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Lionel “MONEY” Messi

In today’s newsletter:

Lionel “MONEY“ Messi: Messi is bringing in a whole lot of dough.

Kick vs Twitch: Kick might just leave Twitch in the dust

Nvidia excelling expectations

Goldman Sachs bullish on AI and a whole lotta more….

In just over a month since joining Inter Miami, Lionel Messi has not only met but exceeded towering expectations. His impact on the team, Major League Soccer, and associated brands has been truly remarkable.

In a mere seven games, Messi netted his tenth goal, propelling Inter Miami to victory in the Leagues Cup tournament via penalties. This achievement adds a 44th trophy to his name, securing his status as the most decorated soccer player in history.

Let’s talk about the dough that he’s bringing in for himself and affiliates:

Subscriptions to the MLS Season Pass on Apple TV+ have more than doubled since Messi’s arrival.In a recent earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook said he “could not be happier with how the partnership is going.”

Messi’s signature pink Inter Miami jersey dominated sports sales charts last month, an Adidas spokesperson revealed, with unprecedented demand in Miami.

Messi’s presence has turned stadiums into packed arenas nationwide, sending ticket prices soaring by over 1,700% on resale platforms. An otherwise modestly attended game, like Philadelphia vs. Inter Miami, saw tickets reaching astounding prices, from $241 to an astonishing $16,200.

Inter Miami’s Instagram followers surged past 14 million, eclipsing the counts of NFL, NHL, and MLB teams.

Inter Miami owner expects Messi’s signing to double revenue and franchise value over the next year.

The intriguing twist lies in the fact that the primary beneficiary of Messi’s excellence is Messi himself. His distinctive contract with Inter Miami grants him a share in the revenue he generates for Adidas and Apple.

Messi knows two things for sure how to play football and how to put asses in seats.

If you’re into watching your favourite streamer, Twitch is probably your go-to. But is that about to change? Rival platform Kick has made waves by luring in major Twitch stars and enticing smaller streamers with the prospect of higher earnings.

Here are a few compelling reasons why Kick stands out as the superior choice:

Kick offers a subscription revenue split of 95–5, whereas Twitch provides a 50–50 split.

On Kick, 100% of tips, referred to as ‘Kicks,’ go directly to streamers. Earnings can be withdrawn on the same day, eliminating the need to wait for a monthly payout. These earnings are determined by hours watched and total viewers, not solely on a monthly subscriber count.

Kick has been able to secure your favourite streamers such as Adin Ross, Amouranth, XQC and more.

Kick has set a new precedent by offering XQC an unprecedented $100 million for a two-year non-exclusive deal, making it the most lucrative deal in streaming history.

Let’s dive into the details, it’s worth noting that Kick is under the ownership of Stake. Through this ownership, viewers are seamlessly ushered into the captivating world of gambling that Stake has to offer.

Within just two months of its launch, Kick has already featured several Stake-sponsored streams. Prominent personalities like Drake, Roshtein, and Trainwreck have each hosted at least one stream on this new platform.

Kick’s survival is uncertain, but there’s consensus on Twitch needing policy fixes. On Kick, the added bonus is catching Drake’s “Jeez Louise” moments.

SNIPPETS

Nvidia is excelling, surpassing all expectations. In Q2, Nvidia reported a revenue of $13.51 billion, an impressive 88% increase from the previous quarter and a remarkable 101% surge year-over-year. Following the news, shares surged by 8.5%, propelling the stock above $500 per share.

India to build it’s own browser around Crypto: Get ready for some tech magic! The Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is crafting a native web browser with a twist! They’re introducing a crypto token sign feature, allowing users to digitally sign documents seamlessly.

Goldman Sachs is just as bullish on AI as big tech.

India reached the moon economically, with a reported $75 million budget, cheaper than a Warner Bros movie. This achievement also marked it as the first country to land on the moon’s dark side.

Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, and Barbenhiemer form a trifecta poised to contribute $8.5 billion to the US economy.

COOL SHIT

The podcast of the day is “Sam Altman on choosing projects, creating value and finding purpose” on Y Combinators youtube channel.

5 tips for becoming a top competitor from Tom Brady and Michael Phelps’ coach.

Caffeine improves attention, but not complex thinking, after sleep deprivation.

Why people like Japanese candy that tastes like nothing.

In this game you are the operating system. Can you keep up?

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[ilikekidsshows]

So apparently there's this post floating around twitter about an interview with the writers of MLB and they said "Sentibeing is common in miraculous universe and currently there's more than three Sentibeing being active" what do you think about it?

I think this makes senses considering the Peacock miraculous nature, we don't know how much holder Duusu has before Gabriel found her anyway. Allso while this doesn't confirm anything about Adrien being sentimonster, people just jump into the whole "all rich kids must be Sentibeing" but me think Majestia is the Sentimonster.

Sounds like that interview is just making thing more complicated if it has any weight to it, and that it's a big if. Let's, for a moment, consider the possibility of actual multiple Sentimonsters, human or otherwise.

I think, if you're going to establish a slave race in your fictional universe and focus on them, you're going to need to at least suggest the possibility of a liberation movement for them, or that piece of media is going to have some very harsh unfortunate implications. If Sentimonsters are "common", that makes them a fundamentally oppressed group in the Miraculous universe because, as I have stated repeatedly, they are all under an unbreakable magical slavery bond. They'd be living under constant paranoia of someone taking their Amok and forcing them to do their bidding, or of someone just picking it up without knowing what it is and causing them to lose all sense of self. Although that is only if they were created with enough self-awareness to be capable of that existential dread. Not everyone would use the power to make a 100% loyal slave to make a person, because that's messy (how do you explain a person popping into existence) and gross (most people are uncomfortable with slavery).

Frankly, I think the less focus the people behind the show place on Sentimonsters, the better. We've already seen repeatedly from tweets and interviews that they are incapable of addressing the Sentimonsters' slavery, most likely because they don't intend the Sentimonsters to be read as slaves and are therefore just ignoring that part of it. The only clean solution here that doesn't require the crew to completely change their angle on Sentimonsters (which is: they can be totally normal people or animals with no drawbacks that the writers admit to) is to not focus on any Sentihumans and ignore the ethical implications of a magical artefact creating beings that can only be slaves. Double down on the Sentimonsters being automatons. Feast and Sentibug's sense of self is questionable because they had no purely personal goals. Just confirm they could act independently but with no independent intent and the story doesn't need to go full-blown Sentimonster Liberation Front to justify itself.

I'm just going to be upfront here; the whole: "Every bad parent got their kid through unconventional means and all the good and loving families are conventional families" expansion pack of the Sentimonster theory makes it really hard for me to believe the theory stans when they claim that the theory and it being canon wouldn't be spiteful towards adoptive and other families that aren't strictly nuclear families with two parents and their shared biological children. Like, yes, you can say Sentiadrien alone isn't necessarily saying only adoptive families are abusive, since Chloé and Kagami got brought up the way they did but, if they're Sentimonsters too, then the show has a consistent pattern of pointing at abusive parents and saying: "They're not conventional parents so they're abusive because of that," because their only contrast will be loving and kind biological parents. I actually hate the Sentikid Expansion Pack Theory even more than the Sentiadrien Theory because of this. It's rooted in typical paranoia about adoptive parents and foster parents.

Having Sentiadrien happen and giving him peers would mean that the show would need to ascertain their future agency to the audience in some way, or this cartoon will be giving one of its main leads existential dread for the rest of his existence. And like, a story can do that, sure, but Miraculous' story doing that sounds out of place to me at least. Season five would have to get really dark really fast for that one thing not to cause whiplash.

Although, I do think they're talking about Sentimonsters specifically to incite Sentimonster discourse, because the Sentiadrien theory is the only big theory of this calibre for the show. It's a big deal because, if true, it will make people drop the show, so everyone is tuning in to see if it will happen or not, even people who are not otherwise that interested in the show. This means that any statement or interview that mentions Sentimonsters will get attention. It's pure manipulation of the fanbase. They're going to keep milking it for clicks even when all of this noncanon tweet or interview content offers no actual insight to the show or theory. As I stated earlier, the slavery and lack of agency issues have still not been addressed by anyone related to the show. They are not selling the theory as a possible story path to people who doubt it, they are just encouraging people who already buy into it. The least amount of effort for the most amount of attention.

Basically, the Sentiadrien stans going "Sentikids confirmed" over the interview is the intended reaction. This does make it less likely to happen, though, since the Miraculous writers do hate when the show gets spoiled, so they would not basically lead the fandom to the correct twist by their collective nose. The reason a lot of theory stans are ignoring this implication, however, is that they ignore the implications of the theory happening as well, which has enough bad stuff that I’ve made a bunch of posts about the negative implications. Implications don't matter, because "it just makes sense." It's not about what the twist would mean, it's about there being a twist because, apparently, every story needs one of those big twists now. Every show needs to have a big conspiracy theory that then gets confirmed to be canon because a couple of other shows that got big on tumblr did that too. Gravity Falls, Steven Universe, The Owl House and Miraculous Ladybug all being big on tumblr creates the illusion of the shows being related to each other so it makes it feel like they could be following a pattern.

[spartanxhunterx]

Miraculous comeuppance

A short story based on @isitsusi 's miraculous idea. Honestly couldn't get this out my head and had to write it. But two things first, I haven't watched a lot of MLB and I've changed the prompt a little. (I added Chloe, cause that girl needs redemption)

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In the three years, four months and two weeks of being the - somewhat proud - owner of a miraculous, Marinette had never expected it to come to this. She had never anticipated that she would be able to see the end of her journey, the end of the fight.

The defeat of hawkmoth.

Or at least she had that planned for later. She was at the park currently, under the shade of a tree, a notebook and many, many pictures before her. All of them the same, yet not, each a different angle taken of the agrest mansion. To her left sat her friend, boyfriend and superhero partner Chat Noir, untransformed as his civilian self Adrien.

Some few weeks ago he had come to her - as ladybug - with vital information, the identity of Hawkmoth. Gabriel Agrest.

When asked, he said he had seen him transform, not directly, he had been peeking into his father's office to see him and had just... Seen it.

The reveal that immediately followed was messy, sputtering, blushing and a whole week of avoiding each other until they got their act together. Then they were unstoppable, both in and out the mask.

They defeated akumas faster, more effectively. Out of the mask the two were a power duo, who's unwavering loyalty was known by many of their ex-friends.

Now, the two of were planning just how to take him down and reclaim both the stolen miraculous. Well, they were just making complete sure that they understood everything before making a move really, the planning was done.

 "Ugh, could you two stop being cute for like five minutes." The superhero duo looked up to the third member of their team, Chloe borgulous. "The last thing I need is getting a cavity cause of you two."

 Yes, Chloe borgulous was the one the two of them trusted the most, enough to earn back her miraculous. Even after the events of Miracle Queen, it was quite easy to hide her identity again, change the comb into a bracelet, change the hero's costume and give her a new name. Now no-one knew that she was the new bee flying around. She even got to keep the miraculous on her person permanently.

Pollen was good for her anyway.

 Chloe placed down a familiar box, filled with baked goods from the dupan-cheng bakery.

 "I should warn you though, we've got a..." She jabbed her thumb behind her towards a large and recognisable group. "Possible situation."

 " Ignore them chloe, they're not important. " Marinette partially turned her nose up when she saw their classmates across the way, having what looked to be a picnic. She could already make out Lila, no doubt in the middle of weaving another tall tail of how she had saved an animal, knew a celebrity or had just done something impossible.

"This is important," she tapped the notebook with one hand as she reached for the box with the other before it was slapped away. She couldn't help but give a glare at the blonde girl. Both knew it wasn't real anyway.

" They're not just for you Mari, the cheese bread is for Plagg, The honey glazed donut is for Pollen and the cookies are for Tikki. " Oh, yeah. She was even in on their identities. "The rest is for us."

Before either of the three could blink the three aforementioned Kwamis had zipped out of their chosens clothes pockets, grabbed their snacks and had snuck back into a little nook in their clothes that hid them from view of the public eye. They were none the wiser.

"Alright, so you two understand the plan right? Cause I don't want to leave anything to chance."

 Chloe hummed as she bit into her croissant, savoring the flavour before swallowing it down. "Wait for an Akuma, kick its ass without using our powers, go to Hawkdouch's house, kick his Ass, save the day."

 Plagg and Pollen both giggled while Adrien gave a quiet chuckle while Marinette groaned but had an amused smile on her face.

"Ok, so you remember the back up plan should we fail and our identities be revealed?"

" if we fail then Hawkmoth will have our miraculous, there is no back up plan for that. " Adrien slumped his arm around Mari's shoulder, giving her a tentative squeeze. "We do have a plan for after outing my... My father's identity."

" We also have a plan should we win and reveal our identities, so we're covered on all fronts. " Chloe moved one hand down to pet pollen on the head, reassuring herself that she still wasn't dreaming.

"Yeah well I jus- Chloe on your six." Quicker then anything the kwami's flew back into their Chosen's pockets , abandoning their food. Mari had packed up the pictures and notebook, not wanting to leave anything out in the open.

Chloe turned to see several of their classmates quickly heading their way, Alya up front with a crocodile tear crying Lila at the back of the group. Yes group, most of the class was also coming along with the two of them.

What lie had she said now?

The trio quickly stood, not wanting to be left sat on the floor while everyone would stand above them. They couldn't get a word out before Alya had rounded on to them.

"What is wrong with you!?"

She sighed, Adrien wrapped and arm around her waist as he leaned his chin on her shoulder and Chloe simple rolled her eyes at the tabloid writer.

"I think that question is best when directed at you, don't you think?" Marinette couldn't stop the snort that erupted from her mouth at Chloe's words and it only brought on a glare from her ex-friend.

"You think this is funny!? Is this some kind of joke to you!? Not only have you three been the worst people I could ever have the displeasure of knowing but I can't believe you three out attack Lila... Again!"

This time Chloe snorted before dragging her hand up to look at her nails lazily. "Please, as if I'd dare risk the chance of breaking my nails, even if it meant putting a scratch on her. She's simply not worth it." 

"Then explain the many bruises she has on her. " The 'Bruises' she had was nothing but a small smudge on the lower bottom of her right cheek. Honestly how stupid could they be?

Best not to get an answer.

If they were to attack Lila? There be a lot more then one mark smaller then that of a baby's fist.

"Alya, it's probably best you leave, the rest of you too. We were having a... Nice day before you bothered us." Mari rolled her eyes at her boyfriends passive behaviour but understood that it stemmed from not wanting to draw his father's gaze, especially now.

"No, I don't think we will. At least not until I put you three menaces straight. " The trio turned towards the new voice. 

a girl that they hadn't seen before or noticed among the group. A first glance they could tell she was slightly taller then Marinette, her hair a dark shade of blue that made Marinette's hair seem brighter in comparison, clearly it was dyed. Her facial features conformed similarly to her as well, slightly. As small glance while in a darker environment might have you mistake the two of them but only an idiot would do so outside of those conditions. Her hair was even tied up just like Marinette's too, although it looked really sloppy.

"And you are?" Chloe had already puffed out, an air of superiority emanating from her.

"I am Brigitte, a friend of Lila." Oh, great just what they needed, another sheep to follow the wolf. "I am also Ladybug."

Wait. What?

it took a moment before it registered but when it did the three of them just put laughing, Chloe had to hold her stomach while Marinette and Adrien had to hold each other up and stop themselves from falling over.

"Of course you are, and I'm still queen bee and adrien's father is actually competent." She sneered at the false bluentte before turning her nose up at her. She couldn't believe this girl, to claim to be someone she wasn't.

"Well I am, the only reason I am gracing you with that information is because I can't approach you three in my uniform, not unless I wanted to attract unnecessary attention." Brigitte turned her nose up at Chloe trying, and failing, to put the blonde girl in line.

"Alright then, why are you going around telling everyone your identity then? Surely it's not safe to share that information with a tabloid journalist."

Alya sputtered slightly. " I am a reporter, not some low grade tabloid writer. "

"Keep telling yourself that. You might just believe it."

The only thing that stopped Alya from lunging for Chloe was Ivan , who had grabbed her to hold her back. At the back Of the group Lila out on a who new set of false tears and began to shake her shoulders, as if she was truly heartbroken.

"All I've ever tried to do was be your friend, to all of you, and this is how you treat me? It's all I've ever wanted really and you three keep pushing me away." Of course the immediate action taken up by everyone else was to glare at the trio while rose and Sabrina comforted the sausage haired girl.

Adrien sometimes questions why he wanted them to be his friends, what has he seen in them before?

"Right," and now false-bug was talking again. "As my authority as ladybug I hereby ban the three of you from ever being near my friends again."

" Works for us. "

"I will also have to send you three down to the station, I do believe the three of you are working for Hawkmoth, given the number of Akuma that the three of you have caused."

That caused the three of them to straighten up, not because of the threat but because of the clear misuse of a non-existent power.

"Hey, Chloe has changed a lot in the past few months and me and Adrien have cause two maybe three Akumas over the past three years, if we're going on who had caused the most Akumas then you should arrest Lila. " Mari removed herself from her boyfriend before walking up to her not quite accurate doppelganger.

"Besides I'm not convinced you are ladybug, where's your Miraculous, I don't see them. "

"Like I'd actually wear them out in public, putting them at risk like that. besides why would I reveal them When I suspect that you work for Hawkmoth, would be pretty stupid on my part wouldn't it? "

"Sorry dudes, " Nino spoke, doing his best to help Ivan calm down Alya. "But she makes a point, it would be pretty dumb and reckless."

 " Just like plastering her face and confession onto a well known website in case Hawkmoth ever saw it... But I suppose I shouldn't have to worry right? " Alya blanched slightly before she sunk back at adriens words.

before anyone else could say anything a loud shout echoed across the yard, sending everyone's fight or flight instincts into overdrive.

"I AM MOTHER NATURE! AN I WILL COVER THIS CITY WITH THE SEEDS OF THE EARTH!"

Each member of the class had shrunk in on themselves , trying to look as small as possible, even their 'ladybug '. The real superhero trio stood up tall, shoulders squaring out as they looked for the akuma, many plants were growing rapidly on the other side of the park but everyone has already ran away.

"Go on ladybug, save us. "

"Come on, go kick their ass LB."

" Show Hawkmoth that he's nothing. "

Brigitte, for her part, actually began to back off from the group, clearly neither she nor Lila had expected a real akuma to show up, how would it look if the real ladybug showed up while she was stood there?

Fortunately for them the class was in for one big show.

While that was happening the trio was staring at each other, having a mental conversation that transcended anything anyone else could have understood, after a moment the tree of them nodded.

"Full theatrics?"

Marinette hummed at adriens question before nodding. "Fuck It, why not? "

"Tikki."

"Plagg."

"Pollen."

The class had turned to them quickly , those that had used miraculous before dropping their jaws.

"Spots on." "Claws Out. " "Buzz On."

Just for the sake of running it in their classmates faces each of them went through their old routine , showing off what they posed as they transformed before their very eyes.

Before anyone could say anything, the three were gone, already fighting the akuma as a well oiled machine.

They watched, stunned, as they managed to do it without the use of any of their powers. They watched as they left the scene all three bounding off in the same direction.

later that day the trio would drop a beaten and bloody Gabriel and his assistant, they have a short speech on that they had won, Hawkmoth was defeated, the threat was no more, Paris was safe. Th he people were safe to weap once more.

The next day Alya had tried to go to the bakery to speak to Marinette but she had been quickly chased out by her large father, later that day the bakery put out a sign stating they were closing down.

A week passed and they were gone, without a trace, no-one has seen them since the incident at the park. They were gone without a trace.

[lewisthai]

Photo: Edited by LT

June 2020

La Liga is Pitching!

After a three-month hiatus, La Liga resumes with Matchday 28 in midweek. Coincidentally, it returns with a bang in Seville. Like other matches for the remainder of the season, there’ll be no fans at the 43,000-capacity Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán when Sevilla hosts Real Betis on Thursday night. But El Gran Derbi celebrates its 105th anniversary and that’s all the more reason for eyeballs. Sevilla aims to protect its third-place on the table against a pack of good teams chasing behind, including Atlético Madrid, while Betis is running for its safety. The city that lives and breaths football is again divided by Red and Green.

Not surprisingly, it’s still a two-horse tittle race in Spain with Barcelona leading Real Madrid by two points on top of the table. Lionel Messi is set to start when Barça travels to Mallorca on Saturday, while Los Blancos resume their campaign against Eibar at Santiago Bernabéu on Sunday.

PAL: La Liga fans, be prepared for an MLB-like season with matches played on every day of the week. Yes, every single day from this Thursday, Jun 11.

[5saucefanfic]

Rookie of the Year: 1 - LH

So I think I’m gonna make this 5 parts.....maybe more depending on what I decide to do. But this is such a concept that I live for.

“Hemmings, tuck your elbow in and sit back more. Your ass is hanging out too far. You’re losing your balance,” his coach said as they went through batting practice. The team split up into three groups as some went to the other practice fields, Luke standing in the group of starters a bit nervous since he was the only freshman on his college team that was expected to start...and as a pitcher. To say he was shitting himself would be an understatement.

They were taking it easy on their light practice since tomorrow would be the first day of preseason and they needed everyone to rest, especially since they’d be playing all weekend. They wanted to get everyone in for a good rotation before keeping the lineups permanent for the beginning of the season.

Luke did as he was told as one of the assistant coaches tossed him the ball much slower than an actual pitch, a loud crack heard as he sent it up and over the fence of the game field, a huge smile plastered on his coach’s face as his eyes followed the ball silently thanking the gods his pitcher could hit. He was one of the top recruits in the country the previous year, choosing to stay local and attend UCLA on a full scholarship for all four years. It was a win win situation.

It was still a bit chilly out considering it was early February, everyone dressed in there baseball pants and cleats with a team sweatshirt on over that that sported a pretty ‘UCLA’ across the front in a yellowish gold over the baby blue material of the sweater. Unlike most of the others, Luke didn’t have his hood or hat on, not even wearing his hat letting his freshly washed curls dance all over the place. He didn’t really fancy the hats, usually only wearing them during games because he hated the sunglasses even more. It was just a distraction.

He made his way to the back of the line noticing a girl leaning against the fence on the inside of the field watching him, black high waisted jeans pulled up over her navel, crop top on just over her chest with a red flannel on. Her hair was up in a messy bun, but it suited her. He couldn’t tell exactly what expression her face held, lips held in a straight line until she bit down on her bottom lip.

“Isn’t this a closed practice?” he asked to one of the boys in front of him. Ashton, a junior catcher, turning to see who he was looking at catching a glimpse of the girl, a small smirk adorning his face when he registered who it was and why she was standing there, although he’d never tell Luke.

“That’s y/n, the coach’s little sister. She’s a sophomore here,” he said back as Luke turned to face him a bit startled, regretting his question. ”You ever see Remember the Titans?”

“The football movie?” he asked seeing Ashton nod. “What about it?”

“Think of her as Sheryl. She takes baseball really fucking seriously. She made Joey cry after the first preseason game last year because he missed a grounder and let the other team get a double.” He explained as they inched further up the line. “She’s ruthless, but knows her shit. Barnes let her on the coaching staff, mostly doing stats.”

“Why doesn’t she just play softball…?” he asked.

“She had a bad accident going into freshman year last year...she can’t. No one talks about it. Coach freaks out every time someone brings it up.” He explained as they made it to the front of the line, Ashton going to take his turn. Luke turned his head once again looking at her seeing she’d made her way to the dugout grabbing a couple snacks that the coach had brought before making her way to the coach, her brother.

“Alright, freshman, hit another homer and we’re done” his coach said, Luke jumping quickly grabbing the bat getting back on the mound. He did his little pre bat routine, hitting the bat off the toe of his cleats and swinging it around before getting into position with his elbow tucked in as his coach had previously said before. He waited for his other coach to toss the ball seeing it was a real pitch this time and not just a toss, Luke waiting for the perfect moment before swinging, the ball flying out over the fence. His teammates cheered as he could hear his coach muttering a ‘told you’ to his sister as she rolled her eyes laughing. It was music to his ears.

The boys went to the dugout packing up their things after being officially dismissed , most getting ready to quickly shower before running off to class or grab some lunch, Luke staying instead to practice his pitches, gathering up a bucket of balls to use.

“I wouldn’t do that” he heard a female voice say from behind him, Luke quickly turning to see y/n standing there with her hands in her pockets, eyes quickly looking over his entire frame before resting on his face. “First preseason game starts tomorrow and it’s gonna set the tone for the entire season. You’ll tire your arm out practicing and you’ll be useless. Nicky needs you tomorrow because he doesn’t have a pitcher that’s balls have actually dropped yet aside from yours. You need to go stretch your shoulder and then ice it. And then you’re gonna heat it in the morning and stretch again before we leave, and the heatit in Portland.”

“You’re a bit bossy aren’t you” he said back, a blush immediately creeping up his face shocked he said that out loud as she raised her eyebrows pushing her hip out so the side as her weight shifted drastically to her left leg nearly taking her right leg off the ground.

“I like to win, and so doesn’t Nicky. Don’t fuck it up by making a rookie mistake. You’re the best shot we have at winning the championship this season, Hemmings, so best believe I’m gonna be on your ass until there’s a ring on my finger,” she said almost giving him a compliment as she crossed her arms.

“H-how do you know my name?” he asked furrowing his eyebrows a bit shocked.

“Who do you think told Nicky to recruit you?” she asked shrugging. “I help him with scouting. I’m a stats person, unlike Nicky...your pitching average is unbelievable. You set records for being a prep school pitcher. Your stats are even better than some MLB players. Batting could get better but with the way you hit today, I wouldn’t be worried. You’ve got great potential,” she said before turning headed back to the fence where she came from that lead back to campus. “Go ice your shoulder Hemmings. I’ll be checking in later.”

~

“So, Michael heard from Mitch who heard from Brian who heard from Jack who said that Ashton said he saw you talking to Coach Barnes’s sister today after practice,” Calum said smirking as Luke rolled his eyes rubbing the towel through his hair rapidly trying to towel dry it. He had a pair of grey sweatpants hanging off his hips. “What’d she say?”

“She reprimanded me for trying to practice” he grumbled still a bit annoyed that she told him what to do, but he did it anyways, his muscles actually feeling a lot better after he did so. “What’s her deal anyways?”

“Well, this is what I heard from Ashton since he grew up with Nick and y/n, but I guess the summer before she started here, she was in a tournament for softball and she tore her rotator cuff in the middle of her high school state tournament. So her coach called an ambulance to take her to the hospital because I think Ashton said they had made the tournament as well for the NCAA and were in Florida, and on the way to the hospital the ambulance crashed, shattered some bones in her throwing arm and her leg. Was told she couldn’t play again.”

“Wow…” he said softly frowning as Calum nodded. “That’s seriously shitty luck. Why didn’t her parents just take her to the hospital?”

“Coach’s parents have been dead for years mate, died when he was a student here,” Calum sighed. “But whatever she reprimanded you about, listen to her. She knows what she’s talking about...she doesn’t just yell at anyone. Maybe she fancies you.”

“Oh totally,” Luke said sarcastically while rolling his eyes as he heard a knock on the door. He sighed softly going to open it, blushing when his eyes met with the girl they had previously just been talking about. He hadn’t noticed that she only came up just below his shoulders. She had to tilt her head up to look at him.

“Did you do what I said?” she asked, Calum chuckling softly in the background deciding to put on a pair of shoes and sweatshirt so he could leave them be.

“How did you find out where I live?” he stammered noticing how bare his body really was in that moment.

“Smooth mate” Calum mumbled. “Y/n, wonderful to see you again. If you two will excuse me, I’m going to go visit my girlfriend.” He said slipping out of the room

“You didn’t answer my question” she said after a minute of silence.

“Yea, well you didn’t answer mine” he said frowning pouting slightly. He didn’t even know he did it half the time. It just happened naturally. She hesitated for a moment, watching his lip jut out slightly. She knew she was lying to herself when she said she had no interest in the baby pitcher, using baseball as her cover up to be around him. She knew that Nicholas, her brother, knew it too, but he wouldn’t admit to it. He was just happy she was starting to show an interest in something that wasn’t a baseball or a bat. She was finally starting to open up after a year and a half from her accident.

“I found out from Nicky. I said I had to follow up with you about something from earlier and it was less creepy than taking your number from his phone. And if it wasn’t Nicky, I would’ve asked Ashton. Did you do what I said?” she said, a sassy tone laced in all her words. He loved it.

“Yes, yes,” he said quickly feeling like he was explaining himself to his mother. “You really are bossy, you know. Do you do this to everyone?” he said as she rolled her eyes.

“I'm just making sure you’re on your a game tomorrow, Luke.” she said patting his chest ignoring his second question since she had never done this to any of the guys on the team. “And go put a shirt on. I’ll see you for breakfast.”

“And what time is breakfast, Barnes?” he asked crossing his arms watching her walk off for the second time that day. He had to force himself to keep his eyes on the back of her head and not move down to her ass, although he had already done that earlier and knew she had a very, very nice ass.

“Six thirty, sharp. Tell Hood too. His ass always sleeps in too late” she said before getting into the elevator. He sighed softly shaking his head before turning back inside the door to finish his homework so he could submit it first thing in the morning before they left.

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