I've never been the type of girl that gets hung up on boys. I could honestly stand in court and say that never once in my life had I had a boy on my mind through all hours of the day. Never.

But today, today was different. Nothing was going right. I couldn't stay focused what-so-ever. Even taking various breaks throughout the day didn't help one bit.

All I could think about were the boys. The Sandlot Boys, and it wasn't just all of them. There was only one of them that kept haunting my thoughts and screwing them over, Benny.

There was something about him that made my thoughts jumble up and decide to not work.

I was an 'A' student and in all honor classes, usually I was quite good at keeping focus on certain things. Today I was finding it very difficult.

All I could think about was him. His eyes, his oh so sweet smile, his face, his hair, the way he loved baseball as much as I did. Okay probably more than I did, but that was a good thing.

All my past relationships hasn't lasted that long. None of the guys I was interested in understood why I spent hours and hours on end at the old baseball diamond instead of wanting to hang out at the movies or pool with them.

I guess I could say they never fascinated me as much as baseball did, but that would be rude. True, but rude.

But Benny, he was wonderful. I've only known him for a day but it felt like forever. The fact that he loved baseball a lot as well was an amazing relief.

Yesterday, the girls and I spent the remainder of the day playing with them. They were real good, and it felt like an equal match. Playing with them gave me a thrill that I couldn't quite put words to. I was overly excited to be playing a game with an actual team instead of having to split ourselves up.

After the game, the girls and I walked home. Turns out we live on the complete opposite side of town then the boys do.

Remembering the conversation we had last night brought back many unwanted emotions and feelings.

We had been walking in our normal lines. With the younger girls, Morgan, Kelci, and Julia in the front and Makenna, Lauren, and myself in the back.

"So what do you guys think of the guys?" I asked. I wanted to know if they approved of them. It wouldn't be fair to plan on playing baseball with the boys and have one of the girls not want to do so.

"They're cool," Lauren smiled. I knew that smile from somewhere. Either she just did something really stupid or she had a crush on one the boys. I was guessing it was the later.

"Alright, who is it?" I questioned. Makenna's head popped up as well. Probably interested in what was happening.

"No one," Lauren smiled turning a deep scarlet shade. "Fine, fine. I really think those twins were cute."

Makenna laughed. "C'mon Laur, you cant have both, save one for me," she joked and I cracked a smile at her. It was completely obvious Makenna wasn't interested in the twins what-so-ever, but the look on Lauren's face was priceless.

"She's just kidding, Lauren," I smiled. Oh, how I love my two best friends. They were wonderful. Sometimes I fight with Makenna and can't stand her, but at the end of the day I know I'll always love her truly.

"What about you two," Lauren breaks the silence as she turns to me. "Never mind, you never like anyone. So what about you, Makenna?"

"Hurtful," I gasped quietly. Smiling at my friends' smirks.

"Well, I don't know," Makenna smiled. Her icy cobalt blue eyes were gleaming up at the stars reflecting nicely. She was so pretty. The sort of pretty that many girls, including myself, envy. "I think Benny's really cute and I think he likes me as well."

I felt my face instantly drop from a small smile to a shocked face. What? Makenna didn't seriously like Benny, did she?

But then again they both seemed like each others type.

"What about you Katie?"

"No one," I mumbled picking up my pace to join the line in front of us. "C'mon Jules, we better get going. Mom's going to be upset if we are late for dinner."

I grabbed my sister's hand and sped ahead. Away from my best friend's confused gazes, away from my teammates soft jabber, away from everything.

I trudged along leaving my heart behind. It was now broken. Even though I hadn't necessarily talked to Benny, I still knew he would pick Makenna over me. Who wouldn't.

And so here I was sitting in my bed the next morning. Witnessing the side effects of my first broken heart.

I looked horrible to say the least. My eyes had mascara tracks leading from my eyes to my mid-cheek and my hair resembled a rat's nest.

Hearing a soft knock on my door I turned my direction from the mirror straight across from my bed that I had been gazing at.

Shifting out of the nice, warm, bed I got up and made my way to the door. "What do you want, Julia?" I questioned before I opened the door. I was pretty sure it was going to be my little sister. Who else could it be?

"It's not Julia," I heard two voices say then I heard a round of muffled giggles. Oh great, it's them. I could tell anywhere that it was Lauren and Makenna.

I love them to death, but I wasn't in the mood right now. At all.

I opened the door reluctantly. "Whatever it is, I'm not in the mood today."

The two girls stumbled into my room. They were wearing shorts and tank tops. Makenna's was purple and Lauren's was a buttery yellow color.

I could tell underneath it they had on swimsuits. No, not the pool. I definitely didn't want that today.

"We're going to the pool today," Lauren responded. "And you are coming with whether you'd like to or not. The boys are going to meet us there in a half an hour."

She smiled along with Makenna and I could tell they were dying to go. Even if what I wanted to do most was keep Makenna away from them not matter what. I guess I had to go. After all, I didn't want them to think something was up with me.

"Is Jules and the others coming?" I asked.

"No," Lauren smiled. "They went to go for a walk and then they are going to play some ball."

"Well, they are smart. I think we really should be practicing too."

Makenna's and Lauren's faces fell. "Seriously," Makenna responded. She looked extra good today. I cursed myself. Her hair was in nice beach waves and she had on some light make up.

"Fine, I'll go," I turned around as they sat on my bed. Rummaging through the dresser, I searched until I found my pink and white polka dot bikini and my light blue tank top with my dark wash jean shorts.

Here goes nothing.

The last thing I heard walking into the bathroom to change didn't settle my undying nerves one bit. "I mean do you see the way he looks at me?"