend really hot!

At first I thought Bubba might be trouble, I don't really think that anymore.