Just Another Bad Boy

14. Threatened with a baseball bat

When I arrived back at school the parking lot was packed. Everyone had already arrived to watch the game. I knew I should have gotten here earlier.

I made my way to the bleachers so I would find a seat before they were all taken.

This really wasn't my scene but I was here to support Zach. I knew he didn't have many people that would show up to the game to support him. I just hoped that Trevor would show up not just so I could see him but so Zach knew he had more than just me here rooting for him.

"Did I miss anything?" I heard someone ask next to me.

I turned towards the person and smiled.

Trevor.

"You decided to come."

"Yeah Zach threatened to hit me with his baseball bat if I didn't." He shrugged.

"Makes sense." I nodded.

I couldn't help but be happy that I had met both Trevor and Zach. They were two of the best people I knew and I was thankful to have them in my life.

I looked over to see Caitlynn sitting in the front row ready to cheer on her boyfriend.

I frowned, I missed my best friend. I wanted to talk about boys and have sleepovers like we always used to.

"Thank you." Trevor said out of nowhere.

"For what?" I asked confused.

"For coming to the game and being a good friend to Zach."

"Zach's a great guy you're lucky to have him as a friend."

He smiled. "Don't I know it. Zach seemed happy that you agreed to come to his game. I don't always come due to me getting angry and trying to fight people but I know he likes having people in the stands supporting him."

"He told you about me agreeing to come?" I didn't know what I thought he'd tell Trevor but it made me happy to know that me being here meant something to Zach.

"Did you really think Zach could get me to agree to come just by threatening me with a baseball bat?" Trevor raised his eyebrows.

I felt my heart stop.

Trevor what were you doing to me?

The sound of yelling saved me from having to answer Trevor. I turned my attention to the field as the boys ran out onto the field and started the first inning.

"Do you understand baseball?" I asked Trevor.

"Yeah I used to play." Trevor nodded.

He watched the players intensely.

"Why don't you play anymore?" I asked him.

"Why don't you share your singing?" He avoided my question.

I didn't answer that question, I had a feeling he knew I wouldn't. He just turned his head back to the field as one of the players from the other team walked up to the plate.

I didn't really understand baseball, they just kind of ran around.

After a couple pitches the guy at the home base walked to first base.

"Can he even do that?" I asked Trevor.

He just got to walk to the base, that definitely seemed like it was against the rules.

"The pitcher walked him, I don't know why he would, the guy isn't even that good. They could have easily got him out." Trevor ranted.

He seemed so invested in the game. That only made me wonder more why he wasn't out on the field.

Trevor continued to get angry at all the players for the rest of the game. He just complained about all the mistakes they were making.

Our team ended up winning, Trevor said we got lucky the other team was even worse than we were. He seemed to complain about everyone except Zach. Whenever Zach was at bat or on the field he seemed to just cheer him on but anyone else he just complained.

I could tell he loved the game and missed being out on that field.

"I'm going to go and wait for Zach to come out." I told Trevor.

"Ok, Zach and I usually get pizza after he wins, want to join?" Trevor asked.

"Sure." I nodded.

Trevor followed me to the field and we both waited for Zach to be done.

"You guys came." Zach smiled as he ran up to us.

"I wouldn't miss it." I told him.

"Are we getting pizza?" Zach asked turning his head to look at Trevor.

"You know it."

Zach just nodded and ran off to grab his stuff before we all left.

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We all drove separately to the pizza place. It was the same pizza place I had went to with Zach that first time we hung out. Yeah it went horribly but I wouldn't change anything. I loved having both Zach and Trevor in my life.

I had never really had close guy friends before, I had boyfriends but it wasn't the same.

We all sat down at one of the tables and started to try and decide what to order.

"Ella you want cheese?" Zach asked me.

I couldn't help but smile.

"You remembered."

Zach just shrugged.

"Is the y'alls favorite pizza place or something? I went with Zach twice and I saw Trevor here that first time." I asked.

Zach gave Trevor a look when I said that but Trevor quickly glared at him.

"The pizza is good what's not to like?" Trevor answered.

"Yeah and after that win I'm going to need a whole pie." Zach laughed.

"Yeah after you got lucky since the rest of your team is shit." Trevor shot back.

"I'm sorry Ella, I should have warned you how crazy this guy is." Zach shook his head.

"He didn't bother me." I said truthfully.

"Well that's a first." Zach looked surprised.

"Shut up." Trevor shoved him.

"Well I'm just being honest, you can get kinda intense when it comes to baseball."

"Did you two used to play together?" I asked.

I was super curious about Trevor and why he stopped playing.

"Never on a real team, but Trevor helped me and taught me everything I know. Without him I wouldn't even be on the team."

"Let alone the best player." Trevor butted in.

"Yeah right." Zach rolled his eyes.

"Just because Tyler thinks he's the star doesn't mean he's actually the best. He makes stupid plays which you never do." Trevor argued.

I loved seeing them together. I could see how much Trevor cared about Zach and vise versa. Watching them made me miss my own best friend.

A/n:

I almost finished the final chapter by chapter outline for this story and it ended up being like twice the length of what I had first anticipated this book was going to be. I'm still working out some details on the ending and such but I am really excited about where this story is going and I have been super inspired and writing for this book much more often.

I hope that you enjoyed this chapter and are excited to see where this story is going to go.

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-cora Leigh