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It was a hot, July afternoon when Sariah and I were hanging out at my house. We were eating lunch while Taylor came home for her break. She had an hour before she had to go back to SnoBiz. She joined us for lunch and watched some tv. After a while we got bored, so we all went outside to play catch with a football. We found the football on the porch. It was a Dallas Cowboy’s football that Taylor and I stole from our grandparent’s house. Sariah, Taylor and I went to the front of the house that’s close to the road. Seems safe, right?
Anyways, we had about an half an hour left before Taylor had to leave again, so we started throwing. We missed the ball a couple times, so we had to run and get it. As we were playing catch, these two grown, black men came up to us to ask if they could join. We hesitated for a second because we had no idea who they were. They seemed pretty cool, so we said yes. The game of catch went on for a while, until sariah threw the ball way over Taylor’s head, almost hitting a parked car. Taylor, Sariah and I all chased for it and as we turned back around, we saw something sketchy. The two men playing with us were shaking hands, but that wasn’t the only thing. In one of the guys hand you could see money, lots of it. And we all assume, in the other guy’s hand, were drugs. They both put their hands in their pockets, smirking
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When we got there I got a peanut butter shake and Sariah got a jamacian me crazy shaved ice. Taylor gave them to us for free (Shhh don’t tell anyone). When we finished our yummy dessert, we said bye to Taylor and started to head back. When we were waiting to cross the street by O’Riley’s, somebody yelled at us to get our attention. It was the two guys that played football with us. They were waving and saying hi. They turned out to be very creepy people. We learned a very valuable lesson that day. Never let strangers play football with

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