Ch 8-Spinner? Feelings??!!
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Ben walked cautiously up to Spinner who was hitting baseballs being fired from a machine.
"Spinner..." he ventured.
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"I'm not her, you can actually talk to me."
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"Spi-"
"I heard you ok? What am I supposed to say? The girl I love more than life itself just dumped me because I wasn't there by the count of 10, but hey-it's ok, I'm fine."
"I just thought-"
"Thought I'd wanna talk about it? Who are you-Marco? Talk about your feelings?" he snapped, still not looking at him. He didn't hear anything behind him, so when he turned around, expecting to see no one, and saw Ben, he rose his eyebrows in surprise.
"Look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to..."
"I know man, I know."
"It's just, I try to do everything to make that girl happy and she never is. Once, I gave her space and she pitched a fit saying that's not what she meant. So I stopped doing that and all the sudden I suffocate her!! Now, I go get all our friends, show back up and get dumped in literally, a matter of 10 seconds."
"Paige'll come around. You both know that she loves you. Just give it time."
"But what about now?" he asked, his voice cracking. Ben blinked in surprise. Spinner cried? He thought that Spinner just wasn't born with a tear duct or something.
"I love her. I came all the way out here and she does this to me. What the hell do I do now?" he asked again as a tear escaped his eye.
"Uuhhh..." Ben was at a loss for words. Comforting Spinner? How the hell does a person do that? Then the answer walked right in front of him.
"Well for starters," he began while pointing in the direction. Spinner still crying, looked and immediately grew quiet and serious. He looked at Ben who already had the same idea.
"I'll be back," he said quickly as he ran out of the gym.
Ok, so maybe going to Bardell wasn't a total waste...