Chapter 3- Friends

"So New York huh?" I looked up at Troy who was sitting next to me, we had free time in History, "Uhm yea New York," I said back to him, and I looked back down at my History book before I saw it sliding away.

"What's it like?" he questioned deeper, "Busy," I told him, I reached for my book but he kept it out of my reach. "Come on enough studying lets talk! Get to know each other I mean you are in half of my classes," he said, I sighed and I stopped reaching for the book.

"Fine," I grumbled sitting back against my chair he smiled satisfied. I would have to admit, he had a really cute smile. His blue eyes shined whenever he talked about baseball and it was cute.

"Alright so please will you tell me what New York is like," he began to beg, "Only to put you out of your misery." I said coolly, "New York is like no other place I have lived. You sleep all day and party all night, school was another language. Lucky for me I went to a private school and I lived in the richer part of town," I said to him, "But I wish I could go back. I loved it there, the leaves in central park, Time square, and the mistakes I made up there but I wouldn't switch it around for anything." I told him

"Wow, sounds like so much fun. I am going to visit there one day; hopefully I am in a baseball uniform when I go up there to but if it's sooner awesome."

"So you really want that major league baseball life?" I asked him, he nodded his head, "All the time, I don't put in all these batting and pitching classes in for nothing. I am so ready for it to be worth something. I have worked my ass off since I was probably eight. I started taking it all more serious. Now I don't like those days where I can't play baseball."

My head nodded, "I gotcha,"

"So whens your birthday?" Troy questioned, I groaned, "On the 19th." I said to him, "You don't sound excited."

"Yea well personal reasons but what about you?" he scratched his chin and looked at me, "You have eleven days till your birthday and you have no friends. I find this a bad issue,"

"You are my friend…" I pointed out, he nodded and pulled out his cell phone, I looked up to see if the teacher was looking but he was too focused on the computer game in front of him.

"Well you are going to be meeting all of my friends today," I raised an eyebrow, "All? So is that like the whole school since you are the most popular," He narrowed his eyes and stuck out his tongue, "Not nice, you sounded like my sister there." I bust out into giggles, "You have a little sister!" I said looking at him, "What does that scare you away or something?"

"No! I have always wanted a little sibling!" I said looking at him, "How old is she?"

Troy snorted, "Old enough to be a pain in the ass, see my little brother who is two is cute." My mouth caved into a bright smile, "Oh Troy I have to meet them!"

"Emily is ten and thinks my whole life is a waste of time, she hates me but Luke on the other hand loves hanging out with my friends and I." I smiled and I looked down at my hand, "I always wished for a little brother or sister. I mean always and when I went to my parents they kind of laughed. I mean they always wanted more kids but it just never happened." I said shrugging my shoulders, "They were happy that they have one…"

"How old are your parents?" he questioned, "Young. They had me in high school," I said to him, I looked up at him to see if he ever put together two and two. "So they could still have more kids?" I bit on my lip and thought about it, "Yea, I guess so." I said looking up at him, "I mean they are in early thirties, some people are just having there first kid."

"Totally, you should ask them." I smiled and I picked up pen and started to doodle in my notebook. "So do you play any sports besides knowing a little about baseball?" he asked

"I played volleyball for quiet a few years I still play, I had to quit my club team in New York since we were moving but next year will be my last year. So I will be playing school and club." I said to him, he raised an eyebrow, "You any good?"

"Any good? I already have scouts looking at me." He whistled, "I thought I was the only one," he teased, I playfully hit his shoulder. "Alright so can I pick you up at your house tonight at six thirty? I am going to take you out to dinner and have you met all of my friends." I shifted and thought if I should just drive, "Nah, I can drive there Troy. I will meet you all up there at six thirty." I said picking up my iPhone. I punched in the date and time while Troy studied me.

"Emily is going to start playing volleyball this year, maybe if I have you come over one day and show her some things. She has never played before so if you…"

I looked at him, "Sure, umm when like tonight?" he chewed on his lip, "um how about tomorr…wait how about Thursday? I am busy tomorrow, I can meet you two up at the local gym and you guys can do whatever, I am babysitting anyways." He said

"Okay," I looked down at my phone wondering if I should make sure I had nothing going on, "Then maybe she won't stalk off to her room all pissy."

I giggled and I looked at the clock on the wall, "So tonight at six thirty and that one pizza place?" I questioned

"Yupp, what kind of pizza do you like?" I licked my lips, "Barbeque Chicken,"

"That's my total favorite! I can only have it during the season so I can have more calories but right now I can only eat the non cheese whatever it is." He said, I giggled and I started to gather all of my stuff up. "And Friday night do you know if you are going to the basketball game?" I shook my head, "I don't know of any basketball game."

"Well you should go Friday night, it's up here and then you can find some lucky guy to drag you to the Valentines Day dance." I groaned, "I sometimes hate valentines day." I told him, he nodded his head, "It's sometimes pointless when you don't have anybody to be with. When you are younger sure, it's a day where you get loads of candy but once you are like our age or older you start to feel the pang that you might not have somebody."

My jaw dropped a little; "Who knew you could be such heartfelt guy," I mumbled softly under my breath, "Hm?" he asked me, I shook my head. "Nothing."

I rubbed on my chin and looked at my cell phone again, "So I will see you later Troy," I said and then the bell rang, I jumped up from my seat and went running down the hallway.

Gabi's POV

"Dylan, this guy is just like my dad! So focused on baseball and its hard not to tell him but I don't want to tell him." I said into the phone as I kicked a pebble stone down my street. "Understandable, I mean this guy is baseball crazy and your dad is baseball crazy if they two found out you could be left in the dust."

"Not funny Dylan, the first friend I make here is a guy who loves baseball." I shook my head as I rolled over on my bed, "He wants me to meet him at six thirty for pizza and to meet all of his friends." I said watching the clock flicker to five fifteen. "Well are you going to go?" he asked

"Of course, I mean this guy is so nice and cute too." I added, "So which one is this?" he asked, "Troy."

"Ahh, can I have a last night name so I can look at his Facebook page?" he asked, I laughed, "Bolton." I heard Dylan shift and then his fingers hit against the keyboard. "Damn Gabi could you find somebody uglier please?" I laughed and I looked up at my ceiling, "We aren't anything, just friends."

"Just friends, my ass." He muttered, I giggled and I pulled out my History book to start working on the homework. "Then he wants me to help his sister with volleyball? I do not coach I am just a player." I said, Dylan laughed a dry laugh, "Whatever you were the coach basically one year."

"Yea, because I was better than the coach."

"True that, she was evil little bitch too."

I chewed on the inside of my cheek deciding if I should ask Dylan or not, "Dyl," I asked

"What?" I looked to see my dad cracked, "I have a super important question that has to stay top secret." I mumbled into the phone, "I love those kinds of secrets," he said

"Good, well you know both of my parents are really young for parents." I could see Dylan nodding his head, "Yup," I shifted my eyes and I watched the door. "Why did they never have another kid then? I mean they always said they wanted more kids, they act like they are way too old to have a kid." I whispered into the phone, "Woah, heavy news on that one. Umm…I really don't know how to respond."

"That's all right because I can't control my thinking. I was talking to Troy about his siblings and then made me think, my parents are in there early thirties, not late early. Some people are just having there first kid!" I whispered/yelled.

"Maybe there is something more that you don't know Gabs, only way you could find out is to ask your parents and before your dad leaves because this will eat at you." He said, "I don't know why I keep thinking this, but when I was little I always wished for another sibling and I asked my parents but they kept saying later."

"Maybe later hasn't come yet, maybe they are waiting for you to leave the house to raise there real daughter since you are some alien from another plant."

"Oh Dylan shut up!" I yelled into the phone, he laughed, I rolled over onto my stomach and I looked across my room. "I just don't want anything bad to come out of this whole thing." I said

"What would come bad out of this?" he questioned, "I don't know." I muttered, "I really don't know but I have to start getting ready for this dinner thing."

"You are really excited for it, admitted it." He said I rolled my eyes, "Maybe a little, I have never been this included for just moving in yesterday." I commented

"Why did you move out there again?"

"My mom and dads parents live out here, my mom got a good job offer herself, and it just seems like the right place to be. I like it just wish you were around." I mumbled, "I wish you were around too because I don't have my best friend," I grinned and I sat up looking into the mirror on the wall. I looked at my crazy hair and my shirt dipping lower than it should be.

"I love you best friend," I said sighing, "And I love you too best friend but I gotta finish my homework." He said, "Alrighty," I muttered, "I gotta shower, get ready and etc."

"You are acting like this is a date,"

"Bye Dylan," I told him hanging up the phone, I tossed it on my bed and I grabbed a towel, and then headed to my bathroom.

I turned on the shower, hung up my towel on the rack before stripping down to nothing. I stepped into the warm shower to feel all the pressure come off my shoulders and my mind went free.

I quickly did my hair and I shaved my legs to a perfect smooth before stepping out of the shower. I ringed my hair free of water and I pulled the towel around my body holding it tightly across my chest. I looked at the foggy mirror and the clock. Five fifty.

I put lotion on my legs and I stepped out of my bathroom to find some clothes. I grabbed my underwear and bra tossing them onto my bed. I quickly moved to my closet and started to shift through it, I pulled out my ripped dark wash skinnies from Forever 21. I searched a little longer for the shirt I was going to wear with it but decided on a Forever 21 gray soft V-neck shirt with a sequined heart in the middle of the shirt.

I took all my clothes into the bathroom and changed, I blew dried my hair and pulled on a butterfly pendent from American eagle. I pulled a ponytail onto my wrist just incase I needed to pull my hair up. I whipped a few strips of mascara on and a strip of blush on each cheek. I looked down at my bare feet, I touched my chin and I wondered what shoes I should wear. I looked at the clock to see it was already six fifteen.

"Where the hell did the time go?" I wondered aloud, I looked in my closet to see what shoes I want before my eyes landed on my pink converse. I grinned and I picked the shoes off the floor and slipped them onto my little feet. I tied the white laces into a perfect knot and I grabbed my black Guess purse. I grabbed my car keys from the nightstand and I dashed down the stairs.

"Gabi honey can we talk…" I turned to see my dad behide me, "Nope, I am going out with some friends." I mumbled passing by and going to the door. "Well you should invite them to the party next Friday." He said, I opened the door and I slammed it. Was not about to talk to him when I was not ready to talk to him.

I hurried out to my car and I pulled the door open, I sat down turning the car on. I backed out of the driveway and drove through town.

Troy's POV

"Chad we are all gather so Gabi can make a few friends," I told him through the phone, "That's cool," he said, "Are you coming?" I asked, "I dunno, I might have something with the basketball guys."

I frowned, "What is that about?"

"It's all your baseball friends!" Chad muttered, "Um no Sharpay, Taylor, Kelsi, and Jason are all going to be there! Chad your fucking girlfriend is going to be there." I said to him, "All, the girls."

"Troy you are going to be caught up in the baseball guys, Taylor will be fawning over Gabi with the rest of the girls." He paused and I laughed, "What the hell is wrong with you!" I yelled into the phone, I stood up off my bed and looked out the window. "Troy you are so hooked on baseball…"

"You seemed just fine earlier!" I said to him, "And you are best friends with Cody and the whole baseball team. What happened?" I pleaded, "Troy you are…"

"You are the one who said I needed to get a girlfriend but once I befriend a girl you freak out."

"Not some new girl Bolton! You are trying to get all of these people to like her and what do you know about here?" I laughed, "Her birthday is next week, she moved from New York and plays volleyball and she has no friends here. The first thing you would want when you first move somewhere new is a friend,"

"I do not trust her Troy; you know she is hiding something."

"You have not even talked to her yet Chad! Five minutes in the pizza place?" I asked him, I heard my door creep open; I turned to see Emily coming into the room. "Troy dad said to be more quiet!" she said, flames flashed in my eyes, "Emily! Get OUT of my room!" I yelled at her, her face crumbled and inset guilt ran through my body. "Chad,"

"Whatever, I will be there tonight." He said, and then the dial tone. I threw my phone down on the bed and I looked at the empty doorway. "Troy Alexander Bolton!" I dropped my head into my two hands. "I know mom, I pissed Emily off, she went crying to you, I am grounded yah yah," I mumbled flopping down on my bed, "Troy, why is your sister crying now?" she asked, "Chad and I are fighting, she came in and she said something, hell I don't even know." I said turning over to look at her, "Why are Chad and you fighting?"

"Over the girl at school who I befriended. Just moved in and I am taking her to dinner tonight so she can meet all my friends, so she can have some friends." I muttered, "And he gets all pissy about it, I was pissed and I snapped at her. Sorry." I said looking at her, "Honey,"

"Mom I have to start getting ready," I mumbled, I got up and I grabbed a towel. "At least say sorry to your sister," she added, I went over and slammed my door shut to my bathroom. I leaned my head against the back of the door. I needed to talk to Chad again but he wouldn't answer my call.

I shook my head and I turned the shower on but then I heard my phone ring, I groaned as I walked out the door of my bathroom. I looked at the phone to see Chad calling back, "Wow, you are actually going to talk to me?" I said into the phone, "I-I can not be mad at you Troy but there is something about her that isn't…"

"And I am not saying there isn't something Chad but I at least want to make friends with the poor girl. She is in need of friends, you remember when I moved here in the first grade you were the first one to be nice to me Chad, and I am just trying to help."

"Fine, I see where you are coming from. I will be there tonight to see my girlfriend and give her a shot, and yes I am friends with the baseball team. I was not mad I am just frustrated that you probably won't see the whole basketball game."

"That is where you are wrong my friend, I am getting up super early tomorrow to so." I told him, "Well sounds like we are going to party Friday night!"

"Hey Chad, have you seen the new girl around school?"

"Like Gabi?"

"No someone else but if you ever find her its Alex Montez's daughter," I told him, "No shit, that's awesome." I looked at my shower wall, "Hey, I gotta go get into the shower." I said to him, "Woah, shower and all?"

"It's not a date." I said quickly, "Oh I know because you don't date girls." My jaw dropped and I laughed, "Whatever," I mumbled he laughed and I hung up the phone. I stripped down and I jumped into a shower.

After five minutes under the hot water I turned the shower off and I stepped out wrapping a towel around my waist. I shook my head like a dog trying to shake all the water from all of his ears. I looked in the mirror and I pulled the brush through my hair. The water dripped down my bare back. I opened the bathroom door to see all is calm. I walked towards my closet to pull the door open, my clothes all hanging steadily. I grabbed the first pair of jeans I saw on the rack, a pair of boxers. I went back to the bathroom to slip on my underwear following my dark wash jeans.

I grabbed the gel sitting on the counter and put a squirt on my hands. I ran the gel through my hair and I looked at the clock to see I had thirty minutes before I needed to leave. I took a deep breath and I walked back to my closet to grab a t-shirt.

I bit on my lip trying to figure out what shirt I wanted to wear, I looked through a few shirts before grabbing my Yankee tshirt from Nike. I slipped it over my head, the soft tshirt rubbing against my skin. I then grabbed my Yankees hoodie off the rack slipping that over my head. I slipped on my black Vans exiting out of the closet.

I turned all the lights off and I grabbed the Ax off the nightstand spraying only a little. I shook my hair out of my eyes; I slipped my black Yankees hat on backwards. "Perfect," I muttered

I grabbed my cell phone out of the bathroom and my baseball lanyard which held my keys. I shut off all the lights in the bedroom; I exited out of the room for the smell of cookies drifting up the stairs. "Yum,"

I followed the scent and I looked into the kitchen to see my mom and Emily standing in the kitchen. I walked down the rest of the stairs for Emily and my mom to both look at me. "Troy is your homework done?" I cringed and turned around looking at my dad, "Erm no but I have this thing tonight dad and…" he held his hand up, "You look really nice for a thing…" he said

"We are all meeting at the pizza restaurant for dinner and…"

"Troy you need to eat with your family one night,"

"I am showing around this girl who moved in a few weeks ago, her birthday is soon and I just want her to feel welcomed dad. I need to get there so she doesn't think I stood her up and left her with the baseball team and the gang." I told him, my dad rubbed his face, "You have an early morning tomorrow,"

"I understand dad, that's what this life is all about, if I want this I have to balance everything. School, getting up early, and friends. I am working towards my goal; I don't go around eating this shitty pizza all the time for nothing. I workout so often because this is what I want. I am not going to ruin it, not for a girl, not for anything. This is what I want dad," I told him, he pursed his lips together.

"Go," he said, I smiled and he looked me in the eyes, "Troy I can see this, I can see that you want this. I see that you want to be there tonight with everybody, I can see that you understand everything you get into. Now go." I looked at the clock on the wall, "Well that's good I can go but I have twenty minutes," I said, we both started laughing.

"Amazing Troy,"

"Why doesn't he have to do his homework? You make me do mine every night after dinner!" Emily's voice yelled through the room, I bit on my lip and turned to see her looking at us, "Why doesn't he have to be in bed by nine o'clock? Why doesn't he need to eat with us?" both my parents make eye contact and then they looked at me, "Oh no please! There is a girl involved! A new girl here, I don't her thinking I am some huge jerk!" I said to them, Emily's lip quivered and she ran up the stairs, I groaned, "Please,"

"Go talk to her Troy," I looked up at my parents, "She hates me!" I said

"She probably does!"

"I am seventeen moms, when she is seventeen she will be just like me and she doesn't understand that I have been through!"

"Then go tell her!"

I shook my head and I dragged my feet up the stairs, I walked to the first door on my right and knocked lightly. "Emily, please," I asked knocking on the door a little harder.

"Go away jerk!" I heard Luke's cry from the down the hallway, "Go to your favorite! Luke!" I sighed and I twisted her knob and it turned. She wasn't the brightest.

"Come on Em! I just need to talk to you!" I said pushing through the door, "Luke is my favorite brother and you are my favorite sister." I told her, her head was buried into the pillow.

"Just go to your stupid dinner,"

"Emily, God you don't understand my lifestyle!" I told her, "You don't understand that the baseball I play is on a high level, you don't understand that I am seventeen and I have been through what you have been through. Mom and dad made me do my homework right after dinner, I had to go to bed at nine, once I started going for my dream though it all stopped, I had late nights, I had to forget about homework, that's my lifestyle." I told her, she looked up from her pillow, "Really?"

I nodded my head, "Really. They might be stricter on you because you are the middle child. When they did it on me, I got a little leeway but that comes with being the oldest and Luke in there will have the most pressure on his shoulder." I went over and sat on her bed, "Hey do you know what time I have to get up tomorrow morning?" I asked nudging her shoulder, "When?"

"Four," her mouth dropped a little, "Why?"

"Batting practice so I can go to Chad's basketball game on Friday," she shook her head, "That's early!"

"And when I get home I have to do all the homework in my room so it can be done by tomorrow. So I won't go to bed until really late, see you are going to be nice and happy in the morning which I won't be. You have a good life right now Emily; you don't need to grow up to fast like I did. All I remember about me being little was Chad, then starting baseball." She looked up at me, "Really?"

I nodded my head, "Really, you may think 4th grade isn't anything but really these years are pretty awesome. Promise me that you won't complain because remember I have to get up early tomorrow." I said sticking out my pinkie, she giggled and shook her pinkie with mine.

"Why did you get mad at me earlier?" she asked as I stood up, I looked at the bedside clock in her room see it was getting close to leaving time.

"Chad got mad at me, I got mad at Chad, and you came in the middle so…" she nodded her head, "Gotcha,"

"You know those cookies downstairs?" I asked her, she nodded her head, "So can I have one?" she grinned, "Only if you beat me!" she said getting up, I dropped my mouth and she took off running. "Emily!" I yelled I took off running after her; I jumped down the first five steps and caught up behide her. I circled my arms around her tiny frame and I raced the rest of the way to the kitchen.

"Tie!" I yelled as I spun her around, she giggled and I picked up a cookie, "Why thank you," I said stuffing it into my mouth, I rubber her head and picked up my keys, "See ya Em!" I said after her, she waved and I looked at my mom and winked.

"See ya,"

She waved and I looked at Luke in her arms, "Bye Luke," I said to him, he giggled and waved his little arm. I opened the door and I stepped out onto the garage floor. I got into my car which I got back earlier this morning, my wonderful black Ford Fusion. I turned the keys and the car turned to life. I smiled and I pulled out of the driveway.

Gabi's POV

I sat in my car looking around the parking lot, I did not know what Troy drove but it was ten minutes past the time I was supposed to be in there, I took a deep breath and I unbuckled my seatbelt picking my purse up.

I licked my lips and I got out of the car, I smoothed out my shirt and let my Guess purse fall against my side. I took small steps towards the inside of the pizza place. I opened the door quietly and I passed through, "Aw Gabi!" I turned to see Cody looking at me, "Oh hey Cody," I said

"Troy said you would be walking through this door any minute, I am supposed to lead you back to the table." I nodded my head and he walked by my side. "You enjoying East High?" he asked, "As much as I can," I told him, "You look good tonight," he commented.

"Why thank you,"

"You are more than welcome, now have fun." Cody stopped and there I was a foot away from the table. "Gabi! You made it!" Troy said standing up, I thought my head was going to pop, he was decked out in Yankee shit, I took a fast deep breath and I looked at him. "I…" I felt my jaw try to form words but nothing would come up, "Bathroom," I said, "Oh bathroom!" Troy said, he pointed to his right, "Right over there," he said, he smiled at me and I nodded.

I hurried off to the bathroom pulling my cell phone out, I hit speed dial two and heard the rings before the voice. "He is a Yankees fan, I mean I came to fucking dinner and he is dressed up and down! I mean if he could have jeans and shoes then come on he would, I mean everything!"

"Okay, Gabi breath." He said I took a couple of deep breaths, "I don't know if I can do this, I mean Yankees shit!"

"Nobody has more Yankees stuff than you,"

"That's different! Dylan just," I took another deep breath and I tried to calm down, "I didn't except him to be a Yankees fan! I mean the Diamondbacks or something," I mumbled, "Again Gabi breath," Dylan said to me, I fanned myself leaning over the counter in the bathroom.

"Are you in the bathroom?" Dylan asked me, "Um yea," I said to him, "Well I suggest you get out before they think something else is going on." I tried to get my breathing under control, "Okay,"

"Call me as soon as this date or whatever is over okay?" I nodded my head even though he can't see me, "Good luck, I love you."

"I love you too," I whispered, I then hung up the phone. I dropped it into the purse and I shook my head. I quickly got myself together before I stepped back out into the open area. My eyes shifted back and forth before looking at the table. Stepping forward and then Troy caught my eye.

"Are you okay?" he asked me, I nodded my head, "Totally but I am so hungry," I said, I tried to keep my eyes away from all the Yankee stuff. "Good, I ordered you barbeque chicken since that is what you told me was you favorite earlier," He said pulling out my chair that was next to him. I nodded my head, "That's fine,"

"Well I would like to introduce you to everybody," he said, he banged on the table a few times before they all looked, "Okay guys this everybody is Gabi," I waved and they all waved back, I blushed.

"Let's start down there with VJ, Brandon, Brett, Brian, and Travis." He said, "They are part of the baseball team, some of the guys couldn't make it but oh well. Then you have Cody who is working, and then we have Chad which you kind of met. I looked at him and smiled, he tried to smile back but he didn't.

"Then we have the girls from East High, Sharpay, Taylor, and Kelsi,"

"Girl I love that Guess purse! Is it real or a knockoff?" the blond haired, Sharpay, I think it was. "Um real…" I mumbled softly, she clapped her hands, "Amazing! I have a bunch of real ones too but a bunch of kids around school have these fake knockoffs, of course they try to pass them off as real but…" I nodded my head and bit down on my lip.

"Pizza!" Cody called, I looked at him and he winked at me. He put the pizza down and handed out plates to everybody. I grabbed on and everybody started to dig in, "And for the baseball boys," he put down the baseball pizza, "Troy! That shit stinks!" Taylor yelled I smiled as for I was used to the smell.

"So your brother is a baseball player huh?" Troy asked, "Um, yea." I told him, he smiled, "That's totally cool." I looked at his outfit again, "Yankees fan?" I asked him calmly

The group around me laughed, "Yankees fan? Try putting huge in front of that," Brett said, I nodded my head, "Really?" I asked

"Mhm, ask me anything." He said, I licked my lips, "Alex Montez," I paused trying to think of something good, "When he hits his next homerun what will that be for his career?" I asked him, the tables eyes popped a little bit, "Oh man she challenged you," Brandon start but before he could finish the sentence he had an answer.

"642," he said, I stuck my finger up, "Wrong," the tabled ohhed, "That's how many he has NOW," I told him, his mouth dropped and the table laughed. "Holy shit she just up showed you!" Cody said laughing, he looked at me, "I thought you said you knew very little about baseball?" he asked me, I grinned, "When it comes to Alex Montez, I might have a little crush." I said squeezing my fingers together.

The table laughed and Troy shook his head, "Fair game, alright lets say it's the first game of the season there are two guys on base, Alex hits the ball down the first base line, the guys were on second and third, how many RBIs would he have?"

"1'884 and that would be his 493rd double." I said smirking leaning back on my chair, a slice of the pizza hitting my mouth. The table oohed some more and Troy shook his head. "What about the rest of the Yankees?"

"Sorry just Alex," I said shaking my head, "Damn, you are good." He said shaking his head, I bit on my lip and nodded my head. "Yup, I truly am." I said taking another bite of pizza.

Troy's POV

Two hours later, four of us were left sitting at the table; Gabi was to my left, Chad in front of me, and Cody next to Chad. "Cody you missed it! She showed him up!" Gabi laughed her sweet laugh as Cody looked across at her. "So you know a little about baseball?" he questioned, "A little!" I said sticking my finger out, "I am saying a little, that's all this girl told me." I said to him, I picked up my ice water; I took a drink before looking at the wall.

"God, I should really get home to do some homework." I muttered seeing it was thirty minutes past eight, "So Gabs you going to West High vs. East High?" Chad questioned

"I dunno, Troy said he was going to the game so I might go."

"I will be there," Cody piped in; I licked my lips and nodded my head, "Cool. I get to go too for the whole game. My dad coaches and everything, I have not been to a whole basketball game since I started hitting on Friday." I took another drink and felt my pocket vibrate, "Shit, and there is the father call. Troy where are you." I imitated, the group around my laughed as I pulled the cell phone out of my pocket to see yes indeed it was my dad.

"Hi Dad," I said answering the phone, "Troy where the hell are you? You need to come home to do your homework! You have to be up at four tomorrow morning!" my dad screamed through the phone, I pulled it back shaking my head, "I am still at the pizza place dad, I am hanging with Cody, Chad, and Gabs,"

"Gabs?" my dad questioned, "yea the girl I was showing around tonight. I will be home in thirty minutes; I do not have much homework tonight anyways. Just some math and to finish a chapter of this one lame ass book Darbus assigned."

"You don't have to worry about that." My dad muttered, I laughed and I looked up at the group in front of me. "Let me say goodbye and I will head out."

My dad and I hung up, I looked at Gabi closely, "When is the birthday party?" I asked him, she sighed, "next Friday at my house," us boys all clapped hands while Gabi stared at us, "I gotta go." She muttered quickly before getting up and exiting quickly. I watched her leave, her body swiftly got into a black Audi. She had money…

"She is totally cool," Cody said I looked back at him, "Hmm?" I questioned, "Gabi. She is totally cool."

I nodded my head, "Yea, totally is." I murmured

"She is better than thought, got to spend some time with my girlfriend. Wonderful night gentlemen, but I gotta bug out." Chad said picking up his jacket. I gave him a high-five and he gave Cody a fist pump before hopping out of the pizza place. "Better than thought?" Cody asked me

"He has like doubts about her or something but anyways I gotta head out too. Four am call this morning since batting practice was moved, wonderful." I muttered I twisted my keys in my hand. "Sucks ass for you dude, but I will catch you later." I gave him a quick fist punch and waved bye as I left the building. I had an amazing night with friends and I could not wait for Thursday.

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