I know that you said 'opening line', but I found all of that information kind of hard to fit into a handful of sentences. As a result, what I've written might really differ from your perceptions of the story. I hope that it's not too different and that it works for you. Good luck.
Welp, the kid appears to have pawned his work off on his friends, but who knows, if it's a multi-choice question I can't really help because you don't have the answers here.