I watched him for a while, admiring how he managed to look sexy, even when practicing his swings. Towards the end, he had gotten all hot and sweaty, so I had to look away when I felt butterflies in my stomach. I looked down at my book and started to flip back in the pages. A lot of them were sunflowers, which were my mother's favorite, then the other pages were filled with pictures I secretly drew of Ness. I would die if he ever find these, but they were still precious to me. I closed my book again and hugged it to my chest, closing my eyes. I stayed like this for a long while until I heard Ness shout.

"Lucas, watch out!"

My eyes flew open, "Huh?" but I gasped when I saw one of the balls flying straight at me. I put up my hands, "PK Fire!" I shouted out of instinct and flames rushed out of the palms of my hands. It engulfed the ball and ashes dropped to the ground. I didn't realize what I did until I heard the baseball team whine and shout at me. I frowned and put my head down, looking up at them but then away.

"Hey hey! Just relax!" I heard Ness said, "It's a ball! Get over it! There are more in the storage room,"

"Yeah but it's locked and only couch has the keys!"

"Oh... Well then I guess practice is over!"

I heard all the kids complain and I shuffled my feet, feeling really stupid and embarrassed. I wish I could just disappear. I closed my eyes to maybe block out the mean voices, but I flinched when someone touched me.

"Hey, are you ok?"

I looked up to see Ness's caring cobalt blue eyes, "I-I'm sorry!" I said, "I didn't mean to!"

Ness smiled some and shook his head, "Dude, it's a ball. Calm down. It's not like you killed somebody's kitten or something,"

"Still..." I said softly, looking away,

"Hey, don't be upset. How about this? We'll go and get some ice cream. Vanilla soft served with rainbow sprinkles, right?"

I gazed up at him but smiled and nodded some, "Yeah, that's right,"

"Well get your ass in gear! It'll be my treat," he grinned at me then stood up straight. He rested his bat against his shoulder and put his other hand on his hip.

"Ok," I said then gathered up my stuff. I walked down the bleachers with him, hugging my book to my chest. As we walked down the street towards the ice cream shop, we joked around and laughed, having a really good time. I glanced up at him and blushed but smiled. He looked so handsome in the light of the setting sun. I guess I spaced out or something because the next thing I knew, I heard Ness shout and someone hunk their car horn. My eyes widened and I came face to face with Ness's chest. As the world came back to me, I discovered his heart was beating really fast and his arm was tight around my shoulders. I had gripped his shirt with both my hands out of surprise too. I felt my own heart start to race as I realized Ness was holding me to his chest. I could smell his scent; a mixture of something husky but sweet too, like honey. I just wanted to close my eyes and let it engulf me.

"Holy shit!" Ness shouted then looked down at me, "Where the hell are you, Lucas? You almost walked out in front of a speeding car!"

I stared up at him with wide eyes then looked around, realizing we were on the street corner. My book was resting on the ground and so was my massager bag. I looked around some more then back up at him, blushing from being so close to him, "R-really?" I stuttered.

He nodded and pointed to the street with his bat, still having a death grip on my shoulders, "Yeah! The walking light was red but you just kept going!"

I loosened my grip on his shirt and just rested my hands on his chest, "I-I'm sorry. I didn't know," I said.

He looked back down at me but sighed, relaxing finally, "Just pay more attention. What the hell am I supposed to do if you get ran over by a car?" he asked, his voice a lot calmer now.

"Um... take my comic book collection?"

Ness paused a moment, "Maybe I shouldn't have saved you," my mouth dropped open but he laughed, finally smiling again, "I'm just kidding!" he pulled away from me, which made me want to whine, but I didn't. He helped me pick up my things and I made sure not to space out again, though if I get held every time, maybe it wouldn't have been a bad idea.

We got to the ice cream shot without a problem and Ness bought us ice cream. We started home again as we ate. I went in his house and up to his room with him, saying hello to his mother and his sister. We both had finished our ice cream by the time we got to his room.

"Ok, let me go and take a quick shower then you can draw me," Ness said, tossing his stuff down. He grabbed some clothes then disappeared down the hall.

"Ok," I said then got my book out and a pencil, pushing away those mental images of him naked. I started working on another picture as I waited but Ness called from the bathroom.

"Hey Lucas? Can you get that?" he asked.

I blinked in confusion and looked up towards his door, "Get what?" I asked but then his phone went off. I jumped and looked at it, "How..." I started to ask myself by the answer was clear. Ness was a psyche, just like me. Of course he would know if someone was going to call him before they did. "Ok!" I called back to him and put my stuff down. I walked over to his phone, which was resting on his desk and picked it up, "Hello?" I said once I put the phone to my ear.

"Hey sweetie~," that sick and disgusting voice came over the line. I wanted to gag.

"Uh, Paula, this is Lucas," I said.

"Oh," she said, disgust coming into her voice, "Why do you have Ness's phone?"

"He's taking a shower and asked me to answer it," I explained.

"Well put him on!"

Was this girl stupid? No, wait. I don't need an answer for that. I already know she is, in fact, stupid as all get out. "He is taking a shower," I said slowly, letting some of my temper take over me, "So he can't come to the phone,"

"Don't talk to me like I'm stupid!" she shouted.

"But you are stupid..." I mumbled quietly to myself but I guess she heard.

"What did you say you little brat?" she shouted, "I'm going to tell my daddy!"

I swear my eye twitched as my patients for this woman became thinner and thinner, "Can I take a message?" I asked, trying to still sound polite.

"No! I want to talk to Ness!" she shouted then started to go off about how rude I was being and stuff like that. I gripped Ness's phone tighter and closed my eyes as I balled my other hand into a fist. I tried to control my temper but I quickly ended the call with Paula. I slowly put the phone back down with a shaking hand. I normally never lost my temper, but that girl serious tested me. For no farther interruptions, I turned off his phone.

"Who was that?" I heard Ness asked.

I turned around to see he was dressed in his usual blue and yellow stripped shirt, loose skinny jeans he started wearing once he got older, and some socks. He didn't have his hat on because his hair was still damp. "No one," I lied, "They hung up when I answered,"

"Huh, that's weird," he said then plopped down on his bed with a sigh, "Ok so what do I gotta do for this sketch thing?"

I took a few deep breath to help calm myself from the phone conversation I had before. I discovered the room started to smell sweet from the soap and shampoo Ness used earlier. "Nothing much," I said, walking over to his desk. I grabbed his chair and rolled it over to his bed, "Just get comfortable and smile. Try not to look too posy though,"

"Ok," he said then scooted back on his bed. He shifted around some but then smiled at me. It wasn't one of those smiles that make my stomach flip though. I started to draw him in my book. He would make jokes but even though I would laugh at them, I would scold him for moving his mouth. I continued to draw, but paused when I heard Ness's mother call me. I had to put my stuff down and go help her with something. When I came back though, I found Ness looking through my sketch book. I gasped and blushed, running over to him.

"No! Don't look through that!" I shouted then tried to take it back from him but he moved it out of my reach, still looking at it.

"Lucas, these are amazing!" he said then grinned at me, "You've got a lot of me in here. Did you draw them when I wasn't looking?"

I blushed darkly and continued to try and get it back, "N-no! That's not you!"

"Right, so you know another boy that's the head captain of the baseball team and has a hat and yo-yo just like mine?"

"Ness!"

"No it's cool! I think it's kinda awesome that you wanna draw me so much. I guess I'm quite the looker huh?"

"Ness, give it back!" I felt like I was going to explode.

"Ok ok, here," he closed it again and gave it to me. I snatched it and held it to my chest. My heart was racing and my face was dark from an embarrassed blush. "I don't know why you're freaking out," Ness said, moving to lay back on his bed. He put his hands behind his head, "I think it's cool that you like to draw me,"

I looked down but then peaked up at him, "Y-you think so?" I asked.

He nodded, "Yeah. It's like a compliment,"

I didn't say anything for a long moment then sat back down in my chair, "W-well... thanks," I said, giving a little and shy smile. He shot me a grin, the one that made my stomach flip.

"You're welcome!" he suddenly sat up, crossing his legs and putting his elbows on his knees, "Hey, are you going to the big game this Friday?" he asked.

I nodded, relaxing some not that the conversation was off of my drawings, "Yeah, of course I am. I go to every one of your games,"

He grinned again, "Awesome! We're gonna totally kick ass! It'll be our best game yet!"

"It's gonna be cold though," I pointed out, "The weather man says that it's gonna be in the 30s the night of the game,"

"Pshh!" Ness waved a hand at me, "A little cold never killed no one! I'll just wear a sweater under my uniform or something. Weather ain't gonna keep me from my game,"

I smiled at this, "I don't think anything can keep you from baseball. Even if they chocked off your arms and legs,"

"Damn straight!"

We continued to talk and just hanger out until it started to get late. I snuck across the alley and back into my house so I would be there when my dad got home.