Disclaimer: I do not own the Sandlot, only Kit and her mommy
"What's he doing here?"
Kit glared at the uniformed boy holding as he pulled on a measuring tape. E.J. met her gaze and glared back.
"Squints, how's it goin' there buddy?"
"Like you really care,"
"Just being polite," Kit looked over at the exchange between Squints and Needman. She nudged Wings with her elbow catching the attention of him and Two Ton.
"How much do you wanna bet that he's wearing a toupee?" She asked mischievously. Both boys snorted but hid it behind a cough as E.J. glared at the three. His glare moved from them to Tommy. The two stared down at each other before Needman stepped in.
"E.J., all the way to the fence now!"
"What are you doing here Needman?" Squints asked moving forward to stop Needman.
"Takin' some measurements." He answered.
"For what?" Kit asked a look of confusion appeared on her face. Needman narrowed his eyes at her.
"The city's putting the sand lot up for sale little girl," Needman slowed his words down as if speaking to a toddler. That only fueled Kit's anger.
"You can't sell the sandlot!" She snapped and stood up before anyone could stop her. Two Ton and Wings yanked her back down before she could start any trouble.
"Oh yeah they can sweetheart, and I'm buyin' it," Kit pushed down the urge to punch the smug look on his face as she glared at the older man.
"Excuse me," Squints jumped in with raised eyebrows.
"See Squints, this field has run its course. Besides, there's no real talent over here now and days anyway." Kit had never hated anyone as much as she hated this man right now. Two Ton and Wings shared a look of worry as their grip on Kit tightened.
"Well, you didn't see what I just saw." Squints said glancing at Tommy.
"I know I can get some nice price tag on some newly developed condos right where we're standing." Kit could feel anger continue to bubble up inside when she decided enough was enough.
"Yeah, well as long as we're standing here and Squints is commissioner that's not gonna happen." She yanked her arms from her two friends to stand up as she continued to glare at the man.
"Well suck it up little girl cause you got the future right here and you can't do anything to stop it," Needman said before muttering to Squints, "Control the kid or I will." With that Needman walked off to check on E.J. Squints looked back at the kids for some sort of solution but was met with shrugs.
"Who does he think he is walking all over the sandlot like he already owns it?! And don't get me started on his attitude," Kit ranted to her mother as she sat on the kitchen counter waiting for dinner to be ready, "Mom are you even listening!?" Her mother turned around with one hand on her hip and a raised eyebrow.
"Yes, as a matter of fact I am. Do not use that tone with me," She scolded and heard a quick sorry mutter from her daughter.
"Sorry, it's just I grew up playing at the sandlot with the guys and now it's being taken away," Kit sighed as she jumped off the counter and crossed her arms.
"Yeah, I can kind of relate." Her mother said with a small smile. That only confused Kit.
"Really," She asked skeptically, "How?"
"Sweetheart, you're not the only one who grew up with the sandlot." Her mother said as she poured the soup into a big bowl.
"You? You played baseball on the sandlot?" Kit asked amused. There's no way her mom, a columnists, played baseball.
"Don't act so surprised. I was actually pretty good." Kit still couldn't believe it.
"No, there's no way you of all people played baseball." Her mother turned around once again with raised eyebrows.
"And what is that's supposed to mean Kiley?" Kit cringed when she heard her name and smiled innocently at her mother.
"Nothing," She said quickly just as the doorbell rang. Kit let out a sigh of relief, "I'll get it." She bolted towards the door before her mother could say anything further. There stood Wings, Two Ton, D.P., Timber, and the little guys when she opened the door. Her eyebrows furrowed in confusion as she glanced at the clock behind her.
"Uh, what're you guys doing here?" She asked unamused. Shouldn't they be at home?
"You're the one that wanted Tommy to play with us." Two Ton reminded. But at 7 at night?
"Now?" Wings rolled his eyes.
"Hey it was you're bright idea. Besides if we leave now, we can catch up with Tommy. We're pretty sure he's headed to the theatre." Kit only gave them a weird look.
"All you guys followed him or something?"
"Of course not," Two Ton scoffed, "Only Wok and Roll did." Kit rolled her eyes at that.
"Fine, let me just tell my mom that I'm running of with a bunch of guys in the middle of the night," Kit promptly shut the door in their faces before heading back to the kitchen. She put on her sweetest look as her mother turned around to face her.
"Mooooom, the guys want me to go recruit some kid for the team." Kit gave her mother the best puppy dog look she could muster.
"At this time?" Her mother glanced worriedly out the window. She gave a sigh of defeat when she looked back at Kit's face.
"Now you listen Kiley, if you're not back before curfew I will gladly haul your ass back home and make sure you don't see any of your little friends for some time you hear?" She knew her mother wasn't serious but nodded anyways. "Good, you can go. Have fun, and tell Wings I said hi kay?" Her mother gave her a small wink before turning back around.
"Mom!" Kit shrieked and blushed as she ran back to the door.
"Lookin' a little red there Kit." D.P. teased as she closed the door behind her.
"Shut up." She said rolling her eyes as she followed the guys out.
They spotted Tommy and his mother walking into the theater and quickly hid behind a small bush.
"Great, now we have to wait two hours to talk to him." Two Ton said as they stood watching.
"Why do we need this kid on our team anyway?" Wings said still reluctant about Tommy. Who cares about this guy? Kit's arm could maybe possibly heal before their game anyways.
"Kit's injured and we need a real team." Wok reasoned.
"And maybe win the all city championship!" Roll pitched in. All the guys voiced their agreements and Kit nodded her head along with them, only to have Wings give her an exasperated look.
"Who cares about those butt faces anyways?" Wings argued.
"I care about kicking those butt faces butts." Two Ton countered high fiving Kit. Wings still couldn't see why they needed him. Q started explaining Tommy's batting average, which just so happened to be a thousand. The guys started laughing at Q for bringing that up. Kit stood up from her crouched position.
"Look for once, I wanna win and rub that trophy in E.J.'s pretty little face and the only chance of that ever happening is getting Tommy on the team." Wings couldn't explain it, but he felt a little irritated that Kit saw E.J. as 'pretty'. Ryan nodded in agreement and the team went around the back of the building to look for a way to sneak in.
"There's no way I'm going through the men's restroom," Kit said shaking her head.
"You know what, sometimes you just gotta take one for the team," Two Ton said pushing her towards the window.
"Not today I'm not," Kit said maneuvering her way behind Wings, "I'm gonna do the smart thing and find my own way in." With that being said, Kit walked away from the guys and entered the theater. (The usher) Caspar's suspicious eyes followed her as she made her way into the woman's restroom. There she waited until she heard any commotion outside notifying her that the guys got in.
Moments later she heard banging on the other side of the wall and silently shook her head. Slowly opening the door she saw Caspar's back was facing her and she quickly made her way to the men's restroom closing the door quickly. She turned around only slightly stumble when she faced a shocked Officer Pork chop.
"Heey," She slowly drawled out as she balanced herself placing a hand on her hip.
"Not going to ask," he responded before telling them to stay put while he distracted the usher.
One by one each of them snuck into the theatre room as Officer Pork chop continued to order snacks. The team sat up on the balcony and D.P. leaned over to catch Tommy's attention.
"You're not gonna get his attention by whispering," Kit hissed.
"What am I supposed to do then?" He hissed back. Kit quickly looked around before spotting an empty candy cardboard box. She grabbed it only to throw it down on Tommy's head catching his attention. D.P. face palmed himself when Tommy didn't move. Kit pulled his arms and followed the guys down as they all sat in Tommy's row.
"Hello tommy, Mrs. Santorelli, how ya guys doin'?" D.P. asked wrapping his arms around the both of them.
"What are you guys doing here?" Tommy asked. Kit noticed how uncomfortable he was and snorted especially when he snapped at Two Ton for eating his popcorn.
"What it's illegal for us to see the same movie?" Kit asked innocently as Tommy moved his glare from Two Ton to her. Mrs. Santorelli noticed the tension and asked Tommy to move his 'friends' outside to talk.
"Yeah she's right, let's go talk Tommy." Kit said tugging on his sleeve. Tommy rolled his eyes and obeyed his mother as they started getting up to leave.
"Look guys I appreciate you asking but the truth is I have way too much going on if my life right now." Tommy said as they all stood by the door.
"Look let's be honest here. You're not exactly on the top of our list to be best friends right now," Kit said which caused Tommy to frown, "But we wouldn't be here if we didn't really need you on the team."
"The truth is we're not exactly what one would call 'good'." D.P. said embarrassed.
"I'm sorry guys, I can't." Tommy 'apologized'. Two Ton pushed his way up to Tommy shoving Kit into Wings. She gave him an apologetic smile before he shrugged it off, hiding a grin.
"Look Tommy, I'm only gonna asked you this once so I want you to be completely honest with me ok," Two Ton asked seriously. Tommy nodded looking directly at Two Ton. "Can you spot me twenty five cents for some goobers?" Everyone scoffed at Two Ton's useless question but were silenced when Caspar caught them.
"My guess is you guys don't have any tickets." Caspar said. Kit squinted her eyes when he shoved the flashlight in her face.
"What gave you that idea Sherlock?" She said shoving the flashlight away from her eyes. Wings clamped his hand over her mouth to keep her from saying anything else.
"We're with him," Two Ton pointed at Tommy as they all backed up.
"Kill the monster!" Tommy yelled out and Kit glanced at him with a strange look only to hear the movie say it. That left Caspar distracted and enough time for them all to scramble out of the theatre. Wings and Kit had to stop for a second to grab Two Ton away from the sweets.
"Oh my god, the look on his face when Tommy screamed that," Kit laughed as she, Two Ton, Wings, Timber, and D.P. walked down the street together recalling tonight's events.
"You think Tommy'll change his mind?" D.P. asked after a moment of silence. Kit stopped walking when they reached her house.
"Only tomorrow can tell later guys." Kit said as she waved them goodbye.
"Aren't you gonna give Wings a goodnight kiss?" Two Ton teased as he and the boys, minus Wings who turned red, started making kissy faces. Kit blushed and went red when she turned to look at Wings who had a smug smile as if waiting for her to kiss him. Kit glared at the four before turning back towards her door.
"You guys suck," Kit said before slamming the door closed behind her.
A/N
Oh my goodness it's been a while . I'm sooooo very very sorry that I haven't been updating in almost two years. A lot has been happening in my life the past year and a half. I've been trying to adapt to high school, the tennis program at the high school level is a lot more competitive, I've been taking SAT classes, my piano teacher is piling a lot of work for me and last summer I was in Asia visiting family up in the mountains so no internet but it's summer now and I am free 65% of the time now so hopefully I can update a lot more and maybe possibly write a new story.
Most of you probably won't read this anyways, but if you have a story idea you want me to start feel free to contact me about it in the review section or PM me!