i sat on my bed, the sound of the tv filled my ears as i flipped through the new Jackie magazine i'd just bought at the drug store. i went to grab the glass of cherry cola sitting next to me on my bed side table when my younger brother, tim, burst in.
"y/n, benny rodriguez is here to see you!" he exclaims as his eyes light up. benny is a legend in our town and the best baseball player i've ever seen. hes the only freshman that plays on our high school baseball team. i cough, trying not to choke on the cola half way down my throat. benny is at my house? to see me! why? i rarely talk to him. he's pretty popular at my school and so is the whole group of sandlot boys. my brother worships them too, he says they're the best group of baseball players around. i tell him it's unreasonable to say that, the only group of boys his age playing baseball, are the best around, but they are pretty impressive.
"what?! why?" i question, sitting up on my bed.
"he says he wants to talk to you!" tim tells me, making kissy sounds.
"okay, well, should i go say something?" i shakily stand up and peer through the hallway and out to the front door. he's sitting on my front steps with his back to us.
"thats a good idea," tim nods. "go get 'em" he pats me on the back then heads into the kitchen to devour any food that's left in the fridge. i tip toe to the front door, i hold my hand up to see my hands shaking. benny rodriguez is sitting on my front porch right now, waiting to talk to me. what am i gonna say? maybe a simple 'hi' will work.
"hi benny," i manage to get out, his head shoots up and whips around to face me. i can see his warm brown eyes soften and his lips curve upward until his mouth forms into a smile. he looks nice, as usual, wearing a red unbuttoned flannel over a white t-shirt along with blue jeans. i can see his not so white converse eagerly tapping the pavement too. is he nervous?
"y/n, hey," he greets me. i sit down on the step next to him, trying to be as graceful as possible. "how are you?" i read his face, trying to figure out why exactly he's here for me.
"i'm doing good, how are you?" i reply politely.
"i'm good, thanks." he smiles. we sit there for a couple of seconds. awkward tension fills the air. "listen, i came here to ask you, well, tell you that..." he begins, obviously a bit choked up. tell me what?! my heart leaps. i can feel my body break out into a nervous sweat. he's probably just gonna ask me for the science homework or something. "well, i came here to tell you that, you looked really nice on friday when i saw you at the baseball game and monday and yesterday and today, since then i haven't really been able to stop thinking about you." i start sweating even more. benny rodriguez just said i looked nice friday, monday, yesterday and today! he thinks i looked nice! wooo! yay! i didn't know he felt that way about me, i mean, i've always thought he was cute, but i never really have gotten to know him. he's been thinking about me since last friday! it's wednesday! he's been thinking about me for 6 days straight!
"really?" i ask, stunned. i can't believe he just said that. it's so sweet, he really came all the way to my house to tell me. "thank you! that's so sweet!" benny smiles, a smile of relief. i feel my cheeks redden and immediately focus on my bare feet. ew, benny can see my bare feet. gross.
"yeah, uh, you're welcome," he nods. "so, would you maybe wanna go bowling sometime?" i can't breathe for a second. oh my gosh, oh my gosh. he just asked my out on a date! a date!
"oh, yeah, sure! that'd be fun!" i force my eyes to meet his and smile approvingly at him.
"okay! great! maybe this thursday? i have a baseball game friday. but we can go thursday, are you available then?" he asks me anxiously.
"yeah, i'm free thursday," i feel my face break out into a smile. i'm actually going on a date with benny!
"perfect, well, uh, i'll call you later if that's okay." he tells me, getting to his feet. i nod and stand up with him. he looks into my eyes for a couple seconds then smiles brightly at me. "okay, well, i'll see you tomorrow y/n."
"okay, bye benny." i wave as he continues gazing into my eyes. wow. that really just happened.
