Tournament
All night long Shawn's words had repeated in my head. 'Im in love with you, I'm in love with you, I'm in love with you...'
I quickly walk downstairs and sit down at the kitchen table. I put my head in my hands and moaned. I know that Shawn likes me now, but what if I messed everything up? And I thought the sweetest person alive was a jerk...
"Hey sweetie!" my mom yells while running into the kitchen.
"Hey... Where's Lox, Lauren, Meg, and Shea?" I ask.
"Oh, they went back to Cameron's house. They all understood that you were very tired. And how's your ankle?"
"Oh, my ankle feels a lot better. Carter defiantly helped a lot-if he didn't help me around, I probably wouldn't be able to walk or anything," I respond.
"Carter is a sweetie!" She exclaims and I laugh.
"Yeah, all of the guys are really sweet," I smile while looking at the fridge, which has a calendar on it. "Oh, I have a softball game tonight!"
"How could you forget? You've been wanting this ever sense you were a little girl-to make it to the state tournament. If you win this game, you win the tournament,"she reminds me and I grin.
"Hey, mind if a few of the guys come over?" I ask, hoping she doesn't mind. I need to talk to someone about last night...
"Yes, that's fine-just remember, the tournaments at six," she says as I look at the clock. It's only five, so I could go to the park now and warm up.
I quickly run upstairs, because my ankle doesn't hurt anymore. As soon as I reach my room, I put on my softball uniform- a neon yellow shirt and white softball pants. Then I put my hair up in a high ponytail and then my cleats.
When I reach the bottom of the stairs, I grab my phone out of my pocket and start to text.
Lexie: Hey... Do you want to come help me practice for my tournament 2night?
Shawn: Yeah, can the guys and I watch the tournament?
Lexie: please! I would be 20x more motivated if my besties were there to support me ;)
Shawn: We'll be there, & I'll be at the ballpark in five minutes.
Lexie: ok ttyl <3
As I walk to the ballpark I frown. What if everything is awkward between Shawn and I? What if he changed his mind? What if-
"Hey, Lex," Shawn spits out nervously as I approach him at the baseball diamond.
"Hey! Do you need a glove and a bat? I brought an extra," I offer and he smiles.
"Okay good, I need one," he laughs.
I quickly hand him a brown glove and a black bat. "Can you set the bat aside? We aren't going to use it right now. I was thinking that I could pitch and you could be the catcher?" I ask and he agrees.
He sits down and then I get in my position. After a moment, I pitch the ball and it goes right to Shawn. "Wow Lex, you can sing, act, and play baseball?" He laughs and I giggle.
After about fifteen minutes of pitching, I decide to move onto batting. "Here," I say handing Shawn his bat again and then we start walking to an empty diamond.
"Thanks," he says while walking to the pitching mound. "Okay, so how do I pitch?"
I laugh and then throw him a ball. "Girls do it a different way, so just try to throw it where the catcher would be." He looks at me like I'm crazy, and I quickly scurry over to home plate. "Now throw the ball."
I quickly duck down as a softball comes straight at my head. "Oh my gosh... I'm so sorry, obviously I can't pitch. Are you okay? Were you hit?" Shawn asks while running up to me.
"I'm fine... Maybe you should try hitting... You can't injure me that way," I laugh, but boy was I wrong.
As soon as Shawn attempts to hit the ball, he let's go of the bat and it goes flying. "Oops," he mutters and I burst out laughing.
"Okay, so I was wrong. Do you want me to teach you how to pitch?" I ask and he shakes his head.
"No, teach me how to hit. I feel like a baby, because I can't hit," he explains and I quickly nod.
"It's not that easy, but okay. Grab your bat and walk back over to home plate. By the end of this practice you should be a pro," I exclaim and he laughs.
"I better be!" He demands and I chuckle.
I quickly walk over to where he is and grab my bat. "Okay, now look how I'm standing. You have to sorta squat and lean forwards. Then you hold your bat approximately one to three inches away from the bottom." Shawn quickly gets into position and then grips the bat.
"Is this correct?" He asks and I smile.
"Perfect. Now when you hit, you need to hit in a straight line and follow through. Also, please don't let go of the bat," I explain.
"Gurl, I got this. Just throw the ball already"Shawn says in a girly voice and I grin.
"Okay, but don't expect to get it perfectly," I yell over my shoulder while jogging over to the pitchers mound. I quickly pitch the ball, probably making it go straight towards his bat. He bunts it and starts shouting excitedly.
"Um Shawn?"
"What?"
"That wasn't a hit!" I laugh. "That was more of a failed bunt.."
"Your just jealous," he shoots back and I crack up.
"Sure... Do you want to take a walk?" I ask and he nods.
We were walking in silence for the first few minutes before Shawn broke the silence. "Where you awake last night when I explained... things to you?" He asks and not knowing what to say, I nod. "See, this is why I didn't want to say anything!" He starts to yell. "Now everything's all awkward! If I didn't say anything then-"
"Id have a broken heart," I say, finishing what he was explaining. "I was broken hearted when I saw what I thought was you flirting with those girls. But you explained it was just a misunderstanding."
He smiles and then nods. He opens his mouth because he was about to say something, but I interrupt him. "Oh gosh, I'm going to be late to the game!" I exclaim while running towards the baseball diamond. I hope what he had to say wasn't anything important...
As soon as I reach the field, our team was going inside of our dug out. "Sorry coach I was-" I start to say but he cuts me off.
"Go to the pitchers mound and start warming up with the catcher!" He demands while handing me a softball. I quickly grab my glove and run out to the mound.
As soon as I go onto the mound, I hear tons of people yelling my name. I look towards the bleachers and smile-Cameron, Mom, and all of the Magcon people are here. I quickly warm up and then the first batter comes up.
I quickly change my focus to the catcher and pitch the ball. A moment later, the umpire call my pitch a strike because the batter didn't try to hit it when it was in the strike zone.
That's what happened the next two times also, so my team and I all sprint back to the dugout and look at the batting order. "Looks like I'm batting fourth," I mumble while pulling my helmet on. I take a few practice swings and then step out of the dugout to watch the first batter hit.
"CHLOE, C-H-O-L-E! C'mon, ya got this!" I scream and she smirks while walking up to the home plate and moving her focus back towards the pitcher.
She hits the ball and it goes straight to first base. "RUN! RUN! YOU GOT IT IN YA CHLOE!" My teams yells supportively as she sprints like a cheetah towards first base. She barely makes it, but her foot hits the base before she runs past it. We all cheer as she quickly makes her way back towards first base.
The next three batters hit, making all of the bases full, and then it was my turn. I quickly scurry over to home plate and smirk at the pitcher. "Bring it on," I whisper while setting myself up and moving my bat into position.
The next thing I know it, the ball flies towards me and I swing as hard as I can. It goes flying through the air and towards the outfield. I sprint as fast as I can, panting as I pass through the first base and make my way towards second. The ball was still in the process of being retrieved, so I take my chances and sprint over to third and then run towards home. Crap... The third baseman was throwing it to the catcher. I run even faster and slide into home as the catcher places the softball onto the base.
Everything turns into an eerie silence as both teams stare down the umpire, waiting for him to explain who made it to the base first. "Yellow," he shouts and my team starts screaming with joy. That means we just earned four points-Chloe, my other two teammates, and myself.
As I make my way back to the dugout, I can her Shawn cheering louder than anyone else in the bleachers. I start grinning ear to ear and then walk into the dugout.
By the time the game ended, we won 42-21. We creamed them! "Good game, good game, good game..." I repeat while high fiving the girls on the other team.
As soon as I gather all of my stuff, I run outside to the guys. "Oh my gosh, that was great!" Shawn yells while pulling me into a hug.
"Thank you so much! And what do you guys want to do now?" I ask.
"Lexie, we're all leaving today. Remember?" Matt says and I sigh.
"Gosh! I always forget... But do you guys have enough time to go and get some Dairy Queen?" I ask while pulling a puppy dog face.
"Psh, gurl, please. There's always time for Dairy Queen," Taylor retorts, causing me to laugh.
"Sweet! Now c'mon, we have to have time to eat the ice cream!" I scream while sprinting towards Dairy Queen. Honestly, I love being able to walk anywhere.
By the time we get there, I was practically drooling. "Can I have a dipped cone?" I ask the cashier and she nods.
After everyone ordered she asked who's paying. "I am," Shawn says but I nudge him.
"No, your not paying for me," I strictly say while handing the lady money.
Shawn quickly takes it from her and replaces it with his own money. Ha hands me the money back and smiles. "My treat."
"Okay if you insist..."
We all sit down and start talking about sports while eating our ice cream, when Shawn says,"Honestly Lex, is there any sport you can't play? You can surf, play softball, si-"
"Yeah I guess I play lots of sports," I say and then he realizes he almost said I can sing.
"Yeah, you were great!" Nash adds and I smile.
After we finish our ice cream, we walk down to the airport. Everyone except Shawn and Nash were leaving. I mean, of course Cameron and I also aren't leaving because we live here...
"Oh my gosh, I'll miss you all so much!" I whisper shout while hugging all the guys.
"We'll miss you too," Aaron says sadly,"but we have to leave. Hopefully we'll all meet up soon! Or another a Magcon event will happen soon."
"I hope, I don't think I can stand another month with out you all," Matt adds, hugging us tighter.
"Stop right now,Mr! Don't be so sappy I'm gunna cry!" Cameron pouts and I chuckle. The airport speakers quickly say that their flights are here.
"Have a safe trip! I love you all!" I exclaim while giving everyone one last giant hug. I look over and see Meg giving Hayes a long hug until they separate and Hayes walks towards the airplane doors.
"Now what do you want to do?" Nash asks.
"I'm exhausted, I'm going to go home and go to bed," I laugh.
"Okay, I think we're going to do the same," Cameron says.
"Okay, well goodnight guys!" I say while giving each of them a hug before going separate direction.
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