Stories For My Friends To Read

9: Official Baseball Boy Chapter One

It was a warm summer day, the last day in fact. Our Sunflower was getting ready in high waisted shorts and a loosely tucked in yellow tee shirt with cuffed sleeves. She slid on her classic black and white Nike's and put a Sunflower pin in her hair, keeping the left side of her hair pinned behind her ear. She grabbed her phone before riding her blue sunflower skateboard out of the house to meet her Baseball Boy at the park a few blocks down.

"Hey Baseball Boy." She teased as she picked up her skateboard, approaching him. "Hey Sunny, ready for the last day of summer before we have two semesters of hell together?" Baseball Boy said in a joking tone. "Ready as I'll ever be!" She laughed as they began walking around. This was how most of their summer was spent, hanging out, dating but not. They spent every waking moment together while her brothers were at another summer of Athletic Camps. She would watch Baseball Boy's games and root for him, wearing his team's colors, red and blue. She even got her own #38 jersey and sits in the dugout when he's on the field.

"What's the play for today?" The Baseball Boy asked his small Sunflower as she swung on the yellow sunflower swing she painted. "What about Icecream from the Twistie Treat we usually go to?" She wanted some confirmation. "Sounds great, ready to go?" He confirmed. "Let's." She responded, jumping off of the swing. Sunny grabbed her skateboard and they walked to the Twiste Treat that was 10 minutes away. She ordered a strawberry shake with extra whipped cream and he ordered a blueberry slush. They paid for their items before heading to the woods near Baseball Boy's house.

Laughing as they walked through the trees, heading to their secret place. A tree house stood in front of them. They climbed the staircase leading up the tree before crossing the bridge to the house. "Keiki ʻōpio!" Sunny teased, pushing his head away jokingly. "What does that mean?" He questioned her Hawaiian. "It means crazy boy, hūpō!" She told him. "Okay, I know what that one means." He laughed, Sunny joining in on the laughter.

They joked around until sunset, Baseball Boy dropping her off at her house.

"I'll pick you up tomorrow at 6." He told her. "Why 6? School doesn't start until 7:15?" She questioned. "Well, I have to pick you up, take you to Starbucks, go to Walmart to get your breakfast, take you to school, and then take you to your class because we all know you have no clue where anything is." He explained, causing a slight blush to appear on her face. "Whatever." She mumbled. "I'll see you tomorrow, lōlō. Aloha ahiahi." She smirked, closing the door. "Aloha ahiahi, koʻu aloha." He whispered after she closed the door. He sighed, walking home.

-Translations-

hūpō - stupid
lōlō - crazy
Aloha ahiahi - good night
koʻu aloha - my love