Imagine your OTP meeting as kids at a summer camp and becoming best friends. At the end of the summer, they are sad because they think that they will never meet again. Imagine them as teenagers, going back as camp counselors and falling in love.
I'm thinking about this, and I was thinking they're like 5/6 yrs old, I dunno. It's cuter that way.
"Look out!" A small brunette girl yelled as the foam ball was thrown over her head and towards the picnic table, where a slightly taller girl with darker hair was sat, reading a comic book. The girl looked up right as the foam ball hit her in the head, and she nearly fell off the bench. The little girl who yelled ran over to the other girl, to check to see if she was okay.
"A-Are you okay?" The little girl asked, looking up at the other with a worried look as she spotted the anger on the other girl's face.
"No, I'm not okay! Watch where you throw your stupid ball!" She yelled, throwing it harshly back at the little girl. She tilted her head slightly when the little girl caught it and looked down, sniffling ever so slightly.
"Sorry. I-It won't happen again." She bit her lip and turned away, to go back to the rest of the group, consisting of a 10 year-old African American boy, a 10 year-old Floridian boy and a 10 year old Dutch girl.
"Wait." The girl hopped down from the bench, and over to the other girl. "What's your name?" The smaller girl turned around, still clutching the ball to her chest, eyes a little red, and she looked up into the taller girl's eyes.
"C-Carley." She sniffled, biting her lip.
"I'm Lilly. Can I join your group?" Lilly asked, trying her best to put on a pleading smile.
"Sure!" Carley beamed. She let go off the ball with one hand and grabbed Lilly's hand with her free hand, pulling her over to the group. "Guys, this is Lilly!"
"Hi, I'm Lee." The African-American boy walked up to her and shook her hand.
"I'm Kenny, this is Kat." The Floridian boy scowled a bit. She was going to be on Carley's team, so Lee would be on her team too, leaving them against more.
"Pleased to meet you." Kat nodded, smiling as she tapped Kenny on the arm in a 'lighten up' motion.
"How old are all of you?" Lilly asked, looking between them all.
"10." Lee, Kenny and Kat replied instantly, and Carley bit her lip.
"6." She replied, nervously.
"I'm 6 too." Lilly told her and Carley smiled more. "So, what are we playing?"
The rest of camp went like this, Kenny and Lilly disagreed a lot, and Lilly normally won, having Carley on her side as well as Lee. Lilly and Carley would hang out all of the time together, and sometimes Lee would join them, but a lot of the time he was out canoeing with Mark. It wasn't until the end of camp that the two realized they were best friends, and they were splitting to go their own ways.
"I guess I'll see you round." Lilly told Carley, sad to be leaving.
"Where, where do you live?" Carley asked, hopeful.
"Macon. My dad works at the air base there." Lilly replied, proud of her father, but her smile faded when Carley sighed. "What about you?"
"Atlanta." Carley frowned. Her parents were never going to let her go to Macon for a play date.
"Oh. I'm sorry." Lilly picked up her bag and slung it over her shoulder.
"Lilly?!" A loud voice boomed over the rest of the crowd, calling for Lilly.
"I gotta go. I'm sorry. Maybe I'll see you round, Carley." Lilly turned and ran off, jumping into her father's arms. "Daddy!"
"Hey sweetcheeks. How was camp?" Carley sighed and turned around, drowning out their conversation and looking for her own parents.
-15 years later-
"Whoa Kenny, watch where you're running." Carley, now 21, grabbed the small boy by the shoulders and turned him around, directing him towards the rest of his group. The second Carley managed to control Kenny, or Duck as he is called, another small child jumped onto her back, wrapping her arms around her shoulders and legs around her waist.
"Clem!" Carley mock shouted, putting her arms under her legs to make sure she didn't fall. In a second, Duck was back and sat on her foot, wrapping his arms and legs around her leg, demanding she walk with him like that. "Duck!"
"You need some help?" A voice from behind her asked, and she turned around as best she could with Duck like he was, and saw another adult stood behind her.
"That would be great, thanks." Carley leant back so the other counselor could get to Duck, pulling him off and lifting him up in the air.
"I guess you're a counselor too?" The other woman asked, laughing at the predicament Carley was in.
"Yeah, I am. Carley." She carefully extended her hand while keeping hold of Clem.
"Lilly." Lilly replied, putting Duck down and shaking Carley's hand.
"Wait, Macon Lilly?" Carley asked, tilting her head.
"Yeah, how did you- Carley!" Lilly's eyes widened and she smiled, as did Carley. Clem dropped from Carley's shoulders and grabbed Duck's hand, pulling him away. The two adults didn't say anything else, they simply grabbed the other and pulled them into a hug.
"I missed you." They both together.
