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Chapter Thirteen
A week later, all the kids were at Jack’s baseball game. His team made the playoffs and had to win to go to the championships. With all of the Dream Fighters there together, they felt the urge to talk about their training, which had started the night before. There were going to learn so many things at the academy. They found out quickly how difficult of a teacher Danny could be. He didn't stand for anything.
Jillian and Braden sat next to each other on the bleachers. Haley stood by the fence. They sat on the first base side, where Jack’s team’s bench was. Jack stepped up to the plate.
The pitcher fired the first pitch. It came in high and the umpire called it a ball. The third base coach shouted encouragement to Jack. They had a man on third in the bottom of the last inning. With the game tied and two outs, it was all up to Jack. He'd been in that situation before, in the last game, and hit a fly ball to the outfield that the fielder somehow ran down and caught. He told himself it wouldn't happen that way again.
“I wish there was an ice cream truck here,” Jillian said. “I could really go for some right now.” “Ice cream,” Gabby said.
Usually, there was an ice cream truck at the park. For some reason, they didn't see one this time. Of all the bad luck, Jillian thought.
The pitcher threw the next pitch and Jack swung. He fouled the ball toward the bleachers. Haley jumped, higher than she had ever jumped before, and caught the ball. It wasn’t that high of a jump, but it was more than she would have expected. She really didn't think much about it.
“Nice leap,” Braden said.
In the distance, the kids heard the sound of ice cream truck music. All the kids looked at Jillian and she shrugged.
“I didn’t do anything,” she said. “I think.” But she wondered, did she? Was it a coincidence that the ice cream truck showed up right when she thought about it?
Gabby looked at a man who was talking on his cell phone. He looked back. He stared for a moment, and then went back to talking on his phone.
“Listen Gina, I can’t talk about this right now,” he said into his phone, “There’s a little girl here, and she’s so cute I just have to get her an ice cream cone.”
Haley, Jillian, and Braden looked at each other.
The pitcher threw another pitch and Jack hit it into the ground toward the second baseman. The runner on third hesitated and then started running toward home.
Jack took off toward first, but it looked like he would be out for sure. The second baseman bent down and picked up the ball. He threw it to first.
Right then, Jack’s feet moved faster. He sped toward first base and beat the throw. He was moving faster than Haley had ever seen him run before.
“Oh boy,” the kids all said together.
If they only knew what they would have to face next…
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