My Day 1

Chapter 1. Crenshaw

Announcer: "It's deep into the fourth quarter of the first game of the season, and south Crenshaw and Slauson are tied. Third down and 10 on the Crenshaw 40-yards line...Unbelievable catch by Spencer James"

The camera shows the crowd and a man with a blue jacket cheering."20 bucks he calls the Niner."Spencer says to his teammates."Hey, Y'all, let's get this dub, baby, let's get this dub. Gun right, trips niner on 1, on 1." Chris says with spencer giving his teammates  the, I told you to look."Man, their safeties have been sitting on that all night bro."Spencer told Chris."Coach called it, Spencer."Chris said looking at him."And the coach is wrong. A'ight, look, them boys about to blitz. look to me if i give you the signal a'ight. Just give me the ball fast" Spencer says to his teammates but mostly Chris his QB."You don't score we dead."Chris said looking at spencer."Man ill see you boys in the end zone."SPencer said chuckling. The ball was at the 45 with 6 seconds remaining in the game. The chargers line up and Spencer focuses on the guy's body language. He calls for the signal with Chris changing the play.  And the guy in a blue shirt really focusing on what's happening." Yo, kill, kill, kill! Check razor! Check razor!" Chris yells to his team switching the play, with the coach confused. Spencer motions to the other side and Chris hikes the ball. Spencer runs his route and catches it mid-air with the crowd going wild when he has control. He runs towards the end zone juking out defenders. He front flips into the end zone and they win with the crowd going insane. The man in the blue claps as he watches Spencer get up and turn towards the crowd. Then their gunshots and everyone drops to the ground with the players running off the field and Spencer standing frozen in the end zone. He drops the ball and looks over to a teenager laying lifeless on the ground.

Spencer is standing watching as the peri medics load the teen into the truck. The man in the blue jacket approaches Spencer." Spencer James?" The man asks. Spencer turns towards him." My bad. Didn't mean to, uh, startle you. Geez it's like one minute your scoring and everyone's going insane and then the next..." the man says before Spencer chimes in" just another day in the neighborhood." Spencer tells him." Yeah, umm I'm billy baker, varsity coach Beverly high." Billy says." Beverly Hills, huh?" Spencer asks." Yes, sir, I'll cut to the chase Spencer, I have had my eye on you fit awhile now. You have strong hands, you match up well against single coverage. I saw your film against Fairfax last season with 4 touchdowns. Yea, yea I need you to come to play for me." Billy says." Play for you?" Spencer asks." Play for me." " But you can't recruit, I mean sorry those are the rules seasons started. I switch teams I'm benched for 3 months" Spencer tells him." No. Not with me. I can get around that. Now, I'm assuming you want to play pro eventually. Am I right?" Billy asks." Yes sir," Spencer says while smiling." Yeah well, I can help with that, I use to play pro ball so I still got the connections to help you get there. Plus we can offer you something south Crenshaw can't." Billy's says." Is that right?"Spencer asks." A better education and a safer school. I can get you a way out man." Billy tells him," look I appreciate the off coach but uh... I don't need all that. I got what I already need," Spencer says and heads back home. The next morning he woke up to his mom and Dillion eating breakfast."Look who decided to wake up." Grace said handing Spencer his plate." I'm definitely up now. Now hot water again?"Spencer asked already knowing the answer." Just behind on the gas bills, that's all. It's fine I get paid this week. Besides a cold..." Grace said before the boys cut her off." A cold shower now and then is good for the soul." The boys said with Dillion more energetic than Spencer." Smartasses," Grace said with them all chuckling. After breakfast, Spencer headed to school and met up with his friend coop." Beverly Hill, though?" Coop asked." Crazy huh?" "Yeah man, you told ya, mom?" Coop asked." Nah. You know how she gets" " I'm telling you that women don't play, man. If Grace finds out you got a shot like this, you'd be eating mayonnaise sandwich's by the end of the night," coop said with both of them chuckling." Man, what is with white people and mayonnaise sandwiches?" Spencer asked." I don't know," coop said looking at a girl's ass." Dam shassy, that booty looking juicy." Coop told the girl with her waving her off." What?" Coop asked Spencer with him looking at her with a wtf look." Coop those girls roll with Shawn. You really wanna play like that?" Spencer asked." Look that weak-ass wanna be gangbanger, can't touch me. Plus I got you for backup anyways." Coop said with Spencer pushing her playfully." Man don't touch me like that," coop said." Why? What you gonna do? What? What?" Spencer said a playfully pushed her and sprinted off with the bell ringing. During class, Spencer made plays for the team. Once he was done with class he walked out and saw Shawn roll up on coop with his crew." HEY! HEY!" Spencer said dropping his backpack on the ground and running towards them." You picking on females now Shawn?" Spencer said in his face." Female my ass. She more male-like than you" Shawn said with Spencer shoving him and punching his homie beside him. He shortly got picked up and throw on the ground by Shawn's homie. Two police officers came running and pulled them apart.

Spencer walked home after school ended. He opened the door to see grace standing there with her arms folded."Ma I can explai-"Spencer said before getting cut off."You don't have to coach baker already did."Grace said with Billy getting up and Spencer looking at him in disbelief."So I say no and you come to my house and talk to my mom?"Spencer asked angrily."Spencer, I just wanted to help," Billy told him."Man, I don't need help, I'm happy where I'm at."Spencer said. "Happy? Is that right? Do you think I didn't hear about that shooting the other night? That I didn't get a call about your little fight? you've been in and out of trouble at that school for years."Grace told Spencer."I'm a clerk down at the courthouse. I see this stuff all the time. Good kids gone bad, getting caught up with gangs." Grace told billy. "Look spencer I went to Crenshaw but somebody gave me a chance. Somebody gave me a way out like I can do for you. I mean hell my own kids go to Beverly. Just let me help you."Billy begged."Look spencer, your breezing by Crenshaw. Barely cracking open a book. Your smart spencer and you could make something of your life beyond just football. You're a good man. I'm proud of who you are. You have no idea. But you choosing not to take an opportunity like this..."Grace said shaking her head and looking spencer in the eyes."Take it from me, that's not really choosing. Tell me I'm wrong. Tell me that going to Beverly isn't the best thing for you, baby."Grace said with spencer looking at her and nodded. The next morning Spencer got up super early and took 3 busses to get to Beverly hills. Spencer got off and turned around seeing Beverly hills high."Welcome to Beverly hills."Spencer said to himself and walked across the street.

To be continued...

lol, this chapter alone took me like 2 hours to write for some reason. I hope you guys will like this book. I'm so excited to write my own twist on how All American started. Anyways have an amazing day.