Softball Game

Samantha plays in the reginal final for softball. Will Dundalk be victorious?

 

Monday Afternoon Right After School

“Hey Nick would you like to come to my softball game today?” Samantha asked.

            “I don’t know. Will it be boring?”

            “Come on Nick!” Samantha pleaded giving Nick the “puppy dog face.”

            “Sure! What time?”

“Four o’clock.”

“I’ll see you then. I’m going home to start...and hopefully finish my homework.”

“Okay. See you then,” Samantha said giving Nick a hug and a peck on the lips.

 

Monday Afternoon during Samantha’s Softball Game

Pataspco is winning with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning. There is a runner on third. Samantha is up to bat. Here comes the pitch...high. Samantha steps out of the box and takes a practice swing and looks over to check the sign from Coach Heatly. Heatly claps her hands and Samantha nods her head to tell coach she knows the sign...swing away. Samantha steps back into the box. Here comes the pitch...strike. Samantha places her back foot out of the box to give herself a minute and then steps back in. Here comes the pitch...swing and a miss. Samantha angrily steps out of the box and takes a practice swing.

“Time,” Heatly says.

“Time,” the umpire repeats as Heatly Samantha over to her.

“Sam, you have to relax and just make contact. I know you can do this,” Heatly said and she gave Samantha a pat on the back and she walked back over to the plate area and stepped into the box. Everyone gets into position and the umpire says “Play ball!” Here comes the pitch... swing and ball goes into deep center field over the center fielder’s head. As soon as she made contact she was off towards first base. Coach Huss, her assistant and first base coach, waves her to second, Samantha notices the runner on third has already scored, Heatly is waving her to third, the center fielder is throwing the ball into the second baseman, as Samantha touches third, Heatly waves her home, the second baseman throws the ball home, Samantha starts to slide into home, the catcher catches the ball and makes the tag, but did Samantha make it home before she was tagged.

“Safe!” the umpire screams and makes the “safe” motion as all of Samantha’s teammates run over to her. Pataspco starts to get into a line to tell Dundalk good game, as Dundalk does the same. They tell each other good game, and then Coach Heatly calls a meeting in the pitcher’s circle.

“Girls you played an amazing game today! I checked the scorebook and you guys only had two errors. We haven’t done that all season! You played good defense and hit the ball well, and we all know who this ball goes to. Samantha where are you?”

“I’m here,” Samantha said stepping forward.

 “This ball is for you,” Heatly said handing Samantha the ball. “Now lets clean up,” Heatly finished.

 

Monday Afternoon Ten Minutes after Samantha’s Game

Nick was waiting for Samantha outside on the gym parking lot. Samantha came out and Nick swept her up into a big hug and kissed her passionately.

“How bout we go out for some burgers and a movie to celebrate the win?” Nick asked.

“I’ll have to ask my parents. I’ll call them,” Samantha answered. Samantha dialed her house number her mom picked up.

“Hello.”

“Hi Mom. We won!”

“That’s awesome sweetie!”

“And I hit a homerun for us to win the game!”

“That’s awesome!”

“I was wondering if I could go out for burgers and a movie with some of the girls from the team to celebrate the win.”

“That’ll be fine with me. Just be home by ten because you still have to do your homework.”   

“Great! Thanks Mom!” Samantha said as she hung up the phone.

“I’ll take that as a yes,” Nick said.

“Yuppers.”

 

Author's Note

What do you think?

Reviews

[Cassandra D.]

I thought it was a good chapter just like the previous ones before.

[poetic-raven2012]

I agree with the person below me, needs flow, but overall it's pretty sweet, but you really should bold the heading thingies, cuz they blend right in with the story.
So is it gonna be Romeo/ Juliet in the end, and you (mwahahaha) kill 'em, or is it gonna be happily ever after?

[Rachael]

Its pretty good, I didnt read the whole thing, so I don't know the full story...
My advice is to try and make it flow better...