He didn’t seem very surprised or shocked, just slightly
disappointed. “Why should I care, it’s just a game of tag...” he
mumbled, coming to a stop from his sprint to face the boy.
He heard something from the trees and glanced it’s way. He knew he
had gotten almost everyone so far, so he figured it was Meg.
“Sorry, gotta go...” he grumbled, then turned to chase Meg.
While chasing the last remaining kid, he began to lose interest in
the game. He had gotten nearly everyone out already, why should he
go the extra mile to get Meg? It seemed like a waste of time and
energy. But the glimpses of her running through the trees somehow
kept him motivated. He chased the small glimpses for a long time
until they had gone the other direction. He, of course, continued
following it.
Arron looked up at the winner before sighing and running out of the
woods. He was exhausted, he just wanted to go back to bed. It had
been a while since he played a game of tag, and he saw why. He just
didn’t like it
He was looking off into the distance, ignoring all the commotion.
His breathing was slightly heavier than normal due to the running,
but everything else was slow, such as his blinking. He let out a
yawn and turned his head to look at the clouds above.
emily went over to arron and tuged on his shirt and said"you did
awesome too arron you almost beat her".She smiled at him holding
her big carrot plushie.
He hesitated before following the children inside, stopping to let
them all through. He took one last glance at the blue sky above and
followed them in.
He decided to go to the room instead of play with the children like
meg. He sat down in his bed and took out the notebook and pencil he
had in there, then mindlessly wrote in it.
it grew dark and they alll ate dinner and emily had a black hat on
with a black coat and held her carrot plushie and a case in her
other hand and mother said"now children emily here will be going to
her foster family now".
meg went over to emily and knelt down"be good ok make us proud "and
hugged her.
emily said"i know i wasent the fastest or the smartest but ill try
my best out there"she began to cry and say"i- i dont wanna leave
them"
He stood in the back of the group, staring at Emily as she said her
goodbyes. He had a displeased frown on his face, he almost looked
uncomfortable. He had his arms crossed as he leaned against the
wall, hiding away from everyone else.
Arron had noticed the plush long before Meg had, but ignored it as
he headed back to his room. He looked back once he heard Meg speak,
sighed, and continued walking