I was running down the sideline with the ball rolling along the nicely cut, green grass at my feet. I was closing in on the goal when I used all of the power I could and shot the ball at the stark white net. I stood in place following the ball with my eyes as it twirled through the fresh, Spring air all the way until it hit the back of the net. I was extremely excited and my team was too. This was my first ever goal on the Developmental Team for the Dorussel Sharks. My name is Jarred. I am your average 15 year old freshman other than the fact that I am on one of the best developmental soccer teams in the state of Iowa. I was living my completely normal life with my 11 year old sister, my mom, and my dad. On the way back from that game, something tragic happened. We were driving along the main street of Dorusselville when a taxi cab came out of nowhere and hit our car straight on. I could hear the crunching of metal and the screams of my parents, my sister, and I. …show more content…
My once normal life had just been turned upside down. At least I still have my sister, I thought as we went to the hospital to get checked out to make sure we didn’t break anything. It turns out my sister had broken her left hand and I broke my nose when I hit the brick hard back of the driver’s seat. It turned out that the only person related to us that was willing to take us in as our legal guardian was my crazy, alcoholic Aunt