2. Ch1 (1/2)

in the summer of 1995, on a

ight and early saturday morning around 9:23 a.m. the street family has just purchased a new house and are moving today. they just got a good deal on a 3bed/3bath house in dillon not far from where they live. the house is a mess as there are boxes everywhere taking up much space in the living room. little 7 year old jason street is in his room sleeping. mr. street took off from work today to get everything situated. he is outside cleaning the garage. the u-haul truck are on their way. mrs. street is in the kitchen taking everything out of the cabinets and putting into a box that reads kitchen on the side of it. mrs. street has to get jason to wake up and get dressed so he can get his room cleaned and move everything out. she goes to jason's room to see him turning over in his bed with the sheets over him. mrs. street knew jason was already awoke. she walks in quietly over to him. she sits on the edge of the bed and begins to rub his arm.

"jason sweetie, i need you to wake up." "there's a lot that needs to be done today."

jason who was really an early bird didn't want to get up because he didn't want to leave the house. he takes the cover from over him and slowly turns over to face his mom.

"mom why are we leaving, i don't wanna leave." jason moans.

"i thought you were excited about the new house?" mrs. street asks

"i won't make any friends." jason answers

"we're not moving far remember, we'll still be here in dillon." mrs. street answers

"where's dad?" jason asks

"he's outside cleaning out the garage." "i made

eakfast for you, so go wash up and we can get your room cleaned up." mrs. street said

"yes ma'am." jason replied as he got up out the bed to wash up and get dressed for the day.

outside, mr. street is almost done cleaning out the garage and has boxes lined up to be put on the u haul truck because most of the boxes won't fit inside their cars. mrs. street continues to put the items from the cabinets in the boxes. jason comes in the kitchen ready for

eakfast.

mrs. street has his sausage, eggs and pancakes ready for him to eat. jason sits at the kitchen table. mrs. street

ings jason his orange juice.

"mom will i be able to play football this year?" jason asks.

"i'm not sure honey i don't want you get hurt and me your father haven't talked about it."

"well i do wanna play." jason adds.

"i'll think about it." mrs. street replies with a smile. a horn is being honked loudly as a big orange and white truck pulls up in front of the house. the u haul truck. jason looks out the window to see the truck stop in front of the house.

"okay jason that's the moving company, hurry and finish eating so we can get started moving." mrs. street urges

"okay." jason quickly finishes eating putting the plastic plate and fork in the trash. he comes outside to see the truck. mrs. street goes outside to where mr. street is. the driver and the passenger both got out the truck to greet mr. and mrs. street as they began talking. jason goes to his room as he looks around. everything is just about cleaned up. jason sees the labeled boxes lying on the floor. he looks in them one last time. in the box labeled football toys, he sees his dallas cowboys poster, football and other items he had when he was apart of the dallas cowboys fan club that gets free memorabilia. mr. street comes inside to see what jason doing.

"hey, jason!" mr. street calls out.

"yes sir." jason calls out

"is everything in your room ready to be loaded on the truck?" mr. street asks.

"almost." "only my dresser and my mattress needs to be put on the truck. jason replies.

"okay." mr. street answers. mrs. street comes inside the house.

"they're ready honey." mrs. street said to mr. street.

"alright, let's start with jason's room first and then we'll do our room." mr. street said.

"you don't want to start in the garage first and get that out the way?" mrs. street.

"i figured we can just load everything in our truck, it's a not a lot." mr. street

"okay, what do you want to do about the attic?" mrs. street asked

"crap, i forgot about the attic." "let's do the rooms first and i'll go in the attic when we finish the rooms and kitchen. mr. street answered

the street family cleaned out the house starting with jason's room then their room, going throughout the whole house getting everything out and packing it up on the truck. the moving company men helped clean out the house and packed it on the truck. everything was finally finished. the street family looked throughout the house one last time.

mrs. street sighs as she looks around the house standing in the empty living room. mr. street notices his wife looking around one last time.

"everything okay joanne?" mr. street asked rubbing her shoulders.

"yeah, i just can't believe we're leaving." "just the memory of

inging jason home from the hospital." mr. street rubs his wife back.

"i know but this is a better fit." "three rooms, our room, jason's room, the office/guest room." mr. street points out.

"i just get emotional when i have to leave something i'm used to." mrs. street said.

"well after we get everything in the new house, how about we all go out to dinner tonight." "will that help?" mr. street asked rubbing joanne's back.

"yeah that's fine because we have to talk too." mrs. street said.

"about what?" mr. street asked casually with a small frown.

"jason." "he wants to play football but i don't agree with it." "i don't want him to get hurt." mrs. street said.

"it's just football with kids his size." "they don't get hurt." mr. street assured joanne.

"i guess it's time to go." mrs. street said

"okay let's move out." mr. street said. they walk out the house closing the garage door behind them. mr. street locks the door. jason is sitting on the truck watching the moving company guys finish packing everything.

"are we still leaving?" jason asked

"yeah son we're about to head out right now." mr. street answered.

"are you going to follow me? mr. street asked joanne street

"yeah." mrs. street answers nodding.

"come on jason, you're riding with me." mr. street said. jason hops off the van and gets in the passenger seat as mr. street gets in the driver seat. mrs. street gets in her car a 1990 toyota camry v30. mr. street begins to take off followed by mrs. street and the u haul truck follows suit. all 3 vehicles began to drive toward the other part of town. jason looks out the window to see some boys playing football in a nice cut grassy field. this catches his attention as he sees the boys about 7 of them playing by an elementary school.

jason turns to his dad to ask him a question. "hey dad can i ask you a question?" jason asks

"sure son what's on your mind." mr. street replies.

"do you think i can play football?" jason asks somewhat timidly afraid of the answer being no. mr. street looks at jason.

"you're really want to play football?" mr. street asks

"yes sir?" jason answers.

"i won't say no that you can't, but let me talk it over with your mother and i'll give you a definite answer soon." "deal?" mr. street asks

"okay." jason answers.

"how about i hang some tires for you in the backfield once we get settled and that way me and you can play sometimes."

"okay." jason replies liking that idea better. mr. street looks at the clock in the van it's 10:47am. he begins to drive slowly looking for the address

"ah, here we go." mr. street says reaching the family's new home. he pulls inside the driving space. he gets out as mrs. street pulls in the driving space next to him. she gets out as well. mitch wants the u haul driver to back the truck up on the grass to unload everything in the house. mitch looks around the neighborhood. they live across from an elementary school. jason is going to be home schooled until he starts middle school. mrs. street unlocks the front door going inside to see where everything is. she likes the house it's very nice, roomy, and cozy. jason goes inside and sees the house. he is amazed on how big the house is and it has a stairs that jason can run up and down on. mrs. street looks at jason who is in awe.

"what do you think jason, do you like it?" mrs. street asked looking down at jason.

"i love it." jason answered in all smiles as he runs upstairs to see the rooms. mrs. street goes upstairs as well to see the bedrooms. jason is in his soon to be room looking around the room though it's empty. mrs. street looks in his room it's a pretty nice sized room seeing jason would be growing into it pretty soon. jason opened a door to see a bathroom. jason is a bit confused.