The 25th reunion of Roosevelt High was winding down towards Last Call. At one table, conversions that started during the meal and continued through dancing and drinks progressed to the next missing Alum of Class of '85.
Jillian, who had remained quiet as the other spoke, asked, "So, what ever happened to Vic?"
Her husband, Phillip, had been unable to attend due to a car accident. Jillian didn't know any of these people but found the stories fascinating. So much drama in such a small class.
William responded with a sigh, "Vic pretty much was ostracized by most of us at the party and a lot of others that weren't. As I mentioned, Thomas was liked and Vic moving in on Katy wasn't looked on too favorably. We had a game the Saturday after the party. We were ahead into the last few minutes of the fourth quarter. Vic went back for a pass and got hit before the release and went down. We managed to keep control of the ball, but Vic was out of the game. Found out both his throwing arm and right leg were broken, so he was out for the season. We managed to hold on and win."
"Vic went to the hospital and was out of school for a few days. Came back and hobbled around until the casts came off. He wasn't quite the same after. Football was his life, and the injuries ended his chances at an athletic scholarship and his dreams of playing pro. He seemed to slog through the rest of the year. I was off to college but stayed in touch over the summer. Without the scholarship, finances were tight. He ended up working for his uncle as a car mechanic. Also took classes at the local Community College. Everything seemed OK, until he disappeared at a Halloween party, same night Katy disappeared.
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DAMN! He was so close! Fucking Thomas! If he had stayed away just a bit longer, he would have Katy begging for it. Another cherry popped. Maybe even get her pregnant. Just like Ms. Lewis, the Algebra teacher.
On my eighteenth birthday, I found her after school. Got her in a clinch, gave her some tongue, felt her up enough to get her motor humming. Then down with her panties, my cock popping her cherry, and filling her up. She was saving herself for her fiancΓ©, but I got there first. Fucked her every day for a month. Then she told me she missed her period and was pregnant. Not my problem. She should have known better than to fuck a student. I heard she was trying to convince her fiancΓ© that the baby was his.
DAMN! Katy would have been my nineth cherry. Now everyone at the party is giving me the cold shoulder. What the Fuck! I'm the quarterback. That's one of the perks. A teacher, three cheerleaders, and four of the "unpopular" girls who were willing to give it up, hoping they'd be my girl. Fuck no, they're just pussy. One date, pop 'em, dump 'em. In addition to Ms. Lewis, two others got pregnant and left school. Not my problem.
No one gave me shit for that, but I'm getting the stink eye for moving on Katy. Fuck!
Left the party, went home, and went to bed after beating one off to thoughts of a naked Katy, popping her and having her pleasuring me like Ms. Lewis did just before finding out she was pregnant. Dreams of a Katy pregnant with my kid, sucking me off, giving me her ass, and me fucking her pregnant snatch.
Next couple of days at school sucked. Thomas was missing. Katy was mopping around. Everyone was pissed off at me. Fuck 'em. We've got a big game on Saturday, and I need to shine. I really need that athletic scholarship. Mom and Dad don't make shit and football is my way outa this burg.
Saturday after Halloween was a big game against the Truman High School, the other High School in town. We were primed to bust their asses. The game went well, we were ahead by thirteen points. Three minutes to go, I go back for a pass.
WHAM!!!!!
Not sure what hit me. Then the pain his. Christ! What the Fuck! Coach and the assistants came out. Someone must have called the Paramedics 'cause an ambulance showed up, I got shot up with some good stuff, they rolled me off to the hospital ER. Damn! Fucking hot nurse! Need get her to take care of my personal needs. Damn this shit they gave me for the pain is good.
Woke up and found out all the bad news. My throwing arm broken. Right leg broken. Concussion. I'd be in a cast for at least twelve weeks. Maybe more. Both breaks were compound fractures. Shit! I'm out for the season. Scholarship money is iffy. Fuck, what happened?
A couple guys on the team came by and told me what happened. A Truman defender flew through a gap in our line and hammered me while I still had the ball. I went down, the ball floated in the air. Fortunately, we recovered and managed to win the game. I asked how did I look on the ground and they got a sick look on their face and didn't say anything.
Doc came by, and with my parents, told me all the bad things going on in my arm and leg. Multiple compound fractures. They have pins and a rod in my leg. They have more pins and rods in my arm. Not going anywhere quickly or soon. Due to a couple of complications, much as they wanted to get me out of the hospital, I ended up staying there for eight days. Being released a week and a day after my injury.
Back to school and I found out a walk on named Chet is now starting QB and in his first game, the day before I checked out of the hospital, he threw and ran more yards than my best game. SHIT! I know who's getting that athletic scholarship.
Worse, I'm a pariah. Word of what I was trying to do with Katy, combined with all the non-so rumor rumors about my sexual escapades including why Ms. Lewis and two other girls have left/are leaving the school. And still no word about Thomas. Seems that's my fault too.
Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's all sucked. Really sucked. Was still in my casts. Medical bills were causing my parents fits. The mood sucked, the food sucked, presents sucked. All my classmates seemed to be having fun and I was stuck at home.
The rest of the year was barely any better. Casts came off in mid-February. Physical therapy went for another month. Arm and leg were both fucked. Did the PT. Did the gym. Did all the practice stances, runs, and throws. My arm wasn't worth shit. I could throw only half as far and had to lob it to get the distance. Not enough power to drop the arc without the ball hitting the ground. Running/maneuvering wasn't much better. My right leg just didn't want to hold up for anything resembling a turn. Straight out run, no problem. Any type of tight turn and shooting pains hit, hit hard.
When acceptance letters came in, I wasn't surprised. One acceptance from some backwater school. I looked, but no athletic scholarship. No way I could afford to go there. Not with the medical bills. A second acceptance from one of the lesser State colleges, but again, no scholarship. I needed football to get into college. My grades sucked.
The rest of the school year was doing what I could to get my arm and leg better. Grades at this point didn't matter. Just needed to do well enough to graduate, which I did. That forced the next thing, getting a job. Fortunately, my uncle had a shop and was willing to hire me as a junior mechanic. Pay wouldn't be very good to start, but if I could show some aptitude, he'd bump me up after six months. Looking at the weekly pay, I wasn't going to make enough to live on my own and I know a couple of bucks to mom and dad would help.
So, I took the job and did my best to do my best. I must have done something right since I got a raise after three months instead of six. As the summer was ending, I signed up for classes at the local Community College. Working full time, I decided to take only two classes: Remedial math and English. Made a deal with my uncle. I'd either start early or work late on the days I had classes. If that didn't work, I offered to put in extra hours on the days I didn't have class. He was ok with it, so off to school I went.
Wondering why I wanted to do this? I still wanted out of this burg and school was the best, and worst, option.
Work was going great. Classes were going ok. Math was running at a C+ but I was hoping to pull that up to a B before the end of the term. English was a C- and I had hopes of pulling it up to a C+ or B-. Not sure if my hopes are more wishes, but I was trying.
October rolled around and fall was in the air. Wished I was playing football. Instead, more work at the shop and more work on improving my grades. By late October, both Math and English were a solid B-. Fingers crossed, I might, maybe get both to a B or B+.
Around campus, notices were going up for Halloween parties. I hadn't done anything fun in a year. Hadn't gotten laid in a year. Kept seeing the notices. Kept thinking about going to one. Two days before Halloween, I aced my math test, 98 points out of 100, and got an A- on an English paper. Fuck yeah. I was going to a party!
I looked at the notices and found one that looked like fun. It was almost guaranteed that there would be beer and booze. Also liked the cover charge rules. $25 for guys not in costume. $10 for guys in costume. Women got in free. Damn right. Gonna get some pussy, yeah!