Moving to a new town and going to a new school can be tough on anyone, especially an eighteen year old guy who at his old school was a starter at every sport he played. Yet when his mother got divorced and her company transferred her to a new town a few hundred miles away what can one do. So Kevin Adams said goodbye to his friends, his teammates and his girlfriend, packed up his things and moved with his mother.
The town was smaller than the one he had come from, he made sure he commented on that as he and his mother followed the moving van down the street. The movers set up all of the furniture as Kevin and his mother helped move furniture into the house. It took them the entire weekend to get settled in and Monday was going to be his first day of school, he got up that morning nervous to face a school of new kids.
"Don't worry honey when the other kids see how cool you are and they find out that you are pretty good at basketball, you will have no problem making new friends." His mother said to him dropping him off at the school.
"I can't wait until next weekend and we meet Dad halfway so I can get my truck." He laughed. "Having my mommy drop me off at school the first day is kind of gay."
"Well I kind of miss dropping my baby off, not get going or you'll be late." She said pulling away from the curb and driving off.
After the first few classes he realized he would not have much trouble fitting in, the kids in this school seemed pretty cool and were into the same things as he was. He later found the coaches office and knocked on the door, he was told to enter and he went inside. A short stout man sat behind the desk with a whistle around his neck, he smiled when he saw the tall muscular young man in his office.
"Are you Coach Hanson?" Kevin asked.
"Why yes I am Coach Hanson." He replied extending a hand to Kevin which he shook.
"I know football season is over so I was wondering if I could play some basketball for your school." He asked the coach.
"Football, no we did away with football about twenty years ago, insurance was too much and we could never get enough kids to go out for it. We have a soccer team; they were not very good they went two in fourteen this last season. Basketball we do have, we were not too bad last year, and we went six in ten." The coach explained. "We got three starters back could be better this year with a big guy like you."
"Well sir, I'm six foot two, I played both guard and forward at my old school, averaged eighteen points a game in my junior year and eight rebounds." He said proudly. "You can call my old coach if you want the number."
"What did you say your name was?" The coach asked.
"Kevin Adams." He replied.
"Jimmy Winters get to my office right away." He said into the intercom.
Around five minutes later a kid entered the office, he was in a few of Kevin's classes and he looked nervously at the new guy. The coach gave him his key ring and then told him to take him to the equipment room so he could find him uniforms and they two left.
"Hi, I'm Jimmy Winters." The kid said extending his hand.
"Kevin Adams." He replied shaking it.
He unlocked the equipment room and they went through the uniforms, they found home and away uniforms that would fit Kevin. Then they found a warm up jacket for him, the school colors were blue and white, Jimmy closed the room up behind them and locked it.
"So I play point guard what position do you play?" He asked.
"Well from looking around at the guys in the school it looks like I will probably be either a forward or center." Kevin chuckled nervously.
"Yeah we don't have much height or depth on our team, but we can run with pretty much anybody." Jimmy said proudly.
"Cool run and gun suits me fine." Kevin answered. "When is the first practice?"
"Thursday from five to seven, the coach wants us to work on our homework after school; he is pretty strict on keeping up with our studies." Jimmy explained.
"That will work out great my mother will like his attitude on keeping up on our studies." Kevin said.
"Well see you later buddy, I have to take these back to the coach." Jimmy said running off.