I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S, EVEN THOUGH IF I OWNED THESE MEN, I THINK THAT WE WOULDN'T BE PLAYING THIS TYPE OF FLASH LIGHT TAG.
"It looks like a storm is coming." Gregory said looking up into the sky.
"We should get inside then." Fin said standing up from Shannon's lap and helped him stand up.
"Jeff, Beniot time to go inside, storm is coming." Matt yelled out into the back yard as Jeff came with Beniot over his shoulder.
"Found him." Jeff said as Beniot was just laughing.
"Lucas, Teddy, Willow, come here." Toes said patting her legs as the three dogs came running into the house as they all went inside and closed the door.
"What's going on?" Anita asked.
"It looks like a storm is coming." Maddie said as Shannon clicked on the weather channel to show that there was a storm.
"I rarely watch the weather channel." Fin said.
"That's because you lived in Nevada and California your whole life and it is pretty much the same weather everyday." Maddie said.
"Very true." Toes said as it started to thunder and lightening outside.
"I'm scared." Beniot said as he tightened his grip onto Jeff's back as he was still carried by Jeff.
"It's okay little guy, it's just a little thunder, lighting, and some rain." Jeff said setting Beniot down as the electricity went out.
"Ah!" Beniot screamed.
"Let me get some flashlights and/or candles." Matt said as he went in search of those items.
"We should play flashlight tag." Toes said.
"What's that?" Beniot asked.
"It's just like hide and go seek, but you use flashlights, all the lights are off and the person that's it has to go in search of everyone using just a flashlight." Shannon said.
"I want to play." Beniot said jumping up and down in excitement until another thunder roll and lighting bolt when he squeezed tight onto Jeff's hand.
"Come here little guy." Shannon said holding out his hands for Beniot, he ran to Shannon, Beniot climbed onto his lap, Shannon held him tightly to him to comfort him.
"Here we go, got some candles, and flashlights." Matt said as he set them on his coffee table.
"We were talking about playing flashlight tag, you want to play?" Maddie asked Matt.
"Sure, Anita you in? I know you're really interested in that book." Matt said.
"I want in, this should be fun." Anita said.
"Beniot, you want to hide with me?" Shannon asked as Beniot nodded in agreement.
"I'll be it." Jeff said grabbing the flashlight.
"The safe land is the downstairs bathroom, go in there and count." Maddie said as Jeff walked into the bathroom to start counting as everyone ran in different directions. Shannon and Beniot slid underneath the bed in the up stairs room, Maddie climbed into the shower of the other bathroom (she squatted down and shut the curtain), Anita hid in the closet behind all the clothes and what not, Fin hid under the wrestling ring, Matt hid in his laundry room (he climbed up onto one of his low ceilings), Gregory hid on a low ceiling in Matt's room and Toes hid behind the television set in the living room. The dogs ran around as everyone hid sniffing trying to see what they were doing.
"Ready or not, here I come." Jeff said turning on the flashlight. He went into the bottom stairs bedroom, he didn't find anyone. He then went into the laundry room; he didn't see Matt up on the low ceilings. Jeff left the room and out into the living room when he heard a thud of Matt jumping onto the machines. Jeff ran back into the room to see Matt holding onto the low ceiling and barely standing on the machines.
"You got me!" Matt said as Toes ran into the bathroom.
"I'm safe." Toes said.
"Should I go find everyone else?" Jeff asked.
"Knock yourself out." Matt said as he walked into the bathroom with Toes. Jeff walked into the room where the wrestling ring was and he saw the dogs trying to sniff under the ring. Jeff lifted it up and saw Fin laying there.
"Oh nuts." Fin said as Jeff helped her out from beneath the ring.
"Don't worry, Matt had gotten out first." Jeff said as Fin went back to the bathroom. Jeff opened the closet door, he didn't see Anita standing there, he shut the door, and he then ran up the stairs while Anita opened the door and ran to the bathroom. Jeff opened the bathroom door; he flung open the curtain and saw Maddie sitting there. "Nice hiding spot." Jeff said giggling.
"I was going to pretend to sit on the toilet, but I didn't think it was very appropriate." Maddie said as Jeff helped her stand up and climb out of the tub. Maddie ran downstairs to the other bathroom that already had Anita, Fin, Toes and Matt in it. Jeff went into the other room where Anita and Beniot sleep, Jeff looked in the closet, and he then looked under the bed to see a squirming Beniot and a smiling Shannon.
"He found us." Beniot said as he squirmed out from the bed and Shannon followed.
"I think I am getting too old for hiding under the bed." Shannon said rubbing his back.
"You're not old Shannon." Beniot said as Shannon ruffled his hair.
"Yeah Shannon, you're a teenager at heart." Jeff said smiling as Beniot and Shannon ran downstairs, only one person left. Jeff walked into Matt's room and knew that Gregory must be in there because he wasn't in any other room. "I know your in here Gregory, but where." Jeff said looking under the bed, then looking into the closet. Gregory jumped off the low ceiling and landed on the bed which scared the heck out of Jeff, Jeff jumped ten feet into the air.
"That was hilarious dude." Gregory said laughing at Jeff's face and how high he jumped.
"You're a jerk dude." Jeff said pushing Gregory as he climbed off the bed and fell on his butt back onto the bed from being pushed by Jeff.
"You have no sense of humor." Gregory said as he followed Jeff down the stairs into the bathroom.
"You know, you didn't have to stay in the bathroom." Jeff said.
"We know, but we just love showering together." Shannon said giggling as the lights and all the other electricity flickered back on.
"At least we were able to do one round of flash light tag." Fin said as they walked out of the bathroom.
"Well, that killed an hour." Matt said as he looked at his cell phone knowing that it had the correct time.
"You serious, it's only 5?" Toes said.
"Is North Carolina always this boring?" Anita asked.
"We would be able to go out and do something if it wasn't storming." Gregory said looking outside.
"The raining slowed down; it hasn't really thunders or lighting for like 10 minutes." Toes said.
"We should go out 4-wheeling or dirt biking." Jeff said.
"That would be fun, can we?" Anita asked getting on her knees and looked over Matt's couch at Shannon and Fin who was standing behind the couch.
"If you promise that you'll be safe." Fin said.
"I got a couple in my garage, but some people have to go get ones out of Jeff's garage." Matt said.
"How many do you mean by a couple?" Maddie asked.
"I have two 4-wheelers and one dirt bike." Matt said.
"Will I be able to drive?" Anita asked.
"Not at first, your riding with one of us at first especially since it is all muddy and slippery right now." Shannon said as Gregory and Toes followed Jeff to his house to get three of his dirt bikes. Matt allowed Maddie drive the one 4-wheeler, Shannon set Beniot between him and the handlebars on the second 4-wheeler, and Fin climbed onto the dirt bike (of course they all put helmets on).
"I am not riding on the dirt bike holding onto you." Anita said holding her helmet.
"Either you ride on the back of the dirt bike with me or you're staying here." Fin said, Anita gave in; she slipped the helmet on and climbed onto the back of the dirt bike. Everyone started the engines of the machines and rode out to the track. They were doing jumps, Fin and Toes got up the guts to do a flip, Anita flipped out when they did the flip.
"May I drive?" Anita asked.
"I guess." Fin said as she climbed off and let Anita get in the drivers seat.
"May I drive?" Beniot asked.
"No you can't little man, you're too young, sorry." Shannon said as Beniot still enjoyed riding the 4-wheeler, and watching everyone doing the high jumps, and doing the flips in the air, Jeff was the one doing the crazy stunts on his dirt bike that he brought out now.
"We ready to head in, it's now about 7." Matt said coming to a stop on his 4-wheeler.
"We should, Beniot has bed time soon." Shannon said.
"Would we be able to do this again?" Anita asked.
"You liked this?" Jeff asked as he came to a stop as well.
"Yeah, it was awesome." Anita said.
"Let's just say, whenever you do something good, we will take you out here." Gregory said.
"Deal." Anita said as they rode the beaten path back to the houses, and put up the bikes and helmets.
