DanisM1213

. One day Jimmy wanted to be a professional soccer player. Since he was little he had always wanted to be a professional soccer player, but his parents didn’t want him to pursue that dream. He had always practice soccer in the park, every day after school he would do this, and this would be his routine for a long time. Sometimes some other people he did not know would come up to him and ask him if they could join. Jimmy always liked to play some soccer with other people; it would put his skills to the test. Over time he learned new plays, new tricks, and different types of shot, soon enough he was the best soccer player in the park; no one would challenge him because they all knew that in the end it would always be the same outcome.

Of course his parents didn’t even know that this was happening; they thought that he was just staying after school and doing his homework. His parents were always worrying about his grades. They were so worried that he wouldn’t be able to get in a good college. Jimmy was also focusing on his grades, but not as much as soccer. He wanted to get a scholarship to a really good college to play for them. He didn’t really care what college; as long as he could play soccer he would always be content with life.

One evening Jimmy came home all tired from a long day. He put his stuff down on the couch and ran upstairs to take a nice cold shower. When he got out and got dressed, his parents were right at the bottom of the stairs holding a pair of cleats in their hand. They didn’t look one slightest bit happy; he could tell that they had finally found out.

Usually his mom and dad would work late and then call him once they had come near to home, but this time they hadn’t called him at all. He usually had enough time to run home and get ready for dinner, but he hadn’t even got a warning this time.

He was waiting for them to say something to him, to ground him or to take his soccer stuff away and throw it in the trash. That’s exactly what they did. Jimmy didn’t even have enough money to buy any of the equipment, because he didn’t have a job. His mom wasn’t even going to give Jimmy any more allowance. All he could do was hope for someone else to help him out, although he wasn’t expecting help anytime soon.

Jimmy was going to school the next morning, when his friend came up to him and gave him some good news, which he had been hoping for all night. His friend had told Jimmy that he had watched him play soccer yesterday and was very impressed with his play. So his friend took the action and called a college that their main sport was soccer. They told Jimmy’s friend that they would come by tomorrow after school and watch his play. Jimmy was still sad, he wouldn’t be able to go to the fields because he had been grounded, unless he had sneaked out of the house when his parents weren’t home. Jimmy felt a surge of happiness that his dreams were finally visible.

After school Jimmy ran home and went up to his room to get ready, but he had no soccer equipment with him therefor he could not play.

Jimmy was never able to play as good without his soccer equipment, because he had always worn the same stuff for the past ten years, never becoming detached to it. He had to search the house for his equipment; they surely hadn’t thrown it away yet.

He had searched for it, and finally found it tucked under his mom and dad’s bed. He quickly put it on and ran to the fields.

When he arrived he saw the scout there with his friend. The scout and Jimmy nodded and the scout signaled for Jimmy to show him what he had in him.

Jimmy did numerous drills that he had created and skills that he had learned. The scout had a smile on his face the entire time he was playing, and when Jimmy was finished with his best performance he had ever played, that smile on the scouts face didn’t even wash away.

The scout asked one thing that Jimmy found was hard to do. He asked for his parents. Jimmy was then discouraged, because his parents would not agree with the scout and sends him back home.

They slowly walked back to Jimmy’s house, the smile still on the scout’s face.