Insert Title Here Chapter One

"Were moving", my mother said, "A job has opened up at the school by your grandparents,

and i plan on interviewing for it." With my mom recently being laid off from her old teaching job, i was

expecting her to find another one soon. But New York?!

I could not believe this. Not now, not when things were finally looking up for me. I was a lock

for captain of the JV basketball team this year. I was enjoying school, my friends, everything. I

thought i finally had everything figured out.

Its a wonder what two words can do to you. I had lived in Massachusetts all my life. I had

never even been out of the state! And now this?

"But mom! Can't you find another job? One around here? Ill even help out, I'll get a job down

at the hardware store where jimmy works. Please mom?!" I begged. But it was no use. We were

moving.

The next few weeks of summer went by in a blur, faster then summer usually did.[And lemme

tell you, that's fast] But the day i had been dreading finally came.

I think my best friend Tom took it worse then i did. We had been best friends since the crib,

our mothers both working at the same school, and we just...clicked. We did everything together, from

staying over at each others houses and playing video games till the sun came up again, or sitting in

the principals office for gluing Mr. Knobs butt to his chair. [The ol' man got what was coming to him].

But this was it, our last time seeing each other for a while, if not maybe forever. Of course we

would still talk over Aim and Myspace, but its not the same. I was losing my best bud.

Finally, we loaded all the boxes into the van and set off. Looking back, i saw Tom turn his

head away, as if he was crying. I was really gonna miss that goof.

The drops of rain hitting the windshield was the only sound that accompanied my mother and I on our 4 hour drive to New York. I was drifting in and out of consciousness, listening to Lil Wayne

blaring on my ipod. I tried to have a positive outlook on it. Maybe ill make loads of new friends, and

be happy in New York. I mean, I'm a like-able kid, I'm sure ill get along fine there.

Fat. Chance.

My mom woke me up as we pulled into the drive way of our new house. I looked through the

window at a white 2 story house, and I'm not going to lie, i was impressed. It doubled our old

apartment in size, and we actually had a yard.

"Wow mom, this house is nice! How could we afford it?" I asked.

"Now you let me worry about the money. Start unpacking, we got a ways to go." She said with a

smile.

So i grabbed a box and through the door to my new house. And my new life.