Seth's POV
Collin, Brady and I were going to the beach to play football. It was a warm, sunny day and I could smell the salt of the ocean in the breeze. The weather was perfect for hanging out on the sand all day. Once the beach was in sight, Collin took off running. He swiveled in the sand and looked at me expectantly, still walking only backward. I got the message and tossed the football to him. Unfortunately (or fortunately), the unsteady ground caused Collin to lose concentration at the critical moment. The ball clocked him in the forehead and he lost his balance entirely.
I devious grin spread across my features. "Come on! Let's bury him!" I called.
Before Collin could save himself, Brady and I began kicking sand all over him. He sputtered and struggled to his feet.
In an instant, the football sped toward my face. I caught it just in time and let out a little laugh of relief. Having narrowly escaped certain doom, I tossed the ball to Brady. A reasonably civilized game of catch continued from there.
Collin suddenly said, "Who's that?" while pointing at a girl dressed in white and holding a purple book.
"Isn't that the minister's daughter, Lilly?" asked Brady.
"Yeah, but what is she doing at the beach?" asked Collin.
I spoke up then. "Minister's daughters have lives too, ya know." They smacked me upside the head and ran over to her. I followed and heard them ask her if she wanted to play with us.
"Okay, but only if my sister can play, too." The twins look at each other, and then back at her.
"Okay. Where is your sister?"
"Follow me." She then started walking into the woods. All this time I was following my imprint and I didn't even know it. The forest seemed to go on forever. Collin grumbled about the brambles catching at his clothes and even I had to admit I was getting kind of bored. We did a nice thing, letting this girl play with us, and she goes and leads us into the middle of nowhere. Still, for some reason, I felt like it was important to keep going. Our walk lasted for about half an hour until we reached a creek that had a swinging-rope tied in the tree above.
"Stand back," she warned. We stayed in the tree line until a girl a few years younger than Lilly took a running jump, grabbed the rope, and swung on it until she reached the middle of the creek. We all jumped back, a mere 3 inches from getting soaked. Lilly turned her head to avoid getting water in her lovely grey-blue eyes. At that moment, our gazes met and I knew I had found my soul mate.