The Moon is Always Alone

The Chase

It was the end of an a-day. I was walking home and stopped by the field again. Something was different. Those weren't little kids he was playing with... Was that... Our friends?! I laughed at the unevenness of the teams. They needed another player, but I wasn't going to join. I sucked at sports. Plus it had rained recently, the grass was slippery, and I didn't want to fall.

I began to walk again, but too late, I was caught. Trip noticed me, "Hey! It's Taylor!" Crapcrapcrapcrapcrap.

Jake ran towards me and practically pounced on me. "Pway with us pweety pwease!!" He said acting like a five year old.

"Get the heck off of me and maybe I will!" I snaked the top of his head.

"Okie dokie!" He got off. "Now play with us. We need one more person."

I started running off immediately, "ONLY IF YOU CAN CATCH ME!"

He started to run after me, the others watched confused. I ran bye them quickly and looked behind me. Jake talked to the other... Or informed them, "Get Taylor and she'll play with us." He was pointing at me and jumping up and down.

Everyone slowly turned towards me with will smiles on their faces. My eyes went wide, but I had a few tricks up my sleeve. I started running, but not at full speed.

Everyone started to run in different directions, using different tactics to get me. All of a sudden Rachel was in front of me, I smirked and made a sharp turn, doing a semicircle like motion around her. I laughed at my success.suddenly three people where in view and I knew that there would at leader be another in sight. So I used another one of my tricks.

Using the wet grass as an excuse I "fell down" and "hurt" myself. I curled into a ball and made noises of distress. Everyone surrounded me worried that I might be hurt. Georgia reached her hand out to me the same time I saw my opening. Right before she touched me, I rolled away and started running again, "HAHA! You guys actually fell for that?!" I yelled while looking behind me, not paying attention to where I was going. "YOU'LL MEVER CATCH ME ALIVE!"

Wait a minute. Someone was missing. Only four people were staring at disbelief. Who wasn't there? I turned my head just in time to see who I was about to run into. Leo was right there. I was so shocked that I actually tripped. But this time instead of landing on the ground.... Let's just say there was a bit of a cuss ion there for me.

I opened my eyes and found myself on top of Leo. My face went dark red, his too after realizing what happened. You could practically hear the awkwardness. Then I heard a collective "ooooo!!" from our friends. Why hadn't I move off of him yet?

Rachel and Georgia giggled to each other. I could tell there were thinking of ship names already. Quickly I moved off of Leo and stood up. "I guess I caught you... Literally." He said as he sat up. He put his hand behind his head and laughed. His face was still red with embarrassment.

"Yeah," I said stating at the ground. Everything was quiet for a little while before I stated walking back to words my house, "I've got to go. I can't play today."

There was a collective "aww" so I forced myself to put on a smile.

I turned around to them with that smile, "It's okay, I promise that I'll play with you guys some others time!" I then began to walk all the way back home.