AN: HELLO EVERYBODY I'M BACK... AGAIN LOL. SO AS YOU CAN SEE I'M CURRENTLY TESTING OUT ALL OF MY VARIOUS SIDE PROJECTS. SO THIS IS MY SECOND ATTEMPT? MAYBE MY THIRD I DON'T REMEMBER. BUT ANYWAYS THIS IS MY LATEST ATTEMPT AT A HIGHSCHOOL FIC. THIS ONE IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THOUGH, THIS ONE IS ABOUT SPORTS AND TEENS IN LOVE. THE STORY CONTAINS COMMENTARY FROM TV ANALYSTS, THAT IS WHAT THE BOLD BLACK TEXT IS. THIS IS JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF WHAT I'VE GOT DONE, I HOPE YOU ALL LIKE IT. PLEASE TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY CHARACTERS IN THIS ONE IF YOU THINK THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG. NO FLAMES!


Fourth and Forever

By CharmingCharles2896

2nd Quarter 5:32 left in the first half

Burbank Northern Warriors 21

Oaks Christian Lions 7

"Hello and welcome back to the California Division 1 state championship, we're here in lovely Pasadena California. When we went to a break Burbank Northern Quarterback Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb had been hit. Devon Woodcomb is down and he's not moving folks," The TV commentator spoke with worry as the camera zoomed in on Devon's motionless form. Big Mike the head coach ran to mid field along with the medical staff. Once he arrived he saw that Devon was awake which was a relief.

"I can't move, why can't I move?" yelled Devon nervously as the medical staff brought out the stretcher. Big Mike waved to the side line rather quickly. Chuck sat there on the bench deeply in thought.

"Hey! Chuck, get your helmet your up," Chuck's head snapped up as he saw Big Mike jog towards him. Chuck grabbed his helmet and stood up to face his coach.

"Your up Bartowski, Woodcomb is done for today with a neck injury." Chuck noticeably swallowed in fear as he watched the medical staff take Devon off the field. The crowd was deafening in his ears as he entered the huddle, Chuck turned to the offensive players around him sporting a deer in the headlights look.

"320 rocket!" Chuck called as the team entered into there offensive formation.

"We have a new quarterback ladies and gentleman, Junior Chuck Bartowski. This will be the first time this man has played on the field all season." Chuck surveyed the defense quickly before assuming his stance in the shotgun. Chuck clapped twice signaling to the center to snap the ball.

"Bartowski drops back, pressure coming!" Chuck started sprinting out of the pocket as he saw the massive defender rushing after him determined to get the sack. As Chuck approached the line of scrimmage he threw the ball as hard as he could while the defender tackled him from the side. The ball flew wildly barely missing the fingers of John Casey his tight end.

"Bartowski throws… and it's intercepted by the Safety Daniel Shaw!" one of Chuck's offensive linemen came and stood him back up. Chuck took off his helmet and walked sullenly back to the sideline as the defense came onto the field. Once on the bench Big Mike approached Chuck and spoke.

"Shake it off Chuck, just get us to halftime." Chuck sat down on the bench and thought back to how he got himself into this mess.

May 31st, 2013

5 Months Ago…

The nerds were out in full force this wonderful evening at Casa Bartowski, Chuck, Bryce, Morgan, Skip, Fernando, Anna, Jeff and Lester. It was the epic clash everyone had been waiting for, The annual Chuck/Bryce Klingon speak off.

"Okay, Okay shut up everybody it's time to showdown!" the room burst into cheers as Chuck and Bryce stepped into the center of the room a look of total seriousness on their faces.

"Okay ground rules I'm gonna tell you to recite lyrics to a song that both of you know. There will be two rounds increasing in difficulty, okay lets begin. Chuck please recite the first half of the United States National Anthem." Everybody's oo's and ah's could be heard as Chuck began in fluent Klingon.

"nIHDaq laH Dalegh jatlh. Hu'tegh jajlo' 'eq wov. nuq 'oH vaj proudly rI' maH je choS Qav gleaming. 'ej muDuQ rockets petaQ QeHDaj." (oh say can you see. by the dawns early light. what's so proudly we hail as the twilights last gleaming. Who's brought strips and bright stars through the perilous fight. Oh the ramparts we watched, were s gallantly streaming, and the rockets red glare.)Chuck stood back with a cocky smirk on his face. Morgan then turned to Bryce and spoke.

"Okay Bryce finish the National Anthem." He nodded and took a deep breath.

"bombs qaStaHvIS jejlaw' bursting. vegh ram tu'lu' joqwI' 'e' tob nob. nIHDaq spangle banner joq 'ach Hov jatlh. puH tlhab yoHwI' juH je." (the bombs bursting in air. gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave. for the land of the free and the home of the brave.) Morgan nodded as everybody clapped. Morgan waved his hands signaling for everyone to be quiet.

"Chuck its time to up the stakes." Chuck nodded "Chuck recite half of the lyrics from the song Thinkin' Bout You by Frank Ocean." Chuck swallowed nervously as he tried to think of the lyrics.

"I… can't." his head fell knowing he had lost. Bryce gave skip a high five then spoke.

"Okay Chuck you new the parameters of this duel. I expect to see you a tryouts tomorrow and remember if you make the team you have to stay on the team the whole season." Chuck nodded in defeat.

"I'll do it but if I die it's your fault." Bryce just laughed and patted Chuck on the shoulder.

2nd Quarter 2:56 left in first half

Burbank Northern 21

Oaks Christian 7

Chuck put his helmet on his head as he jogged back on the field.

"Okay the offense is back on to start another drive, hopefully they can find pay dirt." The crowd roared as the view board said to get loud making it almost impossible to hear down on the turf.

"689 Y-flex." After Chuck made the play call he lined up in his correct position under center and took the snap.

"Bartowski takes the snap and fakes the hand off." Chuck pump faked trying to deceive the defense.

"Bartowski looking to throw, pocket collapsing. Bartowski takes off." Chuck saw a small gap in his offensive line and decided to make a run for it. Chuck juked around a defender and started sprinting down the sideline.

"Bartowski down the side line! He might go! 15, 10, 5…" Chuck could see the ends zone when Shaw suddenly lit him up. Chuck was seeing stars as he laid there on the sideline trying to clear out the cobwebs.

"Yet another quarterback is down and the head coach is on his way." Big Mike was at Chuck's side in a matter of seconds.

"You hurt Chuck?" Thankfully Chuck shook his head no.

"No, but I'm gonna feel that tomorrow." Chuck stood up and began walking slowly toward the bench. Big Mike called a time out and after getting back to the bench started to think.

"Williams!" The young wide receiver looked up at Big Mike. "Get on the field, it's time for that special package we've been working on. Williams nodded and pulled on his helmet and jogged onto the field.

"What is going on here? A wide receiver in at quarterback? Freshman Reggie Williams is in at quarterback, that's something you don't see everyday." Williams took the snap and threw it immediately to one of the receivers who was then tackled short of the touchdown. After the play was over Chuck jogged back onto the field high fiving Williams as he left the field.

"Bartowski back in at quarterback for the Warriors. Quarterback takes the snap; rolls out of the pocket and is strip sacked by the defensive end DeMarcus Smith! Wow what a hit, he'll be feeling that tomorrow. First down Lions." Chuck pounded his helmet into the turf in frustration before walking off the field.

June 1st, 2013

5 months ago…

Chuck in all of his lanky glory stood next to Bryce who was the backup quarterback from the previous year. The head coach "Big Mike" as they called him greeted Chuck quickly.

"Hey Bryce who's this?" asked Big Mike as he looked at Chucks lanky frame.

"Coach this is Chuck Bartowski he's here for tryouts." Just then a stray football came flying toward Chuck who attempted to catch it but clumsily dropped it, he picked it up and smiled at Big Mike in embarrassment.

"Hey ball." Called the player who had accidentally thrown it in that direction, Chuck threw it with a perfect spiral a good 40 yards directly into the kid's hands. Big Mike looked at Chuck in shock then seemed to smile.

3 weeks later…

Chuck walked into Casa Bartowski after a long day at school only to be met by a grinning Ellie who was in the kitchen making something.

"Hey Chuck how was school?" Chuck shrugged indifferently; he walked past the kitchen, down the hall and into his room. Chuck collapsed onto the bed in total exhaustion. His whole body was killing him from JV football practice, yes he made the team just not the Varsity team. Thankfully he was the backup JV quarterback so he wouldn't be seeing the field much. He still hadn't told Ellie his older sister, who was attending school at UCLA. Chuck rolled over onto his back and winced, he sat up and walked to the bathroom. Once in the bathroom Chuck removed his shirt only to discover a rather large bruise on his lower back.

"Chuck! Oh my god what happened?" inquired Ellie as she looked at his back. Chuck simply sighed as he realized that he'd have to come clean.

"Ellie I have something to tell you and I need you to hear me out before you kill me, okay?" Ellie nodded yes and he continued. "Well three weeks ago I lost a duel with Bryce and the stipulation was that I had to try out for football if I lost cause Bryce knows that I hate playing sports. Well I tried out and I made the JV team as a backup quarterback." Chuck backed away expecting the Ellie bomb that never exploded.

"Congrats Chuck I'm proud of you just don't do anything stupid." She left him standing there in total shock; that had gone rather well.

Once the team was well within the strength and conditioning program things started to become easier on his body. That's not to say he was suddenly indestructible, no he just had a little more meat on his bones now. A week had past since he had told Ellie and his week had been going great. his sophomore year had just ended and two a days had just begun so it wasn't to bad. It was cool that he got the jersey number that he wanted; Chuck was now number 5. The JV head coach Jeff DuPar was impressed with how fast Chuck had learned the playbook, it wasn't the longest playbook but it was still a lot of terminology and routes to learn.

2nd Quarter 00:25 seconds left in first half.

Burbank Northern Warriors 21

Oaks Christian Lions 10

"It has been a rough day for this quarterback having thrown a pick on his first drive and fumbled on his second. The offense takes the field in the I formation."

Chuck took the snap and pitched it to his running back Bill Roberts who ran for 3 yards. Chuck took off his helmet and walked off the field to go to the locker room. As the clock said 00:00 both teams left for halftime. Once both teams were in their locker rooms Chuck sat down on the bench in front of his stall were he would put his stuff. Chuck's head fell into his hands as he thought back to his time as quarterback. A pick and a fumble on five plays was very bad no matter how you looked at it and Chuck didn't know if he could do this.

July 26th, 2013

4 Months ago…

Chuck woke up to the sound of a loud diesel engine from what sounded like a big semi truck. It was awful early his clock reading 5:00 A.M. Chuck roses out of bed, put on a shirt and some basketball shorts and grabbed his phone determined to find out what was going on. He quietly padded downstairs, trying hard not to wake Ellie up on her first day off in almost a year. Chuck went out the front door of their house and saw the moving truck and a group of movers taking furniture and boxes into the empty house next door. It was an older style house very quaint and inviting. The house itself gave off the classic suburbia look with the red door and the white picket fence. Chuck spotted two women standing in the middle of the yard and decide now was as good as ever to go greet the new neighbors. Chuck walked over, hopped the fence and spoke.

"Hey, you the new neighbors?" the older one nodded yes, the younger one just seemed to ignore him. "Well then I guess I better introduce myself, Hi I'm Chuck Bartowski I live next door." The woman smiled at him and replied.

"Hello I'm Emma Burton and this is my daughter Sarah Walker." Sarah turned and smiled at him leaving him awestruck. She was beautiful, almost like an angel from heaven. Her smile was simply striking; it left him speechless.

"Hello Chuck," she said as she waved at him shyly, "Nice to meet you." He shook his head to break the spell that her deep sapphire eyes had cast upon him.

"Nice to meet you too." Emma could see that it was love at first sight for this charming young boy who was simply infatuated with her daughter.

"So uh… So you two feel like dinner tonight around 8:00? My sister is a very good cook and I just know she'll be dieing to meet the new neighbors." Sarah looked at her mom hoping for a yes, which she quickly got.

"Sure we'll be there." She beamed at the cute boy who had suddenly captured her heart. He waved goodbye saying that he needed to go back to bed and catch some more z's before he had to started his day. He walked away, tripping while hopping over the fence. Causing both of the women to giggle. Chuck got back into his room and just leaned against his door still in awe. He walked over to his window and looked over at her; how could a woman as beautiful as Sarah even exist? She was perfect in every way.


AN: WELL WHAT DID YOU THINK? COMMENTS, LIKES, DISLIKES? PLEASE TELL ME I REALLY APPRECIATE THE REVIEWS AND INSITE. THE STORY THAT I POSTED ON DECEMBER 17TH IS JUST A BETA AND IS PROBABLY GONNA BE HEAVILY DIFFERENT WHEN I GET IT DONE. I REALLY HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT. UNTIL NEXT TIME :D