Backstory Timeline
Childhood
Jonesy and Travis are childhood friends, having lived on the same block and meeting in elementary school.
Middle School (6-8th grade)
Francine, Travis, Jonesy, and Seth were all in the same English class in 6th grade (first year of middle school) and got along well, had lunch together, etc. The friendship continued since then, despite them connecting to different social groups according to their interests.
HS Freshman Year
Travis goes out for the football team and makes it, starting his high school sports career.
Francine makes the Girls Volleyball team (which is not very good)
HS Sophomore Year
HS Junior Year
Travis makes Varsity Football and is considered one of the most valuable members of the team.
Francine's friend Stacy tells her Travis wants to date her and would make a great boyfriend. Francine considers Travis an old friend and is reluctant to make the relationship romantic. Stacy tells Travis that Francine likes him and he asks her out. They begin dating.
Jonesy, who had been planning to ask Francine to the Junior Prom, is secretly against her relationship with Travis, claiming that it could ruin their friendship if things don't work out.
Travis finished the season at the end of December and is voted MVP. Popularity soars. He begins hanging out with football players and other jocks as his primary friend group. He begins dating Francine over the winter break.
During the spring semester, Travis attends more parties and events with the jocks and drinks more. After one party, a teammate is going to drive very drunk and Travis insists he drive instead. One the drive, the players distract him and he hits Andy who is running along the road in the dark (with lights). Travis and the other passengers swear an oath to never speak of the incident.
Travis becomes depressed but refuses to talk about it.
At Junior Prom, in a moment of weakness, Travis he reveals the hit and run to Francine, but only after swearing her to secrecy. He tells her the car's owner was driving and feared the truth would put him in danger from his violent and alcoholic father. She attempts to console him and the two sex, resulting in her pregnancy.
Summer after Junior Year
Wracked with guilt over the hit and run, Travis swears off drinking and begins to spend more time doing church and volunteer activities. He claims he wants to be a better person and increase his odds for his college application.
In a moment of weakness, he reveals the hit and run to Francine, but only after swearing her to secrecy. He tells her the car's owner was driving and feared the truth would put him in danger from his violent and alcoholic father.
HS Senior Year
Story takes place on Halloween Night, fall of Senior Year.
College
Notes
High School football season typically runs from late August through December.
Boys Track and Field has a spring season (outdoor track)
Girls' volleyball season is late August through early November
College application are submitted between August and January of Senior Year