Chapter 6:

Chap[er 6:

It had beena couple of weeks sense my "Almost pregnancy". Ryan had gone back to normal that day.Being a dick I mean and my Aunt still kept trying to get me to talk about my dad. Everytime she wold ask me something I just tuned her out pretty much knowing it was abouthim.

I was really getting tiered ofbeing stuck in this house and I realized that I hadn't been down to the beach yet.What are you? Crazy Amanda? I went and put on my white bikini and grabbed my flip flop beach towel and lounged out right next the the ocean in our back yard. I just layed there soaking up the sun. It felt so good just to have some quiet time to my self. ut, quiet never lasts.

"Look out!" I opened my eyes to the sight of a baseball coming at my face. I just put my hand up and caught it. Ryan and Tomy then came running over. Tommy was just as cuttte as ever with his nose covered in sunscrean that his mom made him put on and in a pair ofswim trunksand a polo shirt. Then I looked up at Ryan who was wearing a pair of swim trunks and NO SHIRT. He has a six pack? I asked myself shocked. It's kinda cute. No!!! Stop it mandy.

"You caught that?" Ryan asked surprised taking the baseballaway from me but, not his eyes. His eyes staid glue to my body. I can see you Ryan. I said sarcasticaly in my head.

"Ya." He was trowing the ball back and forth in his hands.

"Did you play softball?"

"Ya." I was really getting annoyed of his 20 questions game. I then rolled over on my stomach hoping he would get the hint that I wanted to be alone. ut, boys never get hints like that.

"What position?"

"My stomach" I said dumbly. he could clearly see that I turned over.

He laughed. I lifted my head and looked at him. "No I mean what pposition in softball" He asked leaning down next to me.

"Pitcher."

"I wold have thought catcher." He said getting up. "You didn't even flinch when it was coming for you."

I rolled my eyes."Anyone knows thatthe pitcher controls the game and the catcher is just a thing that goes with it. I woulld never be caught catching."

"Mandy will you come pitch for me. Ryan can't do it." Tommy said pulling on my arm.

"I don't know?" I hadn't palyed sense I got kicked off. I wasn't sure if I could even still do it.I thought about the last game that I had played in. --

It was bottom of the 7TH and I already had two outs. We were tied and they had all bases filled. The tension was high as threw the first pitch. Strike! Ok. Just two more outs. Then I threw a curve ball. Strike! Just one more Mandy and we've got the game. I decided t otake it easy on the girl and give her an easy one. I wound up the ball and let it go. It flew towards the base and she swung her bat. It went into left feild. I run. Lorin missed the ball. she trew it to second base tring to get her out. Sarah couldn't catch the ball. 2 runs. They threw it off towards home. They trew the ball to high for Carrie, the catcher, to get. 3 runs. I ran as quick as I could. "Throw me the ball!" I yelled. CArrie tossed it to me and I raced to the base trying to beat there final runner. just as she went down to slid I slid with her my foot touching base first. Out! The whole crowd cheered. --

"Ok. lets go." I threw on my shorts and weheaded out.

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"Dang! You were better than I thought you would be."Ryan tried to pitch the ball to me. I laughed when it hit the ground and rolled towards me. "Stop laughing."

"You throw worse than a girl." I laughed even harder. I dropped the bat and Tommy started laughing with me.

"Oh, I may throw worse but I can rn better." He then went into full sprint towards me. This is when you run Mandy! I turned qickly running to first base dogging him as he turned to get me. As I charged into 2nd base I felt an arm quickly wrap around mywaist and spin me around.

"Ryan Put me down!" Said between laughes.

"Ok. If that's what you want." He then pulled me to the ground with him rollig on top of me. I was still laughing hard until I felt his hand brusing my hair. I looked intto his eyes and they were calm. My chest was moving up and down between us as we staired at eachother. What Are you doing Amanda? Just two weeks ago you wouldn't have even been caught playing softball. Everything you worked hard to forget is coming back to you and it's all because of Ryan. Ryan had closed his eyes and was slowly moving into me.

"Rayan? Can you get off of me!" He opened his eyes and they seemed pretty irritated.

He rolled off of me and got up. Dang what was his problem?