Personal Narrative: Life After Football

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I am Guss Crab’s I wake up in the morning and I smell my mom’s coffee brewing. Just me and my mom live together because my dad died when I was in 7th grade four years ago. I go to school that morning and I see football tryouts or August 25. When I get home from school and I my mom is back home from work already. She asked me what I want for dinner? I said steak and mash potatoes. The next day at school I see coach Smith in the hallway. he asked “you signed up?” I said “yep.” The next morning I go to wake up my mom and she doesn’t respond. I got to touch her to wake her up and she doesn’t move. I yell “mom” then I yell “Sandy” she doesn’t respond. I call the police and then they come and I never went to school that day. Also the news came and I was getting interviewed and I see my …show more content…
I get a personal trainer that makes me work harder than I have ever worked before. I make the second string. So I hit the gym even harder. I know that I am not big enough to make the starting lineup and I know that if I start to take steroids coach will find out and I will be kicked off the football team. I went to the gym and I there was a steroid dealer outside of the gym and I get some steroids injected into my arm. The next day I went to practice and we were running sprints and I beat every one. After practice I walk over to coach and he asked me when did you become so fast. I said that I was in the gym every day benching and doing squats. Coach said good for you. Bill the team's quarterback finds out that I am taking steroids and he tells coach. The next day I was called down to the office and I see coach and three police officers there. I get so nervous that my arms are shaking really bad. The cops ask me where I have been in the last 48 hours and I say “at the gym and football practice.” The cops order me to go live with

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