on deck; a. judge

23.

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Mine and Aaron's day at the mall was so much fun. Despite him being stopped a couple of times by fans, I can say that I felt like Aaron and I could be out as a couple.

We hadn't really said anything about our relationship to anyone yet, seeing as it was still so new to us. I hadn't even told my mom, and I tell my mom everything. I think we were playing it safe for right now, which I was fine with. I wanted to take the relationship thing slow, even though it seems like we rushed into it. I was really happy with how things were going, seeing how things got off to a rocky start from the beginning.

When we got to the ballpark with the team, I look over and smile at him.

"What? You wanna hold my hand?" Aaron asks me, smiling.

I nod, grabbing his hand and laced our fingers together. "Your hands are huge compared to mine." I tell him.

"Easier to grab more of your ass." He lets go of my hand, grabbing my ass. I slap his hand, grabbing it again. "What?"

"That's for when you and I are alone, mister." I tell him as we walk down the hall. "No one else should be seeing that."

Aaron looked at me. "But, what if I want to tell people that you're taken and you're my girl?"

I blush hearing 'my girl' again and look up at him, "You can tell them, you don't have to grab my ass." I smile.

"I just wanna show you off." He tells me.

I just laugh, rolling my eyes as we walked into the family lounge. "I'm gonna go work on some reports. You go to BP." I tell him before letting go of his hand and let him walk into the clubhouse.

One of Aaron's friends came up to me and sat in front of me. "So...are you two dating yet?"

I look up from my laptop. "Maybe, maybe not." I shrug.

"You totally are! When did he ask you?"

"This morning?" I laugh. "Super casual."

Aaron walked back in. "Judge! You finally cuffed her!" His friend said, and Aaron just looked confused and then rolled his eyes. "Proud of you!"

Aaron laughed. "Maybe I did, what about it?"

"About damn time! You were droolin' over her."

I laugh, going back to my work. I knew the guys were going to hassle Aaron over finding out he had a girlfriend. I mean, he kind of asked me, but he kind of didn't. Either way, I was fine with it.

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During the game, I got to sit on the other side of the dugout to do my stats and make sure things were coming in correctly and I could feel all the guys' eyes just burning into my skin. I knew they were making comments and messing with Aaron. Aaron stayed a little away from me, though, which was weird to me.

I looked over at Aaron as he was on deck to bat, I could tell he was a little nervous. He wasn't doing too hot today and I knew that he was beating himself up. I saw Aaron glance over at me and I smiled at him, giving him a thumbs up. I could see him flash a small smile, but I know he was still beating himself up on the inside.

He ended up hitting a double and drew in a run, which I thought was great. He walked back to the dugout and came over to the side where I was sitting.

"Hey, you okay?" I ask him.

He stopped, putting his attention on me. "Yeah, just could be better.." He told me, sighing. "I've been off my game lately, don't know why."

"You're doing great, A. Trust me." I smile at him. "If you want, I can give you a back rub when we get back?" I suggested.

Aaron nodded, "I would love that, honestly. Thanks, babe." He said before smiling at me and going over to the other side of the dugout.

Once the game was over, I made my way to wait for Aaron to shower up and get changed before we would head back to the hotel.

"You ready?" I ask him, looking up at hm when he walked out, "I'm kind of hungry, can we order in some food?"

Aaron nodded. "Yeah, I'm starving. I haven't eaten since this morning." He sighed, grabbing my hand as we walked to the bus. "I appreciate you being supportive of me."

I smile at him, "I'm always gonna be your biggest fan." I say before kissing his hand. "No one can take that title from me."

"Damn right." He said, letting me get on the bus before him.

"I like you being my number one fan, got a nice jingle to it." Aaron said, smiling at me.

I reached over and grabbed his hand as we went back to the hotel. I truly was starting to appreciate Aaron more and how amazing he treated me. It was all about being able to allow him to open up to me and be comfortable. Still crazy to me that I even agreed to be his girlfriend, never thought we would even be in this position today.