Running Rivers and Grassy Fields

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Amber awoke looking at her alarm clock that had not yet gone off. she sat up and stretched before pushing her orange hair out of her face. she stood up and walked to her closet and took out a blue shirt and shorts. she put on the black shorts before pulling the cropped shirt over her head. she stared at herself in the mirror. she picked up a hair band looked at it and then back in the mirror before putting it back on the dresser table and grabbing a hair brush.she pulled it though her hair making it fluffy. she smiled at her self in the mirror. she heard a buzzing form behind her and turned around to see her phone on the edge of her bedside table and about to fall of. "SHIT!" she yelled jumping to grab it before it fell. she caught it just barely hitting the table knocking off her water glass, it shattered on the floor. "well fuck" she muttered walking downstairs to get a broom. she saw a note on the table. 

"have a good day sweetie, well be back in a month... be good!" she read the note before throwing it in the trash. her parents were musicians in a band. it was popular but mostly in other countries so they left alight often for months at a time and when they were home they were doing signings. though she had gotten used to it and learned to take care of herself... for the most part. there was a knock on the door. she opened it. there stood a tall girl  (5'7) with long Blonde (almost white)  hair that had swooped over one eye. "sky!" amber greeted hugging her friend who laughed at her enthusiasm. "hi amber" sky fretted herself from ambers grip and walked into the house. "how are you?" amber asked. walking after her friend. "I'm good" sky said turning around smiling. "what are we gonna do?" she asked looking with big eyes at amber. "we can go run through the woods" amber said. they walked outside.  and into the forest witch was basically amber's back yard. they continued walking through the forest chatting about school and such. "are your parents gone?" sky asked curiously. " yea... they'll be back in about a month"  amber turned around looking at sky who looked deep in thought. "does that mean i can stay over for like.. a long time!" sky jumped up exited. "what do you mean" amber asked skeptically. " can i stay over for more then just one night". ambers heart flittered. "YES!! if your parents are fine with it that'd be awesome!!"  sky jumped up. "yea! there always at work and love when I'm at others houses... though i'd probably have to call them and talk to them. but still!" sky and amber started jumping and squealing about all the things we can do; jump rope, video games, pranks, forest running, hanging out in general. sky was about to suggest another thing before she stopped bouncing a look of concern stretched across her face. "what is it?" amber asked concerned."shh!" sky hissed. amber shut her mouth and stopped moving. skies eyes widened before she sprinted in a direction through the woods stopping every often after a few moments she would stop listen and begin running again. amber ran after her jumping over logs at top speed not daring to yell out to her friend. amber was almost caught up to sky when she stopped abruptly. amber almost ran into her. "sh" sky whispered before amber even had a chance to speak.  sky looked to a small clearing. amber focused her eyes where sky was looking her eyes searching with her eyes for signs of anything out of the usual. sky gasped tears welling in her eyes before running into the clearing.amber ran behind her friend now extremely  worried about her friend. sky crouched next to a small grass nest like thing. "sky are you ok!?" amber yelled running towards her. "don't be so loud" sky hissed. amber looked down to see what sky was looking at. she gasped at the scene. there was a mother cat that was clearly deceased her side had been ripped open. there was a dead bird lying a few feet away from the cat. "why did she attack the bird?" amber asked. it was a hawk and cats like this were not known for attacking such powerful birds. "she was protecting her kittens" sky said beginning to cry. there were two kittens. the third was deceased lying near the hawk. "i this the hawk attack the kitten and the mother was trying to save it." sky said choking back sobs.  amber too began crying. sky picked up the 2 remaining kittens. "come on" she said. "these kittens are probably starving. i have some equipment from when we found sam" sky had recently had a kitten that didn't end up making it that had been hit by a car. she had the equipment and experience to feed baby kittens from  volunteering at the humane society and taking care of sam until sam had met her end. they walked back to amber's house with amber holding one kitten and sky holding the other.the kittens were mewing witch was a signs that they were still strong enough to atlas mew for food. there eyes were closed so they probably wouldn't remember there mother. one kitten was black with white markings, the other was shite with black markings. 

they arrived at the house. "I'm gonna run to my house and get the quitrent. if they start acting weird get me. you need to make sure that there wrapped in a blanket but not too hot. baby kittens can't control there body temperature." amber nodded and took the lighter kitten from sky.  sky returned a half hour later with all the food and equipment needed. she grabbed the lighter kitten an placed her thumb on her neck before beginning to feed the kitten with a contraption. "why are you holding its neck like that?" amber asked looking at her friend who had pulled her hair back. "kittens also dont have a gag reflex so i have to be careful not to chock her." amber nodded and mentally noted this. after they had fed both kittens they made them a small bed with a blanket and a warm pack they they could go on when cold or off when hot. and some blankets so they could burrow. amber stood wiping her head. "I'm burnt out" she chuckled. sky laughed "now that we're done with them lets get some food." amber nodded and walked to the kitchen. she pulled out some tortillas, beans, cheese, and sour cream. "you want burritos?" amber asked looking to sky who was still looking at the kittens." yea!" she nearly yelled. looking at amber. amber smiled. "good because i already started making them ;)" she turned back to her cooking. after a few moments she had made both of them 2 burritos and now was putting the supplies away. she picked up the hot pan and took it over to the sink. she looked at sky  and smiled. "fuck!" she yelled throwing the pan on the floor. sky jumped and ran over to amber. "what happened?!"   "I BURNED MY FUCKING HAND" amber yelled. sky grabbed her hand and put it under cold water before rubbing butter on it. "why did you do both?" amber asked. "because i can never remember witch one works" sky laughed.her and amber sat down and began eating there dinner.   


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