12-14-2021, 11:49 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-16-2021, 11:25 AM by allbetsonjames. Edited 1 time in total.)
warning for tragic death, teen drinking and teenage pregnancy. (note none of these people are real, if they sound like someone you know, they are not them)
My life however would take a turn towards the unexpected after that last game, i still had 7 months of school left before I would graduate. My best friend on the team was star quarterback Mark Lee, A 4 star recruit with multiple scholarship offers, he was the second best player at our high school only behind me, him being the QB, all the girls wanted him, but he was faithful with his cheerleader girlfriends Emily jones and was a man who never stopped to help his community better itself. Mark would volunteer at the local old folks home and listen to their story when no-one else would, him and I were well known for buying food from local restaurants and handing it out to the homeless. He, however did have his flaws and often times fell for the two teenage vices of sex and drinks. Emily was also a pretty good friend of mine and often times she would tell me things before she would even tell mark. The date was December 16 2038, after school, I got a phone call from Emily, she told me she was pregnant, she was devastated and was afraid to tell Mark about it, I told her it was all going to be fine, that mark was a great person and he would do everything in his power to make his child's life good. She said she would tell him after the party we were going to to celebrate the start of winter break, the party being a high school party was pretty chaotic someone brought some liquor like you would expect and the party itself went well, but mark was pretty badly drunk, i not wanting to possibly ruin my career I had abstained from drinking anything but water, I offered to give Mark a ride home, but he refused, I asked him if he was okay, he claimed he was, if there was one moment that i could take back in my entire life, it would be this, when I was driving me and Emily home I saw a car overturned in a ditch, it was Mark, I called 911, but it was too late, mark had hit the ditch at nearly 80 MPH and had flipped over and been killed instantly, understandably me and Emily were devasted as I had lost a friend and she had lost her boyfriend and her child's father. After taking winter break to consider my options I came to the conclusion that i could use my, football skills for the greater good, i had a full ride scholarship and my NIL licensing deals would have given more than enough money for me to live comfortably. So I told Emily that if she wanted I would be willing to let her move in with me so that she could have a house and food for both her and her baby, I even volunteered to take on a fatherly role for the child if she needed it. She took my offer and after graduation we drove up to Syracuse and found a pretty nice place for her and I to live in. In July of 2039 Mark Lee jr. was born (possible next player). After this story was revealed to the public on a news story one night i suddenly was even more famous than i was for my on the field play because I was now the new spokesman for many anti-drunk driving organizations as well as being the newest celebrity spokesman for Gerber Baby food and Huggies diapers(hey, it pays the bills) and establishing the Mark Lee memorial fund for single teenage mothers to help those going through similar situations. It also earned me respect from much of America as a young athlete who had everything and decided to give back to others and do things for the betterment of those adversely affected by their own bad decisions and not openly flaunting about it just to gain cred. While living a life as a dad and a star LB is hard, it is so worth it because I can see my friend happy and everyday when I look at Mark junior and see him on his flag football team in Norfolk, I see that he has the potential to be just as great of a QB and a man as his dad was.
My life however would take a turn towards the unexpected after that last game, i still had 7 months of school left before I would graduate. My best friend on the team was star quarterback Mark Lee, A 4 star recruit with multiple scholarship offers, he was the second best player at our high school only behind me, him being the QB, all the girls wanted him, but he was faithful with his cheerleader girlfriends Emily jones and was a man who never stopped to help his community better itself. Mark would volunteer at the local old folks home and listen to their story when no-one else would, him and I were well known for buying food from local restaurants and handing it out to the homeless. He, however did have his flaws and often times fell for the two teenage vices of sex and drinks. Emily was also a pretty good friend of mine and often times she would tell me things before she would even tell mark. The date was December 16 2038, after school, I got a phone call from Emily, she told me she was pregnant, she was devastated and was afraid to tell Mark about it, I told her it was all going to be fine, that mark was a great person and he would do everything in his power to make his child's life good. She said she would tell him after the party we were going to to celebrate the start of winter break, the party being a high school party was pretty chaotic someone brought some liquor like you would expect and the party itself went well, but mark was pretty badly drunk, i not wanting to possibly ruin my career I had abstained from drinking anything but water, I offered to give Mark a ride home, but he refused, I asked him if he was okay, he claimed he was, if there was one moment that i could take back in my entire life, it would be this, when I was driving me and Emily home I saw a car overturned in a ditch, it was Mark, I called 911, but it was too late, mark had hit the ditch at nearly 80 MPH and had flipped over and been killed instantly, understandably me and Emily were devasted as I had lost a friend and she had lost her boyfriend and her child's father. After taking winter break to consider my options I came to the conclusion that i could use my, football skills for the greater good, i had a full ride scholarship and my NIL licensing deals would have given more than enough money for me to live comfortably. So I told Emily that if she wanted I would be willing to let her move in with me so that she could have a house and food for both her and her baby, I even volunteered to take on a fatherly role for the child if she needed it. She took my offer and after graduation we drove up to Syracuse and found a pretty nice place for her and I to live in. In July of 2039 Mark Lee jr. was born (possible next player). After this story was revealed to the public on a news story one night i suddenly was even more famous than i was for my on the field play because I was now the new spokesman for many anti-drunk driving organizations as well as being the newest celebrity spokesman for Gerber Baby food and Huggies diapers(hey, it pays the bills) and establishing the Mark Lee memorial fund for single teenage mothers to help those going through similar situations. It also earned me respect from much of America as a young athlete who had everything and decided to give back to others and do things for the betterment of those adversely affected by their own bad decisions and not openly flaunting about it just to gain cred. While living a life as a dad and a star LB is hard, it is so worth it because I can see my friend happy and everyday when I look at Mark junior and see him on his flag football team in Norfolk, I see that he has the potential to be just as great of a QB and a man as his dad was.
