Three Strikes, Your Out!

Three Strikes, Your Out!

••17 year old Jay Shimms is the star baseball player on her schools baseball team. yes, not only is Jay a girl, but shes a girl who you wouldnt want to mess with because when you have a bunch of giant muscley baseball players who treat you like family and and super protective older brother, you may not look the same after they get done with you. she may seem tough on the outside but little do people know what actually goes on at home. after her mother died 9 years ago, Jay's father became and alcoholic and began beating and abusing her and her brother until her brother stood up to him, causing her dad to leave her brother alone. now Jay is in danger at home unless she has her brother or giant dog by her side to protect her from her fathers abusive actions. there are few occasions, but there are still those times where she ends up with giant baggy sweatshirts on to cover the bruises and marks on her skin. when two boys step up to the plate and try to win her heart who will make it to home plate and win and who will strike out??••

{Jays POV}

it was the last inning of the game, the bases were loaded and i was up to bat. as i grab the wooden bat and walk up to the base i look out into the audience searching for the familiar faces of my friends and family. scratch that, looking for my friends because most of my family could care less about me, my older brother being the only one who actually gives a rip, and what i do even if i was the star baseball player of Virginia High. yes, i just said star baseball player, im a girl on the boys baseball team (even though thats the only one we have), i play baseball and im considered one of the guys most of the time. back to the game... the umpire is standing behind me asking if im ready, i reply with a nod as i wiggle my fingers around the neck of the bat loosening my grip because its common sense that you dont hold the bat with a tight grip. within seconds the pitcher pitches the ball and CRACK! the bat and the ball collide just how i wanted them to and the ball goes flying across the field. ditching the bat i run the bases making it to home plate along with all the others just as the ball was being thrown back. the crowd and my team go crazy screaming and cheering. next thing i know im being picked up off the ground and placed on my teammates shoulders while cheering and jumping. we've just one the game against the Northern Bears of Vermont High, one of the best high school teams out there. 

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