Deadline 1-100

Ben Wolf is a senior in high school. After his cross country physical in the beginning of the year, he gets a call from the doctor telling him that him and his parents need to come in and talk to the doctor. Ben goes alone however, telling the doctor that he's eighteen and doesn't need his parents and that they were gone anyway. The doctor insisted his parents be there, but Ben just wanted to get whatever this was, over with. The doctor then sat him down and told him that he had cancer. The doctor said that they need to start chemo right away so they can defeat it in it's early stages, or Ben only may have one year to live. Ben however, decides not to do chemo and not to tell his parents about his condition. The doctor insisted over and over that Ben does chemo and talks to his parents, but Ben still decided not to and said he just felt like this was "supposed to happen", but couldn't explain it. Ben then decided that he wanted to do as much as he could with this year that he had left. Instead of doing cross country, he went out for football. He joined his brother Cody, the starting QB, on the team. Ben is 11 months older than Cody, but much smaller, and both are seniors. They have a great relationship, but Ben can't bare to tell Cody about the cancer. The football team then starts practice and the coach, who is like a second father to Ben and Cody, realizes how good Ben actually is for his size. The coach tells Ben that it's going to be really hard not to start him. Ben realizes that he's only been on the team for a few weeks, while others have for a few years, and he wants coach to start the other players instead of him because he feels they deserve it. Ben however, does start on special teams and hits people twice his size, knocking them down almost every time. Ben also got the courage to ask Dallas Suzuki on a date, who he has liked forever, and he was shocked when she said yes. She even asked him to homecoming that night. A week later, after the football game, they went to a dance and then back to Dallas's house. Her parents weren't home and Ben and Dallas went to her room and had sex and Ben could not believe it. He was amazed at how well his life was going, but also saddened that he knew it was all going to have to end. Meanwhile during all of this, he visits a therapist a few times a week in order to talk about things, and she tries to convince him to start chemo. Ben also has dreams where Hey-soos (Jesus) talks to him and gives him advice. The next Friday, is homecoming. Ben actually gets to start this game, because the star running back of the team, Sooner, gets hurt. His dad is an alcoholic and broke Sooner's collarbone. After the first kickoff, Ben flies down the field and hits the reciever at the 20 yard line. He then for the first time, gets to stay on the field because Sooner is hurt.