Chapter 23: I'm Not Alone

I'm Not Alone is the twenty-third chapter in the first book of the Secrets of Canby High Book Series: Freaky Freshmen. It takes place on October 19, 2011. It was typed on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. The full chapter can be seen here.

Summary
Kyle and Lizzy go on a date and get into some really deep conversations about their personal lives and Lizzy's biological family. Meanwhile, Ryan ends up finding some challenges as the Home-Coming Game draws near. But the Football Coach is very impressed with his efforts. Will Ryan possibly become the new team captain for the next year after this? Finally, the Jesus Club has heir monthly meeting and discusses what they can do next to reach out to people and fulfill the Great Commission.

Main Plot
Lizzy and Kyle are walking in the hallway with Lindsay on the way to class when she calls them "the lovely couple she loves so much". They both tell her to stop and she proceeds a little further because they knew she was playing around. Kyle asks her how the audition went and she told Kyle she got the part, to which he congratulates her. Afterwards, Lindsay heads off to class and Lizzy, looking into Kyle's eyes and smiling, tells him that they should do something. Kyle asks what she's thinking and she tells him that they should go out to eat and then head over to her place to have some deep, personal conversations. That's just what happens. A little later in the chapter, they are riding back to Lizzy's house in Chad's car along with him, Olivia, and Alex. The five of them then end up talking about relationships and Lizzy makes a comment that Olivia and Chad are taking things way too quick and Olivia responds by telling Lizzy that she and Kyle are taking things way to slow. Alex then jumps in, not making anything better by saying that he thinks all couples should work at their own pace. After he says this, Kyle tells him he doesn't know what he's talking about because he's never been in a relationship before. After all this, Chad drops everyone off, drives home with Olivia, and Alex walks home. After this, the two get into a really deep conversations where they both reveal something personal about themselves.

Sub Plot
Ryan is once again getting help with his wide-receiving skills from Chad, Jonah, Gabe, and Jared. During this time, Ryan has a couple tries to get the ball during his practice, but both times, he's tumbled and trampled by someone else. After this happens, Jonah volunteers to give him some tips to improve those skills. Later in the day, him and chat team up together to show him those 5 tips in order to becoming better in this role. For several minutes the two help Ryan out with this and Ryan ends up learning very quickly. During the practice, coach walks up and sees Ryan's skills for himself. He tells Ryan he's impressed. In fact, he's so impressed, he tells him that he might consider him as the new team captain for the next year.

Third Plot
After school, Blake and Lindsay hold a meeting for the Jesus Club in order to try and get more outreaches for the community of Canby and to fulfill the Great Commission as teenagers. The entire group comes together and everyone shares an idea. Kenzie comes up with an idea to serve Hot Chocolate at the Fooball Game, Zach comes up with an idea to have a Pumpkin-carving Contest during Halloween, Heather wants to hold a Multicultural Thanksgiving Feast in the High School Commons, Daniel decides to go into people's front yards and rake their leaves for free, and Hunter thinks about asking those with cars to provide transportation for people who have none and want to come to Canby to visit their families for Thanksgiving. Heather says she notices that there's a theme in this and Hunter tells her that the theme is Thanksgiving. After saying this, the entire team decides that this was actually a meeting to start a brand new Thanksgiving Outreach for this year.