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FINNEY WALKED AWAY FROM THE FIELD!
Cherry sat in the very back of the bleachers like she was trying to be incognito. Robin and Gwen sat in the front row. They were the only ones who'd shown up in support of Finney.
The red-haired girl weaved between people, approaching the fence.
"Can I help you?" A player questioned.
"I need to talk to that one." Cherry pointed a perfectly manicured finger in the direction of his teammates.
"Bruce?"
"No. That one."
"Finney?"
"Is that his name? Yes."
"You wanna talk to Finney?"
"Will you just tell him to come over here?"
"Right. Sure."
The boy muttered something to himself but jogged in the opposite direction. The curly-haired boy looked up from his mitt when he was approached.
Suddenly, his gaze connected to the girl behind the fence.
With confusion scrawled all over his features, he went around the fence. The pair met behind the shed full of equipment.
"Why are you here?" He questioned.
His words came off like he was annoyed, but he was more confused than anything. She couldn't even bear to sit next to him in class.
The only reason she was letting him in her house was because she didn't want to meet him in public. Why was she going out of her way to see him now?
He half-expected to see Vance pop out of a corner as if he were in a prank show.
Honestly, he didn't put it past Cherry to put together such a complex plan just to humiliate him for some stupid entertainment for her friends.
"To help you get to know people better." She said, like it was obvious. "Kinda hard to make friends when you isolate yourself."
"No, thank you." He said, but she was already tugging him along behind her. "What did I do to deserve this?"
"It's, like, one step out of your comfort zone. I got that quote from Google."
"This is a whole pirate plank dive out of my comfort zone."
"Stop being overdramatic. You'll survive. Plus, you might make a friend."
"Might."
"Yeah, I doubt it."
"Aren't you supposed to be encouraging me? I know you think you're better than me but you don't have to talk to me like that."
"I'm so sorry for making you feel bad. You're stuck with me unless you have another idea of getting people to stop shitting on you."
