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Time for some football

December 9, 2014
By Alex19 BRONZE, Lone Tree, Colorado
Alex19 BRONZE, Lone Tree, Colorado
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It was the first day of school for Aaron he is new to this school in Denver he just moved from Oregon in the summer. This is his first day at RHMS and does not have any friends,once Aaron got his scheduled he went to his class. After that long day of school he had Football practice and it was Aarons 7th year playing tackle football as Outside Linebacker/Defensive End and this year he's playing for his school the “Hornets” there was a total of 50 kids 25 will be A-team and 25 will be on B-team but none of them ,know whos on A or B the first week the team goes into positions like all Offensive and Defensive linemen over here and Quarterbacks,Wide receiver over here and running backs,Defensive backs,and Linebackers over there. So Aaron had to go to both Defensive linemen and linebackers which is he loved to play both position. After practice he would walk home which he lives really close to the school. As Aaron walks into his house his parents greet him home and asked

“How was school?” and
“Did you make any friends?” and so Aarons answers
“school was good and I kinda made friends.” his parents said
“well thats good.”
Aaron walks up the stairs to go to his room to do some plays in the big packet his dad gave him to study some plays. His dad and Aaron both loved the sport of American Football, they always would practice in the backyard to do some plays as running backs or just messing around as tight end and wide receiver ever since he could learn how to throw a football. Aarons dad played pro for the Kansas City Chiefs at Outside Linebacker for 2 years and got switch to Defensive End for the rest of his years he also played for the Dallas Cowboys and retired at 37 and was in a relationship with Aarons mom and got married and had Aaron in Aarons dads 5th year playing Pro Football his football number was #44 which is Aarons football number for the school. The next day Aaron is just walking to school while listening to some hip-hop/rap his favorite type of music and then while he is walking through his neighborhood this girl came walking besides him she taped his shoulder and said 
“Hello my name is Sam, What’s yours?”
so Aaron pulled out his earbud and said
“ Hello Sam and my name is Aaron...Aaron Fultz.” said Aaron
“Thats cool” said Sam
“Well are you from Aaron?” Sam asked, “because I can tell you're new here.”
“ I’m from Oregon and I’m new to Denver”
“ Denver is one of the best states ever”
“Let me ask you this Sam do you play any sports? or do any actives?”
“Yes I do. I play soccer and I act for the school plays. ”
“Soccer is cool but as cool as football and I like acting also”
“Um no soccer is better and cool are you going to try out for the school play thats coming up in a while ” and Sam and Aaron argue about which sport is better and about the school play and acting after all they both just had a good time then
Aaron said “Same thing tomorrow?”
Sam said “Yes definitely.”
So Sam and Aaron became very good friends on the second day of school. When the first bell rang Aaron went to his 1st period class which is P.E. which he loved because the subject they were doing is basketball which is also another favorite sport liked to play. After that he had Science and Aaron was OK at that subject in school and thought about the class “Meh” 3rd period was up next and he had art which they were doing clay objects and of course Aaron made a football then lunch time came next and Aaron sat with some good guys that all loved sports and stuff like that he had a really good friend that sat there his name was John which played on the football team also at defensive tackle and offensive linemen,and half of the guys that sat at the table played on the football team such as Brian,Tom,Adam,Daniel,Josh,Jack,and Mitch and all of them played different positions on the field,after lunch Aaron had 5th period Math then 6th is SIT which is an extra class for doing homework,like a study hall  after that he had 7th period Language Arts and final 8th period Social Studies. After that long day of work it was football team which means taking all that anger and stress he had that dad and take it out on kids in football by sacking the Quarterback or just wrecking the running backs in the back field. Aaron was just exhausted from that hard day of work but there one thing that really bugs him that one kid name Zach that just doesn't like Aaron at all and tries to out work work Aaron and makes comments like “ you can't get the play right” and “ you suck,why are you even playing football” all because Aaron took Zachs position as Defensive End which it was Aaron and another really good player as D-end named Jack and the defensive tackles are Alex and Casey. Zach is just really mad because he was benched and the only time he gets to play d-end is when the coach wants me to play some Outside Linebacker. At the end of the day Aaron just wanted to eat dinner,watch some TV,and go to sleep btu thats going to happen Aaron has to do some chores,do a little homework,eat dinner,and go to bed and on with the next day. While Aaron walks home while listening to “Strange clouds” by B.O.B ft. lil wayne and all of sudden Sam comes running behind Aaron and tackles him. Aaron asks
“Why did you do that?” sam said
“Because I wanted to surprise you”
“Why are still at the school and walking home now?”
“Because I had soccer practice at the school”
“Oh that makes sense”
“How was football practice?”
“It was great I had a blast.” As Aaron has a smile on his face, “How was your soccer practice?”
“It was ok.”
“Why just ok?”
“because my coach switched me to Midfielder but I usually play forward.”
“I’m sorry”
“That’s ok.”
“ Hey Aaron when is your first game?”
“It’s next Wednesday. Why?”
“because I want to come watch you crush some kids.”
“Ah gotcha. So when is your first game?”
“It’s this Friday. Why?”
“Because I want see you score some goals. Well it looks like my stop ends here.”
“Ok well see you tomorrow at 6:45.”
“It’s a date.” As Aaron and Sam walk back to there house. The first thing Aaron herd when he walked into his house was
“Who’s that girl you were talking to?” said Aarons mom
“Shes just a friend and her name is Sam.” said Aaron
“Ok how was practice?
“Good, well I’m going to relax in my room”
“Well you go do that”
“Wheres dad?”
“He’s still at work.”
“Where does he work agian?”
“He is now a cop at the Castle Rock Police Station”
“Ah gotcha” As Aaron walks to his room he runs to his bed and jump on it. A few hours passes by and Aarons mom get a phone call she drops and burst out into tears and lands on all fours. Aaron run over to his mom and ask
“What happened?!?”
“It’s your father hes been shot.” Aaron didn’t believe it at first and burst into anger then starts crying with his mom. Aarons mom and Aaron get in there Honda SUV and drive to the police station. While they are driving Aaron is just thinking to himself and “Why my dad?” “Why does this have to happen to my dad?” They get to the Castle Rock Police Station and walk in as Joe one of Aarons dads friends pulls them into his office and talks how Aarons dad pulled somewhere over and found they were selling drugs he pulled out his gun but the people in the car where one step ahead of him and shot him while Joe was still in the car and jumped out pulled his gun and shot the man with gun and arrested the others that have between 10-20 years in jail. While Joe is explaining the story to Aarons mom her face just said that she was in pain because Aarons parents have been together since they were 16 years and there both 45 years old. His mom was depressed after that situation on that Tuesday the funeral was next friday at 2:00 so Aaron had to miss school that day. Aarons mom was very sad and lonely for the longest time and so was Aaron. Aaron started to skip football because he couldn't control her feelings around his teammates and coaches Aaron missed the first 3 games which the team lost so it wasn’t that helpful to Aaron. Until one day it was a Friday and there was a knock on the door it was Aarons head coach, Coach Robert was waiting at the door Aaron open up the door and asked
“Hey coach robert, Why are you here? If you mind me asking”
“I’m here for you and to help you get back on track ever since you lost you dad and I’m sorry for you lost.” said coach robert. Aarons mom came to the door and was surprised that Coach Robert was at there house.
“Hello Coach what makes you stop by our home?” said Aarons mom
“Well Ms.Fultz's I’m here to help out Aaron here and get him back to football and his school work.”
“I’m happy for you to help out Aaron with football and school.”
“Well Aaron are you up to get back into shape?”
“I’m happy to Coach.”
“Well see you tomorrow at practice.”
“Yes coach.”
“Have a good evening Mr.Fultzs.”
“You too Coach Robert.” As Coach walks away back to his big Ford truck Aarons mom closes the door. It was the next day later and Aaron is walking to school with his cleats and his gloves, so hes walking and as hes getting close to school and Zach is there with Coach on the field and so Aaron akes
“Hey Coach Robert. Why is Zach here?”
“Aaron,Zach is here because he's also going to be training with us today. Do you have a problem with that?”
“No coach.”
“Ok well lets get started.” So Aaron and Zach started to warm up and do there stretches like how they do in practice. So Coach say lets get started on a couple of plays as one of you Defensive End and the other one the Left Tackle and I’ll be the Quarterback so Aaron is the D-end and Zach is the tackle so they started and Zach is starting to push in the face and trying to hurt Aaron so coach blows the whistle and Zach doesn't stop pushing so they starting to fight and throwing fist and Coach Robert separates the two and talks to one another individually.  The next day was another practice with Coach Robert and on Monday was the teams game the football team were 0-3 and weren't doing so great and this team is good they are undefeated and they were big,strong,fast team but Aarons team was the harder workers. Its GAME DAY and the team was all pumped up and read to face this team. The team captains came out and the other team chooses to receive first so our defensive has to be ready,and they kick off number 11 received it and got tackled at the 20 yard mark. The other teams offensive came out and there offensive linemen are HUGE! but Aaron did not worry about that, they snapped the ball and Aaron tried to beat the tackle off the line but that didn’t work. Aaron got blocked good the Quarterback pitched the ball to the running back and ran it for a 5 yard gain. Its the same play but on the other side the “Eagles” didn’t a single yard of gain. It’s 3rd down and inches so the defensive did a middle linebacker blitz on the offensive line, it worked and sacked the Quarterback. The defensive did a 5-2 which is 5 defensive linemen and 2 Linebacker and they got the running back with the ball and the running back fumbled it and Aaron grabbed the ball and ran it all the way back to the endzone. The game is over 39-21. The teams shaked hands and Aarons ran back and celebrated their win. The schools reporters were there and interview a couple of the players and one of them was Aaron he was on the schools news the next day. The team and beat the rest of the teams which there recorded was 5-1 thats not bad for their school. The season was over and everyone had a great time playing with each other and being a family. The football team had a party with pizza,soda,cake and everyone had a great time. Finally the coaches pulled everyone together and to break us down one last time coach said
“Family on 3”
“1,2,3 FAMILY!” everyone shouted and started walking out of the doors to get picked up or walk home went home. Aaron thanked Coach Robert for all the help he said “No problem. Thank you being a great player this season.” Aaron walked back home and opened the door,walked upstairs and laid on his bed and said “Thank you dad for everything.” 

It’s 10 years later Aaron is in the 2024 NFL Draft and was in the 31 round pick in draft by the Denver Broncos as Defensive End and lives up to his father's particles and the Denver Broncos believe that Aaron is going to break his father's most sack record in a season which is 37 and the all-time record of sacks in one NFL season his jersey number was his father's number in the league number #44. Two years later and Aaron is already at 40 sacks total,2 interceptions,and 8 fumbles. Aaron is the leader for the most sacks total in his care.Aaron still carries around the playbook that him and his father made when Aaron was 13 Still today he says a prayer to his dad before every game. Aarons nickname in the NFL is the  “The Hammer” and retired in 2040 because of an ACL injury.



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