726 V2 ch198 (1/2)
Noah looked to Kaylee. ”Become a power hitter.”
Before Kaylee said anything, Marie scoffed. ”With her small frame? I don't think it's possible.”
Noah frowned. ”Jake has a small frame, even shorter than her. Nothing is impossible.”
Kaylee looked to Noah. ”Thanks. I appreciate it.”
The conversation had successfully shifted away from Kyle, making him relieved. But I could tell Zeke wasn't fooled. His eyes had narrowed at Kyle and only shifted to Marie out of politeness. He had definitely noticed something weird among us.
Feeling like the weakest link, I kept my eyes and focus on my food. When lunch came to an end, I was worried that Zeke might pull me aside, but nothing happened. He packed up the stuff that had to go home with him and left.
The rest of us went down to the fields. Kaylee and Marie split off first. Surprisingly Kyle didn't spend a few extra minutes with Marie and chose to come to the field with us.
”What do you get to do during the scrimmages?” I heard Noah ask Alisha. Me and the twins turned to her to see what she would say.
She grinned. ”Wouldn't you like to know?”
”Ah! Come on!” Noah said, getting closer.
She blushed before shrugging. ”All I do is take notes for Coach Wilcox. Nothing special. Occasionally he'll tell me what to look for when watching a game, but it's not like I understand everything.”
”Have you taken any notes on us?” Dave asked.
She glanced at Kyle. ”Just Kyle. Quite a few notes on Kyle. Especially this morning's lap times.”
Kyle frowned. ”That's not anything relevant to my pitching.”
Alisha laughed. ”Not all notes I take are relevant to baseball. Sometimes Coach just has me write random numbers and letters, or phrases.”
”Phrases? Like what?” Noah asked, curious.
She shrugged again. ”Nothing really stands out. Plus, I don't know if Coach wants to keep this a secret from you guys or not. I just rather not say.”
We reached the field and found six posters tied to the fence. Names of players and coaches filled them, hinting that these would be the teams for the afternoon. Noah immediately went over, leaving the rest of us behind.
Dave put his bag down and sat beside it. ”He'll probably find out what team we're on and tell us what field to go to.”
Kyle sat down with him.
I looked at the crowd of players trying to see their names on the posters, then chose to sit down too.
”Guess I'll go over to Coach.” Alisha said. She waved. ”See ya guys.”
”Yep.”
”Yea.”
”Bye.” I lifted my hand.
Noah came back with a small frown.
”What's up?” Dave asked, looking up at him.
Noah pouted. ”You three are on the same team.”
”The freshmen field.” Noah smirked. ”At least I get to play on the varsity field.”
Dave leaned against his bag, not impressed or even slightly happy. ”Lame. Stuck on the freshman field with a small dugout and even smaller bullpen. The injustice.”
”You've got Jake on your team.” Noah pointed out.
Dave sighed. ”That doesn't mean much when we don't get to pitch.” He looked to Kyle. ”We can workout in the bullpen together. I'll catch your pitches if you catch mine?”
Kyle nodded. ”Yea, sounds good.”