Chase T. - "Which One?"

Have you ever had to make a tough choice? Well if you know what it feels like then you will understand. If you don’t know you’ll find out.

One day a little boy name Fernando Chaves said, “I’m going to the best soccer player in the world”. So of course he pressed and practiced 24/7. His parents put him on a traveling team at the age of 8, and then at the age of 12 he joined the under 13 Spanish National Team. When he was 20 he moved up to the Spanish Men’s National Team. When he got moved up to the Men’s National Team he got married, and a year later he had a daughter.

Of course it’s not all that simple. Their marriage was falling apart, because Fernando was traveling everywhere and his wife, Alicia couldn’t go because of the baby. They didn’t know that having a baby would be so hard on their marriage.

He was in his prime and nothing could stop him. His team had just won the club world championship. And his national team Spain was in the world cup quarter finals. He thought he was king until his wife told him she wanted a divorce if he didn’t give her and his 2 year old daughter more time. She asked him to really think about it, and that he only had two weeks to act upon it. The problem was that the world cup final was in three weeks and he couldn’t stop at the quarter finals.

The quarter final was against Brazil in France. It was going to start in an hour and he couldn’t stop thinking about what Alicia had said. Then the next thing he knew the game started. He was an offensive player and the team captain. Spain started off with the ball and they dribbled the ball up to the box and Fernando’s teammate passed the ball to him. He shot and he missed. Later on in the 56th minute Fernando shot right at the Brazilian goal keeper. The Brazilian goal keeper kicked the ball real quick to his teammate, and then he passed to another teammate and he headed it in on Spain. Five minutes later in the 61st minute Fernando dribbled the ball up to penalty box, shot and scored. With only 5 minutes left in the game, Fernando scored again and everyone cheered, and he won the game for Spain. He was so thrilled.
When he went back to the hotel in Paris to see his wife and daughter they were gone. His wife had left a note, and it said, “Hope to see you in a week Love, Alicia”. That’s when he truly realized she was serious, but he still moved forward.
Two hours before the semifinal and two days left before Alicia got the divorce papers. When he was getting dressed he froze for a long time. Then his friend asked, “You ok?” then he said, “Yeah”, “I need to catch a plane.” “What?” his friend said as Fernando ran off.

He got on the first plane he could get to Barcelona, Spain. When he got off the plane he ran to a taxi. Then the taxi drove him to his house. When the little girl saw her dad, she said “Mommy, I see daddy.” The mom looked through the window and saw Fernando and they ran to him. Once Fernando saw them he said, “I’m sorry”, and they forgave him. They made up and spent the rest of their life together. Spain won the semifinals and the Championship. He was glad he made that choice, because their marriage had never been better.