The house on Maple Street

3

I felt the warm breeze take over every bone in my body, I shut my eyes not even taking in my surroundings yet. I let the smells feed my curiosity. The salty lake water, the fresh pine trees all united as if made for one another. Finally I opened my eyes only to turn around and see Aric's lips curl into the biggest smile.

"Have you seen anything quite like this, the way the trees fall into the sand, I wonder if the rest of the world is this beautiful"

"I've always wondered if that was why dad left, he was like you, always curious of the beauty beyond our small sanctuary, truth is Eden, I don't know what's out there, but that's why we need people like you. To keep us thinking, imagining"
I felt the water brush my ankles as we had drifted into the lake.

"I miss him you know, the way he would tell us stories of all the things we're destined to do. I think they were all lies, he lied about everything about loving us, about this place and about who we are. After all he chose to leave us"
Talking about Vic, had left me feeling almost empty, all of a sudden my head grew faint. I motioned to Aric for us to sit on some rocks, on the edge of the pine forest.

"Eden, he loved us, even mum. I just don't know if it was enough to make him stay" Aric looked away, I could of sworn I saw his beautiful chestnut eyes gloss up, and in this moment he looked vulnerable. As Aric got up he took with him any emotion he had once felt.

"You ready for some exploring" he sighed giving me what looked like a half smile.

"I'm always ready" I half smiled back.

As we walked in to the pines, both of us forgetting the rule our mum had left us which we were about to break.