"Tap, tap, and tap" the rain sounded as it slowly dropped off the roof top onto the ledge, it had been raining nonstop all day, and it was a great start to the summer.

I was looking outside when I saw a boy with brunette hair standing outside looking up into the window where I was. I smiled to myself, grabbed my rain coat and boots and ran quickly outside before my parents had caught me. I shut the door behind me and kept running.

"Tiffany!" I heard from behind me "Damn it" I thought to myself.

My father had caught me. "Get back right now! Where do you think you're going?" he said approaching me.

He grabbed my arm and looked ahead to see Tristan. "Why are you off to see him? I thought you caught the memo, you are not allowed to see that boy!" he yelled.

"But father!" I yelled

"Don't use that tone on me young lady, you are coming back inside and doing the dishes!" he said pulling me back.

I walked back with him and looked over my shoulder to see Tristan had gone...

My father had locked the door and pushed me into the kitchen.

"Do them now, or else you will not be allowed to go out at all!" he screamed at me and had left the room shutting the door behind him.

There were maybe 50 or more dishes to clean, yesterday was my mom and dad's anniversary and there were so many people around, my mom had told me to mingle with the kids, but I refused because they all snickered at me and gossiped about Tristan. I hated it.

"Knock, Knock" I heard from outside.

"Go away!" I rolled my eyes thinking it was my brother Kendall.

"No, look up silly" I heard again.

"Tristan! What are you doing there? You should go before my father sees you through the-" I started.

"Who are you talking to Tiffany?" I heard my father yell.

"Tris, go!" I waved at him to hide.

Tristan laughed and ducked down as my father walked in the kitchen.

"You haven't even started. What are playing at? Do them!" he said standing over me.

"I'm doing them, see?" I said as I grabbed a plate and began washing it.

"Good, I'll be back in 30 minutes" he said as he walked off shutting the door behind him.

I tapped the window and Tristan popped up and spoke again. "So, when you leave I have something to show you" he smiled.

I sighed "Tris...I can't go anywhere right now, if I leave. My father will-"

"I get it...its okay" he dropped his head down to the floor and kicked the mud on the ground.

"No, Tristan. I want to hang out with you it's just lately, my father doesn't want me around you anymore" I picked up another dish and washed it.

"I should go then" he sighed. I looked at him and my heart broke.

"I'll meet you by the old tree down the road in one hour" I said.

He looked at me with a smile on his face. "Great! See you later" he said running off.

It was quiet again, 30 minutes later I finished the dishes and had put them away.

"Can I go now?" I asked my father. He crossed his arms over his chest and stood there thinking

"Okay, but be back in one hour" he said

I nodded my head and headed out to the old tree down the road. I waited for Tristan.


I leaned against the tree and stuffed my hands into my pockets as it started getting windy and cold.

"Hey, you're here" I heard a voice come from my side. I looked to my right and saw Tristan standing there with his hands in his pockets.

"I'm sorry about my father" I sighed and looked down.

"It's alright; we're out here together now aren't we? Come on! Let's go!" he laughed and pulled me along with him through the muddy grass

"What are you doing Tris? Where are we going?" I looked up at him. He looked back down at me.

"Well, I found this really cool place. And well, I think it should be our new hide out. Since you know our old one got invaded" he said kicking the mud below his feet.

"Yeah, well that's great! And I hope this one won't get invaded"

We kept walking and it started to rain again slowly, so we ran and found the place deep in the forest. It was quiet and quiet dry, the tree was thick full of leaves so the rain didn't go through. We climbed up the tree and sat on the branches. We started talking.

"This place is so great…" I smiled looking around.

"Yeah, it's perfect. And no one else will ever…" Tristan started and a girl with brown curly hair ran and hid behind a bush as four other girls followed her.

"Who is that?" I whispered to Tristan.

He looked at me and shrugged. We both just stared at each other.