#3 The Winter that Changed Everything

As school went on, the excitement of highschool faded. The sports teams brought to everyone a new sense of companionship. Kaleb and Josh became much closer and eventually started to play guitar together. Kaleb had always been interested in music, though his tastes in music fluctuated like the sands of a desert, music was always a way to listen to his own thoughts. In the near future, Kaleb would eventually lead his church in worship and become a lead worshipper.

Church had always been a part of their lives. Shawn and Lydia were already leaders, following the footsteps of their older brothers. And Josh would soon follow. Homecoming had passed and Kaleb had gone with one of his friends, May, whom at the time, he adored. But Kaleb soon found himself becoming attracted to Lydia. They had begun talking online in the summer, and had become quite close in a short amount of time. Shawn was also close to Lydia, and he had liked her for a couple months. Luckily there was no rivalry between Kaleb and Shawn, Kaleb had made it a priority to keep this secret from Shawn until at least Shawn was over her.

That winter Shawn and Lydia attended the winterball at Lydia’s highschool. They had a good time talking and dancing but just as friends. Soon after at a rehearsal for the annual church Christmas presentation, Shawn and Kaleb were sitting on the pews and Shawn told Kaleb that he no longer had feelings for Lydia. For Kaleb, this was a huge relief. He no longer felt like there was something he was hiding from Shawn and was relieved of this huge burden.

“Hey Shawn, I want to ask you something.”

“What’s up?” said Shawn.

“So are you really over Lydia?” asked Kaleb.

“Yea. It would have never worked out anyway, we’re more like brother and sister.”

“Ah, I see. So… I think I like her, but I don’t want to do anything if you’re not over her.”

“WHAT?! Haha just kidding, yea dude go for it. I really don’t care.”

“Haha ok. You sure?”

“Yes!” exclaimed Shawn.

Inadvertently Kaleb had asked for Shawn’s permission to pursue Lydia and found himself with a sort of peace around him. Now the only question was who did he like more, Lydia or May.

#2 When it All starts

The summer weather was fair, not too hot and not too cold. There was a cool breeze blowing that day as Kaleb and Shawn were outside at a barbeque. They were just talking about the upcoming school year and enjoying the sun of the last day of the summer. We were 14 then and didn't care to think that life would become much more complex.

"So what do you think of Lydia?" Shawn asked Kaleb.

"I don't know, she's pretty nice, I've known her since like childhood, but haven't really become friends with her or anything. Why? Are you interested in her?" Kaleb replied.

"Nah... it's just we spend alot of time together because our brother's hangout all the time."

"haha I see."

As the summer came to an end, autumn soon began and with it, school. Shawn, Kaleb and Lydia all went to different schools. Kaleb to the north, Lydia to the south, and Shawn in the middle. Shawn always liked sports and decided to join the football team. As for Kaleb, he could have joined the football team, but he decided on tennis. He had started playing tennis when he was in 5th grade with his two cousins (i'll put in there name later). Kaleb was only mediocre at the sport, never really putting all his effort into anything, he just liked to enjoy what he did rather than being stressed out. 

"Kaleb, wait up!" (pause screen) Said Josh. 

Josh was another of Kaleb and Shawn's friends. They had grown up with eachother but all three of them had only become good friends a few years before. Josh was a smaller kid, with a bright smile and a pure heart, he would soon face the difficulties of life. 

"Oh... hey." Said Kaleb.

"So are you ready for tennis tryouts? What do you think JV will be like? I hear varsity is intense! And supposedly no frosh has made it into varisty." said Josh.

"Yea... I'm not too worried about JV. But all this practice and conditioning is hard. I'm like dying after we do lines to warmup."

"Hahaha, yea I know what you mean, but let's hurry or the coach will get mad at us for being late to practice."

#1 The beginning

Prologue 

As written by Kaleb

Gabriel grew up in an interesting childhood. With an older brother, lots of relatives, his parents, and his friends, he was never lonely. He grew up with few toys and had only music as a creative outlet. I don't know much else than that because we never really talk about it, it's always the same things. And I couldn't tell you much about his childhood from personal experience because I wasn't there until a little over a decade into his life. 

I on the other hand grew up with the world at my fingertips. I was and am still an only child. I had tons of toys, tons of ways to express my creativity, etc. I too grew up with cousins and lots of aunts and uncles and grandparents. But no matter how many people are around you, you never really get close until you want to. I played with my cousins like all good little boys do, being in the middle with older and younger cousins, I never felt like I belonged anywhere. I was always too old or always too young, I was never in a place where I felt right. At first I was unhappy and have been told that I cried a lot as a child, so I learned to control my feelings, I put on a smile and agreed that it was all ok because they were just having fun. I knew my mom sensed all this and I wish I could have done something to be more strong; to save her from the pain of seeing her child in pain. But I digress. I once had a best friend, she was of the opposite sex and was in fact korean. Our mothers were good friends and I remember her mom used to cut my hair. I hadn't known that our friendship, that relationship, would shape who I am today. All the parents used to poke fun and say that she was my girlfriend and that someday we would get married. And I would immediately reply as little boys do in movies, with a "no!!!" Around the time when I was 5 or 6 she moved away, and I never saw her again. Now that you know some of the past, we'll let the real story unfold.

This is a true story

I'm going to try and write out a script of what happened in my love life... i'll try to be as honest as possible.