Growing up together

The Next Day

Amber rode her bike about half a mile before arriving at Luke's house. Luke was out in the garden pulling weeds when she rode up. He waved and shouted "Hey come help me!" Amber parked her bike and ran over to help Luke pull weeds. Luke's father walked out and motioned Luke and Amber to come inside. When they sat down he asked "What really happened in the woods?" Amber and Luke told him the full truth. He stood up and eyed Luke and says "Son, I'm very proud of you. You protected a lady and showed them boys who's the boss around here." Mr. Tommy laughs and messed Luke's hair up. Amber looks over at Luke and asks "How old are you?" Luke says "I'm eight. What about you?" Amber replies "I'm seven, your pretty big to be eight"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Luke says with a confused tone." Amber giggles and says "It means that you are very strong to be eight."
Luke looks at her and says "Why don't we go down to the creek again? I promise that we can catch frogs!" Amber gives him an excited look "Okay!" They headed down to the creek and found a couple of frogs and put them in the bucket. Luke says "Ya know my birthday is coming up soon! And I wanted you to come!" Amber agrees as they walk back home. "Look! A catfish!" Luke hops in after it and stays under water for a while. Amber starts to get worried when she saw bubbles and swirls on top of the water. Luke pops his head up with huge eyes. "Did you get him?" Asked Amber. Luke raises the fish in the air and shouts "Yeah! He's at least a 6 pounder!" Amber giggles as Luke releases the catfish.
They finally get back home and Luke's daddy calls him in to feed the animals. "Hey, when's your birthday? I gotta go home." Asked Amber. "It's July 17th" answers Luke "Only a week away!"