1. Plan B By Michael Griffin

2. I woke up suddenly from the sounds of smashing bottles and loud laughter. When my vision became clearer I saw the gang in clear view, drinking liquor at my bar. I quickly ran and picked up my rifle. In my loudest voice, I yelled out, “get out of my bar or I will shoot”. They quickly scrambled away. Right when the gang left, I realized that this mess would take a lot of time, effort and money to clean up. The next day I closed down my bar for the rest of the week, to get things sorted out. I went to Home Depot to pick up a few supplies to clean up the bar. I picked up the supplies and returned to my car where I had a smoke and then drove back home to my small apartment above the bar. If only I could turn back time and make the right decisions.

3. A man from across the street started to yell at my window. At first I just ignored him but as he started to come closer I could clearly hear my name. “Matt, Matt”, he was yelling. He quickly ran across the street but I still didn’t know who it was until I clearly saw the mans face. It was my dad, the same man that abandoned me when I was fifteen years old. I looked at him and felt angry and hurt. These emotions surprised me so I just turned around and walked away from my window. I wanted to show my dad how I felt when he walked out the door on me so many years ago. I was still so confused and angry about why he never told me why he left. I needed to get out and go for a walk. I passed through the park and sat down on a bench to think. In front of me, I saw a stray dog drinking from a fountain. When the dog was done drinking it suddenly turned into a puppy right before my eyes. I thought to myself that if this dog could become younger by just drinking the water then I could. Would it be possible for me to turn back the hands of time and relive my youth?

5. With the water in my sight I quickly filled up my water bottle because I wanted to turn back time and make some good choices. I walked back home. When I got home I started to have second thoughts about drinking the water but I quickly cleared those thoughts out of my head and drank it. Right at that moment I traveled through time, to when I was a teenager.

6. Throughout my second high school life I just said, “No!” to drinking or smoking. Sure I got called some bad names and got pushed around but I was in it for the long run and if I kept saying “No” then things would start to go my way. All throughout high school I got straight B’s with a couple A’s in P.E. My big accomplishment in high school for me was that I didn’t drink or smoke and I knew that was a big step towards the right side of life.

7. Now it was time for College (University of Oregon). The day I got there I quickly threw all my personal items in my room because I needed to quickly get my books so I could start studying. I knew that I had to get on it quick in case I didn’t get into the NFL. So I started on my plan B. It was simple, study hard, work hard and get good grades so I could become a successful business man. That’s only if I couldn’t get into the NFL. I was working my butt off so I didn’t need any type of plan B.

8. Luckily for me was New York Jets, Tennessee Titans and the Miami Dolphins had all been scouting me throughout my college career because I was the top ranked college free safety. I was drafted in the first round of the 2011 NFL draft by the New York Jets. I knew that I still had a lot of work ahead of me, so every day from the day I got drafted I practiced and practiced and practiced because I knew if I wanted to be the best I would also have to beet the best.

9. For my first year in the NFL I didn’t play a lot because my coach, Rex Ryan, knew that their current free safety, Brodney Pool, was mare experienced than me and he was more comfortable in pressure situations. In my second season in the NFL, I was the starting free safety for the New York Jets. This year, we were favored to win the most treasured prized in the NFL which is called the Super Bowl. We zipped through the regular season with a 14-2 record and we quickly tore down through the playoffs and before we knew it we were going to the Super Bowl. On the day of the Super Bowl nobody could find me.

10. find me. My dad had phoned me to get together, he started to talk about when he got seriously hurt when he was 14 and he could never play football again. He was bitter about me going against his wishes and playing football in the first place. Now back to the story. They looked everywhere around Shae stadium for me but still no one could find me. What they didn’t know was that I drank water that made me go back in time. What no one knew was that the water I drank ran out on Super Bowl morning and so I got sent all the way back to Green Bay, Wisconsin. In this journey I learned that there isn’t always going to be second chances, but when there is you have to grasp on to that opportunity and take it.

11. Brodney Pool played for me on the day of the Super Bowl and the New York Jets beat the Tennessee Titans with the final score being 32- 24.I am now going to college at the age of 34 and I’m taking college courses in business so that I can become a successful businessman, just like I set for my plan B.

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