Chapter 2-I love Girls

Benny P.O.V

I was dazed as I walked home.

I kept thinking about that girl, Demi. She had dark brown eyes, dark hair like mine, and a dark tan like me. I shook my head as I walked in my house, seeing my dinner already on the table. The radio was on, and I sat down on the table, not really hungry. I kept replaying the scene of Phillips throwing the ball at Demi at the game. Its official, I hate Phillips. Always have. I sighed and threw my dinner away, and headed out again for a night game. It was the Fourth of July, and the guys and I were going to the Sandlot to play. "Hey Benny!" I heard as I stepped out of my house and put my hat on. I looked to see Smalls running to me from across the street.

"Hey Smalls."

Smalls smiled his nerdy smile, and we started walking the Sandlot. "Do you think- Nevermind." Smalls started, blushing a little bit. I looked at him curiously. "What is it Smalls?" I asked, and he looked up at me. "Do you think that girl Riley is cute?" He asked quickly, and I smiled at him. "You like her."I said pointing at him, and he blushed again and shook his head. "No!" I shook my head at him, "I know that look, you like her a lot." I said, and he just lookeda t the ground. "She wont ever like me anyway." He mumbled, and I put a hand on his shoulder. "You don't know that yet. Tell ya what, I'll talk to Demi and see if shes single." I promised, and Smalls looked at me, hope in his eyes.

"Really?"

I smiled and nodded as we entered the Sandlot, we were the first ones there of course. I sat down on the bench, watching the fireworks for a few mintues until Squints and Ya-Ya came running in, out of breath. "Whats wrong guys?" I asked them, and they pointed to the direction of Phillips field. "You gotta see this." Ya-Ya said, and I started running to the field with them, Smalls close behind. We finally got to the field and I saw Demi, Sky, and Riley all laughing on the field. I walked up to Ham who was watching the girls intently. "Whats going on Ham?" I asked, leaning on the fence with him. He looked up and grinned his cheeky grin at me.

"I love girls."

I looked over at where he was pointing, and I almost smiled myself. All the girls were wearing short jean shorts, and all were wearing neon tank tops except Demi, who was wearing a L.A jersey. Demi was smiling and laughing while she pitched it to Riley, who swung and missed. "Demeter Strikes Again!" Demi yelled happily, and the girls laughed and Riley stepped in again. I smiled at Demi's unusal way of pitching, and smiled even more when she struck her out. Demi smiled and waved at Riley as she sighed at her mistake. "Better luck next time!" Sky joked, throwing the ball back to Demi, who threw it to the girl at second, who Ham seemed to be checking out.

"Yo Second Base!"

The ginger girl looked over at Ham, and so did the other girls. Ham whistled, and the girl blushed, and we could all see it caus of the lights. Demi laughed and looked at me. We locked eyes for a few seconds, and she smiled a little and waved to me. I smiled and waved back. "Hey Benny, we should play with them!" Ya-Ya suggested happily, but I shook my head. "They probably don't wanna play with us." I answered, but appartently Demi heard me. "You guys can play if you want." Demi said, running over to us, looking at me. I almost blushed when she looked at me, she was really pretty. "Um, okay. We can play." I struggled to say anything, and the guys cheered and ran out on the field, while I walked out with Demi.

"Im Demi by the way."

I smiled and nodded. "Benny." She has a nice smile, I thought as I looked at her again. She blushed and looked away, making me blush a little. "How should we split up teams?" Squints said, smilling like an idiot. Riley shrugged and looked at Smalls. "Got any ideas?" she asked him, and Smalls blushed. "Well, we could just do girls against boys." He suggested, and Ya-Ya grinned at Sky. "I like that idea." He said daydreamily, and Sky smiled at him. "Game on. We hitting first!" Demi called, running to the dugout with the rest of the girls. I mustve stood there for a few minutes, caus Ham came over to me and snapped his fingers in front of my face.

"Earth to Benny!"

I looked at him and he handed me my glove. "Wanna be in left field?" he asked, and I nodded. "Sure." I ran to the area in the field and waited for Kenny to pitch to Riley. "Hey batter batter!" I heard Ham call, and I caught Demi smiling at me from the dugout. I smiled back at her and turned my attention to Riley. She hit a grounder to Smalls and he threw it to Timmy at first, getting the first out. "Batters Out!" Ham called, and Riley stuck her tongue playfully out at Smalls, who smiled nervously at her. I just shook my head and got ready for Sky, who was in the batters box.

"Lets go Sky!"

Demi sounds like an angel, I thought, wait, why was I thinking this? We were playing a baseball game, I need to focus. Sky actually hit the first pitch, and it hit the ground in right field, and she made it to first base. "Yeah Sky!" the girls cheered, and Ya-Ya was talking to Sky on first, and Squints threw his glove at his head. "Give it up Ya-Ya!" He yelled, and Ya-Ya glared at him and bent down to get ready for the next ball. Demi was up, and Ham grinned at me.

"Nice shiner Demi."

Demi just smiled and shook her head as Kenny threw the slider, and Demi nailed it, and I backed up, seeing it coming to me. "I got it!" I called, and caught it in my glove and threw it in to Smalls. Sky had made it to 3rd, but at least Ihad got Demi out. The other girls were mad, but Demi waved them off. "Chill guys, did you actually think he was going to miss it?" she said, making the girls silent, and I looked over at her. She just smiled at herself and leaned over he fence. I didn't know what to make of her.

I guess I better get to know her better.