We're Not Friends: Bowie's Story- H.S. Fanfic

The Beginning of Peanut and Loser

"Friends" by Ed Sheeran is the Inspiration for Bowie and Morgan's relationship and the inspiration for the title, so you can listen to it while you read this chapter if you'd like :):)

December 6 2018

He walks over to Darcy, his big sister who seems even taller now that she's climbing on the rock wall that will lead her to the big yellow slide. He's only 2 and the wall seems so much taller than it actually is.

"DD!"he calls from the bottom of the rock wall, holding his arms up towards her, wanting her to pick him up and take him to the slide.

"Bowie, I'm already up here,"Darcy calls from the top of the rock wall. She knows her little brother is too little to climb the rock wall and she'd really rather not be slowed down by him today. She's with her friends and she just wants time with them. Sometimes when you're 7 you just want to seem like a big girl without your little brothers hanging with you. "Go find mumma, she'll help you!"

Bowie whines and bounces a bit, continuing to reach towards Darcy earnestly, "DD!"

"Bowie, look!"Darcy says pointing over to the sandbox that's a few yards away. She knows he loves building sandcastles and she's desperately trying to change his attention to distract him. "A sandbox! And there's a friend in there! Go there!"

Bowie turns around to look at the sandbox and in the amount of time it takes him to look at the sandbox and then look back at the rock wall, his big sister has vanished leaving him all alone in the middle of the playground. He looks over at his mum who's sitting on a park bench in front of the playground with an 11 month old Calum attached to her boob and a blanket over both of them. She has sunglasses on that completely mask her eyes, but he can tell she's switching her gaze between watching Lennon and Auggie who are on the swings, Darcy who's now squealing as she goes down the slide with her friend, and him who's standing looking forlornly across the playground.

He sighs in the most adorable way a 2 year old can, crossing his arms with a pout, which he does very cutely because of his chubby cheeks, and trudges over to the sandbox. He trips on a rock on the way over, falling over onto the soft ground under him and looking over at his mum, wanting to see if she saw and he can milk the situation.

"You're okay, mate!"Camryn calls, having seen the little boy tumble, but she knows that it wasn't a hard fall at all. "Brush it off, you're okay!"

Bowie sighs again and stands up, continuing his walk over to the sandbox. In it, he finds the "friend" Darcy was referring to who really is a girl he's never met before. She has straight black hair that's pulled into two big tails that stick straight up on the top of her head with a light pink ribbon tied around each of them.

She's minding her own business, sitting on her knees and humming a bit in her own world as she scoops sand with a shovel into a castle mold, biting on her lip as she tries to get all of the sand into the mold.

Bowie climbs over the raised sandbox wall and sits a few feet away from her, grabbing for a shovel by her leg. She looks up at the motion and narrows her eyes at him, already letting onto her feisty nature. "Dat mine."

Bowie looks down at the shovel in his hand and looks back at her, narrowing his eyes. He's grown up with 3 older siblings, he knows how to stand his ground. Besides, he's got too stubborn of a personality to let this one go. "No it not,"he babbles, glaring at her.

"Mine,"the little girl insists, crawling towards him on her hands and knees and reaching for it.

"NO!"Bowie exclaims, scooting away from her and hugging the shovel to his chest. She crawls closer and he drops the shovel by his side to free both of his hands, pushing the little girl down flat on her back.