The Renegades

Prologue

There's not much to say about a town like Ruby, Texas. It's that classic small town that every story is based in. If Dillon from Friday Night Lights was a real town, it'd be Ruby. Only one thing matters in these towns, and that's football. You're either a football player or a cheerleader, whether you get to wear the cute skirt or not. Kids go to school and adults go to work Monday through Friday. Adults get off work early on Fridays and close up shop in order to get to the field on time. If you're not at the game on Friday night, you're a heretic. If you're not on the team, you don't really even matter.

The Ruby Renegades are good football players. They're not state champions. They've never been state champions. They never will be state champions. But they're still good enough to make the town go round. They're still good enough to be the only thing that matters in the town.

But this story... It's about the Renegades, but it's not. It's really not. Just in a story in a town like Ruby where nothing but football matters, the story is always going to involve football.

But this isn't a football story. This isn't going to be the story of how the Renegades fight their way to the state championship just to lose in the last seconds. This isn't going to be the story of how the Renegades rebuild after some tragedy. This isn't going to be the story of how the Renegades collapse.

It's just a story about three Renegades and the only other thing that matters in Ruby- love.