“1… 2… 3…” the sound of a new round, refreshing. I ran into the dark landscape slowly hearing the counting fade. As I huddled next to a tree I peaked around to see the yellow glow of lights around the house. I lost track of the counter, something tells me she’s out there and i don’t even know it.

“FUUCC-“ I heard John yell as I caught wind from his speed passing by not even knowing I was there. I wondered, what was- SHIT. There the other team was… I couldn’t run away fast enough. As I got up in full sprint I tripped in mud, Sarah broke from the group when she noticed me. I sped into the deep of the woods narrowly escaping the trees in my way. Im lucky I didn’t trip over anything when I quickly turned around towards safe uphill towards the house. Thank god I missed the grasp of Sarah’s hands.

“HAHA, Imagine not getting someone when they run right by you” I yelled back to Sarah. She just grunted and I could feel her speeding up even more. We were in the final stretch to our designated safe zone, which was an old swing set that definitely has seen a lot of fun in its life. I ran my body right into the post while trying to see how far Sarah was.

“IMAGINE RUNNING INTO A POLE” Sarah bursted out followed by laughter.

“That really fucking hurt” I grunted while she kept laughing. “Well, guess whos safe though” i said with a little too much pride.

“fair, but I think that was still a loss for you” she giggled.