Alex was leaving the classroom and heading on his way when he couldn't help but overhear the conversation between Riley and a guy he had yet to meet. He was about to approach them until he saw that Riley seemed distressed. From what he could gather it appeared there was or had been some sort of love triangle or, at least something along those lines. He frowned, sensing Riley's distress, he waited for the pair to go their separate ways before heading down the hallway.

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The practice field, Alex was in the crowd with a the other boys from the school trying out. They were all stretching and preparing or mingling while Alex simply looked around the field and at all the others. He didn't really want to be on any team, rather he wanted to just have fun and that's what the point of today was, at least for him. He looked up in the bleachers and saw Riley, something he had learnt about her is that most of the time she was trustworthy. If she made a promise, she'd do what she could to follow through with it.

It came to Alex's turn, "Alright, Alex George, step on up." When being enrolled he had taken the last name of Riley's family, simply for the sake of convenience. Stepping up to the batting base, Alex looked at the umpire who was grinning behind his mask. It was known around the school that Alex was a bit of a brainiac and so most were snickering as he stepped up, even the coach looked on with a grin. Leaning down, Alex picked up the bat, he had changed from his jeans to black sweatpants, loose fitting, his jacket was on the bleachers, signalling to Riley that he was there and to sit by it. He stretched his neck before raising the bat and waiting for the pitcher to toss the ball.

It came at Alex fast but it was as if everything slowed down for a moment. He focused and swung when the time was right. The wooden bat connected with the ball with a satisfying [b]crack[/b] Alex looked up with one hand at his brow protecting his eyes from the winter sun as he watched the ball fly. The other looked on as well, most with amazement some with jealousy. Alex dropped the bat and proceeded to run of course making it back with a home-run. The ball couldn't be found, by anyone and so another was thrown in. The coach by this point was of course shocked but also impressed, he asked Alex to pitch. Shrugging Alex approached the pitcher's mark and prepared while the coach got his best batter to stand up and ready.

He looked down at the batter with a competitive look. It was all about throwing the other player off but of course that didn't matter too much. Alex flicked an imaginary cap as a joke, raised one leg and pitched the ball. It happened so fast that it almost couldn't be seen, with aim so true that it landed right in the Umpire's glove, hurting him but he didn't show it. The coach shook his head in amazement.