EAST AND WEST LAND PREP

SOFTBALL FIELD (TRYOUTS)

SATURDAY, AUG.18

10:00 AM

"I'M NOT A QUICK RUNNER." KELLY TOLD ASHLEY AND ANGELA AS THEY WALKED TOGETHER TOWARDS THE COEACH with their tryouts papers. Kelly's wearing a grey and white long-sleeve turtle-neck top with pink pants her hair made into a high pony tail. Angelas wearing a loose grey capris with an old grey top her hair into a straight. Ashley's wearing black sweats with a white shirt, her hair into two braids under a white cap. "Or a good catcher."

"You'll learn." Angela said. "You should learn quick, I did. but Ashley's a natural."

"'K." Kelly said, still nervous.

Everyone present looked at them as they got nearer the coach. this was their first time ever participating in any school activity, so everyone, even the boys from West Land Prep, were surprise to see them there. The boys from WLP are always present for any activity that includes the girls from ELP, but they are most definatly present for tryouts.

"What? Yoy came to see which- what cha call it?- Oh, yeah, WB's sucks the most to torture her at school?" One of the boys shouted out.

**WB:Wanna Be**

"Shut up!" Said another. "They came to tryout."

The HC kept walking as though they hadn't heard anything and stopped in front of the coach and gave her their papers.

"Go sit over there with everyone else." She said.

They did as told, ofcourse they sat apart from the WB's.

"Miley Bueno! Anabel Bell! Bonnie Lewis! and Belinda Gross!" The coach Called. "Go to your positions."

While they try out Ashley tried not to laugh at them. Ofcourse they were good since they played the previous year and helped the team make it to the play offs, which make them PWB's, but still not a PHC.

**PWB: Previous Wanna Be**

**PHC: Possible HotChikas**

"If you feel that you're not better then them, leave!"The coach said after they finished, catching, batting, and throwing.

Kelly looked at Ashley, but she shook her head. Five or more girls stood up and left with dissppointed faces. others stayed to watch the rest of the tryouts.

"Okay." The coach said." For the ones that stayed, I'm Coach Brook, and unlike others tryouts, how you do today its your ticket to make the team or not. Now go to your positions, I'll give you a minute."

They all stood up and Ashley turned to kelly.

"You're in second base, so go to over there." She pointed to the space between first and second base, inside the triagle. "Trust in yourself, remember don't any else see you're scare."

Angela went to left field with two other girls. In second, apart from kelly there three other girls, Anabel Bell included. With Ashley there was only one other girl, Belinda Gross.

"You're gonna lose, you're in my field now." She said to Ashley.

"We'll see about that." Ashley promised.

The coach threw the ball to third base, then to second, then short, and last third until everyone had catched the ball. Ashley catched twice both times keeping her promise by catching the ball. And gave Kelly an, its okay, smile when she realize that she was going to catched twice as well.After coach Brook finished with the infield she went to the outfield and started throwing to right, center, and left field.

"Okay, everybody up."Coach Brook called. "Pitchers bats first."

The first pitcher, a blonde sophmore, came up with a black and red aluminium bat. Coach Brook pitched her first ball, strike. Second ball, strike. The blonde turned around for a minute, took a deep breath, and turn back to the plate. Third ball, hit through second base. The second pitcher, a black hair girl, got striked out, and the third, a dark brown hair girl with blond highlights, hitted to the outfields.

Coach Brook put the blonde to pitch the catchers. All of three of them were good at batting, but two didn't manage to get to first fast enough. Coach put the brunette girl to pitch, with the first cather catching the ball behind the batter, the two first basers and both got striked out. The other brunette girl with blond hightlights pitched the second basers. Kelly hitted the ball to the pitcher, who threw it to first base, and Kelly was out. Anabel Bell, hitted the ball to third base and made it to second base.

Coach Brook came up to pitched the shortstops. Belinda Gross batted first, and all of the boys cheered for her when she hitted the ball to the right field. When coach told her to stay in shortstop, Belinda smiled at Ashley, as though telling her, "I told you so." Ashley rolled her eyes at her and went to the plate, her eyes on the coach. She swing the bat, pointing toward the center field, then pu the bat over her right shoulder, her left feet on their toes. Coach pitched her first ball, and Ashley hit it, but it was a faul. The second ball came, and it nearly reached the boys. Third ball, a homerun through center. She began to ran, smiling to herself as she saw the boys faces frozen in shooked. Coach Brook clap her hands as Ashley made her way through the bases, moments later the boys joined her.

They kept trying out, Everytime it was Ashley's turn to guard shortstop and somebody hit it there, it was like they hitted it directly to the sharks mouth.

It's Angela's turn to bat now. She's the last batter up, and Belinda's in short, Kelly in second, and blonde pitching. She looked closer at the field before stepping infront of the plate. She saw where she wanted to hit the ball. She stepped on the plate, ready to bat. The blonde pitched the ball, and Angela hitted it right to shortstop, Belinda wasn't ready and the ball went right pass her into center field.

"Okay." Coach said. "This is it. The names of the girls who made the team will go up Monday on the message board at East Land Prep."

"Can it be put up at West Land, too?" The boy who had 'stood up' for Ashley asked.

"Yeah." The rest of the boys agreed.

"Sure, why not." Coach Brook said, turning towards the girls. "To the ones that make it, practice on Monday after school. Good look to all of you. You may go."

Ashley went back to the bleachers to take her purple powerrade and bookbag.

"What?! Going to put some make up on so it won't look like you were tring out for some little school sport?!" The guy who had insulted her said, and some of the other guys with him laugh.

Ashley up just in time to see the balcked ahir boy with blue eyes get hit hard on the stomach by the boy sitting next to him. He has ligh brown hair and sort of green/hazel eyes.

"Ouch!" The black hair boy exclaimed. "That hurt."

"Ashley! Come on!"Angela shouted. "Alexander's here!"

Ashley put on her bookbag and ran toward the main exit to catch up with Angela and Kelly who were still looking back.

"What?" Ashley asked when she reached them.

"The guy with the cute eyes is looking at you."kelly giggled.

"Stop looking, then." Ashley exclaim. "Let's go. I need a shower."

ELP(East Land Prep)ELP softball field.