Marco+Flores

Comfort of a Gentle Heart Sufficient for the comfort, Of a gentle heart. The cottage is one of the embellishments Of natural scenery. Beautiful always, and everywhere, Sending up the motion of azure smoke. Grouped among the bright cornfields, Of the fruitful plain. Gives the idea of a thing to be beloved That is as peaceful as silence itself. With theses feelings we shall devote The prevailing character, worthy Of its usefulness, Brightly as the luxuriant rose, Gracefully, gleaming, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">By its glance among the green leaves.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This That Gives Him Joy <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Careful as he is in life, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He tries to find what life means to him. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Deciding what’s important for his life, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He finds the one thing that gives him meaning, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">With its radiance ever so gleaming, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">With the touch of gold on top, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And with an excited pair of <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Deep blue pools happiness. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">But at times this that gives him joy, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Leads to his own demise. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">At least he thinks, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">But the truth is he knows, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">With all of its show, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">That without it, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He would be below, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In his life without happiness.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Up and Down

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">It was eight O’ clock at night, surprisingly the air was still and all that was heard was the sound of a basketball being dribbled in the distance. Andres Armando Argullez was at the park with his friend, Fernando Cortez playing a friendly game of basketball with him as his girlfriend; Kate Birham watched and cheered Andres on as he stole the ball from Fernando, faked him out with a spin, and made the mid range jumper. Then as Fernando crosses over and is about to make the lay up, Andres comes up and blocks him and gets the ball and makes a three pointer.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“You’ve been getting better, Andres.” Says Fernando in awe as he watches Andres shoot three pointers without missing.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Thanks, Fernando.” Andres say with a confidant smile on his face. “So… when are basketball tryouts?”

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Tomorrow actually… are you thinking of trying out?” Said Fernando.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“I know I’m going to try out.” Andres says confidently.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Well, I’ll be seeing you there then, but I got to go now it’s getting late, see ya.” Said Fernando as he walked away.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Okay, see ya man, good luck tomorrow.” Andre says and walks towards Kate to hug her. “Kate, I’ll walk you home.” As they walked it was still very silent all around and very peaceful, which is not something that happens often in this part of the city.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“I’m so proud of you Andres.” Kate said, with a big smile on her face as they walked holding Andres’s hand.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Thanks Kate, goodnight.” Said Andres as they approached her house.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Goodnight and be carful on your way home.” Said Kate with a worrying face.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“I will be, don’t worry Kate.” Said Andres as he walked home. Once he got home he went straight to sleep so he could be fresh and ready for the try outs the next day.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The next day at school Andres was so excited he could hardly pay attention in his classes. He tried his best to do his work in school but all that was on his mind was making the basketball team. He knew he would, no one could match his skill. He thought about the position he wanted to play, he thought about it for a while and finally came up with a decision. He knew he would be the star point guard of Fremont High school.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Once the bell rang for school to end, he leaped out of his seat, ran to the locker room and quickly changed, and after went to the gym. He was the first one in there ready to go. Fernando came out right after. “Hey Andres, you ready?” He said.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Andres replied confidently, “Of course I am, are you?”

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Yes, Yes I am and good luck.” He said with a smile and gave him a pat on the back.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Good luck to you too, Fernando.” Said Andres, as they continued to talk the coach came in and called everyone to him and said,

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Well it’s time for tryouts, good luck to every one here, as all of you are aware there is only a handful of you that will make this team, and you have this one chance to show me that for this year, if you don’t make it there is always next year, now lets get started.”

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">For the next four hours the coach put them through drills, made them go against one another, run, and do a scrimmage game. Through out the whole four hours Andres did his best and showing off everything he had, tricks, shots, steals, passes, everything in his arsenal to show he was the best. And Fernando was also giving it his best shot. And through out the whole time the coach had his eyes on both of them and was very pleased with what he saw.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The next day, once he got to school Andres rushed to see if his name was posted up on the list, and sure enough it was. He knew it all along, Fernando was also on there and was excited about that as well. After school he went to practice and did great as always and so did Fernando. After practice the coach comes up to both of them and says “You both are excellent players but there is one, little problem.”

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Both Andres and Fernando say in a worried tone,”What is it coach?”

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“You both want to be point guards, but I need both of you out there at the same time so we can succeed as a team. For now I’ll have Andres as starting point guard and Fernando, you’ll be shooting guard and Andres’s back up if anything happens.” Andres wasn’t fond of the idea as Fernando as his back up, he believed that he didn’t need back up and was better than Fernando anyways.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Ok, coach” said Andres a little annoyed and walked away to the locker room, got his stuff and headed home. Once he got home Kate called him and he answered in a frustrated tone, “Hello…”

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Hey, Andres, I heard you have a game tomorrow can’t wait to see you and cheer you on.” She said happily and bouncing in her chair.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Still annoyed, Andres replied, “Yeah…”

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Are you ok, Andres?” Kate said nervously.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Kate, I’m fine it’s just…. It’s nothing, I have to go, talk to you later.” Says Andres and hangs up. Andres can’t stop thinking about Fernando and the possibility that the coach might put him as starting point guard if he’s not careful. He knows he’s better than Fernando but what if the coach sees something different. At that moment he decided he has to prove it in the next game and keep Fernando at the least amount of points while making himself look great.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">During the game Andres had the most points, steals, rebounds, and blocks. They won the game 50 to 35; he had 30 points in the game and was able to keep Fernando at 5 by not passing to him. He was ecstatic about it. Everyone else on the team was angry, they barely had a chance to do anything, and Andres did it all.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Afterwards, the coach talked to him about it, “Argullez, You did good out there, but you got to be team out there.”

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Andres responded, “It’s not my fault I’m greater than them, they should just come up to my level.”

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Coach looked at him, frustrated, he said, “I don’t like your attitude, next time you act like this you’re off the team!”

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Andres walks off to the locker room to get his stuff and goes home. Once he gets home, Kate calls him again and Andre’s replies angrily, “Kate… Hi…”

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“I called to say you did a wonderful job out there, but you don’t seem in the mood sorry to bother you.” Said Kate tearing up and trying to keep herself from crying.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">With a sigh, Andres says, “Yeah… Sorry, I’m not in the mood to talk to you right now, maybe some other time.” He hangs up and goes to sleep.”

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">During the next game, Andres did not start; it was Fernando who took his place due to the little incident last week. As the game went on his anger grew because not only was he not in but also because his fame was being stolen by his so-called best friend.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">During half time Kate managed to see him and said “What’s going on with you lately?”

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Too much for you to understand, Kate!” Andres yelled furiously, “Kate, I have too much going on right now; I don’t really have time for you and have you breathing down my neck the whole time!”

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“What are you saying?” Kate said with tears in her eyes and her voice shaking.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Andres lets out a big sigh, and says”It’s over!” He walks away and goes to get ready for the second half of the game.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The coach let him play in the second half of the game, but as a shooting guard. This made him furious, he did nothing to help his team and they ended up losing 53 to 43. After the game he went into the locker room and Fernando says in an irritated tone, “What was that?”

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“What was what? Andres said trying to keep his anger in.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“You let us lose on purpose! Why did you do that, Andres?” he said.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Let’s get one thing straight, I didn’t do anything! You stole my fame-- you stole my position and keep causing me all theses problems!” He yelled and punched one of the lockers.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Getting angrier with each passing second Fernando said, “Oh I see what this is about, you’re jealous and you’re blaming me for everything even thought it’s your entire fault you’re in this situation.”

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Andres had enough with everything, he was furious we when up to Fernando and punched him in the face, slammed him into the locker, pushed him to the grown and continued to repeatedly hit him as he was on the ground.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The coach walked in and pulls Andres off of Fernando and yells “Argullez! That is the final straw you’re off the team!”

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">And with that Andres storms out of the locker room, slamming doors and kicking anything in his way. As he walks home he starts talking out loud to himself, “I can’t believe I put myself in this situation, I’ve lost everything that I’ve worked so hard for, how could I do this to myself!?” Andres says with his head down as he approaches his house and then goes in to his bed and lays there thinking of all of the recent events.