Behind The Lies

Years later

As years passed by, Hanes was already 8. He had met some friends outside and played with them, while his parents were still the same but with a different name. He was laying down the grass beneath the big tree, its yellowish leaves were one by one falling and flying away, it was falling season. Hanes opened his eyes and stared out at the blue sky, feeling the cold wind.

"Are you just going to stay and lay there like that?" Asked a voice near Hanes, it was a girl as same age as him, sitting on a tire that was roped up at one of the big branches of the big tree. 

"Yeah, don't you feel like playing?" Asked the boy, almost the same age as him up from the tree sitting on one of the branches where the tire was roped up. 

"Playing is always in your mind, at least let's stay on Tina's porch there and ask her to read us some amazing stories!" Said the girl,

"Stories, again, augh." Complaining the boy up from the tree, looking at the girl with an annoyed look,

"Why what's the problem? If I'm comfy then I'm comfy." Said Hanes, answering the boy's questions earlier, both his hands behind his head, laying down with one leg up to his other knee. 

"Is it really that comfy?" Asked the boy, Hanes looked at him while his position was still the same, feeling the cold wind from his hair.

"Zack, if only you'd come down there then you'd feel what I feel." 

"I want you to make me." 

"No."

"Make me?"

"I won't"

"Why not?"

"You're only trying to make me chase you, that means we're already playing."

"Smart." Said the girl, chuckling while sitting in a swaying tire.

"BELLAREIN! DINNER'S READY." Shouted the person from behind them, 20 feet away, the man's voice is still heard. 

"Oh well, that's me then," Bellarein said, going down the roped-up tire, her shoes met the grass, brushed her dress with both her hands to dust off the dirt, and then both her hands, clapping it to dust it off, she walked away slowly from both Hanes and Zack. Hanes went up sitting and looked at Bellarein, and Zack went down immediately and stayed beside the tire, they were bidding her farewell even though they too would be called for dinner soon.

"See you guys tomorrow." Waved Bellarein looking at them both, she turned her back to the man calling her and ran towards her house, both Hanes and Zack watched her as she vanished from their sight then went on to continue what they were arguing. 

"Bella always wanted to read, what's with reading?" Zack asked, annoyed and confused,

"I too don't know, anyway I feel like it's my turn to..." Hanes immediately stood up and walked slowly and then ran to the tire, 

"Sorry, I'm first!" Zack insisted as he right away sat on the tire while Hanes was just aiming to sit on it. 

"Aww, you knew, very unfair Zack!"

"It was my turn; you were already comfortable as you said."

"But I asked Bella that I will be next to sit on it."

"No, to be first is to be served."

"You're unfair," Hanes claimed, a thought suddenly popped up in his mind, it may be very naughty, but this was the way to get Zack out of the tire. He stole the other shoe Zack's wearing, and he then ran and climbed up the tree.

"Hey!" Zack shouted, running up to him, chasing Hanes, and aiming to get the other shoe with his other hand while the other supported him to prevent him from falling down the tree trunk. Hanes reached up the second to the biggest branch and threw the shoe away for about 8 feet away from the tree, Zack went down and went for it. Hanes went down immediately and sat on the tire while Zack was just returning after wearing back his shoe.