A/N: The only characters I own are Rachel and her family sooo… yeah. Rachel is a Mary-Sue, sorry, don't like it, don't read it. Don't flame it, it doesn't do any good.
Ch.1
Baseballs make the world go round
Rachel's POV
Knock, knock…-pause-… knock, knock. "Rachel!"
I opened my eyes and pulled my covers up to my chin, "Benny, it's 3:30 in the morning, we have school in a few hours." I tried to look annoyed but failed miserably as I saw his big brown eyes, tired, but sparkling at me none the less. I pulled up my window and stood back as Benny pulled himself through. I tucked my straight brown hair behind my ears and folded my arms across my chest. Benny sat on my bed, his normal spot, and I leaned against the windowsill.
"Don't pretend to be tired" Benny said as I stretched my arms above my head and yawned.
"Who's pretending?" I asked, "Tomorrow's the last day of school and I'm up at three thirty in the morning because you can't sleep." I said irritably.
"Tomorrow's the last day of school." Benny repeated, leaning back on my bed and folding his hands behind his head, "We'll be able to play at the Sandlot more."
"But that's not why you're here." I said and he nodded solemnly. Then, after a brief moment of silence he sat up straight.
"My parents are fighting again." He said and I turned my head towards his bedroom window across from mine. Sure enough, I heard yelling and a bang and a crash, I frowned. "Don't worry Benny," I walked over and put a hand on his shoulder.
He made an attempt at a smile and stood up, he put a hand on the back of his neck and said, "I should go," and he began walking towards the open window. I felt a tugging in my stomach.
"Benny?" he turned to face me, "You can crash here if you want." I said.
Benny smiled, "Thanks Ray." He said, he pulled up a chair from my desk and I threw him a pillow and a blanket. We fell asleep talking, me trying to calm him down, and him trying to explain his situation.
When I woke up the chair was empty. So I stood up and walked over to the chair, taking off the blanket and the pillow, there I found a note,
Ray-
Went to the lot, then home, see you at school.
-Benny.
Benny often visits during the night, especially when his parents are fighting, but his nightly visits are a secret, he comes late at night and leaves early in the morning. I smiled and added the note to my collection, then got dressed into a pair of jeans and one of Benny's baseball jerseys. He had lent me the jersey when he and the guys had thrown me into the pool at my 12th birthday party. I never gave it back, and he complained every time I wore it, though I knew he really didn't mind.
A/N: I'll update if you like it, if I don't get any good reviews then I'll just leave it at that… I know it's short, but this is kind of like a sample.
