Phillips' Sister (Benny Rodriguez)

Chapter Six

Benny kept trying to convince me to stay at the sandlot, but I refused and just headed for Jacky's house.

I knocked on her door and waited on her front porch for a short while, the door swung open revealing her father, "Ah, Phillips. Jacky's upstairs in her room." He stepped to the side letting me in.

"Thank you Mister Wilson!" I ran up to Jacky's room and knocked on her bedroom door.

"Come in!" She yelled. I opened the door quickly and closed it behind me, I ran to her bed and sat down. "Oh my god!" She exclaimed, "What happened to your eye?!"

"I got hit in the eye by a baseball." I answered, "It was so fucking embarrassing."

"Holy shit." She closed her journal that she was writing in and put it to the side, "Did you leave right after or what?"

"Well Benny ripped off a piece of his flannel and wrapped ice in it, he then kind of held my hand I guess. After a while I just decided to leave."

Jacky nodded her head. She didn't seem too happy, but tried to put a smile on her face, "Are you okay?" I asked.

"Yeah." She answered, "Is that Rodriguez's glove?"

I looked at the glove that was in my hand, "Shit. I forgot to give this back." I groaned.

"Let's go to his house then, when do the boys stop playing?"

"6:00 usually, sometimes later."

"Let's head to his house at 6:00, we'll probably get there around 6:30. He lives close to the sandlot right?"

"Yeah." I responded.

"Okay then, let me call Charlotte and see if she wants to go." Jacky stood up to go to her phone that was hung up on the wall.

"Do we have to make a big deal out of this?" I complained, "We're only going to-"

"Your crushes house Rowan, it's a big deal." She was cut off by Charlotte answering the phone, "Hey Charlotte it's Jacky. I have Rowan here with me and she accidentally took Benny's glove after borrowing it I think. We're gonna go to his house to give it back and I think you should come."

I sighed, sometimes I hate these two, but I still love em. "Okay bye!" Jacky put the phone back on the rack, "She's on her way, so meanwhile. Wait..."

"What?" I questioned.

"You held Benny's hand?"

I rolled my eyes, "Do we always have to talk about him?"

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Once Charlotte arrived we went to the local diner for lunch. It was only 11:00 once she arrived so we basically had all day til they were gonna force me to give Benny his glove back in the most stupid way.

We were heading towards Benny's house. I had to lead the way though, I was the only one who knew where he lived. Not in the creepy way though, he told me he lived there.

I nervously walked down the pathway that led to the front step. I had both Charlotte & Jacky behind me, which didn't really help.

I knocked on the front door exactly four times and took a step back off the porch. I looked back real quick and frowned at my friends awkwardly.

The door swung open really quickly revealing a woman with long black hair. She had noticeable brown almond shaped eyes. She had a black cropped tank top with black shorts, "Hello, how many I help you?" She had a welcoming smile.