Rock The police officer handcuffs me without saying another word and escorts me into the back of a police car. But let's go back for a moment. Did he just say that I was being arrested for Jim Darby's murder? Jim is dead. I may not have liked how he treated my girlfriend and my mom, but I would never consider killing anyone, even if he made me angry as my girlfriend's father and my mom's former lover. Despite her current feelings, my mother still cares for him to some extent. When we arrive at the police station, the officer leads me into a room and closes the door. I don't see him again for three hours. Then, two other officers enter the room. They are dressed in plain clothes, so I assume they are detectives. "Good afternoon, Mr. Martinez. I'm Officer Butterhead, and this is Officer Milyukov." Oh, great, did he really just say his name was Butterhead? "I apologize for keeping you waiting for so long. Can I offer you something to drink? I have water and soda. Which would

Rock “Hey Jessica, did you see River come back from the restaurant? The mall is about to close, so surely the meeting is over?” “No, and she left her phone because I texted her earlier to see how long she was going to be and it went off on the table.” Jessica tells me, so I go over to the phone and pick it up off the table. I look at it and I see she had been messaging Jim recently. Why wouldn’t she tell me about something like that? I open the messages up and fuck, this isn’t good. “Jessica, watch Abe for a minute, please.” “What’s going on, Rock?” Jessica asks in a panicking. “Hey Jess, I need you to focus for me really fast? Now are you okay?” I ask her. “Yes.” She responds. “Okay, well now I need you to listen and not freak out. I think Jim took River, so I need you to call mom and Sharon to get down here, then call 911. I’m going to go to the restaurant to make sure she’s not really still there. Can you do that for me, Jessica?” “Yes, I’m on it. She tells me and I run off to

Rock Speedy, Brody and I are standing on the field we will play on in about a month. It’s hard to believe our summer has already come and gone and now we are in college. River decided she was going to go to the same college as the rest of us. She got accepted to one of the top schools and she turned it down to go to school with me and her friend. She had one condition: she wanted to stay in the dorms like normal students. “How does it feel to be on this field finally?” Speedy asks “Bro, it feels so fucking good.” I told him. “This has been my dream since I was a little boy and now I’m finally here. My dad and I worked on this for so long before he passed away.” “He would be fucking proud of you, brother,” Brody tells me. I smile at him and shake off the feeling of doubt. “Well, boys, I for one am hungry.” Speedy tells us.” That boy is always hungry. “Let’s go see what the campus offers.” I tell them besides, I’m ready to go see my girl and her dorm room. We head off to the campus g

Rock It's our first game of the season and I'm in the locker room putting on my uniform on Saturday night. The coach comes in and tells me I'll be playing in the game tonight. “Where’s Alex?” One of the starters asks, and he informs us that Alex got arrested for a DUI. Fucking idiot. This is his last year in college. This is when he either goes pro or does something different with his career and from what I know about Alex, he was banking ongoing pro. Whatever more play time for me and if I can prove to the coaches I'm worth the starter’s position, I could kick Alex out, anyway. “Alright brother, are you ready to get out there and show them assholes who Rock Martinez is?” Speedy asks me. “Yes, I am. Let’s do the damn thing.” I tell my buddy and we get ready to run out on the field. Once out there, I look around the field real fast and for some reason it looks so much bigger out there than our highschool field was. “Are you ready, rookie?” One of the seniors asks me as he’s running

Rock “Hey Rock, will you meet me in the library after school? I have a few things I have to talk to you about on our paper.” Page, my English partner and the captain of the cheer squad, tells me. “Yea, I’ll be there I tell her and turn around to talk to Speedy again and he is giving me one of his looks. “What bro?” I ask him. “What are you doing, Rock?” He asked me. “What are you talking about, Speedy?” I ask my buddy because I really don’t know what he’s talking about. Page and I have been partners on all of our projects the last couple months and we have always met in the library every time we need to work on one. “What ever man, just don’t be typical Rock and fuck it up with River over another girl.” Speedy tells me, then walks toward our class. “Didn’t plan on it, asshole.” I holler at his back. River and Sydney come walking around the corner about then. River looks tired and I don’t know what’s been going on with us lately, but we are not spending as much time with each other