Chapter 14!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you Delilah Anne Marie!!!! You're awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!! Disclamer: I don't own anything, sadly. Hope ya'll enjoy the last few chapters!!!!

CHAPTER 14 Second Thoughts

Monday flew by for the sandlot gang and Tuesday morning was soon on them. Bo, Benny, and Smalls all walked to school together. Bo kept tripping in her yellow flowered dress and yellow inch high heels. Benny had been forced into his suit again.

"Are you going to be at the trial, Smalls?" Benny asked.

Smalls nodded.

"My parents said that I'm going to testify."

"So we can all leave together." Bo announced.

Smalls shook his head.

"My parents aren't picking me up until ten minutes before the trial starts." He explained.

"Oh." Bo said.

"We better hurry if we're going to get to school in time." Benny said, breaking into a jog.

School went by quickly for Bo and Benny and before they knew it, it was lunchtime.

"See ya guys!" they called as they ran out of the school yard and headed to the courthouse.

The trial didn't start for an hour, but Bo and Benny were suppose to arrive early so that the police could fill them in on what was going to happen. For the next hour, the police did just that. Mr. Hoard told them how Bo's father had been threatening her life ever since they brought him in. He had also threatened Benny's life and those of the rest of the gang. But what really surprised them was what Mr. Hoard said next.

"You're father had said that he would escape and kill Benny in front of you," Mr. Hoard said with five minutes to go, "And Mr. Rodriguez snapped. He hadn't said a word the entire time until then. He told Mr. Evans to shut up and that no one was going to lay a hand on his son." He turned to Benny, "He said to tell you that he's really sorry for what he's done to you. He sounded sincere too."

Benny looked down at the floor.

"You two had better head on out," Mr. Hoard dismissed them.

They nodded and walked out into the long hallway. They didn't say anything. Benny looked thoughtful while Bo just looked determanied.

'This is for you Mom,' she thought, 'He ruined my life and destroyed yours, but now he's going to get what he deserves."

'Am I doing the right thing?' Benny was thinking, 'Sure he beat me a lot, but he could be a really good Dad.'

"You ok, Benny?" Bo asked quietly as they stopped at the door to the courtroom.

"I don't know if I'm doing the right thing." Benny told her just as quiet. "I mean, he was a good Dad whenever he wasn't beating me."

"It's too late to turn back now." Bo replied, "I'm sorry Benny. But look at it this way, the most time is 15 years, but he can get out for good behavior."

When he didn't say anything, she continued.

"I saw how he looked at you last week. He looked really sorry. I think he'll get out of jail soon."

"You don't feel anything for your Dad?" Benny asked.

"My situation is different then yours," she sighed, "Maybe I would have felt something for him if I hadn't seen him murder my mom and best friend in front of me."

"I guess you're right." Benny whispered.

She smiled slightly.

"We better hurry," she announced, "We don't want to be late."

With that, they opened the door and walked in.