Saturday morning came and brought the expected results . I wasn't as stiff as a board and I even felt rejuvenated . At breakfast Noah and Zeke told their parents what we had plan . I would spend the morning watching videos and tutorial clips they would pull up on their smart-tv in the living room . Then after lunch we would practice in real life at the park . Their parents didn't have any disagreements, especially considering they had houses to show for potential clients and would be gone until dinner .
Their only concern was the twins . "Idle hands are the devils workshop . " Mrs . Atkins worried .
I tilted my head in confusion .
"It's from the Bible . " Noah told me . "It basically means one who is not occupied, is likely to do evil things and get into trouble . "
I nodded . After one week in this house, I'd believe it . The twins reminded me of the cartoon of the Tasmania Devil . Always destroying what was in front of them and causing havoc .
"I'll text Garret to invite them over for pitching practice . " Zeke replied .
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"Will you? That would be great . " She gave him two thumbs up . Noah laughed at his mom as she looked dorky . Even I stifled a laugh . She looked at us . "And you two troublemakers, be good for Zeke . I don't want a replay of last weekend . "
Noah rolled his eyes . "Don't worry mom . We won't go to the cages until tomorrow . "
She put a hand to her head, exasperated . "That's supposed to make me feel better?"
"Zeke will be with them tomorrow, honey . " Mr . Atkins tried to soothe her . "Plus I heard Dave is paying for Noah and Jake, which means extra supervision . "
She squinted at him . "Why is Dave paying for them? He wouldn't do something like that . "
"He lost a bet with Noah and Jake during the ice bath . " He told her .
Her eyes immediately swung back to us . "Another bet? Noah, this is getting out of hand . I'm seriously concern that you might have a gambling problem . "
Noah shrugged . "It's only a problem if you're losing . "
I burst out laughing . What a typical reply from Noah, the gambling addict .
Noah started to laugh with me . "Sorry mom . That was too funny . I'll cool it on the gambling, I swear . "
Mrs . Atkins looked at us laughing . "Well, I'll let it slide for now . " Her and Mr . Atkins said their goodbyes and left in their respective cars .
Noah wiggles his eyebrows . "I didn't say anything about hustling though . "
I shook my head at the thought . What a scam artist . A con man . Nah, gambler still fits best . He's taking another gamble, that his mom won't kill him when she finds out that he lied .
"If you're done eating breakfast, dump your dishes in the sink and move to the living room . " Zeke stood up . "I'm going to wake the twins and send them to Garret's . "
We went our separate ways . Zeke up the stairs to deal with the twins . And we did what we were told, dumping the dirty dishes in the sink and going to the living room .
Noah turned on the tv as we slouched on the couch, getting comfy . He grabbed an IPad and started to pull up tutorials on YouTube . "We'll start with the basic of the basics . Positioning . Where should you stand and why . " We started to watch the video that may have been for elementary school kids .
There was a lot to take in . Depending what kind of batter was up to bat, who was on base and where, I would have many options that I could take . I don't know if I'll be able to keep it all straight .
"Why aren't you taking notes?" Zeke frowned when he walked in half an hour later . "There's no way you'll be able to simply memorize every possibility . "
Now he tells me . I looked at Noah, wondering why he didn't say anything . He looked at me sheepishly . "I didn't even think about taking notes . This is mostly common sense to me at this point . "
Of course . Since he's played for years . I ran up to our room and grabbed one of my school notebooks with a pencil .
When I came back to the living room, Zeke had commandeered the iPad from Noah . He was creating a playlist of videos I needed to watch and study .
I looked at the total time as it started to add up to over an hour . Then two . Then three . Zeke was ruthless .
He glanced at me . "Make sure you pay careful attention . I'll quiz you at the park this afternoon . Every wrong answer will equal a lap . "
Correction . Zeke was merciless .
Chapter end
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