He was always reckless, but none of us expected that this would be the outcome. Marcus was my best friend, we’ve been friends since the second grade we were the inseparable duo, Marcus, and Xavier. He was the star quarterback, standing at 6’2” weighing 170 pounds and I was the best friend who could never seem to escape his shadow. Marcus was everything I aspired to be, everything I’m not, He was always optimistic, compassionate and popular, but he also had a dark side that he concealed from the rest of us. Perhaps this was the real Marcus all along, it’s difficult to say we all wear masks, none of us are really who we seem to be. A month prior to the accident, we were in the middle of the playoffs, He was under intense stress everyone,
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Devin, our substitute quarterback was mediocre at best meaning I finally had my chance to shine. We ended up winning the game, twenty-eight to twenty-one I was finally going to be recognized for all of my hard work. That night there was another party and the whole team was invited, it was almost as if everyone had forgotten about Marcus and Naya. After a while I gave up caring, If he didn’t think to tell me he was going to run away why should I even care? I actually ended up enjoying myself at the party, for once I finally got to see what it felt like to be Marcus. Having won the quarter finals, the semi-finals would be held two weeks from now all of the pressure that was on Marcus suddenly transferred to me. I hated to acknowledge the thought but Marcus’ absence was the best thing to ever happen to me, the coach acknowledged my abilities, girls that never knew i existed started giving me attention and I loved every minute of it. The following week at school was hectic, Missing posters we all over the town but everyone had forgotten about Marcus, everyone’s eyes were on me. It was around this time I meet Uri, She was an old friend of …show more content…
Everyone thought He was dead, rumors started going around that Naya was the one who murdered him, It was a mess. But out of nowhere, almost as if to shut down the rumors in walks Marcus and Naya, like nothing ever happened. They went about the day as they would normally do, but something was different maybe it was because I was always in His shadow but I could tell something was different with Marcus. I head over to His locker, “You could have at least called or let your family know you were okay.” But He brushed me off and went straight to class. After classes it was time for practice, I was running late but I came just in time to hear the coach chew Marcus out. He looked to me, like I was going to help Him but as far as the team and I were concerned He was dead to us. After He saw that we weren't going to step in on His behalf, He started crying, I don’t know how He thought today would play out, but He left us high and dry during a very important playoff game there was no sympathy left for Him. This was the last day He attended Jefferson and the first of many
Devin, our substitute quarterback was mediocre at best meaning I finally had my chance to shine. We ended up winning the game, twenty-eight to twenty-one I was finally going to be recognized for all of my hard work. That night there was another party and the whole team was invited, it was almost as if everyone had forgotten about Marcus and Naya. After a while I gave up caring, If he didn’t think to tell me he was going to run away why should I even care? I actually ended up enjoying myself at the party, for once I finally got to see what it felt like to be Marcus. Having won the quarter finals, the semi-finals would be held two weeks from now all of the pressure that was on Marcus suddenly transferred to me. I hated to acknowledge the thought but Marcus’ absence was the best thing to ever happen to me, the coach acknowledged my abilities, girls that never knew i existed started giving me attention and I loved every minute of it. The following week at school was hectic, Missing posters we all over the town but everyone had forgotten about Marcus, everyone’s eyes were on me. It was around this time I meet Uri, She was an old friend of …show more content…
Everyone thought He was dead, rumors started going around that Naya was the one who murdered him, It was a mess. But out of nowhere, almost as if to shut down the rumors in walks Marcus and Naya, like nothing ever happened. They went about the day as they would normally do, but something was different maybe it was because I was always in His shadow but I could tell something was different with Marcus. I head over to His locker, “You could have at least called or let your family know you were okay.” But He brushed me off and went straight to class. After classes it was time for practice, I was running late but I came just in time to hear the coach chew Marcus out. He looked to me, like I was going to help Him but as far as the team and I were concerned He was dead to us. After He saw that we weren't going to step in on His behalf, He started crying, I don’t know how He thought today would play out, but He left us high and dry during a very important playoff game there was no sympathy left for Him. This was the last day He attended Jefferson and the first of many