Welcome to Reefside

First Game

Normal POV

Tracy is standing outside the cyber cafe. She is on the phone with her mom.

"Mom, do you think you and Dad can make it to the game?" she asks.

"I'm sorry, sweetie. We have to work late again tonight." Christi answers.

"I understand. I guess I'll see you tomorrow then, " she says, trying not to sound disappointed.

Yeah, see you then. Good luck." Christi says.

Then they say goodbye and Tracy put her phone away. She walks inside the cafe. Tracy enters the room, and her friends come up to her.

"Hey Tracy, so can your parents make it tonight?" Amber asks.

Tracy shakes her head no. Tracy's friends tell her that they will be there. Trent tells her that Devin will be there covering the game for the school news. Amber reminds her that the game starts in two hours. Tracy and Amber leave to head back to school to meet up with the rest of the team. The team waits for Tracy and Amber to arrive at the ball diamond. Zoey, the other right fielder, is talking with Charlie.

"I'm a better right fielder than Tracy. I should be starting today, not her." Zoey says.

"Zoey, you know the real reason you're not starting is that you skipped practice every day last week," Charlie says.

"Big deal, I'm going to play in the game today," Zoey says.

"What are you going to do?" Charlie asks.

"You'll see, " Zoey says.

Zoey unzips her bag and takes out a garden shovel. Charlie tells Zoey she can't do this because she'll get suspended. Zoey ignores Charlie and heads to the warning track in deep right field. She bends down and digs a gopher-sized hole into the ground. Once Zoey finishes her work, she gets to her feet and heads back to the dugout. She puts the spade back into her bag and zips her bag back up.

The game is about to start two hours later, and the teams are warming up. After the teams finish warming up, the announcer announces the starting lineup for both teams. Then Kira sang the national anthem. The game started, and everything was going great. The Reefside sluggers are winning 5-4. Tracy is having a good day. She hits two doubles and three triples and has three stolen bases. The top of the sixth inning is not so great. The away team has two on and one out. The batter hits a long drive to deep right field. Zoey is watching with a big smile on her face, watching Tracy backpedal towards the hole. Tracy gets to the hole, and her right ankle gets caught. Tracy screams out in pain as she falls to the ground. The ball falls toward the warning track. Tracy reaches out her glove and the ball lands in it. Zoey has a look of pure shock on her face that Tracy is able to complete the play. Coach Burns calls for a time-out and rushes out to Tracy.

"Tracy, are you all right?" coach Burns asks.

"No, I can't move it," Tracy answers.

Amber helps Tracy to her feet. The crowd claps as Tracy is helped off the field. Tracy sits down on the bench.

"What do we do now, coach?" Amber asks.

"Zoey, get your mitt and take over in the right field." Coach Burns answers.

"You got it, Coach Burns," Zoey says.

"What about Tracy, Coach Burns?" Amber asks.

"Don't worry about me, Amber. Just go out there and win this game," Tracy says.

Amber nods. The team rushes back onto the field to complete the inning. In the bleachers, all of Tracy's friends are shocked about what happened.

"Something doesn't smell right here," Trent says.