It's hard to get much action at this point in the story. Brandon's world is much more internal than Billy's. He's been a loner since he was very young and so he tends to be more introspective...hence the poetry. His life now consists of school, homework, basketball, video games, worrying about Marie, and Billy. If you can think back to being a teenager, things could be very simple and mundane most the time...especially for an only child with one working parent. Yet these mundane things could seem very big in your little world...because they were big to you. Things are going to dilate in the next entry. Trust me...you'll be happy for this calm before the coming storm.