Home Run to My Heart [The Sandlot 1993 Fanfic]

Ch. 6 The Market

" I'll get it for you, Scotty." Katherine walks toward the shelf. She tip-toed, but her fingertips barely touch it.

Footsteps approached the Smalls siblings.

" Let me get that for you." A masculine voice speaks, grabbing Katherine and Scotty's attention.

Katherine felt a body against hers, and her green eyes blinked when she saw a hand grab the cereal. She turned around and saw a twelve-year-old male with blonde hair and blue eyes wearing a Tiger baseball team jersey.

" Thank you." Katherine stared at the boy.

The boy looked at Katherine and smiled. " Here you go." He holds the cereal to her.

Scotty noticed Katherine staring at the boy, causing him to shake his head, and he took it. " Thank you, Kind Sir!" He smiled.

The boy looked at Scotty and nodded. " You welcome. You know. I haven't seen you two before." He looks at Katherine from head to toe.

" We moved to town today. My name is Katherine Smalls. He's my kid brother, Scotty Smalls." Katherine introduced herself.

" Cool. I'm Ryan Phillps. But, many call me Phillips" The boy introduced himself.

" Nice to meet you." Katherine nodded.

" Yeah." Phillips nodded.

" Well. Scotty and I, um, got to get going." Katherine shyly stared at the grocery cart. " Our parents are expecting us." She glanced at Phillips. " Thanks for the cereal." She points at the cereal in Scotty's grasp.

" Hope to see you around town. You know if you need a tour guide. Don't be shy to call me." Phillips pulls out a pen and then a baseball from his jersey pocket.

Katherine's green eyes blinked when she saw Phillips write something on the Baseball and hand it to her. She took the ball and saw that he had written his phone number and house address on it.

" That is sweet of you. And I'll think about it." Katherine softly smiled while taking the Baseball from Phillips' grasp.

Scotty looked at Katherine and Phillips with a gross expression. ' I think I am going to be sick.' He internally speaks. He looked at his surroundings and smiled when he spotted Benny about to enter the cereal aisle.

" Hey, Benny! We're here!" Scotty shouts, grabbing Benny's attention.

Benny turns his gaze, and his chocolate brown eyes blink when he sees Phillips with Katherine and Scotty. He looked at them with mixed emotions.

" Hey, Smalls. Kitty." Benny approached the trio.

Katherine turns her gaze to Benny and smiles at him.

" Hey, Benny. You finish your grocery?" Katherine asked.

Phillips turns his gaze and sees Benny.

" Phillips." Benny firmly greeted while having his cart stand between Katherine and Phillips.

" Rodriguez." Phillips' blue eyes intently stared at Benny's chocolate brown eyes.

" And to answer your question. Yes, I finish my grocery." Benny smiled at Katherine.

" You know him?" Phillips asked while looking at Katherine.

" Yes." Katherine nodded.

" He's our neighbor." Scotty finished the sentence.

" Yeah. I'm their neighbor. I was about to take them to the cashier since it's getting late, and we need to get going." Benny speaks.

Phillips wanted to say something, but he kept it to himself. His blue eyes blink when he hears his name. He knew the voice was one of his teammates.

" I should get going as well. It was nice meeting you, Katherine." Phillips looks at Katherine and smiles at her.

" It was nice meeting you too." Katherine softly smiled and waved goodbye.

Phillips waved goodbye and glanced at Benny, causing the two males to glare at each other.

Phillips looked away, put his hands in his pant pockets, and walked away from the trio.

" It was nice meeting you too." Benny mouth out. He shakes his head and turns around to look at the Smalls siblings.

" Shall we?" Benny points to the cashier.

" We shall!" Katherine nodded.

Scotty nodded. He watched Katherine and Benny walk towards the cashier. He hummed, looking at the two older kids with an amused expression.

' Benny was so jealous of that guy.' Scotty internally speaks. " Hey! Wait up!" He shouts and begins to run after the two older kids.