half_empty

After a near death experience thanks to his own mother, Jake Hollander has an adverse reaction to people, baseball, and family. His feeling of abandonment is slowly lost thanks to his foster family, The Atkins. They take him in and change his mind about everything. He becomes more open, better at baseball, and craves for family. Slowly all wishes are granted. 

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**Names, faces, and places aren’t real. A work of fiction. Nonetheless, it is my work of fiction so please don’t post it without permission. *I have used school names that do exist though, but I would like everyone to know that I have no affiliation with them. Nor do my views reflect their views. 

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The Hitting Zone

"You don't look so good." Kaylee told me in the morning as we sat down for class.

"He's just tired." Noah patted my shoulder, trying to comfort me.

Kaylee smirked and raised an eyebrow. "Has nothing to do with Dave striking him out?"

I rested my forehead on my desk. This wasn't the first time I would hear of it and it certainly wouldn't be the last. Dave got me good yesterday at the end of practice. Too bad I had to hear about it all night and even this morning at breakfast, and now even at school.

"Don't worry, from what I heard, Marie said that Kyle claimed that Dave cheated." Kaylee said.

"Well...not in the normal sense." Noah shrugged. "Technically it was completely fair. But also...not...because it's Jake."

Kaylee laughed. "How vague. Tell me exactly what happened."

I closed my eyes and sighed, recalling late yesterday afternoon. "Dave was last up..."

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