Old Bones: a Collection of Short Stories
“In this story presented in 7 parts, love helps win a high school baseball game in the BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH.
Now MY NAME IS Tyler Lake. I’m a junior at Ridgewood High School. Today is the first Thursday in June and the last day of school. It is also the last regulation Varsity baseball game of the season.
It’s the bottom of the seventh inning, the last chance my team has of scoring two runs and winning this game.
Coach Walker is reminding us of that as I peek into the bleachers behind our d...ugout. The pretty blonde-haired girl, Julie Sommers, sits in the third row. The evening sun seems to spark her hair and I see a halo of white around her from the dress she wears. I avoid making eye contact.
“Do you really see her?” my friend Derek Hampton says next to me in the dugout as I twist and crane my head to get a better look at her.
“I do,” I tell him, thankful he isn’t questioning my sanity.
I look away and try to focus on the game.
Coach Walker’s pep talk is over and Danny Richards now watches the coach give him signals from the third base coach’s box.MoreLess
Now MY NAME IS Tyler Lake. I’m a junior at Ridgewood High School. Today is the first Thursday in June and the last day of school. It is also the last regulation Varsity baseball game of the season.
It’s the bottom of the seventh inning, the last chance my team has of scoring two runs and winning this game.
Coach Walker is reminding us of that as I peek into the bleachers behind our d...ugout. The pretty blonde-haired girl, Julie Sommers, sits in the third row. The evening sun seems to spark her hair and I see a halo of white around her from the dress she wears. I avoid making eye contact.
“Do you really see her?” my friend Derek Hampton says next to me in the dugout as I twist and crane my head to get a better look at her.
“I do,” I tell him, thankful he isn’t questioning my sanity.
I look away and try to focus on the game.
Coach Walker’s pep talk is over and Danny Richards now watches the coach give him signals from the third base coach’s box.MoreLess
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