Alex at 15

   

Chapter 1

Alex and I were the only sophomores on the varsity soccer team. I guess that helped form a bond between us, but other than that we didn't have much in common. Alex was everything I wanted to be. Confident, outgoing, attractive. At 15, as I look back, I guess I was a pretty good looking kid, but at the time, like many other teenagers, I was insecure about every part of me: my hair, my body, my clothes. Alex was never like that, or at least he never showed it. Before the coach even told us we had made the varsity, Alex was mixing as well with the seniors as the freshman. He always had a smile, a laugh, or just a look for everyone. Whenever he seemed in over is head, he'd just cock his head, grin, and shrug, moving on like he never had a problem in the world.