I wasn't crying. I was just mad that they think girls can't play ball. But the way he said it seemed like girls can't do anything guys could do. And that really annoyed me. I almost made it home when I heard someone running from behind me. "Ashley, baby. Wait up!" I stopped and I looked at Benny. He came up to me breathing hard. "Baby, come on. You know he didn't mean that. He likes you as a friend and thinks your great at playing. Don't take it so hard baby." Benny said. I sighed. "Its the way he said it Benny. He sounded like girls can't do anything guys can. That's... that's sexsed." I said to him. "I know, I know. He said it just to piss off Phillips. He didn't mean it towards you." He sayd and put his arms on my shoulders. I sighed. "Your right." I mumbled. "He wants to apalogize to you. Do you wanna come back to the sandlot?" He asked. I nodded and he took my hand and we walked back to the sandlot.
Once we got there, I saw some of the guys sitting at the dugout and some of them sitting on the floor in the middle of the diamond. Scotty came running up to me. "You okay Ashley?" He seemed concered. "Yea, I'm alright little brother." I smirked at him and he groaned. Benny stopped walking and let go of my hand and told me to go to Ham. I walked towards Ham with my arms crossed. "Yes?" I said to him. "Ashley, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it towards you. I knew it was gonna piss off Phillips and his stupid team. Can you forgive me?" He said. Wow, Ham is actually asking for forgivness. We may never see this again. I smiled and punched his arm. "Yes I forgive you." He smiled. The guys walked up to me and Benny gave me a kiss on the cheek. "We better win tomorrow." Bertram said. "Oh we will. You guys are amazing, you guys will win." I said and they cheered. I looked at Benny and he looked at me and we smiled.
It was now 12:00 pm and we were at Phillips team baseball place, I don't what they are called and they were getting ready. Finally after like 25 minutes they walked out of their locker room and came up to us. "So you rejects did come. I thought you lamos were gonna bail out." Phillips said. "We never will. And were gonna beat your ass at this game." I said to him and him and the guys were laughing and macking me. "I see you brought your cheer learder Rodriguez." Phillips said. "I am NOT his cheer learder, I am NOT a cheer learder. I can play." I said, angry. His guys started laughing again. "A girl? That's gonna play? You guys do want to loose don't you." He said. I started charging at him but Benny held me back. "Woah, babe. No need for fighting. After this game, you'll see who the real players are and you'll want someone who is better." He winked at me. "Eww! You think your better than Benny or the rest of the guys? Think again rich boy, its never gonna happen." I said to him. He glared at me. "Let's play!" He said and we got to our spots.
Its was their team first. I sat on the bench close to the home spot and I could see and hear everything. "PLAY BALL!!!" Ham shouted and he got into position. "Hurry up batter. It's gonna be a short game, and I gotta get home for lunch." Ham said. I giggled. I loved how confident they were. Then, next thing we see is the play hit Ham's glove. "That's one." Ham says and laughs. "You know, if I had a dog as ugly as you, I'd shave his butt, and tell him to walk backwards." Ham said. I couldn't help myself from laughing. "The heater." Ham says, "Here it comes. I dare ya. Strike three your out." The kid ended up getting his third strike. Hahaha. Now, it was Phillips turn. "Hey. Is that your sister out there in left field, nacked? She's nacked." Ham asked, joking around. Phillips ennded up getting a strike. "Shut up, Porter!" Phillips yelled to him and started hitting his bat on the floor. "Hey, hey, hey. I'm just trying to have a friendly conversation." Ham said with sarcasm. I looked at Phillips and laughing. "Come on!..... You think she'd go out with me?" Ham said again and I bursted out laughing.
Finally it was our turn. Ham went first. "Come on. Show me your stuff." He said and got ready. Let's see what you got." "Hey batter, batter, batter." Some of our guys shouted. "Take him out!" Some of the other guys from the other team said. The batter threw and Ham hit it. The ball flew. Next it was Bertam, DeNunez, Squints, Scotty, Yeah Yeah, Timmy, Tommy. Which they all hit then made to home base safley. I really wanted to play and the other team let me. They thought I was gonna fail. Wrong. The batter threw the ball and I hit it and ran. The guys on my team cheered. "Yeah! Woohoo!" I made it to home base before he touched. Phillips looked shocked. I winked at him. "Maybe you should come over to our sandlot and I can teach you some tricks." I mocked him and walked to the bench. Finally it was Benny. My man, my good looking boyfriend looking sexier than ever wearing that tight shirt. Stop Ashley, get in the game. The batter threw the ball and Benny hit it, and he made a home run. He cheered jumping up and down and then started running. We all got up and cheered. We won.
After the game when we were getting ready to leave, Phillips came up to us. "How does it feel to loose against a bunch of rejects, a fat kid, and a girl Phillips!" Squints mocked him. We all laughed. He shook his head, annoyed and then came up to me. "Hey beautiful. If you ever need me to do something for you, just let me know." He said to. He winked and kissed my cheeck. I heard shouting and I looked back and I saw the guys holding Benny back. I looked over at Phillips. "Excuse me. Never EVER kiss me or touch me again. If you didn't know, I'm taken. To the guy that you lost too. He is way better than you. Don't worry pretty boy, your never gone hear me saying that I want you." I shouted to him. He grabbed my arm and was about to kiss me. I kneed him to his balls and he dropped down, groaning in pain. "I said to never ever touch me! You pig!" I yelled and walked to the boys. Benny put his right arm around my shoulder and looked back at Phillips glaring at him.
