Everything Comes Back To You

A Mike Lawson/Ginny Baker fic

This is a little on the AU side mainly because I want to write it how I would like it versus how I think the writers are going to write it, mainly because I really don't know if they are going to make them into a thing or not. I'm a huge Ginny/Mike fan and really wanted to write a story on them especially after the last episode. I don't really have a 'summary' mainly because I am not sure exactly where I am going with it. I can say though that it won't start exactly where we are in the storyline, the 'almost kiss' didn't happen (yet) anyway. Oh & I really don't know a whole lot of baseball, so I'm so sorry in advance if I get something wrong or say something that is not accurate. Okay enough of my 'rant', I hope you enjoy!

Chapter 1

"Okay, say that again?" Oscar stared at the person in front of him bewildered that he was hearing what he was, and at such a horrible time; he sat down at the corner of his desk and his eyes growing bigger pressing his arms tighter together against his chest.

Ginny stared back afraid to say what she was going to, not because she was afraid of Oscar, but due to the fact that what she was asking was not considered normal; especially because it seemed like she was asking for a favor, and it really wasn't like that….at least that was what she kept telling herself. She bit her lip before she puffed her chest to repeat herself.

"Don't trade Mike; the team won't be the same without him."

Oscar raised his brow and scoffed and chuckled at the same time, making Ginny even more uncomfortable about this situation, shifting where she stood but holding her ground.

He shook his head "Okay so it was exactly what I heard." He put his hand up to make Ginny understand he was baffled by this request. "You know this is really out of bounds, right Baker?"

Ginny nodded quickly, because she wasn't stupid, she did understand that the thing she was asking for was completely inappropriate, but she had to at least try.

"So you do understand it's out of bounds, yet you are still standing in front of me asking? You see where I am going with this, right?"

Ginny nodded again, breathing in before saying what she was about to next. "I think certain fans have really enjoyed the dynamic between certain people and being part of that has really made me see that has brought revenue here and has helped a…" She stopped talking when she saw his face change from shocked to what seemed like anger.

"You're pulling that card? Baker, I-I really don't have time to deal with this right now…the Cubs are really…"

"That's exactly why you have to think about it now. They can't take him." She stated the last bit with more emphasis.

Oscar shook his head, standing up and now pacing the room.

"You know you really don't want to do it either, are they really giving you that much money for him?"

Oscar didn't say anything but Ginny understood that was his answer.

"I'll do whatever….just keep him please?" She now sounded like a pathetic little girl asking her dad for something, but this wasn't her dad and she no longer was a little girl, which made it that much more pathetic.

Oscar shot up from where he was staring at the corner of the room to stare at her, the look he was giving her scared her more than the angry one previous to this. She furrowed her brow and tried figuring out what he was thinking.

"You mean that? You'll do whatever?" Oscar waved his arm and shook his head "Not like that." When he realized she was thinking it was something not appropriate. "I just could really use someone for a few events that well let's just say are pretty popular in the media right now and who better than Ginny Baker."

Ginny smiled "Wait, why didn't you just ask me to do this before?" trying to guess what was so bad about this event. "It's not like there is a catch or anything, right?"

Oscar looked away and then quickly back at her, seeing that her smile faltered pretty fast. He gave her a smile and sighed "Well there is just one, but its fine….I mean; I don't think it's that bad."

Ginny cocked her head to the side and now was the one to cross her arms on her chest.

"Well, there is this guy, and he needs a date to these events…"

Ginny opened her mouth "Are you serious right now?"

Oscar dropped his smile "I know, I know, it's terrible but it's not as bad as it seems."

"How so, Oscar? Basically you are pimping me out to the highest bidder."

He nodded "I know, but I owe him one and keep telling him I would have someone for him, and keep breaking my promise and I'm kind of running out of options at this point, Baker. You are the one who said you would do whatever to keep Lawson, is that still not how you feel?"

Ginny closed her eyes and let her arms drop to her side in defeat. She had said that and she still stood by it, but this just seemed so degrading. She shook her head and nodded.

"Okay, well look, he's a pretty great guy and really sweet. All you have to do is be on his arm until the events are done, that's it. He's coming out with this new app and it's like the newest most popular thing out there now."

Ginny nodded again "What's his name?"

"Noah Casey, I'll have all his information for you by the end of the day."

"If I do this, it's for sure that Mike will stay?"

Oscar nodded once "Yes, I have to convince Charlie, because he is the one pulling the strings, but I think that will be pretty easy."

With that Ginny turned to leave, turning back around only when she heard Oscar clear his throat as if he was not finished.

"You must really like Mike…" he saw the way Ginny's eyes became a little bit more what seemed to look like fear so he shook his head "As a teammate and friend of course, either way, thanks." He hoped to make it seem not as awkward. Ginny gave him a small smile and left.

~0~

Ginny had all the information not only on Noah, but on the events she had to attend with him. It seemed like there were a total of 7 of them which was a little annoying, but she knew that she has done other events for herself and they were a lot more than 7 so she could definitely manage these. Only bad thing was the first one was tomorrow, not much of a heads up. She just hoped that this Noah guy wasn't a creep.

"What you got there?" Ginny jumped from Mike's voice that rang behind her. She felt even more embarrassed that she did the girliest thing possible and let out a little scream, pushing the papers face down so he couldn't read what it was.

Mike and Blip both started to laugh at her face. "Whoa, sorry." He put his hands up while Blip nudged her on the side. She was used to them making fun of her, mainly for being the rookie, but she was still not used to so many guys around her and the fact that they sometimes did not respect her privacy, yes she did grow up with her annoying older brother, but because she was so interested in baseball at such a young age there was not much to hide or that he could find on her or bug her about….he still did occasionally but this was on a whole other playing field.

"Ha ha, very funny, don't you have to go warm up or something?" She threw the towels had on hand at both of them, making them swerve to miss it and leave laughing.

She continued staring at both of them, and saw that Mike's laugh and smile left quickly after, he had been different ever since the talk of him leaving started and she hated it. He wasn't acting like himself and that bothered her so much, she loved his annoying self and didn't want that to change, and she most definitely did not want him to leave.

Her phone beeped cutting her thoughts short; when she pulled it up she noticed a number she did not know. She opened the text and saw that it read "Can't wait to meet you tonight, oh save my number."

She stared in confusion and then realized it was Noah, it had to be, but what did he mean 'tonight?' before she could figure it out she was being called into Oscar's office. He gave her a wry smile, which she obviously knew he had meant to tell her but that didn't work out very well.

She pulled her phone and looked at him, then looking back at her phone.

"I am assuming he contacted you about tonight?"

Ginny scoffed "Oscar…"

"No, I know, Ginny I'm really sorry; he just called me to tell me himself."

Ginny waved him off in understanding "I get it, its fine." Even though it really wasn't, she wasn't going to ruin her chances for him to take it back.

He looked to be completely relived and was thankful for her not going off on him.

"Just can I get a heads up next time?"

He gave her a small smile and nodded "Absolutely, I will call you before he even can you know, talk to you or…"

"Okay, I get it." She laughed at him trying to figure out how to not be so awkward.

~0~

"What? Wait, I don't have anything on the schedule for you. No, Ginny, okay, fine I will talk to you tomorrow."

Amelia looked at Eliot and sighed, placing her phone back in her pocket and looking disgruntled.

"What was that all about?"

Amelia shrugged "I have no idea; she said she had plans for tonight, but I don't have anything on the schedule."

"You mean to tell me she is planning on living her life and didn't tell you about it?" He gasped out loud and put his hand on his chest, quickly laughing as he saw her annoyed face. "Okay, I'm sorry, but you have to admit that was funny."

"Hilarious. No, I get that she is going to live her life, I just don't like to be in the dark about things especially if it's something that could—"

"You can't keep her from making mistakes, but you can let her live her life as she pleases."

Amelia rolled her eyes at him.

~0~

Ginny received instructions on where to meet Noah, but she had never heard of this restaurant before, but considering she didn't go out often due to people staring or making comments she could see why she never got to see the city. When she reached the door the hostess gave her a warm smile "Welcome Miss Baker, Mr. Casey is waiting inside."

Ginny looked confused, but maybe Noah told her to say that to her, but when she entered the entire restaurant was empty making her feel even more self conscious. She had decided to wear something simple; she went with a black knee-high dress that wasn't too tight, but that fit just right and her hair was down and natural. She saw a man standing towards one of the middle tables and her heart skipped a bit, he was handsome, she had seen his photos online because of course she Googled him, but the photos were not very good at showing exactly how good-looking he was. His smile made him even more handsome and the dark jeans and t-shirt look with a black button down jacket/blazer definitely suited him. He smiled back, the hostess spoke up again clearly already stating something that she had to repeat "This way please."

The hostess left after she brought her over and they stared at each other. "Wow, you are extremely beautiful…." He said continuing to stare at her, making it very intense for her. She felt herself blush a little and smile shyly back. "Thank you; you are too….I mean, good looking." She wanted to close her eyes and slap her forehead because she felt stupid, but he chuckled at her and walked over pulling her chair out for her.

She gave him a smile as a thank you and sat down as instructed.

They gave their order and again continued staring "So, tell me something about you Ginny. Besides what is out on the news."

She scoffed "Oh that is way too much for a first date…."

"Oh so it is a date?"

Ginny gulped, she never got the hang of a date or whatever this was and felt silly. He laughed again at how nervous she was. "It's okay, just relax."

She moved her head to the side to stare at him better and shook her head "So how about you tell me what you have on Oscar?" him telling her to relax definitely helped her calm down.

He gave her a half-smile and shrugged "I don't really want to talk about Oscar."

She nodded in understanding, even though she really wanted to know.

They spent the hour talking about everything except what they did for a living, mainly because they both researched each other and most of what came up was what they did.

They laughed at his joke; she grabbed her wine glass and took a sip before staring back at him. "This is nice."

He smiled, and it was almost contagious, one of those smiles that you know is completely genuine "Dinner in an empty restaurant?"

She laughed "No, this, just literally talking about anything except what I do, getting away from it for a bit. You not looking at me like I'm some sort of…I don't know, you know what I mean?"

"Not one bit" making her laugh but nodding in understanding "Absolutely, I know what you mean. Sometimes it can be too much and getting away from it is the healthiest thing you can do." He shrugged.

Her phone beeped interrupting them, and she saw that it was Mike. She saw her text and it read 'I need to talk to you' her heart started beating fast and her mind started wondering what he would need to talk about.

"You okay?"

She tried her hardest to smile to make it seem like she was fine, and nodded but her phone beeped once more causing her to stop mid-nod. It was another text and it read 'can you meet me at Prohibition?'

She looked up to see that Noah could tell something was up "You have to go don't you?"

Ginny gave him a weak smile which he returned sweetly and nodded "Go, its fine. I'll see you tomorrow, yeah?"

She gave him a real smile this time and nodded, grabbing her stuff and heading out. The only thing on her mind right now was Mike and what he could possibly tell her.

TBC….

A/N: Hope you enjoyed, yes, I know there isn't much Mike/Ginny this chapter, so please forgive me. I just have to kind of warm up. Let me know what you think! & as always, thank you so much for reading.