Chapter Five

9:30 am

I met Mike and Kyle in the cafeteria.

"What are you guys doing here" I asked

"Kyle wanted to get a snack before we head to practice" mike answered

"It's 9:30 am and you're already hungry?"

"9:30? Isn't that too late to eat lunch? I am really good at holding hunger" Kyle answered with his mouth full of burger.

Kyle is a big eater, he gets hungry between two minutes of every new meal, sometimes we call him gourmand.

-Mike: Kyle, lunch starts at noon.

-Kyle: And when does noon start?

-Mike: 12 pm

-kyle [gasped] I thought that was evening. My whole life was a lie?

"Then what happened to the other hours?"

-Mike: this is why you're still single.

-kyle: am not the only one. We are all single.

-Mike: Not me. Am going out with Amelia this weekend.

-Kyle: that troll?

-Mike: KYLE!

They started chasing each other around the cafeteria.

Coming from the doorway I saw Alex Smith. He is my role model. He threw 300 touchdown passes and hit the record that no one can break. He waved at me and walked to my table. We were close from the first day I came to the school. Well, it started as a rivalry because his girlfriend fell for me and it wasn't my fault.

"Mr. Handsome, how many girlfriends have you snatched now" he said resting his hands on the table. That is his way of saying hi ever since the girlfriend thing.

I smiled and replied "only yours"

"Guess I can't keep a girl if you are around this school" he said

"No one can. Girls cannot resist the handsome face"

"Okay. We will see" he scoffed.

"How is the first day?" He added

"Well, not too bad"

"I started with Ms. Grace"

Everyone knew how much Ms. Grace has been on my nerves.

"Ooh, that's a bad start"

"Ain't you heading to practice?"

"We were just going to" I said and looked at mike and kyle, they were still chasing each other. Kyle stuffed the burger in his mouth and spit it like some sort of bullet. GROSS!

"Why do you even friend with those guys?" Alex said in disgust.

"What can we say to faith" I sighed.

"GUYS LET'S GO" I yelled at them.

"I'll see you then" Alex said and left.

10:40 am

Practice at the beginning of the semester was kind of mild and doesn't take too much time. We were the Diamond Crown Junior football team (DICROJ), one of the greatest things that could happen to any freshman in DC. Getting into the team guaranteed 80% of making it into the senior team, but you must have better academic points. To me getting those points was my fight and I would not risk it in any way.

The practice was over, and after hitting the shower we stayed in the locker room to delay going to the next class early.

-Mike: so what did you discuss with Ms. Grace? She's getting on you again?

-Kyle: Man, you need to get rid of that woman. [Ha tapped my shoulders]

"That's dark" I said in disgust.

"She gave me a project to help me catch up in my art history"

-Mike: She's only favoring you in Art History? I thought you failed environmental science too

"Yeah, she talked about that, but I don't know what else she'll make me do for it"

-Kyle: Why do you get too many favors? She wouldn't listen to me when I insisted she clear up my grades.

"Bro, my 'F's are 'A's compared to your grades. No way that can be cleared" I and mike laughed.

-Kyle: Hey!

-Mike: how are you going to make it through the team?

"That was what I thought"

-Kyle: to be honest, I don't like the team.

-Mike: Why are you taking it then?

-Kyle: I can't be the only one not in the team. It's so important to both of you.

"Kyle stop following our dreams and find something you like"

-Mike: what do you like?

-Kyle: Basketball

I and mike burst into laughter. Kyle is one of the shortest kids around school, there's no way he can make it into basketball.

-Kyle: [frowned] I thought we were being serious.

"Sorry" I said while still laughing.

"Kyle maybe you should try the Glee Club, you have a nice voice. Basketball is not your thing"

-Mike: they'll never let you in.

-Kyle: there is no way I will join the glee club, everyone takes them for gay.

"This is your problem, you care about what others think. Yes, they might be gay, what's wrong with being gay?"

-Kyle: no never!

-Mike: You better think about it.

"I will sign you up if you don't sign" I ran out of the locker room.

"KHALEEL!" Kyle chased me.