737 V2 ch209 (2/2)

Noah stopped laughing. ”Whatever. Bye loser.” He walked back to me and pulled me along. ”Let's go.”

I held back a laugh.

We left the field together, and headed for the bleachers. I guess a different game must have ended before ours, because there was now a line going up the bleachers towards where Jeremy was.

”He'll be a minute.” Zeke approached us with Coach and Alisha trailing behind him. ”You guys played well.”

”Someone has definitely improved in the speed department.” Coach looked at Noah. ”Protect those legs of yours. I think you could break the school record for stolen bases if you really tried.” He looked to me. ”And I think you could make a run for the homerun record. Which is held by Zeke here.” He slapped Zeke on the shoulder. ”Watch your back. They're coming for you.”

Zeke smiled. ”I don't mind. Records are meant to be broken. As long as they can win league back-to-back, that'll put them ahead of me.”

Coach looked to me again. ”Tell Jeremy thanks on behalf of the school. I'll be in contact with him over the weekend.”

I stared blankly at him.

He nodded at Alisha. ”Let's go see how the other game is going.” He waved at us. ”See you boys later.” He and Alisha hurried up the hill to the game that was still going on.

”Thanks?” Noah asked. Then his eyes widened. ”Guess the school really is going to get a better weight room!”

Oh. I remember Jeremy mentioning how important it was to a school to have a good weight room. It could really help a team gain some extra muscle.

”They had a good talk. Jeremy knows his stuff.” Zeke told us.

”You know stuff too.” Noah pointed out.

Zeke gave a small shake of his head. ”I don't know anything about donations to a school. There's a lot that goes into it. Like permission from the school board, principal, athletic director and so forth. How fast another building could be built and for what use. Jeremy has almost everything done besides a good start date. He really put a lot of effort into this.”

”Wow.” Noah grinned. ”Guess he wasn't all talk.” He nudged me. ”He's really turning the corner.”

”I think so too.” I nodded. Then looked up at Jeremy still signing autographs and taking selfies with the players. ”Do we just sit here and wait for him?”

”Yea. We will.” Zeke said. ”I've already messaged the twins that they could head home whenever. I'll take Noah home after Jeremy is done. We'll wait with you.”

I smiled at him. ”Thanks.”

We found an open spot on a different bleacher and sat down.

”You got your phone on you, right?” Zeke asked me.

I nodded, then started to search my bag for it. I pulled it out and showed him.

”I was just making sure.” He looked at the broken wood pieces in my bag, just hanging out loosely. ”You didn't throw it away?”

Noah cut in and explained what we were going to do.

Zeke nodded, understanding. ”I'll talk to Dad about what we can do. Especially if you want to make some kind of cubby to hold all of your bats now. I know we can't store them in the garage, but they take up a lot of space in your room, right?”

Noah shrugged. ”It's not bad. Just the bottom part of our closet. I can probably make more space if I clean up my room and get rid of stuff I don't need anymore.”

They started to talk it over. I had no ideas or suggestions so I listened and nodded along.