Book Two of the Sandlot Series a lil update 14/11/25: Okay hey guyss so I know I have not been updating (very sorry) But due to school I basically do not have time for writing.. So there will probably be no update till like summer honestly (sorry again) They're together. For real this time. But staying together? That's the real challenge. Adeline McClennan and Benny Rodriguez are officially a thing. The bickering, the tension, the almost-kisses-they finally gave in. And now that summer's over, they're walking into a new school year as a couple. People know. Friends talk. And suddenly, everyone is watching. But love isn't always light and easy. Not when you're 16 and still figuring everything out. And definitely not when you're falling for someone who knows how to push every one of your buttons. Adeline isn't used to being vulnerable. Benny's never been in something this deep. Between the pressure from friends, new faces at school, and old wounds they've never talked about... things might not stay picture-perfect for long. Meanwhile, Lila and Yeahyeah are all giggles and inside jokes-fresh off a summer that changed everything for them too. But the honeymoon phase has its limits, and the real world is creeping in fast. New dynamics. Bigger emotions. The fights hit harder. The love feels heavier. And the question isn't just "Will they last?" It's "What will they do when love starts to look different than they expected?" This is more than just a summer crush now. This is real.

❝You like my sister?❞ ❝Nah, man. I don't have time for girls, you know? Baseball is my life, that's really all that matters to me at the moment.❞ ▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂ (Based in 2015 instead of 1960's) 　A/N: beware! i wrote this during my early teenage years - it's very cringy at a lot of points. please refrain from reading if you can't refrain from leaving rude comments. thank you! 　　　　▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂ All Rights Reserved (aside from The Sandlot and its original characters) » NotMakayla HIGHEST RANK: #87 in fanfiction !! #1 in summer

"ᴵ'ᵐ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵗʰᵉ ᵍᵒᵒᵈ ᵍᵘʸ ˢⁱᵉⁿⁿᵃ, ʳᵉᵐᵉᵐᵇᵉʳ ᵗʰᵃᵗ. ᴵ ᵈᵒ ʷʰᵃᵗ ᴵ ʷᵃⁿᵗ, ᴵ ᵗᵃᵏᵉ ʷʰᵃᵗ ᴵ ʷᵃⁿᵗ. ᴬⁿᵈ ᴵ ʷᵃⁿᵗ ʸᵒᵘ." 𝘚𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘏𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥'𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯... ᴍᴀᴛᴛʜᴇᴏ ʀɪᴅᴅʟᴇ x ꜰᴇᴍ ᴏᴄ 𝐓𝐖: 𝐒𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞/𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐭, 𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐥, 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐬, 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡, 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬.

He shows up in her dreams time and time again, the pretty boy with scars on his face and sparkling eyes one could never forget... but he was never supposed to be real. He was supposed to be a fragment of her imagination. Well that's what Jaya Levine thought anyway. Her disbelief in the existence of this mystery boy was brutally proven wrong, when he made an appearance at Hogwarts... and from the moment she was introduced to him, her heart shattered into a million pieces. Hatred. That's what she felt towards him, that's what she felt towards Mattheo Marvolo Riddle, son of the Dark Lord... and so she swore to herself that her detestation towards him would never change. He would always be a player. A manipulator. A cigarette addict. A major red flag. Someone she would want to stay well away from. Turns out, that's a lot harder than it looks.

They've hated each other since before they could spell the word. Same town. Same street. Same school. From the sandbox till now , they've been locked in an endless game of insults, eye rolls, and who-can-be-louder. But then, when they were ten-just for a second-everything shifted. It wasn't planned. It wasn't talked about. One summer night, too much quiet, too many stars, and suddenly... they almost kissed. Not because they liked each other. Not because the rivalry was gone. But because, in that moment, something between them cracked open. And then it was over. They never spoke about it. They went back to the way things were. Sharp words. Cold shoulders. Loud silences. Now they're 15. Older. Bolder. And somehow, that one second they never talk about? It's louder than ever. He looks at her like he wants to win and ruin her in the same breath. She talks to him like she hates him-but she never looks away. It's still a war. It's still personal. But every fight feels like it's covering up something they're too afraid to say out loud. Because that almost-kiss may be five years old... But the tension? It never left. And the next time their guard slips, someone might actually cross the line.