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❝ are you falling in LOVE?
i've the feeling YOU ARE ! ❞

moment, vierre cloud.

JAELIN TOLD FINNEY and gwen about robin's situation at lunch. of course, finney was quite bummed that his best friend couldn't make it, but understood that his health came first and would rather he get better.

"you're still coming though, right?" finney asked her, to which she nodded.

"of course, i wouldn't miss it for the world." she smiled widely, finishing the last bite of her sandwich. "how's your bruise holding up?" she asked.

"it's healing quicker than i thought to be honest. gwen's been helping me and stuff." he looked over to his little sister who had a triumph look as the two girls high fived.

jaelin saw finney fiddling with the hem of his shirt. she knew what he was thinking about and put a hand on his shoulder, "don't be nervous finn. we've seen you throw, you'll definitely strike 'em out."

gwen nodded, "yeah! me and aylin will cheer you on."

"if it helps, i've seen bruce play before. he usually swings a little earlier so the ball hits directly when he swings. if you let the ball go at the last second, you can catch him out." jaelin added.

finney took a mental note at her advice and nodded, giving the two girls a grateful smile. he wouldn't be where he was today if it wasn't for his two favourite girls supporting him along the way. he also had donna- but that's a work in progress.

if there was even any progress in the first place.

SOON IT WAS time for the baseball game. gwen and jaelin wished him a good luck before the game and went to go sit at the bleachers behind the fence.

jaelin examined the area: it was filled with family and friends cheering on their respective team/person. by the entrance there was a drinks and food stand which caught her eye.

"hey gwen, i'm gonna go get a drink. want anything?" she asked the younger girl.

gwen thought for a minute, "maybe some popcorn, please. do you need money? i've got some-"

"nah it's on me." she smiled before getting up and going around the bleachers. she dug into her pocket, pulling out some money she always carried around in case of an emergency, or just in general.

she reached the stand, seeing a woman behind the table. "can i have a water and popcorn, please." she asked her.

"yes, that'll be $3." the woman smiled as jaelin gave her the amount in exchange for the two items.

"thank you." jaelin smiled back and went to go back to gwen. the game was starting soon and she didn't want to miss any of it, knowing finney's been talking about it since he first got on the team last year.

on the way there, however, she saw donna leaning against a part of the fence looking out into the field with a coca cola bottle in her hand. jaelin knew finney would be nervous if he saw donna watching him play, especially since he was the bowler, so all the other team's hits depend on him.

"hey dee!" jaelin walked towards the short haired girl. donna turned her head to see jaelin and returned the gesture. the two were close friends since middle school, and no one was allowed to call donna 'dee' other than jaelin.

"oh, hey aylin! how are you?"

she nodded once, "i'm good thanks, what about you? feels like we haven't talked in forever."

"i know right! we need to catch up sometime. also, i heard you beat up vianna in the janitors closet." she grinned.

jaelin grimaced at the memory, remembering the rough fight of all the hair pulling and scratching ect. she chuckled dryly, "yeah, she deserved it."

donna nodded, "should've invited me. i wanted to get my fair share of putting her in her place."

jaelin raised her brows, "the donna wanting to beat the shit outta someone? never thought i'd see the day." she laughed.

donna rolled her eyes playfully, "you know all that fighting stuff isn't my forte, aylin. she's just annoying, you know that." she looked to field.

jaelin followed her gaze towards the field, seeing who she was looking at. a soft smile appeared when jaelin realised she was looking at a certain dirty blond doing practise runs.

"are you sure it's just because she's annoying?" jaelin grinned, gaining donna's attention back.

her eyes widened slightly before nodding, "yeah..why wouldn't it be?"

jaelin gave her a knowing-full look before shrugging and patting her shoulder, "enjoy the game, dee."

donna didn't reply, but instead was left flustered and took a sip of her drink. jaelin chuckled before returning back to gwen and sitting down beside her, giving her the popcorn.

"what took you so long?" gwen asked.

jaelin grinned and pointed towards where donna was, chatting to one of her friends. "i was taking to donna, she's here." she told her.

gwen gave her a confused look before looking over to donna who was staring out the pitch again. she followed her gaze until it landed on her brother.

she smiled widely whilst putting two and two together, "i know that stare."

"hm?" jaelin hummed in confusion, going to take a sip of her water.

"it's the same stare you and robin give each other."

jaelin almost choked on her water, looking away from gwen as she let out a few coughs. gwen patted her back in an attempt to help her with a smirk.

after jaelin recovered, she looked towards the pitch, "oh look, the games starting." she said, avoiding gwen's eyes.

gwen playfully shook her head before averting her attention to finney's team who were batting first.

THE SCORES WERE almost tied up. finney's team were fielding whilst the other team were batting. there was one final person left to bat: bruce yamada.

finney remembered what jaelin told him earlier at lunch. adding that advice, he was able to get almost half the other team's out after three strikes. safe to say, everyone was tense. if he was able to get this, then his team would win.

"come on, finn!"

"come on, finney, you got this!"

the school team, along with gwen, jaelin and others cheered for the dirty blond. they watched him plant his feet at the plate, ready to throw the ball and hopefully catch bruce out.

"play ball!" the umpire announced it was time for finney to start. they all watched in anticipation as finney threw the ball.

it landed straight onto the back stops' gloves, missing bruce's swing. everyone supporting the school team cheered; finney brightened at all the cheers and support from the bleachers, especially from gwen and jaelin.

"strike!" the umpire declared.

"yes finney, nice finney!" gwen exclaimed.

jaelin clapped, "lets go finn, two more strikes!"

finney retrieved the ball and got in his previous position. he then lifted his right leg again and threw the ball exactly like last time. again, bruce missed the ball.

"strike two!"

the crowd cheered again as finney returned to his position to throw the final ball. he was elated, but made sure to keep his focus. bruce however, had a melancholy expression.

jaelin watched as finney did the exact same thing: catch the ball, go back to the plate and plant his feet down on the ground.

however, she saw him glance at a particular short haired girl who gave him a smile back. jaelin face palmed, well shit.

bruce now had a determined look on his face, swinging his bat in little circles just by his left shoulder. finney's focused was disrupted without him knowing.

finney threw the ball, but this time, bruce was able to hit the ball. everyone watched it soar through the air as one of the fielders ran to catch it, hopping onto the fence to do so.

unfortunately, it was way beyond reach. bruce threw his bat on the floor with a prep in his step as his team and a few others cheered for him.

"oh no.." gwen and jaelin spoke at the same time.

the opposing team and most of the people sighed in disappointment. bruce was able to get a home run, making them win the season game. everyone chanted his name as a broad smile was on his face.

jaelin saw bruce tip his hat to finney before finishing off the home run. although he almost had him, he was glad bruce was the one to win for his team.

୧ ׅ𖥔 ۫ iloveblondead speaks ! ⋄ 𓍯

fun fact, donna wanted to beat
up vianna purely because she
would always bother finney in
math <33

anyway aaah the movie plot & my
main plot is starting omg i'm
scared & excited. i hope u guys
don't hate me after this book
ahhahaha :')

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