Chapter 56-Getting Ready

Benny P.O.V

"Hey, wait up!"

I stopped and turned around to face a kid running towards me, out of breath. "Yeah?" I asked him, leaning against the wall. I don't think I have ever talked to this kid before. "Are you and your buddies thinking about going out for the baseball team?" he asked me, kind of threatningly. I gave him a curious look, "Why do ya wanna know? Afraid we're gunna take your place?" I taunted the guy. He glared at me, "Not at all. I was just wondering." The tone in his voice made me think that he didn't want us to go out.

He walked away and I smiled.

"Hey Ham, meeting tonight when everyone gets to the Sandlot, ok?"

"Okay man…why?"

I grinned and put my stuff in my locker. "You'll see."

After school….

Demi P.O.V

I had made it through the day.

I hadn't gotten into a fight or anything, I felt pretty proud. I was greeted by a kiss on the cheek from Benny when I got to my locker. "How was your first day back?" he asked me curiously, and I smiled and shrugged. "It was good…boring." I answered, grabbing my glove and jacket. He smiled, "Well I'm glad to hear it. We're having a meeting as soon as everyone gets to the Sandlot, your girls can come too if they want." Benny suggested.

"Okay…whats the meeting about?"

"This kid came up to me today and asked if my team was gunna go out for school baseball."

"And…."

"I think we might just to piss him off."

I smiled at my boyfriend and patted his head. "You're learning Benny." He laughed and we started walking out of the school. Not that it was a bad day, but I was pretty happy to get out of that place. I spotted Riley and Smalls talking by a tree, and Benny started walking over there. I grabbed his arm, "We cant go over there, they're talking!" I exclaimed happily, smiling at the sight of my friend. Benny gave me a weird look. "Girls." He mumbled under his breath as we walked the other way.

"Oh my gosh like, I like, got this like new like magazine, like its like totally like amazing!"

I laughed at Benny's imitation of a girl, he grinned at me and shrugged. "That's all I hear um talk about…except you of course." He said smiling, nudging my arm playfully. I rolled my eyes, "All I talk about his violence and baseball…and boys." I said to him, thinking of all the times me, Riley and Sky have had sleepovers and watched violent movies the whole night. It was great.

"You can be a very violent person…"

"I know!"

We laughed and continued walking along the sidewalk. Benny suddenly tensed up a little and started staring at the road for cars. "Whats wrong?" I asked him nervously, he glanced at me. "Remember last time we tried to go to the Sandlot?" Benny asked me quietly as if it were a secret. I remembered. Pretty clearly actually. "Oh yeah…" I trailed off, looking for cars with him the rest of the way.

"Oh my God! I have to get a dress for tonight!"

"Oh yeah! You,Sky and Riley can skip the meeting, it aint important. You probably cant play baseball for a while either…but we'll think about that later. We can wait at the Sandlot until they get here."

"Sounds good to me."

We got to the lot safe and sound, and now all we had to do was wait. Most of the guys were already there, so Benny stood up and started the meeting. "Okay so I called this meeting tonight because a kid came up to me in the hallways today. Asked me if our team was going out for school baseball. At first I thought, Why would we ever want to do that? But then I figured out that this kid felt threatened by our team, and us hoping we wont go out." Benny explained to the boys.

"So…are we gunna try out?"

"We don't even have to try out, just gotta make sure we beat his team out for spots."

"Ohhhh okay."

Benny looked at his teammates, who looked like they were thinking pretty hard about it. "When does it start?" Smalls asked him. "Uhh like next week?" Benny said hesitantly. "I don't really know, but its soon." He replied, staring at his teammates intently. "So whos in? " he finally asked, and after a few seconds, they started to raise their hands. Pretty soon everyone was raising their hand.

"Okay, great, so we'll play on the school baseball team."

Just then, Sky and Riley came through the gate, I got up and walked towards them. "We're going shopping." I said to them, waving the $100 bill in their faces. "We are gunna look hot for the dance." Sky said grinning, I smiled and nodded. "Lets go!" I said, we said goodbye to the guys, and started walking towards Sky's house. "I'm paying today guys, you aint paying for nothing." I explained as we got into the car. They gave each other a look, but agreed.

"What kind of dress are you getting?"

"Not sure...probably a short one, easier to dance in. Most likely purple."

"What about you Ri?"

Riley shrugged and pulled at her jeans nervously. "What color do you think Smalls would like?" she asked us, and I thought. "I think you would look good in blue," I said, imaging her in a dress. Sky nodded, "Has to be blue babe." She said, backing out of the driveway. "I already got a dress so you don't gotta buy me one Dem." Sky added, I remembered the one we got her for her birthday. "Oh yeah, the one Yeah-yeah got for you." I winked at her and nudged her shoulder. She rolled her eyes and turned onto the highway.

"Do you think the guys will even dress up? It would be a wasted if we dressed up and they didn't…"

"That's true…I hope they do!"

Benny P.O.V

"What are we supposed to wear?!"

Yeah-Yeah was talking to me on second base. I hadn't really thought about what we were gunna wear to the dance. "Uhh tux?" I suggested, but that seemed too dressy, although the girls were gunna be wearing dresses. Yeah-Yeah made a face, "I cant dance in a tux!" he exclaimed, and Squints heard him. "You can't dance without one either." He remarked, making everyone laugh. Yeah-Yeah ignored him.

"Seriously though? What am I gunna wear?"

We all kind of stopped our game for a moment, just thinking about what we were gunna do. "Lets ask my mom." I said, dropping my glove and running towards the gate. Everyone followed me inside our kitchen, where my mom was. "Mom, we need your help!" I said, sitting down at the table. She cleaned her hands off and sat down while we all crowded around her. "What are we gunna wear to the dance tonight?" I asked her franticly.

She laughed.

"A tuxedo of course!"

We all looked at her with horrified looks on our faces. "Seriously?" Kenny asked her, and she nodded and smiled. "I suppose you don't know how to dance either?" she asked us, and I looked at the guys blankly. She sighed and walked into the living room. "Come in here, I'll teach you." they all looked at me, and I walked slowly into the living room. "I know your all boys but get a partner." She commanded us, and they awkwardly got a partner to dance with. I was with my mom.

"First, put your hand on the ladies waist, like this."

She took my hand and put her on her waist. Boy this was awkward. The other boys weirdly did the same to the boy they were holding, and It was hard not to laugh. A few minutes later she had us all dancing, it would have been a sight to see. Teenage boys all dancing with each other like one of them was a girl.

Tonight would be interesting.