Disclaimer:
I own only Rick, Jed, Maud, and Rachel in this chapter"Morwen! Are you going to come out and play!?" Rick called, hoping she would answer.
She stuck her head out of the second story window and looked at him. "Rick, my parents are still asleep!" She said, in a quiet voice.
He looked sheepish. "Sorry, now are you going to play?" He asked quietly this time.
She nodded, and ran downstairs. Her long auburn hair streamed behind her. Irritated, she braided it swiftly while running. This amused Rick. "Why are you twistin' your hair up?" He asked.
She glared at him. "I, unlike you dirty boys, have long hair that needs to be twisted up." She replied.
He laughed. By then, they were at the alley where Morwen and her friends constantly played. There were three other boys, Telemain, Jed, and Jon, and two girls Maud and Rachel. "Morwen!" They all said.
Rick smiled as he approached the other boys. "She has to twist her hair cuz' she ain't a dirty lil' boy!" He said, as if he were the smartest person in the world.
That caused all them to laugh. Morwen even laughed. He sounded just like her, except the childish lisp. They began a game of villains and heroes. It was the girls' turns to be the heroes. The boys ran to hide.
Morwen led the heroes. Their bare feet slapped on the cobble roads as they ran after the boys, waving "swords", that were really sticks. Morwen grabbed Telemain. He struggled, but Morwen threw him to Rachel who was the strongest girl. "We've got one of them, come on Maud." Morwen said, running after Jed and Jon, the twins.
They soon caught up with Jon, who was a bit over weight and not very athletic, and "killed" him by giving him a good smack on the head that made him dizzy and immobile for the moment.
Jed, on the other hand, was a fast and athletic boy. He ran faster, Morwen close at his heels. He slowed down. I've got him now! Morwen thought. She heard a thud, and saw Jed run into a market stall that had pies stacked on it. The pies wobbled and fell on Jed, splattering him in red and purple filling. Morwen couldn't help laughing. The pie vendor, unfortunately, didn't find it funny at all. "My pies!" He screamed, rushing over to the stall from the tavern where he had been having some beer with friends.
Morwen helped Jed up, and they both ran while the pie vendor screamed something about destroyed property.
When they got back to the alley where the "jail" was, everyone else was there. "What took you so long? And what happened to Jed?" Maud asked.
Morwen burst out laughing, so Jed told the tale.
At the end, everyone was laughing. Morwen was crying she found it so funny. Then they heard faint voices. "Morwen!" Morwen heard her father call from about five alleys down.
"Got to go, see you tomorrow!" She said, dashing out the back way and to her father.
He laughed when she came running and jumped into his arms. "Hello, sweetie, where have you been?" He asked.
"Just playing with some friends." She said.
He smiled, and carried her home....
