"Arthur! Hurry up!"

Arthur laughed as he ran after me.

"I'll catch you soon!" he called.

"No way!" I laughed. "The hero is way too fast! I'm superman!"

"Yeah? Well my magic powers will glue you to the ground."

"No!" I Iaughed. "The hero won't be caught by your evil magic!"

Before I even knew it Arthur grabbed on to my wrist and tackled me to the ground. We both fell in a fit of laughter to the ground.

"That was fun" I giggled.

"I won." Arthur reminded.

"As if!" Iaughed and jumped to my feet. "You haven't seen my secret attack yet."

Arthur send me a puzzled look from his spot in the grass.

"You're secret weapon?" he asked. "You do know, you don't actually have super powers."

"Don't be so sure." I said teasingly. "My secret weapon will have you begin me to stop."

Arthur raised an eyebrow.

"Will it now?" he questioned.

I winked at him before setting myself down on Arthur's legs.

"Hey!" he snapped, though laughing at the same time.

"Be prepared!" I said, in an overdramatic manner.

Before more could be said, I reached forward with my fingers and tickled him. Arthur giggled hysterically and tried to squirm away from me.

"A-Alfred." He pleaded between the laughter. "S-stop it! P-please!"

"Never." I laughed.

"I can't stand it much longer!"

"Do you give up?"

Arthur laughed harder again and squirmed again.

"Yes." Arthur giggled. "I give up. J-just stop… t-tickling me!"

I laughed a little more before retreating my hands from Arthur's stomach.

"Thank you." Arthur said after having laughed a while longer. "That was one secret weapon."

"I know." I laughed, and rolled over to the ground. "Say, when do you have to go home?"

"Scott said he'll come get me after his football practice."

"You mean soccer?" I asked.

"It's football." Arthur corrected me with a slight laugh.

"Do you wanna play?" I asked, pushing myself up on my elbows.

"I can just barely breathe, Al." Arthur laughed.

I laughed too and lay my head down on the grass again. I lay there a few minutes.

"Hey, Iggy?eHHH"

"Don't call me that." Arthur sighed. "What is it?"

I glanced to the side and looked at Arthur, who looked back at me.

"Promise me, we'll always be the best of friends." I said and extended my hand to Arthur.

Arthur laughed and grabbed it.

"I promise."

I laughed and released a breath I didn't know I'd been holding. Had I really been that scared of the answer? How stupid of me. Arthur and I would always be best friends. Speaking of which.

"Hey Iggy?"

"Yes?"

"May I ask you something?"

"Sure." Arthur said with a bright smile.

"Well." I started hesitantly. "Since we're gonna be friends for always…"

"Yes?"

"Well, I was just thinking. Do you…"

"Arthur! I'm here!"

Arthur and I perked up at the familiar Scottish accent. The redhead grinned at us as he walked through the gate.

"Hi there, wee brother." He said with a wide grin. "Did you kids have fun?"

Arthur nodded eagerly and stood up to hug his brother.

"Alfred had superpowers and tried to escape but I caught him with my magical powers." He said excitedly.

Scott laughed and ruffled the smaller blonde's hair.

"I'm not surprised." He said and bent down to Arthur's level. "Now, do you feel like chopping food with big brother for tonight. Momsie's gotta work late."

"Yay!" Arthur cheered. "Can we make fish and chips?"

"Sure thing, kiddo." Scott grinned. "Now go get your stuffs."

Arthur nodded and hurried to grab his school-bag. When he returned he suddenly turned to me.

"Oh, you were going to say?"

"Don't worry!" I said with the brightest smile I could muster, trying not to show my disappointed. "I can just say it tomorrow."

"Alright!" Arthur said brightly. "I'll see you tomorrow in school."

"Come now, lad." Scott said. "Time to go home."

Arthur grabbed the redhead's hand happily and the two walked out of the gate. I hesitated a couple of moments before hurrying after them. When I got out on the sidewalk they had already reached a far bit away from my head.

"Hey Iggy!" I called after them. "Best friends forever!"

Arthur turned around with a bright smile and waved happily.

"Forever!"

Little did I know, that Arthur and his family would leave Sunhill that very night… forever.