A/N: Its 2012 in this story but children the Valley still spend most of their time outdoors, because the TV and the internet isn't such a big thing over there. Benny hasn't pickled the beast yet, and smalls had already joined the sandlot team. Tommy's 13, Smalls, Yeah-Yeah, Squints, Timmy, Bertram and Jade are 14, turning 15 quite soon and Porter, Kenny and Benny are already 15.

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Story

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My name is Jade Rogers. My mum passed away a few months ago from breast cancer. It's been hard on my Dad and me. I'm an only child. We're moving to the Valley in Los Angeles from Las Vegas. We're leaving Las Vegas because it reminds my dad to much of my mum. The last thing my mum told me was 'I love you Jade, don't ever forget that. Don't be sad, I'll always be there watching over you. You're the most amazing girl I've ever met darling. Don't let anyone ever tell you otherwise. You'll be fine' then she slipped away, right out of my fingers. My dad and I didn't cry...well alot anyway. We listened to what she told each of us, not to be sad because she would always be there with us, in our hearts, so i held on to her, and never forgot she was there.

It was one week into the summer holidays. (A/N Pretend the summer holiday lasts for 3 months) I was taking boxes out of the truck and carrying them into my house. It was around 9:30 in the morning and i saw out new neighbours come around the help us. They introduced themselves to my Dad as Mrs Smalls, Bill and Scotty.

"Do you want some help with those" Scotty asked me

"Yeah..Please" I said in he picked up a box.

I led him into my room and asked him if he could help me unpack.

"Yeah sure" He answered

He opened one of the boxes and pulled out three baseballs and a bat "You play?" he asked me shocked

"Yeah, Something wrong with that?" I asked him

He shook his head "Nah, i just didn't think girls could play, that's all"

I raised an eyebrow "And who exactly told you that?"

"the guys a play baseball with" He said "If you drop a ball or miss a few pitches, you're told that you play ball like a girl"

"That is so ridiculous. I bet you i could strike anyone or your asses out anytime" i stated laughing slightly. But i stopped when i saw the slight smirk on Scotty's face.

"I really bet you couldn't" he said

I took this as a challenge "Are you challenging me Scotty?" I sad smirking

He nodded and blushed slightly

I just rolled my eyes and picked up my bat.

"You can come now if you want?"

"What does it look like i wanna do Scotty?" I said waving my bat in his face.

He chuckled and we left to go off to the Sandlot.

When we got there, 8 other boys were already there. When i walked in with Scotty i heard loads of.:

"Is that you girlfriend Smalls"

"What a girl doing here?"

"Why's a girl here?"

"She's kinda cute though"

Then a fat kid shouted at me "Smalls why did you bring a girl here?"

"Why, you gotta a problem with that?" i stated calmly even though inside i wanted to claw his eyes for degrading girls like that.

I think he was slightly taken back that i had the nerve to talk back to him, but he still kept a good arguement.

"Girls don't play ball, so why are you here?" He asked me

"I'm here to play" I looked at him in disgust

"Who's says you're even allowed?" I small nerdy one asked me

I just looked at smalls "Him"

"What the hell smalls!" A coloured boy yelled at him

"She said that she could strike out asses out, i had to see this" smalls said in his defence

All the boys looked at me with open mouths. The coloured boy tossed me the ball "go on then" he said almost laughing

I caught the ball and stood at the pitchers mound.

"I wanna bat this" The fat ginger kid walked up the batters base. "Show me what you got beautiful" I said mocking me as the tall, tanned boy went behind him as a backstop. Before he pulled his mask over his face he gave me a smile, i then winked and i think he blushed but he pulled his mask over his face before i could get i could look.

I spat at the ground and retracted my arm. I threw as hard as a possibly could, wanting to make sure i could strike him out. And sure enough, i did.

The fat kid just stood there speechless. When the tanned guy caught the ball he stood up and said "Whoa" He was shaking his hand in slight pain

"Sorry" I shouted to him

He shook his head "Don't worry 'bout it"

The black boy shook his head in disbelief "Lets see how you bat then"

I threw the ball to him, and took that bat out of the ginger kids hands.

I stood on the home plate and the pitcher threw the ball. It was a curveball but i could hit this no problem

SMACK

The ball went flying; it hit the window of a house behind the gate.

I heard silence for a few seconds but then the boys started to complain that we couldn't play no more.

"I have a spare ball, chill"

"Oh okay" the coloured boy said

I took it out of my cardigan pocket and passed it to him.

I stood there quite awkwardly, but then said "So?"

"Ehh, you're alright" The nerdy small one said and then blushed slightly

I raised my eyebrow

"Yeah okay, you're pretty great, but this is still an all boys team"

I turned on my heel to walk off when the tall tanned one stopped me

"Shut up squints, she plays just as good as we do" he turned to look at me "you wanna play ball with us?"

I smiled and nodded "Yeah thanks"