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this chapter introduces Mara,

Dedicated to Faith Love Courage

That you were Romeo,

You were throwing pebbles,

Till my daddy said " stay away from Juliet"

Mara pulled her pony tail up higher, and continued following her sister Molly and Judy over towards the sandlot. She claimed to the only reason she was going with the two girls to the sandlot, was to keep an eye out for them. Mara's ulterior motive laid underneath her purple sun dress.

"I'm telling you" Judy squealed. "He's so cute." She pulled Molly and Mara closer over to the sandlot. Of course, Mara didn't need anyone to pull her towards it. There was a certain gravitational pull that just drew her closer.

The three girls entered into the sandlot, the first thing they noticed was a bunch of cranky, pubescent boys who were complaining about the Sandlot being up for sale. That didn't affect these three though. Sports wasn't their thing, and they never really had an attachment to the sandlot, only the boys they deemed cute.

Judy stopped in her tracks and pointed over towards Tommy.

"Him" She sighed. "He was the one, I was talking about earlier". Mara rolled her eyes at the puppy love this young girl had. Mara's own attention was drawed over to a certain sandy haired player.

The sandlot boys and Juliet were busy picking up the equipment they had used and thrown down. Tommy slowly approached Juliet.

The minute he spotted the three girls enter, a small flashback popped into his mind.

Jules was standing next to him.

"I know someone who's just dying to meet you"S he laughed. She pulled him over to Judy.

"Judy, Tommy" She introduced them. That started what would lead to the fateful relationship between him and Judy.

"Hey, Jules" Tommy called. She cringed. That dreaded nickname! Who told him anyway!

"What?" She asked.

He pointed over towards the three girls. "Do you know who they are". He asked.

Juliet nodded her head. " I know" She laughed. " Someone who's just dying to meet you. Come here" She led him over to where her sister stood.

"Tommy, Judy, Judy, Tommy" She introduced them. Tommy gave a small smile to Judy. She felt her heart pound twice as hard.

Juliet started to walk away as Judy and Tommy began their own little conversation. She turned back to see her sister mouth the words " Thank You So Much".

She shook her own head and looked down around the grass for any baseballs, that needed picked up. She was walking around with Timber and Wings.

"Hi, Timber, Wings" She heard Mara's voice come from up behind them. Mara forgotten to mention her name, but who ever really cared about Juliet.

"So" Mara smiled. She was walking right behind Wings. "I got this new pool put up in my back yard. I was wondering if you wanted to come and check it out".

Wings shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know". The boy casually waved off the girl's words. Juliet looked over at Mara. Mara hadn't made it quite obvious, but her heart was sinking.

" Maybe some other day then" Mara forced a small grin on her face.

"I don't know" Wings replied. Mara nodded her head and slowly walked away back over towards her sister.

One thing about Mara, was she was never annoyed by Juliet, yet somehow, she hated her and Mara was one of the sweetest girls in their grade.

Juliet shook her head, and kept looking around in the grass. Her eyes caught something purple and white. She bent down and picked up the baseball hat. She bit her lip, trying to remember how it got there.

She turned around to see that everyone else had already evacuated the sandlot. With out thinking, the girl darted towards the exist and ran down the street. She probably looked like a lunatic sprinting down the streets towards a specific field.

She stopped at the small gate, letting the cool wind blow her frizzed hair in all directions. She stood there for a moment listening.

"Are we going to practice or what?" She heard that one small pudgy kid demand.

"Shut up!" Ej's voice came. "I'm trying to find that stupid hat."

Juliet stared at the gate. She bit her lip. Did she have enough in her to open it and call out that she found the hat. Or could she simply lay it on the ground and run, run as fast she could away. Of course, when people panic, they tend to do stupid things.

She opened the gate, and stepped inside. Immediatly all the eyes of Needman's team fell on her.

" You dropped your hat when you and your dad measured the sandlot" She told Ej. She held it out. Juliet braced for the name calling and glares, or anything from the most arrogant kid in town.

Ej walked over to the girl, and snatched the hat right out from her hands. Juliet slowly backed away, and then ran from Needman's field. The sun's rays was starting to hit directly on the town.

She made her way into a small diner, and sat down in the first chair she could find. The waitress there came over towards her. Juliet's face was blood red, from spending all that time out in the hot sun.

and of course, the day could only get longer.

I was kind of in a rush to post this chapter up, so please tell me if there are any grammar or spelling mistakes..thanks :)