First Crush (Sandlot)

Part 18

Benny

I walked in the back door of class and my seat in the corner was open next to Smalls.

"Thank god, you're back. You're lucky I was the only one here that saw your whole closet scheme." Smalls said to me as I pulled out my notebooks.

"Yea. But you got my back right? If they start asking?" Benny said.

"That depends, what happened?" Smalls said nosily.

"Nothing man. Well I didn't get to finish." Benny said and looked down at his notebook.

 "Our conversation man!" Benny said and smacked the back of Small's head after seeing his perverted smirk.

"Oh. Sorry, sorry." Smalls chuckled.

"Well how did your conversation go?" Smalls asked.

"I'm not sure. I mean, I might have a chance." Benny said and a small grin grew on his lips but Smalls hinted at slight disapproval.

"You mean for real, for real get back together? Or just casual hookup." Smalls chuckled the last part.

"Shut up Smalls." Benny said.

The class day went on and Benny tried to look out for Maya but didn't see her the rest of the day and now it was time for baseball practice. It was getting more serious as the State Championship game grew closer.

Benny went into the dugout and grabbed a bat.

"Hey, get any ladies today? My single man!" Ham said and patted Benny's back from the catcher's mound.

Benny kept a straight face and squared up on home plate.

He felt confident and it proved to be right when he blasted on to left field for a double.

"Nice hit man!" Yeah, yeah cheered.

"I'm impressed, that was my heater." DeNunez slow clapped.

They all hit  a couple more times and conditioned for thirty minutes. Their coach had them cool down and practice was coming to  close.

"Alright fellas, bring it in. We got a big week ahead of us. We can't quit now." Their coach said and they all put their hands in and dismissed practice.

"Want to come to Chubby's with us Benny?" Smalls asked.

"Uh I'm good for now. Maybe next time?" Benny said and waved his friends off as he went into the locker room to change out of his cleats and baseball pants and shirt.

He walked in and saw his locker had been opened. Someone had stole his sneakers and his shirt had been laying on the wet shower floor.

So he just had on his tank top under shirt and baseball pants and was forced to wear his cleats again on another walk.

It was sundown now and Benny really should have been heading home but Maya's words clouded any rational thinking he should have been doing.

He found his way back to her house and crept into the backyard and her bedroom was on the first floor so he tapped on the window softly. Her dad wasn't the fondest of him, he wasn't sure why but they always bonded over baseball when they weren't awkward around each other.

He saw her light turn on and she opened her curtains then saw Benny.

"Open the window! Let me in." He whisper yelled.

She opened it and Benny climbed in her tan room.

"Wow, I haven't been in here in a while." He said remembering all of her posters.

"Yea, why are you here? My dad is going to freak!" Maya said.

"Because, we never finished our conversation." Benny said.

Maya paused and sat on her bed taking her hat off.

"You know that baseball I gave you? Signed by the Yankees?" Maya asked him playing with the LA hat.

Benny nodded and started to take off his cleats because his feet were killing him.

"Keep it, just like you always have. And keep dating Abigail. Just like you always have. I know what I said. And I believe I'm not good enough anymore." Maya said and looked at her feet. Benny joined her and sat next to her on her bed.

"But in school? You, you-" Benny sighed.

"I wasn't anything. I was stupid." Maya crossed her arms.

"I still like you. And please believe everything I am about to say. You were my first crush. My first kiss, I love you. I love you." Benny said and his heart was racing and he leaned in for a kiss. Maya pulled away at first but when Benny put his hand on her waist she gave in and kissed each other sweetly.

Benny kept kissing her and then he moved down to her neck while doing so he pushed her so she was laying down on the bed. There wasn't anything in the world right now he wanted more than her.

"Wait." Maya breathed while Benny hovered over her inches away from her lips.

"Have you done this before?" Maya said referring to what they were about to do.

Benny rolled over and sat up next to Maya.

"Yes." He said and couldn't manage the strength to look at Maya's reaction.

"With Abigail? Was it just once?" Maya said her face starting to form a frown.

"Yes it was with Abigail, and no. I mean I can't lie to you, we were intimate. I'm sorry. I have never told anyone about it. Everyone makes up stories but I have never actually told anyone this." Benny said.

"Do you still want to?" Benny asked her softly reaching to tank off his tank top.

"No!! Just get out of my house. I will see you tomorrow." Maya sighed and handed him his cleats as he opened up the window.

"See you tomorrow." Benny said as his smile slightly returned as he left.

Yup they are getting older gahhhh and I don't even know what's happening with these two. My BABIES just iofvsjdcvnpwercpergji e this chapter

THESE chapters I swear I updated a bajillion times today omg that has never happened before I just love this story so much I am so inspired and want to go in a thousand different directions

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