James just moved into an apartment in the south end of town with his mom because his dad had left them. It had been a week since he moved in, and tomorrow would be the first day of school. He had mixed emotions; he was nervous because he would be the new kid at school, but he was excited because the school that he would be going to had a great football team. It had been three weeks since James started going to his new school. They just posted that football try-outs would be next Monday. A week later, and it was the day of try-outs. He played his best. Three days later, the list went up. The eighth name was his: James J.! The first practice would be in a week. One week had passed, and his first practice went great. Three months later, he’d