Rick Murray was a drama geek, who had a crush on Terri Macgregor, and once Terri knew, they began dating. Rick was abusive to Terri, so they broke-up. A few weeks later, Rick apologized, and she invited him along to a retreat with Paige, Spinner, and a few other people. Rick became jealous when Terri wanted to hang-out with Paige the next day, so he pushed her hard into a rock, and Terri went to the hospital. Terri then moved. Rick also moved away. He moved back about a year later, but Emma and Paige made sure everybody knew what he'd done. The whole school despised him, and picked on him. He later befriended Toby, and they became friends. They, Jimmy, and Emma were part of a school quiz show, where Jay, Spinner, and Alex pulled a prank on him. He went home to get his father's gun, and brought it the school. He had the intention to kill his tormentors, but in the end, he only shot Jimmy. He was about to shoot Emma too, but Sean prevented it, which led to Rick's death.