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August 9, 2020 (picture above is Carter) Three hours passed quickly as we begin pulling into a familiar neighborhood, I smile and sigh. I'm home. The first person I see is Smalls. I gasp and Brian slams on the breaks, I hop out of the car and run up behind Smalls. He gasps and turns around with panic on his face. In a split second it all disappears and a smile replaces that panic. "Jasmine!?" I nod my head and he engulfs me in a hug I smile and hear a bunch of foot steps running toward us, I turn around and see all the boys sprinting towards us screaming. Then in seconds I'm tackled into a giant hug, I smile and hug them all back but as I look up I see something that I knew would kill me. Benny with Amanda holding hands, I smile trying to hide the pain and then the questions come from all the boys,
"When did you come?" Ham asks, I nod towards the car that has my brothers and Camilla patiently waiting for me, I shoo them off with my hand,
"You guys go I can get home by myself, I know my way around." Brian chuckles and nods whilst driving away. I turn back to the boys and our eyes meet but I quickly turn away. 'No Jasmine, you can't still be in love with him.' Amanda smiles and wraps her arms around me,
"Jasmine, we've all missed you so much! The boys never stop talking about you" I smile realizing I've been misjudging Amanda this whole time. I feel my heart wrench at the thought of actually letting go of Benny. But he seems happy with her, I look down and finally one of the boys sense the tension and yell out,
"Who's up for a game of baseball!?" I smile wide and we all sprint towards the sandlot like there's no tomorrow I feel a weight lift off my shoulders as I realize I'm gonna be happy no matter what as long as he's happy. Then a familiar baseball field comes into view and all the memories come rushing back. The weight that was just lifted comes slamming back onto my shoulders and I holt to a stop while everyone else keeps running. Except one. I feel his presence and immediately know who it is. I feel his hand slide past mine and I flinch knowing this is wrong. The longing I have for his touch, his hugs, his laugh, his everything is wrong.
"Benny I-" he interrupts me
"I know, I just needed to feel your warmth one last time. I'm sorry" then it hits me,
"You actually have moved on." He nods, but only I knew it was a statement and not a question. Then we get interrupted,
"Hey you guys is everything alright?" It's Amanda, I nod and Amanda runs up to Benny smiling. He chuckles as she jumps into his arms. He's happy. I sigh and look away while walking away from them. Sometimes life isn't fair. I step foot into the sandlot and smile as I feel the familiar dirt hit my sneakers. I look up and see an unfamiliar face, he's tall and slim. He smiles and it sends warmth down my spine. Him and the boys run up to me and they all start speaking but he speaks over them,
"Hey I'm Carter, but the boys here call me lefty, and you must be Benny's girl." The boys all groan as a familiar female voice defensively says,
"Bennys what?" Benny sighs and grabs Amanda's hand.
"Babe, it's just an old nickname they used to call Jasmine. Don't stress it." She nods and fakes a smile which I see right through as she walks off to the dug outs. The boys don't notice her anger but I do. I walk over to the dug out and sit next to her,
"Hey Amanda?" I gently tap her on the shoulder. She sniffles and turns towards me.
"Yes?" She says in a soft voice.
"You don't need to worry about me and Benny anymore we're done with we've both moved on-" Amanda interrupts me,
"Jasmine, can't you see?" I scrunch my eyebrows together confused,
"See what?" Amanda sighs and shakes her head,
"Never mind." I nod and before I can continue the conversation the boys start screaming for me to bat, I sigh and pat Amanda on the back whilst getting up from the bench and running to home plate. I grab the bat from Benny's hand and get in my position to bat, I feel at home. Kenny looks me in the eye and smirks. I nod and then BAMM!! I feel the bat connect with the ball and I'm off I book it around all the bases and as I slide into home I hear a scream that was so loud I had to see what it was...
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