"Don't you have something after school Zach?" Said Jay, Zacharie's friend and a boy on the baseball team. "Not today, tomorrow I do." Zacharie replied, keeping his eyes on the pitcher and batter. "Is that why you're here then? Nothing to do?" Jay asked, taking off his batting helmet and putting it on the bench before sitting down beside it. "Yeaah, and my ride is getting here in an hour or so. There isn't much to do at the school." Zach sighed before leaning back farther into the bench, resting his feet on the short wall protecting them from the field. "What about a friend, can no one take you or something?" Jay kept his eyes on Zacharie, expecting a reply for each question. "Nah, my friends hurry out of the school and don't really bother to help anyone." He laughed and flipped his legs over to rest them on Batter's lap, who was right next to Zach. "Umm, get your legs off me..?" Batter stared blankly at Zach. "Whyyyyyy…..?" Zacharie replied with a moan and laid down on the bench. "I'm tiiirrreeedd." Batter rolled his eyes and shoved Zacharie's legs off his lap, causing the masked boy to fall with a thud. "OOWW.. Battteerrrrr, you're so mean to meeee" Zacharie moaned, lazily picking himself up from the cold stone ground and sitting back onto the bench. "You're fine." Batter growled, scooting farther away from Zacharie on the bench.
The next day at school, everyone was piling into the front doors of the high school. "Hey Batter!" Zacharie waved the the tall baseball player, but didn't get a wave or greeting back. Zacharie crossed his arms and huffed out a breath. "Batter you can't ignore me! I won't allow it." Zacharie smiled and looked up at the other boy, making sure Batter knew he was there, even though his smile was surely hidden. "What do you want?" Batter sighed, this energetic boy was too loud in his opinion. "I wanted to walk with you to class!" Zacharie nodded and started walked towards the doors, but paused and looked back. "Aren't you coming?" He asked, a look of question came across his hidden face, but it soon went away when his 'friend' strolled after him. "I don't want to do the math test today, I didn't study AT ALL." Zacharie whined and put his things in his locker, which was right next to Batter's locker. "I thought you were the smart one, yet you didn't study and I did?" Batter said quietly, grabbing all the books and pencils he needed from his locker. "Wow, that's the most i've heard you say in one sentence!" Zacharie laughed. Batter whipped his head to look the other way. Zacharie's laugh pierced through his ears like a loud golden bell. "What's wrong?" Zacharie asked, his amused smile fading into a pouty face behind the mask. "Nothing, let's get to class.." Batter hurried by the shorter boy and walked into their classroom. Zacharie sighed and followed.
After long hours of classes were over Batter headed off to practice, and Zacharie went to the office. "Oh Zacharie you're here! We have a lot of things to deliver today." The office lady handed the boy a box full of letters. "Please go about your usual route and give all the teachers the correct letters." She told him. "I know what to do, i've been doing this for a couple months now!" Zacharie smiled then went on his way, going classroom to classroom giving the teachers letters sent to them at the school. The last stop was the nurses room. Once he entered the room we saw Batter. "Oh, what happened to you?.." Zacharie giggled at the boy with messy hair and a couple scratches on his arm and cheek. "Sliding…" Batter looked away from the masked boy. "What's wrong? After we went to our first class you've been avoiding talking to me, and just me in general." Zacharie set the letters down on the nurse's desk and sat next to Batter. "Why are you so nice to me? I'm a complete jerk." Batter looked at the masked boy who sat criss cross beside him. "No you aren't. You are just quiet, and that's not a bad thing y'know. It means you are wiser than most and you observe things carefully." Zacharie leaned back on his hands and examined Batter's face. "Well, I guess you're right in a way?.." Batter shrugged, then raised his head from the ground when the nurse entered the room. "Hello Zacharie." She greeted him with a friendly smile, then tended to Batter's cuts. Once that was done, the two headed outside. "Wanna come to my house and play video games?" Zacharie asked, bouncing around Batter. "Sure, I guess." Batter shrugged. It seemed like shrugging had become a habit of Batter's. "Oh…. Wait!- Really?" Zacharies voice gained a loud pitch. "Y-Yeah.." Batter said, wincing from Zacharies loud voice. Although he didn't mind hearing Zacharies voice, it was like an angels voice. Batter couldn't let anyone know he thought that though.