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15 | ꜰɪɢʜᴛ

•june 27, 2021•

I swung the bat a few times before Kenny pitched to me. I got into stance, stared at the ball, and waited.

Beads of sweat were running down my forehead and I felt like I was overheating quickly. But that's the price I'm paying for playing baseball.

Kenny threw the ball and as I swung the bat, I heard the ball make contact with a loud "crack!" noise.

I dropped the bat onto the ground and started running. The wind felt nice on my face.

All the boys, Benny being the loudest, were cheering for me like I was in the MLB.

I smiled as I saw the home plate coming into view. My foot smacked onto it, causing dust to cover my P.F Flyers.

"Whoo-hoo!" I cheered as the boys continued to clap.

I laughed lightly as Benny patted my back. "Nice work, Peterson. You're really good."

"Thank you."

Suddenly, I heard a slow clap coming from the entrance. Our heads snapped towards the sound. The good vibes I had before quickly ran away.

"Wow, you're sooo special, Emmy." Maddie's snarky voice echoed through the air. "Getting praised by a bunch of boys must be nice."

Benny rubbed the bridge of his nose with his pointer finger and thumb. "What do you want, Maddie?"

She strutted towards me. "I'm just here to talk to Emmy."

I held my chin up high. "About what?"

Her face suddenly twisted into a form of anger. "About how you're a boyfriend stealing whore!"

Everyone let out an audible gasp. "I'm sorry, what?"

"You know what, bitch!" she sassed. "You stole Benny from me so I would be all alone!"

"Maddie, I promise you I didn't steal-"

She cut me off.

"Shut the fuck up! I hate you so much!" she screamed. "I lost everything because of you! You ruined my life just so you could make yours perfect!"

I looked at Benny who was shocked. I looked back at Maddie. "What? I have no idea what you're talking about. I didn't steal anything from you, Maddie."

"Yes, you did!" there were tears in her eyes now. "You took everything from me!"

"Maddie," Benny sighed. "You're just rambling on about nothing. Are you okay?"

She sobbed harder. "I hate her!"

She pushed me back and I fell onto the dust. Benny shouted. "Hey! What the hell is wrong with you?!"

She suddenly let out a blood-curdling scream. We all covered our ears as I felt bitter tears swell into my eyes.

Why was she acting like this? What had I done?

Once she stopped, Benny held out his hand to me and lifted me off of the ground.

I blinked away my tears quickly before anyone saw me.

"I hate you the most, Benny!" Maddie grumbled. "You made me believe that you really loved me! You treated me like gold but then dumped me as soon as she stepped in!"

"Maddie, I did love you." Benny sighed. "I just couldn't take your attitude and rudeness towards me anymore. You forced me to do things that I didn't want to do and manipulated me."

She wiped away an angry tear off of her face. "You just felt sorry for her because her Mom died."

Everything went silent.

I felt a wave of numbness run through my body. But it was quickly replaced with anger when I saw Benny's face turn white.

Maddie smirked when she saw how mad I was. "That's right, Emmy. Before he broke up with me, he told me that he was just gonna become friends with you because he felt bad and that he was gonna use you later on. He doesn't actually care about you at all. It was all a setup."

I felt my throat burn. I looked at Benny who refused to look at me.

"I trusted you, Benny." I whimpered. "I trusted you with my life and this is what you do? Use me because of my dead Mom?"

He sucked in a sharp breath and I saw a tear run down his cheek. "I was a different person back then, Em. I didn't mean it."

I was too angry at him to believe a word he said. I glared back at Maddie.

"I swear if you're lying about this, Maddie..." I growled.

She kept smirking. "I'm not. He's not denying it, is he?"

Benny wiped another tear away. "I'm sorry, Emmy. Please just let me explain."

"I don't want to hear anything from you, Benny." I huffed. "I hoped that Maddie was lying but from how you're acting, I can tell that I'm wrong."

He swallowed. Maddie snickered. "Aw, this is so sad. Imagine using someone because of their parent dying. How could you stoop so low, Benny?"

"Shut the fuck up." I poked her chest. "No one cares about your fucking opinion."

"And no one cares about your dead Mom," Maddie replied.

I felt my lower lip tremble. "Well, clearly you do if you keep talking about her, hm?"

She let out a laugh. "Oh, honey. No, I really could care less about her. If anything, she deserved to die."

"Maddie, stop it." Benny quivered. "Shut up."

"See, how did she die again? Heart attack? No, that was Stacy's Mom." Maddie tapped her chin. "Oh, right! A car accident! I worship the person who killed her. They made God's job easier!"

"Shut up, asshole!" I screamed.

My fist swung at her face without my control. After the contact, I blacked out.

I had no idea how many hits I gave her, but when I was conscious with reality, I was now under her. She punched my nose and I swear I heard it crack.

The next thing I knew, the boys separated us. Benny and Smalls grabbed Maddie while Squints and Yeah-Yeah kept me detained.

Maddie had thick red blood running down her face and I felt it on mine too.

"You're a bitch, Emmy." Maddie gasped. "I hate you."

"Don't you ever talk about my Mom like that again or I swear to God, Maddie! I will put you in the fucking hospital!" I yelled.

Before she could fight back with me, Benny and Smalls dragged her away to the exit.

"Are you okay, Em?" Squints asked.

"What does it look it, dipshit?" Yeah-Yeah sassed.

Squints rolled his eyes. "Shut up."

They quickly sat me down on the bench and put a tissue onto my bleeding nose.

I felt numb and really, really angry. How could she talk about my mom like that? She was such an asshole but I was still pissed at Benny. He betrayed me.

He stood in front of me. "Emmy, can I please exp-"

I pushed him away from me. "Leave me alone, jerk."

And with that, I stomped off of the sandlot.

・。・゜★・。・。☆・゜・。・゜。・。・゜★・。・。☆

author's note:
poor benny :(. do you think he really meant it or not? stay gold✨
~olivia😏

{6/21/22}