My Secret Spot

Erin lay in bed that night thinking about what just happened. 'We almost kissed!' 'He does like me...' After thinking about Colin for about an hour, she finally fell asleep. The exact opposite happened at Colins house.

(Colins POV)

'She likes me!' YES! I couldnt believe that we almost kissed. Those stupid sprinklers...

I walked into my yard and swung the door open to find my dad sitting in the living room with a bottle of 'God knows what' in his hands with a girl sitting practically on top of him, kissing. The girl was defiantly not my mom...

"DAD! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" I slammed my glove down on the table. "YOURE MARRIED! WHOS THIS SKANK? Oh my god I cannot believe youre cheating on my mom!" Tears rolled down my face. I knew my mom was working a late shift at work, ' How many other times has he done this?'

"Now, boy...Im not actually cheating on your momma. You see Brandy here..." he pointed to the girl who now had a cigarette in her hand. " Well she came over here to help me with my work stuff."

"Dad... You quit your job last week...Your DRUNK! I hate you!" I ran into my room. I wrote a note to my mom telling her I had a fight with dad and I was staying at a friends house and everything was okay...I didnt want to worry her. I then packed up all of my clothes (which isnt a lot) my baseball stuff, and my box of baseball cards. Then I walked out into the living room again to find my dad opening a can of beer, with Brandy wearing less clothes than she was 15 minutes ago. My dad stood up and I thought he was going to get another beer from the fridge but he came over to me and said,

"Kid, you will not never talk to me like that ever again! You punk kid get out of my house!" He pushed me against the wall and punched me in the nose.

I ran all the way to the sandlot without looking back...Once there I realized I had blood running all over my face and down my shirt. I wiped myself off and climbed the ladder to an old tree house that was there since before I was born. I lay my things down In a corner and started to cry. I knew that I was a guy and guys arent supposed to cry, but I couldnt help it. I was living in hell right now. The only thing that really kept me going was baseball and Erin.

(Erins POV)

I woke up the next morning and found that my grandma left me a note saying that shes sorry for being so mean last night and that she forgave me for forgetting her birthday. She also gave me $50 to spend around town. It was still pretty early but I decided to get ready and go out. Since my grandmas note said she was going out of town for a meeting shed be gone all day so I didnt have to worry about sneaking out.

I put on a white and blue tee-shirt and some jeans, took the money and my glove and set off for my walk. I decided to go to the sandlot just incase Colin was there early. Then I remembered that I was supposed to meet him for lunch. Okay what time was it? 9 oclock. I still had time. I walked around the bases then I noticed that there was something red on the ground. I went to it and found that it looked like blood. 'Weird' I thought. Then I noticed something gleaming in the sun. It was small and rectangular. I walked up to that and saw that it was a baseball card. Then, even a stranger thing happened. I saw foot prints leading toward a tree house and I thought maybe this card belongs to someone up there... and maybe there hurt and thats why there is blood on the ground.

I walked up to the tree and climbed the ladder. I knocked on the little wooden door but nobody answered. I tried to open it and it did. I peeked in and saw that there was a boy laying on the ground asleep. I looked around the tiny room and saw that there was a bag laying in the corner of the room.

"Colin!" I screamed when I realized who the boy was. He quickly woke up and sat up.

"Erin." he said "What are you doing here, how did you find me?"

"Dont worry about that." I quickly said. "What happened to you? Why are you bleeding? Was is Jacob? Did you get into a fight? Why are you here? Why arent you at home? Oh, my god! What happened?" I was freaking out.

"Erin dont worry. Im fine. I, I just cant tell you what happened. Okay? I cant tell you. You wouldnt understand."

"Woah" I said plainly... "You dont know what I understand and dont understand. What you should understand is that I do care about you and I want to understand what happened. You can trust me and you can tell me...What ever is wrong Ill do my best to help."

Colin sighed he didnt want Erin to know where he came from. She came from a rich family, he was born in a trailer and had a drunk for a father and his mom was never around to help him.

"Okay, but please Erin dont tell anyone."

"I promise." I said I reached into my pocket and pulled out a clean tissue and handed it to him so he could try to wipe the blood from his face.

"Well first of all I live in a trailer park, my family doesnt have a lot of money and my dad is a drunk. My parents always fight and my dad is always yelling at me. Well last night I went home to find my dad with some slut named Brandy. I yelled at him for cheating on my mom even though I once knew my mom did it too, we fought and I went into my room and packed what I could." he pointed to a bag in the corner. "I came out of my room so I could leave and my dad hit me." I gasped, "Its not the first time hes done it but he never punched me before, let alone cause me to bleed. So I ran away and came here." I was now crying. I felt so bad for him.

"Colin what are you going to do for food? What happens if someone finds you here? I mean its not every day someone moves into a tree house."

"Erin, nobody uses this treehouse anymore its abandoned. I dont know what Ill do for food but look at it this way... Im right by the Sandlot so Its like Im living here which isnt so bad."

"Colin, Im going to help you through this. Im going to bring you food and help okay? Please you cant survive like this without some help."

"Erin thanks, youre the best, but we have to keep this a secret okay? This tree house will be our secret spot. And one day Ill pay you back for helping you."

I wiped my eyes. "Sure yea, lets go and get something to eat."

(Normal POV)

The kids went to get lunch and then went back to the Sandlot for practice. They practiced even better than the day before. The next day was the same. Finally it was Friday morning, Erins excuse for today was that she was going to the movies with Stacie. She snuck some fruit and cookies to the treehouse for Colin to eat for breakfast. Then after he was done, they set off for the Pirates field.