Our Song

Chapter 12 - Messy

Robyn's P.O.V.
Panting, the six of us ran after the pigs. There were about fifteen pigs running around the field. It kinda reminded me of Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, when all the pigs got loose and the children had to catch them. I just prayed to God that these pigs wouldn't start climbing trees and swimming. As I ran straight ahead for the nearest pig, I quickly looked over to my left, and saw that Dylan and Thomas had managed to corner a pig. I watched as Thomas leapt for it, grabbing it around the middle and holding it tight against him.

"I'VE GOT ONE!" He yelled, standing up. With the little pig struggling in his grasp, Thomas began walking back
to the shelter. Grinning, I continued after the pig just in front of me. Running slightly ahead of it, I managed to bend down and scoop the little pig up. It squealed a little as I jogged back to the shelter, but it didn't squirm as much.

"That's four!" Thomas sighed, as I joined him in the shelter, "Ki Hong caught two and so have you and I!"

"Great!" I breathed heavily, putting my hands on my hips, "Just another 11 to go!" Suddenly, I heard shouts coming from the field. Turning around, I looked to see Dylan and Will, chasing after about five pigs, that were all heading down to the river.

"Oh my God!" I exclaimed, jumping into a run after them. The pigs had almost made it to the river, when Dylan got hold of one. However, as he'd been running so fast down the hill, he couldn't stop in time before he got to the river.

"AHHHHH!" He screamed as he lost his balance on the river bed and toppled into the water, with the pig still in his arms.

"DYLAN YOU IDIOT!" Will and Ki Hong were laughing so hard, pointing at Dylan and holding their sides. Dylan splashed about in the water, trying to grab as many pigs as he could.

"Ugh! Why am I always the one to get wet?" He complained, taking hold of a third piglet. Thomas, Kaya and myself, arrived at the river just as Dylan was climbing out. We were all laughing.

"Okay right, that's four for ya!" Dylan stated, standing up in the river and looking up at us, "Ur, some help would be nice guys!" Laughing, Thomas and Will bent down and took a pig each from Dylan's arms. I did the same, and then we all watched Dylan sort of army crawl out of the river, still with a piglet in his grasp. Standing up and wiping the hair from his face, he began heading for the shelter, with me, Thomas and Will behind him.

"Where the hell is Kaya?" I groaned, putting down my pig. We all looked around us, confused. Just then, I spotted her coming over the hill with something long, hanging from her arms.

"Where on earth have you been?" Dylan moaned. Kaya just grinned at him.

"Well, I decided to take inspiration from the second Nanny McPhee film, and get a net to catch the pigs in!" I stood there, grinning from ear to ear.

"Kaya, that is brilliant!" I exclaimed, taking one end of the net and holding it up.

"Right guys, so here's the plan" Kaya said, gathering us all round. Taking position on a low branch, Kaya and I sat with the net in our hands, ready to drop the thing on the pigs. No sooner had we readied ourselves, Dylan, Will, Thomas and Ki Hong came running down the hill with the rest of the pigs in front of them. The four of them looked like sheep dogs herding sheep, only these were pigs. They started running towards us, the pigs squealing in front of them. As they got closer, I looked at Kaya.

"One, two, three!" I whispered, not wanting to startle the pigs. On three, we dropped the net, and it landed right on top of the pigs. Cheering, we all put up our hands in triumph, when the pigs came to a sudden stop under the net. There were seven pigs, which meant one for each of us to carry, and two for Thomas, seeing as he had the most control over them. Once we finally put them all back in their shelter, and tidied it up a little, Robert turned up.

"Wow! You've done an amazing job!" He beamed as he looked over the shelter, "I've never seen this place so clean before!" But then his gaze fell on us.

"What the hell happened to you lot?" He laughed. We all looked down at our overalls and at each other's. Dylan was soaked through to the skin. Will was covered in mud. Ki Hong had mud all over his trousers. Thomas and I had mud and leaves in our hair, and dirt all over our clothes, and Kaya was just a little dirty.

"Um, we had some ur, trouble whilst cleaning!" I lied, "We all kept tripping up over each other and the pigs!" Robert just laughed in reply.

"Okay well go and clean yourself up eh? You all look a right mess!" So, with mud on our clothes and in our hair, we all walked back to the house. Dylan was just about to step in over the threshold, when I pulled him back.

"Whoa whoa whoa! There is no way you and Will are going inside like that!" I laughed, "You need to wash yourself off out here!" Dylan rose his eyebrows at me.

"Robyn, I am not showering stark naked out in the middle of the countryside!" He warned. We all burst into a fit of laughter as he said it.

"Nooooo! She means we get a hose and hose you down!" Thomas laughed, "You do both stink real bad!"

"Oh and like you don't!" Dylan teased, folding his arms. Thomas smirked.

"No I didn't say that! But at least I know the difference between where I bath myself and the pigs!" Again, we all howled with laughter, even Dylan! Pulling myself together, I headed round the side of the house.

"There's a hose here!" I yelled, calling the others over.

"Okay, you ready?" I grinned at Will who was stood in front of me and Thomas. We both held the hose, as Will scrunched up his nose.

"Ready!" He said through gritted teeth. Ki Hong turned on the tap and water shot out of the hose, hitting Will.

"GAHHHHHH! IT'S BLOODY FREEZING!" He yelled, putting his hands out in front of his face, "MAKE IT STOP!"

"No, not until your no longer muddy!" Thomas shouted in reply. After Will, it was Dylan's turn. Ki Hong and Kaya held the hose this time, and I turned on the tap. Screaming, Dylan ran around the place as Ki Hong and Kaya chased him with the hose. Once he was finally cleaned up, Ki Hong and Kaya dropped the hose laughing their socks off. However, they'd left the hose on and whilst they were distracted, Dylan grabbed it and pointed it at them.

"AHHHHH!" They screamed, running back towards us. Before we could do anything, Dylan whipped the hose round at us, soaking us all with cold water.

"OH MY GOD!" I shrieked, as he began chasing me with it. Grabbing me around the middle, Dylan pointed the hose at my neck and sent freezing water all down my back and in my hair. I screamed out from the cold and shook like a dog when he put the hose down. Looking down, I saw that Dylan, Thomas and Will were all on the floor, curled up and shrieking with laughter. Grinning, I grabbed the end of the hose off of Dylan and ran for Thomas. Seeing as he was on the floor, he didn't see me coming and was bloody shocked when I hit him with it.

"BLOODY HELL!" He yelled, as I shoved the hose down the back of his top and soaked him with the water. He squirmed and writhed as I held him on the ground, but soon started laughing once Kaya had turned the water off.

"Robyn! What the hell was that for?" He laughed, wringing the end of his top out. Water poured out everywhere.

"Mm, I don't know! It was just fun!" I smirked. Now that we were all soaking wet, we walked back into the kitchen and up to our rooms. And I can honestly say - that was the best shower of my life!