Deadline 1-100

In the beginning of the book Deadline Ben goes to the doctor, after several minutes of coaxing the doctor to tell him the news without his parents he is in shock after he finally told him. Ben was going to die, and soon. After thinking about what something like this would do to his already crazy home life he decided to keep it to himself. He then decided that he had to live out his whole life before he died. He went out for football, even though he would of made it to state in cross country. Even though Ben was short and skinny he ended up being one of the better players on the team, being able to tackle anything and everything. There was this girl, Dallas Suzuki, she had been Ben's biggest crush for as long as he could remember. One day, she finally noticed him after he became a jock she was all over him, after one night at "The Chief" (a local restaurant) he finally fulfilled one of his goals before dying.