I was in the nerd clique. We were pretty tight but in 9th we were tested by the jocks and 'cool' kids. They tried my one friend who took karate and got beat up and a guy tried me and I choked him out in gym class in front of everyone including the teacher. We were left alone after that.
After that things were pretty smooth. All video games and Dungeons and Dragons and even playing chess during gym class (what were they going to do?) Oh and during study hall we'd go down to the library and play Magic: The Gathering. Fun times.