Him and I

What to do

I just don't know how in the world Scott did not know who Babe Ruth was I mean even mom knew and she's not a huge baseball fan. "If we don't get this ball not only is scotty dead meat but so am I" I say to everyone trying not to get to worked up. Benny comes up to me and wraps me in a hug to get my anxiety down.
"Yeah yeah, And I thought Benny busting that ball meant something amazing" yeah yeah says while going over to Scotty and giving him a this is bad look with everyone else doing the same. "Well now my life is over" I can tell scotty really feels bad I'm sure anyone would so the same.
I was thinking of some way to get the ball there has to be an easier way then getting devoured. Ahha! "Hey, I got it!" I yell excitedly while they all stare at me "why don't we just go over..and knock on the door and ask Mr. Mertle if he can get it for us?"
"Are you out of your mind? Mr. Mertle's the meanest old man that ever lived, He's the one who made The Beast eat that kid, It's not an option, Y/N. Forget about it!" I don't believe that but oh well "Oh, okay. Sorry. I...I will" Benny grabs my hand in his and Squints suggests "Let's just look out the window." "Good idea." All the boys say as we get up towards the window. The Beast starts growling the narliest snarl, it spoils me a little even if I don't believe the stories I've been told. We all run back away from the window "He's daring us" Tommy says spooked "We're on his territory now" Ham says it like it's a war. While wrapping his arm around my shoulder Benny asks "Anybody got any bright ideas?".
We thought long and hard on what to do, to be honest we had absolutely no idea what the heck we were going to do.
We tried starting things primitively, squints would be the look out while Ham would put a stick through the fence and get the ball. Simple right well I wish it was. Because that didn't work and when that didn't work we went and tried the same thing just with a pot on the end to capture the ball, just our luck the beast got that too. You know they always says "Third times the charm" I really thought this idea would work we got a vacuum and we tried sucking up the ball from above. It's like it was waiting to happen the beast grabs the pipe and it's pinched shut, all of a sudden there's a horrid noise coming from the vacuums. We all ran out of the club house so fast it seemed like slow motion "it's ganna blowww!" Ham said them bam...when I jumped I landed right on Benny. "Sorry babe" I blush when I realize what position we are in "No worries I knew you would fall for me eventually" I can't help but laugh as we get up and see Tommy who didn't quite make it out of the explosion. He shakes the dust out of his hair "We've been going about this all wrong I blame myself, we need total surprise an airborne strike , the beast will never expect it." I guess that could work but wasn't the vacuum idea a surprise I thought, well any idea is try able.
I had to go home early and help make dinner with mom she told me you shouldn't have to be playing outside all day ,I of course argued with her and she said fine but you can help cook dinner once and awhile. "Benny I have to go home" he turns to me and walks over "Okay angel, Scotty can update you when he gets home" he then kisses my forehead I wish I didn't have to go. But as of now I would not like to make my mom mad. "Don't do anything stupid boys" I said sternly believing they would do something idiotic. As I was heading home I saw a man come out of the house it must be Mr. Mertle he doesn't look like a bad guy, he then looks at me immediately I look away and pick up my pace.
Scotty told me all about how the used yeah yeah and some sort of claw and he came face to face with the beast but got pulled out just in time. I knew they would do something stupid but that was not even in the box of things I was thinking.
The next morning after everything we tried this may be our last chance, we decided to quit messing around and pulled out all the stops. Scotty went and grab all his gadgets he had, right then and there it became science against nature. I stayed above making sure everything went well and to plan. "Psst!!" Ahhhh I screamed on the inside trying to be as quiet as I can I turn around to see scotty "sorry sis, I think we are ready to launch" I nod praying this works for scotty and I's sake. A few minutes of precise orders and directions the ball shoots up and away over the fence "I got it ,I got it,I got it" Benny yells throughly excited when all of a sudden the beast jumps up and BAM! he catches it then goes for the car catapult and tears it to shreds.
My life was over ,scotties life was 100 percent over and that great ball of history is forever gone. I couldn't help but feel overwhelmed Bill only lets me go play baseball because scotty goes if he gets in trouble he definitely won't let me go much less ever think about baseball again. I start hyperventilating then calm down with one touch of Bennys hand on my shoulder. Everyone stands there wide eyed in how we couldn't get the ball. "Scott, we might as well go home and confess" he looks at me with sad yet confused eyes since I rarely call him Scott. "Your right but this was my fault let me talk to mom" all the boys our giving us sad and helpless looks I know they tried they really did and I appreciate that so much. I wanted to talk to Benny for awhile before we head back home so we decided to take a stroll down the street.
    "Benny if I never get to see you again after tomorrow I love you I do" scotty and I agreed on telling mom the next day, he stopped in his tracks cupping my face in his hands "we will figure this out don't give up yet, I love you too I knew it since I first layed eyes on you" I trust Benny with my heart and if he says we are getting that ball a small flicker of hope lights up inside me. "Your right, babe" he leans in and gives me a very passionate kiss that's very different from the other ones. After we head back to the sandlot we all head home awaiting for tomorrow to come. It'll  be promising I just feel it.  With that thought out of the way I slowly fall asleep thinking of Benny and how he is the best thing to ever happen to me, well and all the boys of course.