Expanded Roster: A Why Choose Sports Romance by Aimee Rivkin

Author:Aimee Rivkin [Rivkin, Aimee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Onsub Press
Published: 2024-01-25T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

Mike

The thing with baseball is that, if you play enough games, you’re bound to lose a few. Jonathan pitches fine. Hell, Jonathan pitches great. The rest of the team…

In the fourth inning, Jonathan induces a ground ball. What should be an easy grab for Cooper at second base, but it rolls right past him into the shallow infield.

A mistake that doesn’t matter that much—except Jonathan’s shoulders go stiff.

I jog out to the mound. Around us, the stands are packed. Rumor has it there are a few front-office executives here. When I get to him, Jonathan’s shoulders haven’t relaxed. Maybe we should talk about pitch selection. I put a casual hand on his hip. “Any exciting plans for the weekend?” I ask.

That gets him to smile. “You know,” he says, “the usual.”

That calm lasts until the sixth inning. A ground ball up the middle that Cooper moves toward lethargically. He doesn’t even do so much as a my bad as the ball rolls past him.

Jonathan takes a step like he’s going to storm off the mound.

I shout Time! to the umpire, then jog out to where Jonathan’s fuming. Our infield is watching us, mostly because they’re nosy. Cooper is not my responsibility; Jonathan is, and scouts should see him in the best light possible.

“I know you have plans for tomorrow,” I say—we both do, another game—“but we could go to the beach Sunday. Maybe see if our mutual friend wants to come with us.”

Jonathan frowns slightly. “Our mutual friend?” After a second, realization dawns. His shoulders drop. “Sure.”

“You good otherwise?”

He floats his hand up and down a few times—a gesture, our gesture, though I don’t remember it feeling like this before, this strange clench behind my sternum. So I do it back, then return to home plate, ready for the rest of the game.

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