I Really Wish It Was Only Me And You [BENNY RODRIGUEZ]{BXB}

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I'm writing this as if they're all like college age, it doesn't quite make sense but whatever
Harley's POV
Jordan says "that can't be real" and I say "not anymore" and Squints says "cause Benny got chased for two miles by the thing, it doesn't eat human flesh and Mr. Mertle is a nice guy." Jordan says "he knows him too?!" Squints says "I've known him for years" and Jordan says "I think you're cooler than me now" and Squints says "he's cooler than Benny, don't let Benny fool you." I say "Thanks, Squints" us chuckling and I say "how's getting your chick going?" Squints says "I think I'm doing it" and I say "I wanna know when it happens" and he says "she'll call you before I do about it" and I chuckle saying "ok, I gotta get my roomie out of dreamland" and we laugh and he says "I'll see you later. You coming home at some point?" I say "yeah, I am, I'm gonna be home this weekend, if you wanna get the guys together we could play a couple innings" and he says "is Benny coming too?" I say "he said he had practice both days this weekend, hows Mr. Mertle?" Squints says "that means you're up to bat, Mr. Mertle, I went to see him yesterday, other kids are playing in the sandlot he said" and I say "you're kidding, that's nuts" and he says "I know. Were gonna have a reunion, I'm gonna get everyone" and I say "alright, I'll see you then" and he says "peace out" and we hang up. I call Benny and he says "what happened?!" I say "nothing, I'm ok, you sure you can't come home this weekend? Squints is getting all the guys together to play a couple innings" and he says "I really cant, I'm sorry, love. Say hi to everyone for me" and I say "can I steal your bat from your room?" He says "you have to go through my parents for that but sure" and I say "thanks, love you" and he says "love you" and we hang up. I say "do you wanna go?" Jordan says "really?!" I say "yeah, driving gets boring by yourself anyway" flipping my phone closed and he says "will I have to play?" I say "not if you don't want to and they have their nine I'm sure, so you can just hang out" and he says "this is nuts" and I say "don't have a breakdown" and we chuckle. We get ready for bed and I say "ugh, I have to talk to his psycho mom" rubbing my forehead and Jordan says "is she really that bad?" I say "she's terrible, we'll never know how her son ended up being such an angel, she's the worst" and he says "really? The Jet seems like a scary guy not an angel" and I say "you don't know him, read this" getting a box from under my bed and I hand him a newspaper about the day that Benny pickled The Beast. I say "read the whole thing" and he reads it and he says "he did that?!" I say "yeah and guess what?" He nods and I say "wasn't even his ball, it was my step dads ball that Scott stole from his trophy room thinking it's a good idea to play with a ball signed by Babe Ruth and my man had a dream that night and a certain someone was in it saying just go over and get it. He did just that" shrugging and he hands the newspaper back to me saying "that's insane" and I say "yeah, I know, another reason he hasn't left me yet is because I have his old PF Flyers that I could make millions on if I sold them saying they were his." We laugh and he says "you're kidding" and I say "he switched into new shoes before he jumped the fence and he handed me the box which he put his old shoes in and he never asked for them back, he knows I have them" chuckling. I grab the box from under my bed and I say "these are the shoes" opening the box and he chuckles saying "I still can't believe you know him" and I say "everyone knew him, it's not like that anymore though" smiling. Jordan says "that's nuts, is he still the best baseball player you've ever seen?" I say "he is, I watch baseball a lot more now than I did and he's still the best I've ever seen, he's always been the best, no matter who he's playing and when he's playing, he is and was always the best. He loves the game, he was playing or he was sleeping, he would play from eight in the morning till the sun started to set, everyday of the summer. Easily twelve hours a day like seven days, sometimes six a week then during school, as soon as they all got out, they'd play until it was too dark to play anymore. All these kids could've gone pro but they just didn't have a love for it like Benny did" smiling and he says "so, they'll be able to keep up if The Jet, second best player of all time, players with them?" I say "they know his patterns, they know exactly what he's doing but yeah, they will keep up no problem" and he says "that's insane, all these kids are probably too cool for me" and I chuckle saying "you're cooler than them. They're interesting, I haven't seen them in a few months but they all have something special about them" chuckling and he says "that's so cool." I nod saying "yeah, it's interesting to say the least" and we chuckle and he says "tell me about the rest of them." I say "they're the type of people that you'd have to meet to understand what I'm saying" and we chuckle and he says "I get that."