Chapter 3: Some Old Friends And Some New Friends
Jake is sitting in his new room listening to his stero when Kate walks in.
"Hey Mom." Jake said to her.
"You have a guest downstairs." Kate told him.
Jake looks confused and goes downstairs. He sees it's Max Mantia. (Max is an inch taller then Jake, has short black hair and is as thin as Jake. He's wearing a Miami Dolphins shirt with jeans and black sneakers on.) Jake looks at him.
"It's me." Max told him.
"Me who?" Jake then asked him.
"Max Mantia. The guy who you hung out with two summers ago." Max reminded him.
"Name doesn't ring a bell." Jake told him.
"My Dad is Elvis Mantia the former Middleweight Boxing Champion." Max told him.
"I still don't know you." Jake replied.
Max sighs. "Don's grandson." Max then said to him.
"Oh yeah. Max how are you?" Jake then asked him.
"It took you long enough. That Chicago wind must of gotten to you." Max told him.
"I knew who you were. I was just messing with you." Jake replied.
"Funny. And here I was thinking that you hit your head on the concrete from falling off your skateboard too many times." Max told him.
"I'm an excellent skateboarder." Jake told him.
"Maybe in Chicago but, down here you have to deal with the heat all year long." Max said to him.
"You guys don't have winter down here?" Jake asked him.
"Nope. We only have three months of spring and nine months of summer down here." Max replied.
"That means you guys get no snow?" Jake then asked him.
"What's snow?" Max asked him sarcastically.
"I'll take that as a 'No'." Jake told him.
Sarah comes downstairs and sees Max. "Oh no." Sarah said as she saw him.
"Nice to see you too Sarah." Max said to her.
"Where's your cousin Mark?" Sarah asked him.
"He's probably at the school yard playing basketball. He plays there like almost everyday to get ready for basketball season." Max replied.
"He still thinks he can play basketball?" Sarah asked him.
"I guess so, if he's at the school yard playing basketball." Max told her.
"Tell him he better not come here or else." Sarah told Max.
"Or else what?" Max asked her.
"She'll kiss him." Jake replied.
Sarah gives Jake an evil look and goes back upstairs.
"Nice seeing you again too Sarah!" Max yelled up the stairs at her.
"Lets go. I'll introduce to the guys." Max said to him.
"You have guys?" Jake asked him.
"You know what I mean." Max told him.
Jake ask Kate if he could hangout with Max. She says 'Yes.' Jake grabs his ski cap and goes to the park with Max.
"Doesn't it get hot under that ski cap?" Max asked him.
"It's all right." Jake replied with sweat pouring down his face.
"Whatever Dude." Max said to him.
They get to the park and walk over to a table with three of Maxs friends sitting there.
"Hey Max." One of them said as he sat at the table.
"Who's the new kid?" Another one asked him.
"This is one of my friends from Chicago." Max told them.
"Hey guys." Jake replied as he sat down.
"These are the guys. This is Rob Giordano and these two are the twins John and Nick." Max told Jake as he introduced him to the guys.
"Do the twins have a last name?"Jake asked Max.
"Of course" Max replied.
"Then what is it?" Jake then asked him.
"Cartorelli." Nick and John replied at the sametime. (Nick is the same height as Max, is just as thin as him andhas long blonde hair and is wearing a Miami Heat champioship shirt with shorts and white sneakers on. John is an inch taller then Nick and is fatter then Nick. He has short blonde hair. And is wearing a Miami Hurrican shirt with shorts and red sneakers on.)
"Do you have name or would you rather be called 'Ski Cap'?" Rob asked him. (Rob is an inch shorter then Jake, isis not as thin ashim andhas wavy brown hair. He has a Dolphin jersey with the number 13 on it with jean shorts and green sneakers on.)
"It's Jake Baker." Jake replied.
"Baker, are you related to the new varsity head coach?" John asked him.
"Yeah. Coach Baker is my Dad." Jake told him.
"You must be joining the JV team with us then?" Nick asked him.
"No. I hate football." Jake replied.
John, Nick and Rob just stare at him like he's from another planet.
"Was it something I said?" Jake asked Max.
"You can't say that you hate football in Fairfield. Even if you don't play organized football, you play football here with your friends." Max explained.
"I don't play football." Jake told him.
John, Nick and Rob are in disbelief.
"You're two for two Jake." Max said to him.
"I play football but, not that much." Jake told them.
"If you don't play football then what sport do you play?" John then asked him.
"I don't play any sports. I skateboard." Jake replied.
"Max you brought a skateboarder to hang with us?" Rob asked him.
"You know how much I hate skateboarders." John said to Max as he walked over to Jake like he was about to kill him.
Jake just starts to shake in his shoes. Then Max, Rob and Nick start to laugh.
"I'm glad me dying is making you guys laugh." Jake told them.
"I'm joking Jake. I don't care if you're a skateboarder." John told him with a laugh.
Jake starts to laugh nervously.