The Diamond Girls

Chapter Two

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Chapter 2

Hallie’s POV

As we pulled into the parking lot of our school’s athletic complex on the next day of tryouts, I craned my head in every direction looking for Casey. I was silently hoping for another almost-accident. Once I’d gotten home the night before, I’d waited promptly an hour and a half to text her, as though to not be pushy.

There was no sign of her yet, and I could feel myself sink in my seat. A wave of disappointment washed over me. Why was this making me feel so different? Todd had come over that night, and I lied to him about who I was texting. He still didn’t get suspicious. I didn’t do anything wrong, but I still felt guilty.

We pulled into our usual spot a little early, so we waited in the car for tryouts to start.

“Looking for your girlfriend?” Lindsey teased.

I rolled my eyes. “No, I was looking for Kim. She’s usually here by now.”

“Yeah, that’s weird. I hope she’s okay.” she said, looking around for her.

Though I was using Kim’s absence as an excuse to look for Casey, I was worried about her. She usually walked right to the field and changed in the locker room when she got there. When she was dressed, she would sit in her same usual spot behind the dugout with her headphones in. I hope nothing bad happened with Asher. He was certainly intimidating, and I’d never trusted him.

Just as I was about to grab my cell and call her, Kim appeared and was walking toward her normal spot. I let out a sigh of relief and waved to her. She smiled weakly and motioned for us to join her. Lindsey and I got out of the car and took up on her offer.

“You two are pretty early today.” Kim pointed out.

“Yeah, Hallie actually took a normal amount of time getting ready today.” Lindsey joked.

It was true, I had kind of rushed getting over here today. I was hoping to see Casey, so I wanted to be early. We’d texted all night the night before. I smiled a lot at my phone. Todd thought it was because he said something funny, but it was usually something Casey had said.

A few minutes later, Casey pulled into the complex. My stomach flipped, and I got up to go and greet her.

“Hey.” I said with a smile on my face.

“Hi there.” she said, returning the smile.

“Ready for day two of tryouts?”

“I think I have some competition.” she said quietly, biting her lip.

Our short stop last year was a senior, so she had graduated. I was starting to think that this year, they would pull up a sophomore to play there, but I hadn’t seen anyone nearly as talented as Casey.

“Competition?” I asked. “You’re better than anyone one else who’s a short stop.”

“Really?” she said, brightening up a bit.

“Definitely.” I said.

She smiled and hauled her bag out of the trunk of her car. I watched her struggle to lift the heavy bag, a look of discomfort on her face. Laughing, I remembered that we don’t get our lockers until tryouts are over at the end of the week.