Wish Upon A Star.
Chapter ten!
(Susie's POV)
I felt my heart drop down to my stomach "a-about wh-what?" Benny sighed as he released my elbow from his grip. "About last night" he paused as if he was trying to find the right words to say. My nerves went haywire, my heart thumped painfully in my chest, my palms of my hands began to sweat, and my throat went completely dry. "Listen..I li-" he started, but I cut him off.
"It was a mistake, I get it, we were just caught up in the moment." I never thought saying one sentence would hurt so much, but I had to say it, I didn't want things to change between me and Benny. Benny's eyebrows creased "no, no you don't understand Susie last night-" I sighed "Benny, lets just get to the sandlot, okay?" I winced as my voice cracked, without waiting for a reply I turned the corner to the sandlot.
(Nobody's POV)
Susanna entered the sandlot with Benny a few feet away. Susanna took her place at second base, she slid her mitt out her back pocket of her jeans and slid it on to her hand. Benny grabbed a wooden bat and stepped to home plate he glanced at Susie. They made eye contact but Susie quickly looked away. Benny's grip on the baseball bat tightened. Kenny pitched the ball, Benny swung the bat hard hitting the ball with a loud 'crack' everyone watched as the ball separated in to two pieces. The insides of the ball landed in Smalls baseball mitt while the outside landed on the floor. Everyone gathered around it.
"Bitchin'.." Kenny muttered as he started at the ball. Benny shook his head "nah it ain't ."
"C'mon Benny man, only two or three guys outta history has ever busted the guts out a ball." Squints said "maybe it's in omen."
"All it means is that we can't play any more and its only twelve O'clock, I just ruined the whole thing for us." Benny agued. Kenny shook his head "no you didn't that's the most amazing thing I ever seen."
"Anybody got any money?" Benny asked, everyone shook their head and said 'no.' "Then it's not ok, we can't play no more."
"Yea we can" Smalls chimed in "what, you got an extra ninety-eight cents laying around at home Smalls?" Benny asked. Smalls shook his head "no, but I got a ball." They looked at him and yelled "well go get it!"
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"I got it guys! Right here, I got the ball!" Smalls yelled as he ran up to Benny. "Bitchin' your ball, your ups." Benny took the ball and handed Smalls the bat.
"Batter up!" Ham shouted, Smalls stepped to home "Your fly is open" Ham said. Smalls looked down to his shorts just as Kenny pitched the ball. The ball went past Smalls and into Ham's mitt. Ham through the ball to Kenny as Smalls got ready for the second pitch. Kenny pitched the ball and Smalls hit it. He started to run the bases but stopped. "Uh Smalls third is that way" Yeah-Yeah said but Smalls ignored him.
"Oh no, oh no, oh no" Smalls said over and over and he walked over to the fence that the ball went over. Everyone followed him.
"What's wrong?" Susanna asked him. Smalls slowly turned around "we have to get that ball back."
"Yeah right, like that's ever gonna happen" Squints snickered.
"No you don't understand!" Smalls snapped. "Sure we do you belted a homer and now you feel bad 'cause we cant play anymore. It's ok we can another ball" Benny said.
Smalls shook his head "No, you don't understand!" He looked like he was about to cry "That wasn't my ball!"
"What do you mean 'that wasn't your ball?'" Squints asked slowly as he pushes his glasses up.
"I-it was my step-dads, I stole from his trophy room, It was a gift from someone.. I don't know, but we gotta get it back or he's going to kill me!"
"Listen to me Smalls, it's a matter of life and death. Where did your old man get that ball?" Squints asked.
"...Some lady gave it to him..she even signed her name. Some lady named Ruth, Baby Ruth." Smalls replied. Susanna face palmed as the other boys yelled "Babe Ruth!" And took off running towards the gate.
Smalls looked at them confused as they jumped on the fence so they could look over it. "Are. You. Stupid" Susanna said as she smacked him upside the head with her mitt. Smalls looked at her confused "What?" Susanna was going to hit him again but stopped when the boys screamed and jumped off the gate.
"The beast got it!" Ham whispered/yelled.
"Your dead as a door nail Smalls" Timmy said "dead as a door nail" Tommy repeated.
"Smalls you mean to tell me that you went home and swiped a ball that was signed by Babe Ruth? And you brought it out here and actually played with it?"
"And actually played with it?"
"Yeah but I was going to bring it back" Smalls shouted. "But it was signed by Babe Ruth!" Squints through his arms in the air. "Yeah, you keep telling me that. Who is she anyways?"
"The Sultan of Swat!"
"The Colossus of Clout!"
"The Babe" They yelled together at him. "The Great Bambino." Ham said slowly. Realization came across Smalls face "Oh my god!"
A/N: Not one of my best chapters but it'll have to do.
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