Chapter 263 Collecting the Winnings 3
Chapter 263 Collecting the Winnings 3
Having Bailey between me and Dave made me feel slightly uncomfortable. Not because she reminded me of my mom, but because she was loud and used her hands to speak. I was nervous that she would accidentally knock me on the head or something.Noah saw my anxiety leaking through. He scooted closer to Kyle and patted the empty seat next to him. "Come here, Jake."I obediently switched sides and pulled my food a little closer to me. It had looked like Mrs. Atkins had doubled my normal lunch so I had plenty to eat. "Scared you'll get cooties?" Bailey laughed. "You just let someone call you over like a dog. Don't you have any self-respect?"I blinked. "Self-respect? What's that supposed to mean?""Pride!" She straightened her back, sitting tall. "What good is that?" I mumbled as I started to eat my lunch.Bailey either didn't hear me or didn't care. She just put her attention on Noah and started to give him a hard time. "And you, you shouldn't be bossing him around just because he's timid. Weren't you all into protecting him yesterday on the bus?"Noah rolled his eyes, annoyed. "I'm protecting him right now. You were flinging your arms everywhere and almost hit him. In my eyes, you're the bully here."Bailey smacked the table and leaned forward. "What! I'm not a bully!""Just super aggressive." Kyle muttered.Marie scoffed, "If anyone is a bully here, it's you guys. Doubling up the stats of one of your best hitters..." She shook her head. "I still feel cheated.""Hey! We gave you a chance!" Noah smirked. "It's not my fault that you thought a freshman wouldn't do well. Weren't you also a freshman on a varsity team at one point? Didn't you have to have a high level of skill to beat out the seniors?"Marie's lips thinned as she harrumphed. "If we look at his fielding, he's definitely not at the varsity level. He almost lost the perfect game for Dave.""Correction: He was good enough to save my perfect game." Dave replied. "It's okay." I mumbled. "I know I played sloppy."The table seemed to quiet down. "Don't let that get you down." A boxed lunch landed on the table. I looked up to see the