3 Strikes~Calum Hood A.U.

Chapter 1

|Julie|

"Hey Julie!"

I heard my name being screamed down the hall by the one and only ,Benny Rodriguez. I turned around to see him and a couple of other guys leaning by the lockers beckoning me over.

"What's up?" I asked turning to face the guys.

"After school today were going down to the field to play ball. You coming?"

That was the one thing about me, I was quite like the guys.Not in appearance , I played softball ,but mostly every day I headed down to the field to play with the boys.Its not like I minded it though, because less drama, and less gossip.

"What else do you think I would be doing," I questioned, giving them a quirky smile.

"Well ,you never know, but great I'll see you later ,Softy." He said as I walked into first period.

Softy one of my many nicknames with him. They ranged from Jules to Julie to j ,Blondie and my least favorite softy. Basically because I was the only softball player he actually talked to.

Benny was almost like a brother to me since my father was never around. He was in law enforcement and found little time for me and my mom , but back to Benny. I'd known him since seventh grade when I moved here and now ,junior year, he still stuck around me.

A walked into first period and took a seat, hoping that the day will go by quickly.

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I shuffled down the hallway until I finally hit the lunchroom. I headed towards the back to our usual table. Placing my bag next to a chair I took a seat.

"Hey there Blondie" I looked over to see Benny taking a seat in the chair next to me. What was it with him and the nicknames today?

"Hey Ben, whats up?" I asked, I doubt he could hear me though because of all the noise entering the lunchroom. Both our heads turned to the door to see what was going on. And that's when The most popular athlete at our school came in, Calum Hood.

There he was with a group of girls huddled around him. And his posse who I like to call the "black skinny's".Ashton and Michael, they totally thought they were like some punk rock band, always wearing black skinny jeans and band shirts. Not to mention the one had his hair dyed bright blue. I turned around to see the rest of the guys had now arrived at the table, including Luke at my left, all eyes were fixed on me.

" Well doesn't he just think hes the shit." , I exclaimed, earning a small laugh from all the boys. God did I hate that kid, while everyone else thought he was like a gift from heaven. All he did was play soccer, he was good but come on that doesn't mean hes like the next Hercules. He wasn't the only one who knew how to do something athletic.

"He only plays one sport , like come on, at least they could have chosen a real athlete to drool over ,and what is he, Asian?" Benny said with a huff, clearly jealous that it wasn't him getting all the attention.

"What you jealous Ben?"

"No."

"Lets get back to the real shit, whose ready for try outs in a month and a half?" Benny asked, clearly wanting to get the spotlight off of him.

A chorus of "me's" were heard from round the table, everyone clearly worried on weather or not they'd be playing varsity.

"Oh come on Jules your a definite for varsity this year, so don't go making your self nervous over nothing. " . Even though Benny had just given me a great boost of confidence, I'm still nervous. What would happen if i didn't make it?

"Ill make sure you are Blondie, even if that means practicing every day". It was like he could read my mind, he probably could though, with all the time we spend together. Just as i was going to reply the lunch bell rang.

"me and Luke will meet you at your locker Jules, see you in a bit."

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The rest of the day flew by, mostly because i was thinking about the many possibilities of the softball team. Yet when the final bell rang, I instantly got up, so excited to play today.

I scurried through the hallway, eager to practice. I'm not sure whats gotten over me but after Benny's little talk to me i felt as I was so ready for this season to start.

I remember when i first had met Benny. It was five years ago, while it seemed like just yesterday. I had just moved into this neighborhood from New York, and had decided to try out playing softball. Lets just say I wasn't the most talented at it back then. But when Benny saw me and my mom in the front yard attempting to play catch, he had made it his personal goal to get me on the softball team.

Soon after he saw me he had offered to take me down to the field to try and teach me.And that's when he introduced me to Luke. Luke wasn't that supportive of me playing but soon learned to warm up to the idea. Let's just say that it took a really long time.

Yet he took me from never being able to catch a softly thrown ball to catching line drives from the outfield . Its one of those things that I will be forever grateful that he did, because without him, Id still be nobody.

I rounded the corner in the hallway only to be greeted by a large crowd standing by Calums locker. This happened almost every day, girls waiting to see if they'd be lucky enough to get a ride from him. It was totally ridiculous, what made him so special?

Yet as I walked past I couldn't help but listen to what Calum said.

"Hey there Blondie need a ride!" I turned around to see the comment was directed straight at me. How could he fucking dare talk to me like I was one of those whores who stuck around him.

"Never in a million years asshole." the entire crowd turned to face me as soon as the words left my lips. I quickly looked over to see Benny and Luke, scurrying towards them I walked away. Yet I could hear small comments being thrown at me.

As I approached them Luke gave me a questioning look as if to say"what the hell just happened". Yet he refrained from saying a word. 

"What the fuck Jules, what happened?" Benny questioned.

"Nothing much, just assholes who don't need my time."

"well lets get your mind off it Jules,"

With that we headed down to the field in hopes that my mind would be taken elsewhere. 

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First chapter what did you think. Leave your comments on it.

If your confused Luke is also a baseball player because DAMN could that buy rock baseball pants.

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