It was a humid summer night, the nights where you can wear a T-shirt outside and be perfectly comfortable. Jayde and Alyssa, my two friends were over. Jayde was wearing the shirt that she had worn the day I met her. By now it was way too small for her. Jayde was slightly small for her age, her hair cut like a boys, but that’s how she had it. Alyssa had a maroon shirt on. Alyssa was about as tall as I was and her brown hair was unlike anyone else’s and couldn’t be missed. We sat on my blue trampoline, twiddling our thumbs, we were bored and going to bed was simply out of the question. Jayde abruptly shined the bright yellow beam of his flashlight onto my face. Then, with excitement in her eyes suggested we play a little prank. Before my eyes
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We ran till my house was no longer visible, we then slowed down to a brisk walk. The chirping of crickets made it hard to talk without whispering, so we communicated primarily through body language. The loud clanking of our shoes sent an uncomfortable chill down my spine. In the distance head lights of a pickup truck were evident. Jayde shrieked “hide!” Alyssa and I then involuntarily jumped behind the nearest pine tree we saw. We were lined up so close to the tree I felt the rough bark scraping my legs. I bit my lip with a sour expression on my face. The car drove past us until the darkness swallowed it up and our journey …show more content…
We then jogged back to my house, laughing at the thought of Mr. Hicks seeing it the next morning. After about ten minutes we were back to my house. We crept inside careful to not wake my mother. Alyssa was in desperate need of a shower, dirt was all over her face and her legs were covered in sap from hiding behind the tree. Jayde, while not as grubby as Alyssa, has some scrapes on her legs from rubbing against branches. I appeared to be in a better state then both of them but the thought of a shower seemed pleasant. Before we could exchange thoughts on how much fun we had, we full asleep, like babies after being on a
We ran till my house was no longer visible, we then slowed down to a brisk walk. The chirping of crickets made it hard to talk without whispering, so we communicated primarily through body language. The loud clanking of our shoes sent an uncomfortable chill down my spine. In the distance head lights of a pickup truck were evident. Jayde shrieked “hide!” Alyssa and I then involuntarily jumped behind the nearest pine tree we saw. We were lined up so close to the tree I felt the rough bark scraping my legs. I bit my lip with a sour expression on my face. The car drove past us until the darkness swallowed it up and our journey …show more content…
We then jogged back to my house, laughing at the thought of Mr. Hicks seeing it the next morning. After about ten minutes we were back to my house. We crept inside careful to not wake my mother. Alyssa was in desperate need of a shower, dirt was all over her face and her legs were covered in sap from hiding behind the tree. Jayde, while not as grubby as Alyssa, has some scrapes on her legs from rubbing against branches. I appeared to be in a better state then both of them but the thought of a shower seemed pleasant. Before we could exchange thoughts on how much fun we had, we full asleep, like babies after being on a