We carry on walking and Benny walks me home.

"So what's the deal with you and Wendy." I ask

"Well a little while ago me and her dated." He says.

My heart sinks a little. I'm not too sure why.

"Oh. How long did you date for?"

"Around 6 months, maybe a little longer."

"Oh."

I stay silent for a while.

"Well this is my house. I'll see you tomorrow" I say to him.

"Bye y/n."

I walk into my room and lay down on my bed. For some reason that really bothered me. Do I like Benny Rodriguez? We're just friends,right? He doesn't like me like that anyway. I go to sleep with that question stuck in my head

Do I like Benny Rodriguez?

I wake up to a banging on my window. It's Benny.

"Get dressed, we're gonna be late." He says to me.

I get changed and leave my house. We run to the sandlot. Everyone has already started playing. Benny and I join in. We all play for a while. I haven't batted for that much so Benny offered the bat to me. I was about to bat but a group of boys on bikes appear and make their way over to us. All the boys walk over.

"Stay behind me y/n." Says Benny as I hand him the bat.

"Who are they?" I ask.

"You'll see" says kenny.

All the boys have the same jackets and hats on. It's clear they all play on the same baseball team

"I heard you guys have a girl on your team?" Says the boy in the middle.

He looks familiar but I can't tell from the distance between us.

"Yeah, so what?" Says Benny.

"Girls can't play." The same boy says.

"Girls can play!" I say moving past Benny.

That's when I realise. I do know him.

"Y/n!?" He says

"Jordan?!" I say in shock.

"You know Philips?" Asks ham.

"Yeah, our moms are best friends so I used to hang out with him." I say to them.

"What are you doing with them?" Philips asks me.

"Playing baseball" I answer

"I thought you quit after what happened."

"Well I decided to play again."

"Why didn't you come play with me?"

"I thought you said that girls can't play baseball." Says ham.

"Yeah but y/n is an exception. She's the best." Says Philips.

"Thank you Jordan" I say.

I can see Benny looking annoyed in the corner of my eye.

"I'm sorry Jordan but I'm already playing on this team." I say to him

"Well if you ever feel like playing just like when we were younger, feel free to come to my pitch." Says Philips before biking off.