The nerd Project 3

Chapter 4: Trevor

Chapter 4

Trevor’s pov

I used to walk these halls like I owned the place.

Every guy wanted to be me.

Every girl wanted to date me.

I was like royalty.

I was well on my way to a bright future in football.

That was until I made one stupid mistake.

It cost me so much, but luckily it didn’t cost me my life.

I would have been expelled if Jamie hadn’t have went to bat for me.

He’s pretty cool as far as teachers go.

So now here I am walking into the classroom of this so called “nerd project.”

I would never have been caught dead doing something like this before.

I feel like my life is in a before and after sequence.

My life before was perfect.

I had it all.

Then I had to take a substance to help me perform better.

Now my life is a living hell.

The coach kicked me off the time, and everyone deserted me.

I walk the halls now, and everyone avoids me like the plague.

It’s funny how fast things change.

I never cared much about my classes knowing I would get a full ride to college for playing ball.

Now my only hope to get out of this town was getting god grades.

Everything was riding on this project be a success for me.

I needed to make my family proud again.

I hated seeing the look of disappointment in my parents’ eyes.

My dad barely looks at me.

I was to follow in his footsteps.

My mom tells me she forgives me, but I know she doesn’t trust me.

I mean how could she?

I almost killed myself doing something so stupid.

This is my last chance.

I have so much to prove.

Plus I can’t let Jamie down.

Not after he fought so hard for me to get this second chance.

I need this.

It’s my redemption.

I looked around at everyone in the class room.

Some of these kids were ones I put down.

How foolish was that?

I am no better than them.

Jamie seems to think once this year is done I will make lifelong friends.

I tried the whole friend thing, and they all turned their backs on me.

No I am here to learn, and that’s it.

I need to get a scholarship, or I can kiss college goodbye.

My father said since I ruined my future he will not pay for me to fix it.

If I want college I need to make it happen on my own.

I need to focus on the present instead of hating myself for what I did in the past.

I just hope this nerd project can help me with that.

Or else I am doomed to always be the guy that had everything and blew it all away with one mistake.

pic of Trevor included