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I wish I had a good reason for not updating, but the truth is that I don't really have a great excuse. I was pretty busy with school. I did have a lot going on. However that was not the only reason, I also had major writers block. Inside my head I had it all planned out but couldn't for the life of me get it in words. But perhaps one of the biggest problems was that I really don't want to post substandard or poorly written work. I don't want to be one of those stories that you start because the description and concepts seems great but then the lack of writing ability of the author makes it unbearable to read. I want to make sure it's perfect.

So sorry about the long wait. Sorry about the long author note. Hopefully you will enjoy the upcoming chapters and I am going to make more of an effort to update.

Thanks for reading!

Chapter 8

Petey's POV

Joking and laughing, me and some of the other guys approached school, we were stopped short at the sight of an ambulance pulling out of the school parking lot. Later at my locker I heard some girls gossiping. The ambulance was at school because they found a student collapsed on the football field this morning.

Football field?!

Who would be out there? If they were on the field it was probably a football player. I got a bad feeling in my stomach. I hadn't seen Sunshine this morning. What if he was the one who collapsed?!

Oh crap.

I got to find the guys.

Nobody's POV

Unfortunately the guys didn't get to talk till lunch. By then they had all drawn the same conclusion. As they talked at lunch they decided that Coach Boone would probably know what was going on.

"Hey coach. We were wondering something. Do you know who was found on the field?" Gerry nervously said.

The others behind him shifted nervously.

Coach Boone looked up from his paperwork. He didn't know what to tell his team. Should he tell them the truth? Should he tell them that it was Sunshine who was found on the field? But if he told them it would open up a huge jar of worms. They would continue to ask questions.

In the last month so much had happened. He and Coach Yoast were brought into the situation by the school principle and guidance counselor. Colonel Bass had come to talk about Ronnie and his behavior. Beyond concerned they had tried to talk to him with no success.

However it wasn't until this morning, the truth of Ronnie's drug and alcohol abuse issues came to light. Needless to say they were all shocked. Nobody could believe that it had gotten that bad without anyone catching on.

This morning when he was found he had large amounts of drugs and alcohol in his body. He was taken to the hospital.

"Coach? Coach!?"

"What?!" Boone snapped back to attention to see everyone staring at him. He had spaced out.

"We'll talk about this later guys, ok? I don't want to speak out of turn or give false information so I need to make sure my facts are straight." Boone replied.

He could see the boys were disappointed. "You all better get back to class."

Julius's POV

The coaches are hiding something from us. We're not stupid. Something big is going on and whatever it is it has to involve Sunshine. Nobody saw him today. The way coaches acted worried me. They actually canceled practice. They NEVER cancel practice. What in the world is happening?

Yoast's POV

"We have to tell them. They know something's wrong and by now have worked out that it involves Sunshine. We should be honest with them. Stop any chance of rumors."

"How are we supposed to break news like this? We tell them and we can't take it back. Besides, Sunshine should be the one to tell them." Boone argued.

I stayed quiet. Boone had a point. Was it fair of us to just tell them without knowing if Ronnie was ok with it? It's not our secret to share.