Beginning Again

Hey guys! I'm back! Here is the sequel to Another Start! I hope you guys enjoy my new story! Most of my ideas came from watching the movie The Sandlot 2. It reminded me a lot of the Boy/Girl Battle Series. I hope you guys will review on this!

I DO NOT OWN THE BOY/GIRL BATTLE SERIES, JUST MY OWN FANFICTIONS. I ALSO OWN SCOTT HATFORD, MARY AND RUTH SAYERS MALLOY, AND BEN AND BELINDA.

HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOY!

CHAPTER 2: Shopping

Jake POV

Jake, Josh, Peter, Scott, and Wally grudgly sat in the back of their dad's truck. My mom sat in the passenger seat and my dad drove us to the clothing department. Scott looked out the window, Josh was sketching on a notpad, Peter was numbly eating a chocolate bar, Wally was studying the floor, and Jake was simply staring at his brothers wondering why they haven't gone berserk yet.

Mr. Hatford pulled up at Buckman's clothing department. The brothers slowly got out of the car and followed my mother inside. We hadn't been inside for even ten minutes and we were already carrying a pile of clothes each. Mrs. Hatford made Wally try on a horrible yellow sweater.

"Hmm. Maybe. It looks fine," she muttered to herself. Peter had his own opinion. "You look like a banana," he said. Josh, Scott, and Jake snickered while their mom frowned at Peter. "Peter and Scott, go look for some jeans in your size," she said and then turned back to Wally. Peter shrugged and led Scott to the boys' jeans section. They selected their jeans (in other words just looked for their sizes and randomly grabbed a pair.), then made their way back to their brothers and mom. Halfways there, Peter caught sight of the Malloy girls. HE quickly grabbed Scott and ducked behind a shelf. "Ow! Peter, what's with you?" Scott complained as he hit the floor. "Sshh!" Peter shushed him. He peered over the shelf. HE saw Eddie, looking bored Beth reading a book, and Caroline talking to two unknown girls. "Those ar the Malloy girls," Peter quietly explained to Scott. Scott studied the Malloys. "I thought there were only three girls," he said. Peter nodded. "Originaly. They adopted their cousins. Same like we did with you," he said.

Scott nodded. They crept back to their brothers. "Where were you?" their mother asked. Peter and Scott shrugged and held up their jeans. "Hey mom, how about we look around for our selves," Peter suggested. Jake, Josh, and Wally stared at their brother, but their mother agreed.

Peter and Scott led the twins and Wally to where they saw the girls. "The girls are here," Wally said. "Duh," Jake said. They spied on the girls as they followed their mother around the department. "Lets check out the new girls," Jake suggested. The other boys shrugged. They carfully ducked behind shelves and racks. Peter caught a glimpse of one of the girls. She had long chestnut blind hair and bright green eyes. Peter thought she was really pretty. HE was so busy staring at her that he didn't notice the skateboard in front of him. Peter's foot caught onto the board and he went flying.

"watch out!" he yelled to the girls. Eddie and Beth dove out of the way and crashed into Caroline sending all three to the floor. The black haired girl jumped back and shouted "Mary, look out!"

Mary spun around and was about to jump back when Peter crashed into her. tHey both crashed onto the floor with clothes flying all over the place. Mrs. Malloy stared as Mrs. Hatford rushed over. "What happened?" Mrs. Hatford cried out. "Are you okay?" Peter asked. Mary nodded. He helped her up before he was grabbed by his mother. "Peter what happened? Are you crazy?" she asked. He shrugged. "It was an accident," he said feebly. His mom shook her head. She apologized to the girls' mother.

Jake, Josh, Wally, and Scott ran up. The twins and Wally helped Eddie, Beth, and Caroline up from the floor. "And this is only one reason we tried to keep you all apart," Mrs. Malloy said.

"Well now that we are all here, we should have some introducing do get over with," Caroline suggested. "Fine with me I guess," Mrs. Malloy said. She took the clothes from the girls and went to pay for them. Mrs. Hatford left the kids and went to look for some clothes to torture the boys with.

"Mary and Ruth, these are the Hatfords, Jake, Josh, Wally, and well, you've already met Peter. I just don't know who you are though," Beth said.

"this is our cousin and new brother Scott. Scott, these are the Malloy girls, Eddie, Beth, Caroline, and I'm guessing Ruth and Mary," Josh said, pointing to each girl. The girl twins nodded. "What are your talents?" Jake asked the girl twins. "Music," Mary said. "Designing. You know, clothes and acssesories, and stuff," Ruth added.

"What about you?" Eddie asked Scott. "Photography," Scott replied. "What about you three?"

"I'm sports, Beth is books and cooking, and Caroline is drama, as in acting," Eddie said.

"And you guys?" Mary asked. "I'm also sports, Josh is art, Wally is spelling and studying stuff, and Peter is learning to cook and bake," Jake said.

"How old are you?" Josh asked. "We're 11. We turn 12 in May," Mary said.

"Me too. I turn 12 in July," Scott said.

"Mary and Ruth, Jake and Josh are 15 and they turn 16 in April, Wally is 13 and turns 14 in January, and Peter is also 11 and turns 12 in August," Beth explained.

"Scott, Eddie is 15 and turns 16 in May(Made Beth's and Eddie's up. They don't say her birthday in the books.), Beth is 14 and turns 15 in June, and Caroline is 12 and turns 13 in January," Josh explained to his adoptive brother. "Well, now that we are all introduced, it looks like we should go now," Mrs. Malloy said as she walked up. "Lets go girls."
Caroline gave Wally a sad look, but said "Bye" to the boys and followed her sisters out of the department.

"What a way to introduce yourself to a pretty girl, Peter," Jake said grinning. Peter blushed and scowled. "What was that?" Scott asked.

"What was what?" Wally asked.

"The look you gave that Caroline girl," he said. This time, Wally blushed as Jake and Josh grinned. "That's Caroline, Wally's girlfriend," Jake said teasingly.

"She isn't my girlfriend… I think," Wally stammered.

"Oh man! You mean you guys aren't exclusive? Seriously, Wally, you kissed her in front of us and her sisters! And you aren't exclusive!" Jake said.

Wally frowned. Were they exclusive? He knew he loved Caroline, a lot, but was he ready to tell the world that he was dating Caroline Malloy?

Malloy POV

Mary followed Eddie around the department store. She already carried three tops four pairs of jeans, and two sweaters. Beth had her nose deep into a book called Even More Scary Stories, a book that Mary had read last year and freaked her out.

Caroline and Ruth were having the most fun mixing and matching outfits. Eddie was just plain bored and a bit tired of her littlest sisters squealing over shoes and jeans.

Mary was about to ask Eddie if they had to wear anything specific for school, when she heard shouting. Eddie and Beth suddenly dove out of the way and crashed into Caroline and onto the floor. Ruth jumped back and shouted for her to look out. Mary spun around and saw a dark haired boy on a skateboard flying towards her. She was about to jump back like Ruth, but then the boy crashed right into her. The skateboard and the load of clothes Mary had been carrying went flying as she and the boy crashed to the ground. She closed her eyes as pain shot through her head and through her body. When she opened them, her green eyes met dark brown eyes that reminded her of dark chocolate. Mary then realized she was staring at the boy.

"What happened?" a woman came over cried out and grabbed the kid. "Peter what happened? Are you crazy?" she asked. Peter. So that was his name.

"It was an accident," Peter said. Four other boys rushed over. The oldest ones, twins, and another dark haired boy who looked like Peter helped Eddie, Beth, and Caroline up from the floor. The girls' mother shook her head as well. "This is why we tried to keep you all apart," she muttered. At this, Mary guessed that these boys were the famous Hatford boys. Caroline then suggested to have an introduction. Mrs. Malloy agreed and went to pay for all the clothes they had gathered and Mrs. Hatford went off in another direction.

Apperantly, the two twin boys were Jake and Josh at age 15 like Eddie, the other dark haired boy was Wally, and the black haired boy was Scott who was 11. Peter was also 11 like her. They also appeared to have their own talents.

Once they were all introduced, their mom came up and said "Now that we are all introduced, I think its time for us to go now," and headed for the doors. Mary gave a small wave as Eddie and Beth said 'Bye' to the Hatford boys. Mary caught Caroline giving Wally a sadend glance.

"Way to meet a cute boy, Mary!" Ruth whispered to Mary. Mary shot her twin a look and blushed lightly.

Mary rubbed the bak of her head as she rode in the back of her mom's car. Since before her own mother's death, Mary and Ruth had seen their aunt as another mother and had called her 'Mom'.

When they got home, Mary asked Caroline "What was that look I saw?"

Caroline was confused. "What look?" she asked.

"The look you gave that kid, Wally I think, before we left," Mary explained. Caroline blushed lightly as Beth giggled and Eddie smirked.

"That was Wally alright. He's Caroline's boyfriend!" Eddie said and laughed with Beth. Ruth giggled as well. "He's kinda cute too!" she said.

Mary grinned as Caroline blushed even more pink. "He isn't my boyfriend… I think," she said.

"What? You aren't exclusive?" Ruth asked. Caroline shrugged. Caroline didn't really know. Were they exclucive or not? Caroline knew she loved Wally very much. But was she ready to show the whole town of Buckman that she was dating Wally Hatford?
It simply was unknown.

Hey guys! I know the chapter is short, but I am super sore right now. I did it! I walked 3.5 miles! I walked the entire Race for the Cure in 1 hour and 43 minutes. I am proud of myself, but yet I am SORE! My arms and legs feel really heavy and it's a bit hard to think. But all I can say, is that I will try to update really soon! I hope you guys liked this chapter! A special THANK YOU to lovingrace for being my first reviewer! WHOOOHOO! GO GRACIE! I LUVE YA GIRL! XD

I hope you guys will review on this! Either bad or good, they are all welcome, but please hold off on the insults and stuff. Okay, that's all. I think I'm going to sleep now, since its 10:35 down here in my New Mexico hometown and I have school tomarrow! Bye guys!

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