After looking at me for a few quick seconds, the new boy looks past the group to where the rest of the girls stand. Then he asks, "Did one of you hit this?" and my knees almost buckled out of nervousness. I honestly don't even know why I felt this nervous, there was no reason to be nervous. I think that maybe I just didn't want the confrontation with the new kid who I haven't been able to get a good judgment of. We will say that's it.
"Yeah" I speak up, "I hit it." Then I reach out and ask, "May we have it back?"
He gave a small little smirk that I think only I saw, then (while still holding the ball) he said, "Well sure, but can we play?"
"I think the girls will b----" starts Monica but I talk before she finishes. "Sorry, it would be fun but our teams are already full and let's be honest, half of you guys play baseball so us playing with you without any equipment would be very unsafe. We would be willing to share the ball's, bats, and few old gloves with you though." I say.
"Oh that's too bad", he says while looking me dead in the eye. "I was looking forward to it, maybe another day then." Then he tosses me the ball and starts walking away.
As we start walking away Monica leans towards me and says, "What's wrong Emily? You seem off today and normally you wouldn't care about safety, you would have normally let them play."
"I know, you're right. I don't know what's wrong with me, but I think it has something to do with the new boy. I don't know why, I think it has something to do with he is new and I don't understand what he is like yet. He gives me a really weird feeling that I've never had before and I'm not sure I like it." I tell her.
"Ok then," Monica says, "I know you are good at reading people and their intentions so I won't ask any more questions."
"Thanks" I say and I am thankful really, but our conversation makes me think. She is right I'm acting weird, and I was kind of rude. I'm not normally like this and I don't like it. I don't know about the new boy and I don't like it. Something is up and I want to figure it out, but at the same time I think I'm going to try and stay away from him for some time, at least until I can gauge the situation better."
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We went back to playing Baseball and I forgot about it for the time period, but later that night I can't stop thinking about him. I try my best to get him out of my mind as I start preparing for tomorrow. Since tomorrow is a Friday I will sleep over at Lizzie's house with some friends so I try to focus on that, but it doesn't work well. Even as I try to go to sleep I can't get his face out of my mind, his eyes watch me as the outside world slowly becomes as dark as the secrets swirling inside of them.