OUR SECRET-MEETING PLACE

"Mia, we are going for a ride. Do you wanna join us?" Carlos asked knocking on her front window sitting over his bike waiting for her to come out at the porch.

"I'm telling my mom I'm coming with you guys, just a second" She answered looking through the window and finding Logan reclined on the fence of the house porch, holding his bike and looking at his home.

"Mama, can I go with Carlos and Logan for a ride on our bicycles?" She shouted sitting and grabbing her trainers from the first steps on the stairs.

"Yes, but be careful. Come back sooner. Remember you have to help me at the market my dear" Her mother reminded her.

"Thanks mom! Yeah, sure!" She answered without paying too much attention. She stand up and got out of the house through the back door of the house where her bike was waiting for her.

Mia's bike was deflated, so the kids manage to look for a nice neighbor on the block who could help them to fix it. After riding for the same streets, Carlos got tired. Like the past five years together, Carlos always bet them into tricks and when they couldn't beat them, he just presumed himself over and over again in a foolish way. But this time was different. Carlos bet both kids to follow them through the limits Mia's mother told them not to pass the first time she agreed with the boys' parents to let them go alone. Mia was left behind, between the hesitate of following her honor or to face her parents regrets after 'a bird' have gossiped them she had broken the rules. Mia reminded quiet in the upper side of the hill at the end of the street which was parallel to the street where they live.

"What are you waiting for? Your mother will never know about this" Carlos shouted and stopped his bike almost down the hill.

"Mia, it's okay." Logan said to her, stopping his bike after Carlos did. "I will keep this as a secret as long as you don't bother me anymore"

"Bother you?" Carlos inquired.

"With the bushy-face thing" Mia answered his question releasing a brief laugh.

"Stop it, at least is sbushy, you know. My face might be rough because of the acne but with the creams the doctors have recommended me is soft and touchable now" Logan said to defend himself, looking at both sides where Mia and Carlos were.

"Are you being serious? You are using ointments? That's weird my friend" Carlos said looking at him with strange face and receiving a glare from him.

"Okay, I'm going down. But you promise it, right? Sbushy face?" Mia said looking down at him, trying to hold her potential laugh.

Logan rolled his eyes. "I promise, now get down here Hodie. It's almost midnight, hurry up"

Carlos kept laughing and making jokes about Logan going to the mall to the pharmacy to get the girly products. Both kids waited for Mia to get down to where they were. They kept rolling together under the violet sky for almost more than ten minutes until Carlos who was ahead the line stopped and bet them to struggle themselves the unknown routes to confront their fears going before him.

Mia and Logan were now first. Carlos kept on encouraging them, but both of them were now feeling chills all over their bodies.

"Are you scared little cupcakes?" Carlos muttered and both kids shrank.

"We are just getting prepare" Logan said after a while.

"Come on, we have to come back or Mia's mother is going to kill us or something"

"So Logan, whatever happens there don't leave by my side okay. I'd ask this to Carlos, but I trust you more" Mia confessed.

"If anything happens, the company is mutual" Logan said to assert her fact.

Logan started going through some trees of different sizes and with many leaves on them. The environment was deeply silent. Mia tried to calm down the tension between them by speaking about the last episode of 'Friends' she watched along with her dad last night on television but as she didn't get answers, she remained quiet.

Huge shrubbery was closing the road they took, and Logan didn't have a better idea to leave their bicycles near them and try to pass through them just by walk. Logan turned around to face and told them what they were going to do, when suddenly he couldn't see anyone of his friends. After seconds, Mia appeared behind one of the immense trees.

"Where were you?" Logan asked nerviously.

"Logan, Carlos left us. I turned back to look if I could see him but I could only hear him laughing and almost gone of my sight. I was going to follow him but you weren't paying attention. Plus I said I was going to stay with you" Mia answered with her breath cut.

"It's okay. We can manage ourselves. Carlos will pay this, write that down" Logan said furiously, making a gesture to follow him with his hand. "Here, come crouching over here. Watch out, there are many sticks" He said meanwhile both of them were taking root. "Can you see the duck?" He suddenly asked after minutes when Mia was by his side watching at the moon reflection being projected over the lagoon.

"I see it" Mia said standing up and finally making a few steps to get out of the bushes.

"What are we doing Mia?" Logan asked following her.

"Let's look around for a while before coming home"

Mia took some stones and threw them to the water making them do small jumps before finally dropping to the bottom. Logan unnecessarily tried to and only sometimes could make it correctly. Unexpectedly it started to drizzle. They walked to the left side of the place and found a rare whole under a cliff, almost looking as a cave. When it started to pouring faster, they run into it and sat down on the grass until the rain calm down a little bit.

Some puddles were being formed on the floor near them, and Logan hesitantly sprawled Mia's shorts. She didn't make it easeful, she stood up and defend herself. Immediately, Logan follow her until the shore and grab her forcedly towards the water.

"Logan, cut it off! Logan, please, wait, no!" Mia was desperately laughing under the rain with a boy coiled all around her. He tripped her and she fell down to the water. "Are you nuts?" Mia said now angrily. "You think it's funny, that's why you laugh, huh? Take this idiot!" She started splashing near him and finally grabbing him by his neck and taking him down to fall down. "How does it feel Logan?"

"I'm freezing woman!" He said laughing and going back to the shore.

Before going back home, they needed to dry off their clothes. How will they explain why Carlos turned back earlier? They would need to study some quotes after all. They came back to the whole and waited till the rain slowly went off.

"This was fun after all" Mia said embracing her knees, almost shivering.

"Your lips are purple are you okay?" Logan said raising his eyes to see her.

"Yeah, it's normal" She answered.

The rain finally slowed down and they came to back to the place where their bikes were lying on the floor.

"The cave got us safe; this is a cool place after all. Don't know why our parents fear us to come down here" Logan confessed.

"Neither do I. And yes, it's a nice place to be on summer" She smirked. "This should be our secret-meeting place by the way. Do you agree?"

"Without counting Carlos in that 'our'?" She nodded. "I totally agree then" and Logan extended his hand to make a pact of it.

Well, this is cute. The guys are like ten years old finding their personalities and Carlos is such an icky boy. The roles of Carlos will change, I swear it. Basically, this story is so OOC for Carlos and Logan till now.

The least I can say is that I'm planning something for a while with Logan and Mia. Won't tell more about, just that will lead to a big enmity. I think you are going to hate me. I don't know we will see. A need drama in my stories, like always :) Once a professor told me "There is no literature without a little riot in which the plot is based on". My story is not based on the riot, but you will understand why I decided to put it, the resolution will be really amazing. And as I have promised, Logan will get a little bit naughty ;)

Special thanks to Chyz and Jessica again for following the ideas of my nearest notebook of summer holidays. Really appreciate you like the things that my mind clumsy creates!