Jinxed! (2012)
“worked for a very long time after the game. I didn’t want to leave until Dylan did. I didn’t want to look like a lollygagging dillydallier.
I rounded up the wet towels, put the equipment away, and swept up sunflower seed shells in the dugout. After a while, I couldn’t think of anything else to do. I got dressed to go home. By that time, the players were already gone. Dylan came in just before I left.
“Thanks again for going to the visitors’ dugout,” I said.
“It was nothing,” he said.
“It was so...mething,” I said.
“Don’t worry about it.” He got dressed fast and headed out. I was really sure he was mad at me.
I started to bike home, thought of something, turned around, and caught up with Dylan. I beeped my bike horn at him, and he turned around.
“What now?”
“I’m sorry about what happened at school. If that’s what’s bothering you, I’m sorry.”
“What happened at school?”
“I wanted to brag about being a batboy, but you got to go first. I interrupted you.”MoreLess
I rounded up the wet towels, put the equipment away, and swept up sunflower seed shells in the dugout. After a while, I couldn’t think of anything else to do. I got dressed to go home. By that time, the players were already gone. Dylan came in just before I left.
“Thanks again for going to the visitors’ dugout,” I said.
“It was nothing,” he said.
“It was so...mething,” I said.
“Don’t worry about it.” He got dressed fast and headed out. I was really sure he was mad at me.
I started to bike home, thought of something, turned around, and caught up with Dylan. I beeped my bike horn at him, and he turned around.
“What now?”
“I’m sorry about what happened at school. If that’s what’s bothering you, I’m sorry.”
“What happened at school?”
“I wanted to brag about being a batboy, but you got to go first. I interrupted you.”MoreLess
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