Chapter 9!!!!!!!!!! All right, so I was watchign the movie today and I noticed that the other baseball team is the Tigers not hte Giants. My bad. So I changed it in these last chapters, but I don't know what other chapters I need to do so I'll just leave them. Anyways, I hope you've liked the story. Their should only be about two chapters left. Disclamer: I own nothing
CHAPTER 9 Talks
"Casey!" Benny had easily caught up with his sister, even though she was a fast runner. He grabbed her arm and they each stopped running. "Casey! Just listen to me!"
"I'm listening," Casey pulled her arm out of his hand and folded them across her chest. "For now. But you start yelling and I take off home."
"Fine!" Benny said angrily. "What the heck do you think you're doing hanging out with a Tiger?"
"We were doing a history project." Casey leveled with him, "Mr. Jennings did pair us up and I called a truce for awhile, but only with him."
"So why did you kiss him?" Benny was yelling now.
Casey's eyes narrowed as she turned to walk away.
"Where do you think you're going?" Benny yelled, grabbing her arm again.
"I told you," Casey said slowly, shaking his arm off, "If you start yelling I was going home. You're yelling, I'm going home."
She started walking, but when she heard Benny hurrying after her, she took off running again. Benny ran after her, but Casey managed to outrun him and got into the house first. She slammed the door behind her and ran to her room. Benny was right behind her and managed to get his foot in the door before she slammed it shut.
"Just talk to me, Casey!" he begged.
"Why should I?" she asked, throwing her weight against the door trying to slam it shut, but it didn't work.
"Because I'm your brother and what you're doing is wrong!" Benny also put his weight against the door, but he managed to push her back.
The door opened and he walked in, leaving the door halfway open.
"How do you know it's wrong?" Casey asked, folding her arms again.
"Because he's a Tiger!" Benny shook his head, "I mean, come on Casey! You've been on our team for as long as I have. You know that we don't associate with those Tigers!"
"But he's different, Benny." Casey argued.
"How?" Benny asked unconvinced.
"Matt hates everyone on their team." Casey told him, sitting on her bed, "Even though he's Phillips' step-brother, the only reason he's still on the team is because he loves baseball and there are no other teams that need players."
Benny sat down beside her.
"You really like him, don't you." He said quietly after a minute.
"Yeah, I do." Casey replied. "And you would to if you would just get to know him. He's a lot like you."
Benny bit his lip as he thought.
"Fine." Benny sighed, "I'll lay off, but only because you seem to really like him."
"Thanks Benny." Casey smiled, giving her brother a hug. "You're a good brother, usually."
"And you're a good sister, usually." Benny grinned back at her. "Come on, we better go find the guys."
"They'll be at the pool." Casey told him.
"How do you know?" Benny asked.
"Well," Casey said sarcastically. "If you hadn't been so intent on catching me, you would have heard them yell "pool honeys". I think that they called a truce and are at the pool together."
"Great." Benny muttered, "First my sister, now my friends are hanging out with those freaks." He looked over at Casey who was glaring at him and added, "Minus your boyfriend."
"Did I hear that you have a boyfriend Cassandra?" Mrs. Rodriguez asked from the door.
Casey and Benny looked up at their mom.
"Where you eavesdropping, Mom?" Casey asked, standing.
Benny stood as well and headed to the door.
"Hey, Casey." He said as he got to the doorway, "Have you found your bathing suit?"
"Yeah I found, Benny." Casey said, glaring at him for deserting her. "I'll be out in ten minutes."
Benny grinned at her and went to his own room.
Mrs. Rodriguez walked into Casey's room and sat on the bed. She patted the spot beside and Casey reluctantly sat down.
"So Benny finally let you have a boyfriend, Cassandra?" she asked, hugging her daughter.
"It's not even been a day, Mom." Casey whined. "He just asked me out this morning and then Benny barged in."
"So that's what all the yelling was about." Mrs. Rodriguez sighed. "I just wish that your brother would let you live your life the way you want to."
"What do you mean Mom?" Casey asked confused.
"I mean, he's always dragging you out to play baseball day after day," Mrs. Rodriguez explained, "Always making sure that you only wear pants and T-shirts and never the dresses that I buy for you."
"But Mom!" Casey interrupted the rant, "Benny doesn't make me do any of that. I do that on my own accord. I love baseball and I hate dresses!"
"You could at least try one on every now and then." Mrs. Rodriguez put her arm on her daughter's shoulder. "But that's off subject, who is this boy?"
"Matthew Curry." Casey told her, "But his mom married Mr. Phillips."
"You mean the Mr. Phillips with the son on the little league baseball team?" Mrs. Rodriguez asked. When Casey nodded, she continued, "I know who you're talking about. Nice boy. You made a good choice." She patted her daughter's shoulder one last time before standing up and going to the doorway. "You better hurry and change if you're going to go with Benjamin."
'Well that could have gone worse.' Casey thought as she changed.
Once they were changed, Benny and Casey ran to the pool to meet up with their friends.