Adaptation

There was once a boy who went by the name of James. James had a real talent, he could play basketball. The only problem was he came from too small of a town where his family didn't have the best luck financially. In fact, they had no luck financially. James played basketball at the public court a few blocks away all the time. Sometimes he was there from sun up and stayed till the lights shut off at night, practicing his dribbling and shooting, over and over again. He watched in the newspapers for all the stats from upcoming professional basketball players since his family didn't own a tv. He wanted to be one of them so bad. When James became old enough, he tried out for his highschool team. Of course, he made the team and was so excited to finally show people what he was made of. Their team went on to win the championships the next four years in a row because of James. This was almost unheard of in such a small town, so college coaches came to check him out. Before he knew it, James was getting the life he always dreamed of. In college he met a girl named Nicole. She was everything he's ever dreamed of and they were so happy together. If there was one thing he knew he loved more than basketball, it was Nicole. He asked her to marry him and she said yes. The next year James got offered to play on a professional team. James and Nicole were becoming very wealthy and soon after that, Nicole was pregnant with twins. They were both boys. As the next few years went by, James continued his career and got more busy. Nicole started to get worried because he was hardly home anymore, and she was getting lonely. Her boys were feeling neglected as well. As her depression progressed, she started to get very sick. One day James got a call, Nicole was in the emergency room and wasn't breathing. He realized he was making a big mistake by being so involved with basketball and that if he were to lose Nicole, he would be lost. He helped Nicole get better, and apologized for not being there for her and the boys. He resigned from the professional team and decided to teach highschool basketball. Even though he quit his dream job, he had something even better. He had the love of his life and he would never take that for granted ever again.