Peaches in Trouble
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When Esti gets excited and swears during a news interview, Bev blames the ones she learned it from.
"And anyway, whether it’s this or a bone-crushing hug after an incredible run – hermanos, right?"
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- Part 1 of Peaches in Trouble
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A little peace and quiet after the Somme by Birdie_jc
Fandoms: A League of Their Own (TV 2022)
23 Apr 2023
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Jess and Lupe sneak back in after a late night at Vi's. They might have made it unnoticed, except for the popcorn.
"Jess has to admit that Bev isn’t going out of her way to bust them for curfew. Over the first few evenings, she and Lupe learn the tacit, unspoken agreement that they can either return before ten, or creep silently and responsibly in later without leaving a trace. By this fifth night in Rockford, however, they’re neither punctual nor silent."
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- Part 2 of Peaches in Trouble
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After the night practices, Bev pushes Jess to mend things with Lupe.
...................................“Where’s Miss García?” the chaperone asks. Her gaze sweeps over Jess’ practice bag, and the grass stains on her trousers; as always, Bev knows where they’ve been, willing to overlook the rules in this case as they struggle out of their losing streak.
“She’s not talking to me.”
“Hmm.”
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- Part 3 of Peaches in Trouble
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A new school and new language aren't easy, but Lupe and Esti make a friend.
...............................Still, when she tries to hurry them onward, Esti balks. “I want to go home,” she insists, her pout an early warning of the alternate option to tears – a tantrum.
“You do not,” Lupe scolds, because coaxing isn’t what the neighbor kid needs right now. “You’re the one who argued to come too even though you could wait a year. Don’t you want to make friends?”
“No. We have chickens.”
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- Part 4 of Peaches in Trouble
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Five times Bev lays down the law, and one time she doesn't.
Or, it's not just Jess and Lupe who get into trouble.Series
- Part 5 of Peaches in Trouble
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Esti doesn't like being left behind. Bev is left to fill the gap.
(or, Esti pulls an Amy March - but Lupe hasn't written a novel for her to burn.)
...................................."With a shiny pair of scissors, Esti is cutting chaotic strips from a pink canvas uniform. Despite her cool demeanor, Bev half-gasps in dismay; they have a game tomorrow. Still visible on the ragged garment’s back is number seven: Lupe."
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- Part 6 of Peaches in Trouble
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Bev hands out a trouser fine in the convent.
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- Part 7 of Peaches in Trouble
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With tensions still high after the fight, Jess and Lupe commit an act of epistolary revenge.
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"Lupe likes to watch the delight on Esti’s face when she gets a letter – or better, a carefully-wrapped package – from home. She’s relieved when a piece of airmail, the worse for wear, comes for Jess from one of her brothers. But lately, when an envelope arrives for Carson, in Charlie’s sloping hand – the only one who ever writes to her – she wants to tear it to bits.
And then, with an inspired proposal from Jess, she realizes she doesn’t even have to."
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- Part 8 of Peaches in Trouble
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Esti goes for an evening out.
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- Part 9 of Peaches in Trouble
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Bev teaches Jess a lesson in leadership.
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- Part 10 of Peaches in Trouble
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The night of tryouts, Bev tries to keep order in the elegant Belmore hotel. Some of the soon-to-be Peaches go on a rooftop adventure.
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- Part 11 of Peaches in Trouble
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Pants-Wearing, Chew-Spitting, Trash-Talking… by Birdie_jc
Fandoms: A League of Their Own (TV 2022)
25 Jul 2023
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Jess and Lupe trash-talk the wrong Comet.
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- Part 12 of Peaches in Trouble
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Bev has a few things for Jess and Lupe to remember before the off-season.
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- Part 13 of Peaches in Trouble
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After a rough day for the Peaches, it takes Bev more than one try to hear Jess out.
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- Part 14 of Peaches in Trouble
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In their respective senior years of high school, Lupe and Jess each pull off a memorable prank.
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- Part 15 of Peaches in Trouble
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Esti is supposed to take a break after a worse-than-usual scrape, but no one can keep the fastest Peach on the bench for long.
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- Part 16 of Peaches in Trouble
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When Jess and Lupe try to evade their spot in the chore rota, Bev must emphasize that teamwork means both on and off the field.
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- Part 17 of Peaches in Trouble
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"Ringlets, blush, lipstick, mascara, yet nothing helps cover the sense of being a mistake, of her presence a ridiculous joke among the other ladies – nearly sent home, saved only by the skin of her teeth.
'Jess, will you PLEASE –' begins Greta, annoyed, but she’s silenced by the sweep of the impulsive girl’s arm across the entire vanity table, knocking everything – compacts, silver mirror, brushes, perfume – to the floor with a crash."
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- Part 18 of Peaches in Trouble
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As Esti's independence grows, Lupe wonders if the younger girl still really needs her. When she starts a fight with one of the Blue Sox, it becomes clear she very much does.
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- Part 19 of Peaches in Trouble
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Autumn 1918: the Somme. Bev and her crush find themselves in hot water after an unauthorized expedition to the trenches.
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- Part 20 of Peaches in Trouble