This is the "Dorky Kids" chapter; they get to go first because I am a "Dorky Kid".
Lyra-I mention marching band in the first sentence, I'm sure you'll be pleased.
Sapphy-*takes out fishing pole* WOO! Were going fishing! Ohh, you didn't mean that literally…whoops.
Ershey- YUMMY! Cookies! John Hughes's movies are a big part of this fic. Oh how I love Judd Nelson and his big nostrils.
Written Sparks- There's no CC for this story because all OC's are based off of my friends and people I go to school with. But I'm glad you think my story is great, that makes me a VERY happy girl.
Dreamer- I used your Carol Burnett quote because Carol really rocks hard. AND YOU DO TOO! Thank so much for the quotes.
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"Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me."
- Carol Burnett
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Jack Kelly had been in marching band since the sixth grade. But he was sick of spending all of his time in a sparkly uniform playing trumpet at halftime. After being teased for three years by the "popular jocks" he decided that he was done being a geek.
Jack was determined to try out for the football team.
He had walked into the meeting scared, nervously fixing his hair. The coach took one look at him and liked what he saw: "You're tall and strong, ya look like a good running back," he said, asking for Jack's name and noting it on a clipboard. During the meeting Jack looked around the team locker room. His eyes fixed on a poster with the words "TEAM FIRST, ME SECOND" written on it. Was he even going to like this?
All of his doubts washed away when he told his stepfather his sudden decision to be an athlete.
"Good, that music stuff wasn't made for a guy like you," Jack's stepfather had replied, clapping his stepson on the back. The new approval from his mother's new husband, along with the smile on her face (that she had because the two were finally getting along) got rid of that voice in the back of his head. That voice being Lydia Mayer's, one of Jack's best friends in middle school.
"You're honestly gonna change who you are just so you can get invited to some parties?" she inquired incredulously. It was a large part of her personality to question everything's credibility. But this time Jack didn't feel like validating himself. He was going to have new friends anyway, ones who would understand him better.
And so Jack stubbornly joined the football team, determined to make varsity and become someone "special" in high school. That one choice changed the next four years of his life.
Only in high school can such a simple and common verdict change your relationships with everyone you know. Jack gained all new friends in the loss of his small "geeky" group. When September rolled around and he wore his uniform to school the teachers regarded him differently. A football jersey instantly transforms you to one of the "good kids" who might not do all their homework, but at least they're productive. But the biggest change was that of Jack and his real father, who he saw every two weeks.
Jack's stepfather was ecstatic to hear that Jack had decided to change his extracurricular activities, his father was devastated. He was the one who had gotten Jack into music in the first place; it seemed like that choice pulled them even further apart than the divorce had in the first place. Their bond was never exactly the same, and Jack's father was in a constant struggle to win his son back.
Jack's once friends, who were now acquaintances, all kept their place on the social ladder that was high school. There was Lydia, a loud mouth girl who suddenly became "hot" in the tenth grade and was forced to give the finger more than she usually did. Lydia was queen of the drama department, and considered a little "off beat" to say the least. She had a lot of energy and was constantly talking back. The "popular" boys didn't fully appreciate her attitude and often referred to her as "Bitch Spice". Lydia's best friends Jill Greene and Maria Cobos took Jack's "career" change as an excuse to snicker at him whenever he passed them in the hallway.
"WOO! I love a man in uniform!" Lydia would cat call, licking her lips with pretend delight. The three would burst into laughter while getting shot dirty looks from the Abercrombie clad cheerleader types. This teasing of NPHS's newest football star didn't help their reputation with the high school hierarchy, but they really didn't care.
Jack's guy friends included Bumlets Osorio, who came out in the eighth grade and had to deal with hurtful words like "faggot" and "queer" throughout his NPHS career. None of the other guys wanted to talk to him; they all feared that he would suddenly have a crush on them if they even recognized his existence. Jack had always stood up to people like that, but now he was gone. He left Bumlets to deal with the cruel terms on his own. Bumlets was quiet and shy, and spent most of his days being shoved against lockers and ignored. He liked it that way though, he only wanted to be kind to people who deserved it. He and Jill were particularly close, which resulted her in being called "cover-up" girl.
Specs Voss was a smart and funny boy from Canada who moved to NP in the middle of eighth grade. His sometimes nerdy appearance won him very little friends but Maria was instantly enamored with him and the pair started dating, weaving him into the small group. He had a tendency to get into fights, especially with people who mocked his friends. He always seemed to be suspended or in detention but his bad boy reputation just made him more appealing to Maria.
But the person who was hurt the most by Jack's new candidacy for The Heisman Trophy was David Jacobs. Everyone was shocked when the pair just stopped talking to each other. David would never admit it but he was extremely bitter by what he saw as a major betrayal. Their friendship was over by the first practice in the summer before freshman year. David decided to ignore the pain he felt by having his best friend choose a sport over him by focusing on his summer reading. David was constantly immersed in a book and even read Hillary Clinton's biography just because it was on the bestseller's list. David hated organized sports and phrases like 'TEAM FIRST, ME SECOND". He was mature enough to realize that while high school shapes who you are for the rest of your life that doesn't mean you have to peak there. He liked being a "nobody", silently getting his good grades and watching movies with his friends on the weekends.
The "popular" kids called this small group of friends "The Dorktastics". And you may be sitting there thinking 'oh those asshole jocks, picking on the geeks'. But as this story will teach you:
Everyone has problems…
A/N
-Bitch Spice is my nickname given to me by the football team, but Lydia is only slightly based on me. She's a bigger version of my personality. "The Dorktastics" is what all the "popular kids in my school call me and my friends. In fact all of the names used in this will be straight out of my high school.
-Bumlets, Jill and Maria are all based off of my friends.
-I know nothing about football. I assumed Jack would be a good "running back" because he runs in Newsies and because Christian Bale's back looks good when he's shirtless^_^
-Coming up-THE POPULAR KIDS!-
Lyra-I mention marching band in the first sentence, I'm sure you'll be pleased.
Sapphy-*takes out fishing pole* WOO! Were going fishing! Ohh, you didn't mean that literally…whoops.
Ershey- YUMMY! Cookies! John Hughes's movies are a big part of this fic. Oh how I love Judd Nelson and his big nostrils.
Written Sparks- There's no CC for this story because all OC's are based off of my friends and people I go to school with. But I'm glad you think my story is great, that makes me a VERY happy girl.
Dreamer- I used your Carol Burnett quote because Carol really rocks hard. AND YOU DO TOO! Thank so much for the quotes.
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"Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me."
- Carol Burnett
*****************************************************
Jack Kelly had been in marching band since the sixth grade. But he was sick of spending all of his time in a sparkly uniform playing trumpet at halftime. After being teased for three years by the "popular jocks" he decided that he was done being a geek.
Jack was determined to try out for the football team.
He had walked into the meeting scared, nervously fixing his hair. The coach took one look at him and liked what he saw: "You're tall and strong, ya look like a good running back," he said, asking for Jack's name and noting it on a clipboard. During the meeting Jack looked around the team locker room. His eyes fixed on a poster with the words "TEAM FIRST, ME SECOND" written on it. Was he even going to like this?
All of his doubts washed away when he told his stepfather his sudden decision to be an athlete.
"Good, that music stuff wasn't made for a guy like you," Jack's stepfather had replied, clapping his stepson on the back. The new approval from his mother's new husband, along with the smile on her face (that she had because the two were finally getting along) got rid of that voice in the back of his head. That voice being Lydia Mayer's, one of Jack's best friends in middle school.
"You're honestly gonna change who you are just so you can get invited to some parties?" she inquired incredulously. It was a large part of her personality to question everything's credibility. But this time Jack didn't feel like validating himself. He was going to have new friends anyway, ones who would understand him better.
And so Jack stubbornly joined the football team, determined to make varsity and become someone "special" in high school. That one choice changed the next four years of his life.
Only in high school can such a simple and common verdict change your relationships with everyone you know. Jack gained all new friends in the loss of his small "geeky" group. When September rolled around and he wore his uniform to school the teachers regarded him differently. A football jersey instantly transforms you to one of the "good kids" who might not do all their homework, but at least they're productive. But the biggest change was that of Jack and his real father, who he saw every two weeks.
Jack's stepfather was ecstatic to hear that Jack had decided to change his extracurricular activities, his father was devastated. He was the one who had gotten Jack into music in the first place; it seemed like that choice pulled them even further apart than the divorce had in the first place. Their bond was never exactly the same, and Jack's father was in a constant struggle to win his son back.
Jack's once friends, who were now acquaintances, all kept their place on the social ladder that was high school. There was Lydia, a loud mouth girl who suddenly became "hot" in the tenth grade and was forced to give the finger more than she usually did. Lydia was queen of the drama department, and considered a little "off beat" to say the least. She had a lot of energy and was constantly talking back. The "popular" boys didn't fully appreciate her attitude and often referred to her as "Bitch Spice". Lydia's best friends Jill Greene and Maria Cobos took Jack's "career" change as an excuse to snicker at him whenever he passed them in the hallway.
"WOO! I love a man in uniform!" Lydia would cat call, licking her lips with pretend delight. The three would burst into laughter while getting shot dirty looks from the Abercrombie clad cheerleader types. This teasing of NPHS's newest football star didn't help their reputation with the high school hierarchy, but they really didn't care.
Jack's guy friends included Bumlets Osorio, who came out in the eighth grade and had to deal with hurtful words like "faggot" and "queer" throughout his NPHS career. None of the other guys wanted to talk to him; they all feared that he would suddenly have a crush on them if they even recognized his existence. Jack had always stood up to people like that, but now he was gone. He left Bumlets to deal with the cruel terms on his own. Bumlets was quiet and shy, and spent most of his days being shoved against lockers and ignored. He liked it that way though, he only wanted to be kind to people who deserved it. He and Jill were particularly close, which resulted her in being called "cover-up" girl.
Specs Voss was a smart and funny boy from Canada who moved to NP in the middle of eighth grade. His sometimes nerdy appearance won him very little friends but Maria was instantly enamored with him and the pair started dating, weaving him into the small group. He had a tendency to get into fights, especially with people who mocked his friends. He always seemed to be suspended or in detention but his bad boy reputation just made him more appealing to Maria.
But the person who was hurt the most by Jack's new candidacy for The Heisman Trophy was David Jacobs. Everyone was shocked when the pair just stopped talking to each other. David would never admit it but he was extremely bitter by what he saw as a major betrayal. Their friendship was over by the first practice in the summer before freshman year. David decided to ignore the pain he felt by having his best friend choose a sport over him by focusing on his summer reading. David was constantly immersed in a book and even read Hillary Clinton's biography just because it was on the bestseller's list. David hated organized sports and phrases like 'TEAM FIRST, ME SECOND". He was mature enough to realize that while high school shapes who you are for the rest of your life that doesn't mean you have to peak there. He liked being a "nobody", silently getting his good grades and watching movies with his friends on the weekends.
The "popular" kids called this small group of friends "The Dorktastics". And you may be sitting there thinking 'oh those asshole jocks, picking on the geeks'. But as this story will teach you:
Everyone has problems…
A/N
-Bitch Spice is my nickname given to me by the football team, but Lydia is only slightly based on me. She's a bigger version of my personality. "The Dorktastics" is what all the "popular kids in my school call me and my friends. In fact all of the names used in this will be straight out of my high school.
-Bumlets, Jill and Maria are all based off of my friends.
-I know nothing about football. I assumed Jack would be a good "running back" because he runs in Newsies and because Christian Bale's back looks good when he's shirtless^_^
-Coming up-THE POPULAR KIDS!-