Last chapter of this part of the story:( I'm so sad, i loved writing this story and its still not over i still have to continue when they're older :o
i hope you enjoy the final chapter, but there will be more coming with this story i promise.
Enjoy. :D
BENNY"S POV
The tournament came and it was time for the games to start and we were getting a little worried, Toni wasn't here.
"Wheres sunshine?" I asked them.
"We don't know." Squints said.
"Sorry I'm late but it's a little hard to get around holding this." we looked to see sunshine limping over holding a giant box that almost covered her face.
I took the giant box from her and set it down.
"What is it?" Smalls asked.
"Open it." she smiled. When we did there were uniforms. "As promised." they were green and white with numbers on the back and Sandlot dodgers written on the chest.
"Sandlot team, wheres your coach?" the umpire asked.
"This isn't going to work." Toni whispered.
"Right here." Kenny said holding up Sunshine's wrist to him. The umpire looked at her for a moment and I held my breath, he looked down at his little black book flipping the page and then nodded.
"Alright then, no rules against it. Batter up." we all cheered and hugged her.
The games we over and we were in the championship after destroying the other teams, I could hear some of the other teams yelling at Phillips about how we played and we had multiple complaints about our uniforms, registration and coach but it was all sorted out, then came the championship game against Phillips. the game was going great we were against Phillips team and we were winning in the last inning, their bases were loaded, we had two out Phillips was up. He passed Sunshine on the way to the plate.
"You need a triple to tie and a home run to win, and knowing you it's never gonna happen." she said to him. He pushed her so she fell off her crutches we all started to yell.
"Guys I'm fine!' she yelled at us. "One more out come on Kenny." she called to him clapping her hands
"alright." Kenny whispered he wound up and threw the fastest ball I have ever seen him through it was a strike but he fell in pain.
"Time!" I yelled Sunshine limped out to the mound meeting us all there.
"Please tell me you didn't try to throw a wringer." she begged kneeling beside her.
"Sorry." he said clutching his arm. Oh shit, Toni said that it was painful on the arm if you threw it wrong.
"he can't play." she said. "It needs a days rest now if he keeps playing he could wreck his arm."
"But then we'll only have eight and we can't play with eight." Smalls said. (A/N just pretend that the rule where you can finish with eight isn't in effect)
"Come on Sandlot times a ticking you gonna lose or what?" Phillips asked.
"Shut the hell up Phillips no one wants to hear your squeaky voice you little shit." Sunshine yelled everyone started to laugh quietly, I stared at her in shock, damn she was angry.
"I'll play." she said. "Let me pitch so I don't really have to move."
"You sure?" I asked.
"yeah. I don't have to throw too hard movement should be enough, I won't step on it hard."
"Okay." I said handing her the ball.
"Hey girls can't play!" Phillips yelled.
"Then why is your team here?" Sunshine asked. Making us laugh again we went to our spots and he went into the box.
"Wait a minute what about an unregistered player?" Phillips coach called out.
"She registered, Toni Spena, that's Toni!" Squints yelled back,
"I know who she is, well what about the rule about coaches playing?" '
"She's a kid." the umpire shrugged. "She can play if she wants" he shut up after that and Toni set up. Her first pitch was a ball. Same with the second. Her third was a strike but it went foul when phillips swung, same with the next one. Her next was a ball again.
"Come on Toni!" I yelled to her. Full count. Damn it, shes not going to be able to strike him out with her leg.
She moved her arm back and this time stepped with her foot with the force a normal pitcher would have and let the wringer fly. I couldn't believe she did it with her ankle was she insane?
Everything seemed to move in slow motion, Sunshine fell to her knees in pain but watched as Phillips eyes closed, rookie mistake you never blink on a wringer. The smacking of the ball hitting the glove echoed in my ears as the impact sent dust into the air.
"STRIKE THREE BATTERS OUT!" the umpire yelled.
"Sandlot wins!" someone yelled we all yelled and jumped (except sunshine) we had won, we really won!
I wasn't thinking as Yeah and I pulled Sunshine onto our shoulders so she could be jumping too.
"Hows it feel Phillips? She just struck you out with a shattered ankle!" Squints laughed as he walked to his dugout throwing the bat against the fence in anger, tears streaming down his face.
"Just wait until next year!" he yelled at us.
"We will, but until then WE FREAKING WON!" Smalls yelled back and we all cheered.
Everyone in the stands came down to congratulate us, we put sunshine down and grabbed soda bottles shaking them up and spraying each other Sunshine getting it the worst.
I removed her hat and dumped the rest of mine on her head.
"RODRIGUEZ!" she screamed trying to tackle me but her ankle deprived of her moving. I laughed and threw the bottle on the ground.
"Hey sandlot!" someone yelled into the microphone.
we looked over to the source of the voice.
Everyone quieted down as the mayor of the valley addressed us all.
"It is my honor to announce that the winners of the San Fernando Valley Little league tournament is The Sandlot!" he yelled. We cheered as they brought out a huge trophy for us and a medal for each of us.
We lined up and waited for them to put them on us after giving Phillips and his team the silver medals.
"Team Captain?" the mayor asked. They all looked at me so I went up to him, he gave me a hat that said captain on it, I laughed and put it on. "It was Toni's idea." he whispered to me and I rolled by eyes of course it was.
"Coach?" he asked and Sunshine went over and smiled as he handed her the medals to put on each one of us. I put hers on for her.
"Most sportsman like goes to Scott smalls." the Mayor said after Sunshine whispered into his ear. He got a certificate, wow another award for his wall. Fitting.
"MVP . . .who? . . . oh Benjamin Rodriguez." he said. They went to give it to me but I held my hand up to stop them.
"MVP stands for most valuable player the player that not only is an amazing player on the field, but an amazing person off, I think that it should go to the person that believed in us all the way through, that has gone through so much and yet they're still here, cheering us on. Telling us to do our best, and being the bravest person I have ever seen risking injury. They have never abandoned us, and make us even stronger. Which is why this award, not only has to go to the most valuable player of the game, but in our lives, and I think you can all agree with me?" I asked the boys who were smiling like idiots.
"Yeah, we do." Kenny smiled. We all looked over to Toni.
"Most Valuable Person Toni 'Sunshine' Spena." everyone clapped as I gave the Medal to Tommy and Timmy to place on Sunshine's neck.
After the tournament Craziness died down everyone left, and I was alone with Toni, but we didn't stay at Phillips field we headed to the sandlot, walking around on the dirt, Toni Limping beside me tucked protectively under my arm.
"I wish summer could last forever." she whispered.
"Same here. I wish we could stay on the sandlot forever." I sighed tightening my grip on her. "I hope It lasts forever."
"I won't let anything happen to it." she promised smiling up at me and I leaned down placing a kiss on her cheek.
"What if it doesn't?" I thought out loud looking around the beautiful diamond that I had spent most of my life with.
"Then here." she said limping over to the dugout and pulled a bottle cap from a string holding a bunch to the top.
"What are you doing?" I asked as she pulled the string off the cap and then handed it to me.
"There, I don't know how long these things have been here for, but its part of the sandlot, that way it will never really be gone." I looked down at the cap, the picture was faded and the edges slightly rusted from rain.
"This is a pretty pathetic gift." I laughed putting it into my pocket. "But you're right, it is part of the sandlot. I will keep it forever."
"You'll lose it by tomorrow won't you?" she asked.
'Of course."
"Then just come and get another one." she laughed gesturing to the others hanging up.
"Bitchin." I smiled staring at her.
"This has really been the best summer of my life." I gently rubbed my thumb on her cheek feeling the soft flesh and warmth of her body pressed against me as she wrapped her arms around my neck.
"Mine too." I whispered placing my forehead on hers closing my eyes to relish in the moment.
"I love you jet." she whispered her warm breath hitting my lips sending cold shivers down my spine.
"I love you sunshine." I whispered back, and leaned down to kiss her, my lips barely grazing hers when she ripped my hat from my head and ran as best as she could causing me to lean too much and stumble into the dugout. I turned to see her holding the hat in her hands a few feet away.
"You really think you're going to kiss me after you dumped soda on my head?' she asked raising an eyebrow. I laughed.
Walking towards here.
"You just have to make things difficult don't you?" she shrugged.
"But you love me anyway."
"Of course." I smiled giving her a quick kiss before picking her up and spinning her around in my arms like a bride, right there in the middle of the Sandlot, he beautiful laugh echoing in my ears as the dry dirt swirled around us. This wasn't going to be the end of us, The Jet and Sunshine would be together for a long time, I mean come on if the Babe said it, it has to be true.
And I wouldn't want it any other way.
Sunshine POV
As Benny Spun me around in his arms I couldn't help but think about a life with him, to be the kinds of Parents I had always wanted, I love Benny, him and all the boys, they were the family I never had. And even though they were a bunch of obnoxious insane dreaming Boys that didn't take anything seriously, and didn't understand that being a girl meant I'd be a little different from them, they were the best friends I could ask for.
They would tease me, and trick me, they would treat me like a guy, get on my nerves and get me in the most trouble I had ever been in, but they were my Sandlot Boys and I was their Sunshine. We'd be together until the end of time, Benny and I would be together till the end of time.
And I wouldn't want it any other way.
As the years went by people moved, once they did we didn't replace them we played like they hadn't left and they never really did, not to us.
Yeah yeah went off to military school after the army he became one of the pioneer developers for bungee jumping, of course we all know why, the little Genius set up a private where he invited the whole team to come and jump at the grand opening of the first arena, his motto is still "Fear is the greatest beast, concur it." Corny kid.
Bertram got really into the 60's and well no one ever saw him again. . . .
Timmy and Tommy became architects and contractor. They started small but then became million heirs for developing mini malls, the pair and I still share letters back and fourth they still argue all the time as brothers should but they were the best pair I had ever seen.
Squints grew up and married Wendy Peffercorn, they have nine kids, damn squints we all went to the wedding (Including Bertram since they got married right out of high school) they bought Vincents drug store and they own it till this day of course Squints has a pharmacy and is the baseball commissioner for the sandlot kids now.
Ham became a professional wrestler, you may know him as the Great Hambino.
DeNunez arm healed and he played triple A ball but never made it to the major leagues. He owns his own business now and coaches a little league team that his kids play on called the heaters, he never tried to throw a ringer again.
Smalls moved and became an announcer for the majors he knows everything about baseball now and lives for it.
Benny and I made it through high school but then Clara took me away. Benny and I's relationship ended physically but we were always together in Spirit, I should have known that when I moved that wouldn't be the last we saw of each other. Benny continued to protect me and care for me doing some pretty stupid stuff, me doing the same until life just took us away from one another.
I went on to play in the Olympics, I ended up hurting my arm and on my down time I was at home watching The Jet play whenever I could. I was twenty two when I went a year without seeing him.
The nick name Sunshine followed me and it was a good reminder of the memories I had with Benny and the guys. On my twenty second Birthday I was offered a new job and I was extremely excited. I was smart to take the job but I was an idiot to think that Benny Rodriguez didn't have anything to do with me becoming the pitching coach to a Major League Baseball team.
Can you guess which one?
That love sick sneaky kid.
After we had tried so hard to move on, I couldn't even Peg him for what he did, I had planned to, it didn't matter how fast he was I was going to kill him. (figuratively speaking) But I couldn't because when I saw him next. . .
I was overpowered by love.
AHHH, the Summer is over :( I'll have another chapter up soon though, its time to see how Benny and Sunshine get to that moment in the Dodger Stadium :D Hope you enjoyed this installment of the story i had a great time writing it and all the reviews are great, you guys are awesome and keep me motivated thanks so much 3