"...now no arguments!" Lisa cried, putting her hands on her hips and glaring at the three other girls. "We've gone to watch Christine's boyfriend play baseball for the past month and a half! I want to see my boyfriend play baseball! For just one day! Is that so much to ask?"
"But Lees, Chris's boyfriend is going to military school!" Kelly squeaked.
"Yes, I know. You all keep reminding me."
It was now the end of March, leaving only two short months for Yeah-Yeah and Christine to be together before he left for military school. Kelly, who had a soft spot for sappy romances, had let Robin and Christine convince her to convince Lisa to let them watch Yeah-Yeah's team play baseball at the sandlot ever since they started up again in February. But now the stuck-up blonde was getting upset - she wasn't used to not having her way.
"But isn't that like, the saddest thing you've ever heard in your entire life?" Kelly pushed. "They'll be apart for years and years!" Christine flinched at that. "Don't you want Chris to spend as much time with him as possible? Don't you believe in true love, Lisa?"
"YES! Fine!" Lisa shouted, throwing her hands up in defeat. "God, Kelly, you're so annoying. Why do I even bother hanging out with you?"
"Because you love me," the other blonde announced, proudly as she led the way to the sandlot. Lisa and Kelly argued up front while Christine and Robin hung back, their hands shoved in their pockets as they kicked pebbles across the damp street.
"So...he's really going, huh?" Robin asked, quietly and Christine looked at her like she was insane.
"Yeah, he's really going. We've known that he's going for months now. Where have you been?"
"You don't have to be a bitch!" Robin snapped, but then softened. "I just meant...has reality really sunk in yet? That he'll be gone and you won't see him again except for short visits and letters and phone calls?"
Christine sighed, her shoulders slumped. "I don't know. I almost don't want it to. I just...I love him so much." Robin nodded, sympathetically, and Christine hoped that she wasn't secretly thinking she was being sappy. So she decided to change the subject. "So...you still lusting after Benny?"
Robin's eyes grew wide as saucers and her mouth gaped open. "Chris! Shh! Don't say it so loud!"
"I didn't say it loud at all. And there's hardly even anyone around. So, are you?"
"No. A little. Shut up!"
Christine shrugged. "I still think you should go talk to him."
"I can't! I get all nervous and my palms get all sweaty and...oh God." Robin's breath got really heavy but Christine just laughed at her friend's discomfort.
"R, relax. Talking to guys isn't that hard."
"Says you! You have a boyfriend!"
"Yeah...who's being shipped off to military school," Christine muttered, her shouders sagging. Robin tried apologizing for bringing it up and comforting her, but none of it worked: Christine's mood was going to be sour for the rest of the day.
The four girls approached the sandlot to find, not to their surprise, the boys playing baseball in chilly weather. Yeah-Yeah's face lit up when he saw Christine and jogged over to the girls to kiss her and greet her. She tried to act happy for Yeah-Yeah, but Christine was soon depressed as he left and the boys continued the game. He was leaving her so soon...