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Benny Rodriquez-Request

Requested by jamieeeee345432
Benny "The Jet" Rodriquez. Everyone knew him. He was the fastest kid in town. I remembered swing kids begging their mothers to buy them PF Flyers after seeing him run. Here I was, making a fool out of myself in front of him.
Benny invited me to watch him and his friends play baseball and I agreed, not knowing that he'd ask me to play as well.
The sun beat down on my forehead and squinted my eyes hoping to see the ball avoid me. I wasn't good at baseball, I never played catch with my dad. I knew that soon enough the others would go home and Benny would walk me back to my house.
The ball came flying at me, and due to my squinted eyes I didn't see it beating me until it was too late. The ball smacked my chest hard and I felt the wind get knocked out of me quickly. I tired to play it off like it didn't hurt but I'm sure they could hear me groaning.
"You know what? Let's call it a day? Same time tomorrow?" Benny asked the others. The nodded and bid their goodbyes. I still sat in the dirt, wiping sweat off my face.
Benny walked towards me and he stood in front of me, blocking the sun. He reached down with his hand and I grabbed it, he pulled me up and dusted off my shorts.
"Why didn't you tell me you didn't know how to play baseball?" Asked Benny.
"Because, I thought you inviting me here meant I got to watch, not participate." I replied.
"Jo, you could've just told me, we couldn't avoided you getting hurt."
"I know, but it's embarrassing." I said.
"What embarrassing?" Asked Benny.
"That I don't know how to play a game since I was never really raised playing it, so honestly I just feel left out." I replied. Benny looked away for a minute before biting his lips lightly and looking back to me.
"Tell you what, I'll teach you to ply, so next time you don't get the wind knocked out of you."
"Sure." I agreed.
Benny placed me a little ways from him, the mitt I wore was humid from all the heat.
"Okay, you ready?" He asked. I nodded. He pitched the ball and I watched it as closely as I could with my squinted eyes and just barely missed it.
Benny ran to me and just kinda looked at me.
"Okay, I see it now. Your posture is off." He stood behind me, adjusting my posture making me tense up a bit. He leaned his lips close to me ear and whispered, "Relax." I felt myself tense up a little more before I relaxed.
He grabbed my arm that had hand with a mitt on it and adjusted it a bit. This close proximity was not helping me relax. I was being touched by Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez, how I kept my cool, I have no idea.
"Ok, let's try this again. Next time just raise your arm up, I'll pitch it right to you." I nodded. Benny ran back to his original spot and pictured the ball, a little differently this time. I tossed my mitt in the air, and physically shrunk not engaging to why hit with a pitch thrown by him.
I felt the weight in my palm. I pulled my arm down. In the mitt, was the ball. I had caught the ball. I looked up and smiled at Benny.
"Throw it back!" I tossed the back back to him. We pitched hack and goth for a while before it started to get a little darker and I realized I needed to go home.
As we left the Sandlot, Benny's arm brushed against mine.
"You know next time we could go over hitting with a bat. It's super fun, and I think you'll get the hang of it pretty quick like today." Said Benny.
"Ok. Sounds cool. I had fun today." I looked at him and smiled.
Benny and I made small talk as we walked to my house. Once at my driveway I turned to him.
"Thanks for teaching me how to play and walking me  home Benny." I said.
"No problem. You're a fast learner. I bet one day you'll be as good as me." He smiled.
"Don't get too cocky Rodriquez, I may surprise you." I said.
"Never." We kinda just stared at each other before I realized my like oils be furious if I was after curfew.
"I uhmm, I'm gonna go inside now, thanks." I turned away. I heard the soft latter of his sneakers on the gravel driveway. I turned back to him.
"Goodnight Jo."
"Goodnight Benny." He leaned down and kissed me on the cheek. I smiled and walked towards my front door. Once inside, I literally screamed.
Benny Rodriquez would be the death of me.

A/N: for some reason this request got eaten by the abyss so it's super duper late and I'm super sorry, I hope you enjoyed it and if you have any requests send them my way!! 💕