"Now remember, Naomi, you have to be on your best behavior," Daddy warns me. I nod at him, gripping his hand reassuringly. Today is my birthday, I'm eight years old now! So Daddy is taking me to meet someone important, though I don't know who the person is. We reach what Daddy calls a ranch, secured by the various surrounding trees. There is not one, but many people waiting for us. Daddy leads me to the oldest looking person, a man clad in a plaid shirt and jeans and he was really tall as well.
The man leans down to my level. "Hello there. You must be Naomi," he greets me.
"Yep!" I replyed with a big smile on my face.
"I'm Daniel," the man tells me and then He points to a group of younger boys, who are busy playing.
"Why don't you go and have fun with them for a while?"
"Ok!" I exclaim, and obediently run towards the group of boys who seem to be undergoing a game of tag.
"About the engagement arrangements," I hear Daniel mutter to Daddy, but whatever else he says goes unheard as the shouts of the boys tune out everything else.so i just went on to the boys playing tag.
"Hi there!" I greet them, all of them stopping mid-game to stare at the newcomer. "I'm Naomi. Can I play with you guys, too?"i said with a smile trying to look cute so they would say yes.One of the boys walk up to me, and actually sniffs me. His eyes scrunch in concern, eyebrows furrowing.
"I don't think someone like you can keep up with us," he replies with a smirk and a small laugh.I glare at the boy, offended by the comment. I place my hands on my hips and stare him down.
"You wanna bet?" I challenged him and gave him a evil smirk to show him i wasn't joking. He meets my gaze head-on.
"Yeah, I bet you can't," he sneers at me as he agree to my challenge and then we stood in quiteness until he said
"Boys we got a girl here take it easy on her ok we dont want to harm the pretty lady, now do we?"
"no need to take it easy i like it rough so give it your best!!And I'm it! I'm gonna count to five, so you guys better start running," I tell them, directing a pointed look at the boy.
As I count down, all the boys scatter. But it doesn't really matter, for I have already decided on my target. I keep my eyes glued on the boy as he dashes ahead. Once I've reached five, I sprint in his direction, my feet tearing up grass as I speed towards him. He glances back at me, eyes widening to see that I'm already catching up. He speeds up, much to my chagrin. I too force myself to move even faster, despite my body protesting against the exertion. I'm determined to catch the boy and prove him wrong.I'm panting heavily, but I managed to catch up once again. If I just reach out, I can catch him! My outstretched fingers graze the fabric of his shirt, and with a push I toss myself at him. My body crashes into his, knocking us on the ground. We tumble through the grass, grass staining our clothes. When we finally settle, I am pinning him to the ground, both of us desperately gasping for air.
"Got you!" I breathlessly huff out.He groans under me.
"Yeah, can you get off me now?" he asks. I scramble off of him, sitting beside him with a triumphant grin. He begrudgingly smiles back at me.
"So I was wrong. You're a lot faster than I thought you would be." he said with a laugh and then laying in the grass beside me.
"Told you so!" I proudly say.
"I'm Caleb," he tells me. All the other boys gather around, cheering for me and laughing at Caleb
"Dude, you're so fast!" said a boy with really dark brown hair i almost thought it was black at frist.
