We bulled up to the old worn out house, Lawn abandoned.
"Alright y/n your next potential gradian is your dad's friend. Are you sure about this?"
"I'll be ok miss Williams" I say reassuringly and walk up to the door.
She drives off knowing I'll call if it's an emergency. When I reach the front door I pause, then knock cautiously. An old black man opens the door looking out above my head.
"Hello who's there?" He seemed bothered by the sudden visit.
"Are you my uncle Thelonious?" He seemed, strange.
"No I'm Thelonious but I ain't no uncle, I don't got siblings or in laws"
"My dad was your friend from back in the day, his name was George." He lit up at that
"George? You're George's girl?"
"Yes sir my name is y/n" we shook hands and he usher me in.
"Sorry my sight ain't what it used to be, in fact my sight just ain't" he laughed feeling his way to a chair.
"What brings you here sweet girl?" He motioned for me to sit.
"Well, my mother just recently passed and you were next on the list." I looked down. That was probably insensitive of me considering how old he seemed to be.
"Well then looks like I'm in luck. You like baseball?"
"Oh do I! Can you blame me?" Base ball is my life. And I could tell by the array of baseball memorabilia Thelonious had, it was his too.
"Perfect! Been needing a baseball buddy. Now what stuff you got with you?"
I looked down at my trash bag of clothes in disappointment. "Just some clothes sir I promise I won't be a bother."
"Oh nonsense call me uncle Theo and her go buy you some stud for that room up top, I'll clean it out as best I can before you get back." He handed me a WHOLE 30 BUCKS!
"Wow... I can't this is to much" I tried handing it back but he refused.
"Go on now and get you pretty things that a young woman like you can enjoy in such an old boring house, make some friends while you're out."
I hugged him and ran out the front door excited. While running down the street I over heard what sounded like a kid with a mouth full of something trying to speak.
"I'm thj garet bmainbo." All the kids screamed at him confused. He said it a few more times
Before spitting out and yelling "I'm the great bambino"
"Oh the titan of terror" I blurt out, forgetting I don't know these kids.
The all turned to me shock, as if they've seen a ghost when two boys walked up.
"What did he say?" The little blonde one asked
"What were you born in a barn man?" A tall weird looking kid asked
"Yeah yeah, what planet are you from" a shorter tanner kid continue
"You never heard of the sultan of swat?"
"The titan of terror?"
"The colossus of clout?"
"The colossus of clout!?"
The taller one next to the poor blonde chimed in
"The king of crash man.." he sounded disappointed.
Then the kid seemed to have a revelation
"Oh yeah the great bambino! I-I thought you said the great bambi..."
"That wimpy dear!?" The big ginger who was impersonating the babe to begin with said in disgust.
"Yeah I guess." The poor kid looked so scared. I felt for him even though I couldn't believe such a slip up like that.
"Anyway, Scott, that's Timmy and Tommy Timmons, Mike "squints" Palledorous, Alan McClellan— we call him yeah-yeah— Bertram Grover Weeks, Kenny Denunez and Hamilton porter. We call him Ham, Guys this is Scott Smalls."
As each of the boys names were call they spat on the ground. The tall one turned to me confused.
"Who..."
"Oh sorry I stopped cuz I was trying to figure out what that kid, Ham you said?, was saying. I'm uh y/n I just moved in."
"Oh alright I'm Benny." Ham cut him off
"At least the knows the great bambino" Benny turned to me seemingly thinking.
"Uh yeah, you could say he's a hero of mine" I looked down at my torn up shoes.
"You wanna play with us?" Benny asked. It was a bit shocking, I haven't played much since the whole thing with my mom but I've been missing it.
"I can't today, I have to get stuff for my new room."
The boys all looked at Benny relieved.
"How about tomorrow?" They all gasped.
"But Benny, you do realize she's a chick right?"
"Yeah well let me know when you find more boys around here that wanna play for us yeah yeah."
"Sure tomorrow should be fine I'll ask my uncle"
"Great meat is at the sandlot tomorrow" the boys all rode off on their bikes leaving me to my thoughts. I finish up my shopping as fast as I could and raced home.
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Benny and The Babe
FanfictionA young girl named (y/n) moves in with her uncle in California and meets a gang of boys with the same passion for baseball as her. She follows along as they slowly get into more and more trouble.
