I laid on the ground, my foot resting over home plate, as the dust settled, a silence over the whole crowd when suddenly the umpire yelled loudly "Safe!" making the symbol with his arms. I stared at him in disbelief, and the next thing I know my teammates pulled me to my feet, hugging me and jumping up and down. It took a while before anything could sink in, all I heard was cheers and people were hugging me from all over. It wasn't until, I felt 2 arms grab me from behind, spinning me in their arms, til I came face to face with Jeff Winger. His hands grasping my chin, forcing my eyes to look into his, when he spoke "Hope…you did it!" I stared at him blankly, watching his smile grow across his lips when he yelled "You won the game!" his hands moving to my shoulders as he shook me gently. I slowly came out of trance as I pulled Jeff's body to mine, wrapping my arms around his muscular body.

The hug broke, as I looked into his eyes, I couldn't help the blush that colored my skin, as Jeff's smile grew across his lips. I watched as he leaned closer, our lips just about to meet, when Coach's gruff voice floated through the air. Coach stood before us, as he handed Jeff a piece of paper, "Here ya go…You earned it son!" he smiled wide, patting Jeff on the shoulder before going back to the celebration. I watched as Jeff began opening the folded paper, I heard Sammy squeal loudly as she ran to me, I picked her up into my arms, as the rest of my friends followed. I smiled as Sammy hugged me tight, yelling "we won! We won!" Annie was the first to speak when she asked "What is it Jeff?" I looked back over to Jeff who simply looked at the paper in his hands, looking up to us he spoke "He gave me full credit for the semester".

THE END