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The Hitting Zone Chapter 223
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Chapter 223
To say the team was happy for Zeke was an understatement . Everyone congratulated him and asked him for more details like if he thought this would be 'the one' . Zeke was plain as always . "My parents and I agreed that I would use up all five of my official college visits given . Since we have a long weekend, I thought a nearby college would be a good place to start . Stanford fills certain criteria of mine for now so it doesn't hurt to give it a chance . " Of course, that made his parents beam with pride . "So you're all going for the whole weekend?" Garret asked between bites of his pizza . Dave nodded, still reigning in the excitement . "We won't get to stay in the dorms or practice with the team like Zeke, but we still get to go on the tour of the school, watch him practice, and sightsee . " "The real question is . . . will you bring your gear too?" Sean leaned in . "Just in case they let you practice too?" "That's not allowed . . is it . . ?" Noah asked Zeke . All eyes went to him . Zeke looked around to see his brothers eyes all trained on him . I guess practicing with a college team would be a big deal . "Bring your gloves . Just in case . You never know . " He turned his back to us to talk to coach . His words got his brothers going though . The three of them got into a heated discussion on what to bring . Zeke's words of 'you never know' seemed to imply that they really might have a chance to play a little so maybe it would be best to just bring everything . Kyle said cleats and a glove would be enough, but that didn't sit well with Noah . Noah was team everything since he wasn't a pitcher like the twins . A glove and cleats wouldn't be enough . He would want his bat and batting gloves, which means he might as well pack a helmet too so why not just bring his whole bag . Mr . Atkins settles the argument by saying they could also bring their baseball bags . If we weren't allowed to play with the team, we could just hold our own mini practice at a nearby park or something . The rest of the evening continued to have a lively atmosphere because of the win and from Zeke's college visit . When we got home, I was mentally and physically exhausted and completely ready for bed . However, Mrs . Atkins instructed all of us to pack up and that we would leave after breakfast tomorrow . Noah and I emptied our school backpacks to use as clothes bag for the weekend . I copied whatever he packed from sweats, to baseball pants, to a nice pair of jeans . Noah didn't take long to notice my strange movements . "Why are you copying me?" He let out a laugh . "It's a bit creepy . " I turned red with embarrassment . "I don't know what to pack . " I mumbled . "I've never been on a trip before . " "What are you saying? We went on a further road trip last week . Tomorrow is only about an hour drive . Maybe a little more with traffic . " I shook my head . "Last week it was for a tournament so I only had to pack my uniform and pajamas . Now, I don't know what to bring . " "You've never been on a weekend vacation before?" He blurted out, but realized what he said almost instantaneously . "Sorry . I should have known . " That's right . I've never been on any kind of vacation before . Not even school field trips . My mom would never let me go anywhere for too long . It never made sense to me how a certain parent could be so neglectful in one aspect, but do controlling and demanding in others . If I had to describe that woman in one word, besides monster, 'selfish' would be it . She was selfish to trap me . Selfish to treat me like dirt . Selfish to only care about herself . "Jake, Jake!" Noah waved his hand in front of my face . "Don't worry about it okay? This trip will be mostly fun . Just think, Zeke will be with the school team for 48 hours . That's two whole days of freedom . " "You know it's not a whole two days, right?" Kyle's voice at the doorway made us both jump . He let out a laugh at our guilty expressions . "We'll still have to see him for part of the day . No doubt, mom and dad will want us at the tour . Maybe watch his full practice with the team and coach . For this weekend, all eyes will be on Zeke . " Noah pursed his lips . "Bummer . " He then squinted at Kyle . "What are you doing here exactly?" Kyle leaned against the doorframe . "Just making sure you kiddos don't forget to pack your toothbrushes and the such . " Noah waved him away . "You and Dave are more troublesome than we are . Go lecture him . " Kyle rolled his eyes and left . Noah told me what to pack as we wrapped up . We spoke about the upcoming visit and what we each expected to happen . Noah declared that Zeke would get an official scholarship offer from the school . After we thought up quite a few different scenarios, we pushed our bags to the door, turn off the lights and went to bed .
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