Phillips' Sister (Benny Rodriguez)

Chapter Three

The game finally ended. It was a tight score, but the sandlot boys ended up winning. I stood in the middle of the diamond, brushing the dirt off my pants.

"I should've never let you play Rowan!" My brother stormed toward me, his face full of anger, "You're the reason we lost! You're a girl and girls can't play ball for shit!"

I scoffed, "So then what the hell was that about yesterday?!"

I noticed people surrounding me, but I didn't bother to look and I just assumed it was my brother's team. "You never know when to quit Phillips." I heard an unfamiliar voice say. I looked to my right to see Benjamin fucking Rodriguez next to me.

"Yeah!" The red head boy came up to us, "The reason you guys lost was because you suck! Not your sister!"

I felt so weird, the sandlot boys were sticking up for me. I had to be dreaming.

"Well my sister obviously sucks." Laughed Jordan, he turned to me, "It's an embarrassment to be related to you."

The red head stood in front of me, blocking my view of my brother, "I take back what I said, about you playing like a girl. You play worse than a girl."

Charlotte and Jacky came over to stand next to me.

"Shut up Porter!" My brother defended, "I'm surprised you can even run considering your size! And with my embarrassment of a sister, I wish I never let a weakling like you play. You're a joke to the game."

"Shut your mouth Phillips!" Rodriguez yelled, "You don't know what you're going on about. Your sister has got fucking skills, better than you got obviously. She made more than one home run and how many did you make?"

I felt my heart melt, this boy is perfection.

My brother rolled his eyes, "Let's go." After that, him and his friends left. Leaving me and my two best friends with Rodriguez's team.

I turned to Benjamin, "Thanks Rodriguez. You didn't have to do all that though."

"Yeah I did actually." He stated, "Someone with that kinda skill shouldn't be talked to like that." I half smiled in response to him. He put his hand out for me to shake, "But please call me Benny."

I hesitated before shaking his hand, I did it anyway.

"If you want, you can stop by our sandlot tomorrow and play with us."

"Sounds good." I nodded, "See ya' later Benny boy." I turned around and began to walk away with Charlotte & Jacky.

Benny's Pov:

"Benny man, I get she's hot, but why invite her?" Squints complained.

"Yeah yeah, she's a girl." Yeah-yeah agreed.

"What are you guys even complaining about?" I began, "You saw that talent she's got!"

"She may be talented Benny, but how do you think we'll look letting a girl play with us?" Asked Bertram.

"It doesn't matter how we'll look, I mean Phillips let her play and now we don't care. She's got Babe Ruth level talent man."

"Benny man listen." Squints tried to explain, "She's a girl. Enough said."

"Go home you idiots!"

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Rowan's Pov:

I got home finally, completely infatuated and swept off my feet. I threw myself on my bed, but happily this time. "I can't believe Benny invited me to play with him."

"See I told you." Jacky rubbed it in my face, "Playing against Rodriguez wasn't going to be that bad. After all, more good than bad came out of it."

Charlotte sat down at the edge of my bed, "It's great you finally got the chance to prove how worthy you are."

I sat up quickly, "Enough about Benny, I'm hungry. Let's get pizza." I jumped off my bed and opened the drawer to my nightstand to look for money.

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