Jackie sat listening to the rhythmic sound of rain hitting the roof. Struck with an idea she began to dig through her dresser. Finally she found what she was looking for, an old pair of shorts and shirt, Jackie quickly pulled them on and headed downstairs. Grinning to herself she ran out the front door and over to the Jones'.

"Jackie, you're wet…" Danny looked confused to find a wet girl standing at the door.

"I know. Get changed, something old." She was still grinning.

"You're acting like a mad woman."

"Did you not say that you wanted something fun to do." She put her hands on her hips.

"Yeah, but…"

"Change!" Danny turned and ran up the stairs, he reappeared a minute later.

"This better?" he asked following her out the door.

"Much," she grabbed his arm and led him down the road.

"You're crazy!" he yelled trying to with her running pace.

"Thank you!" she yelled back laughing.

"How much farther?" Danny asked as they slowed to a walk.

"Not much," she replied leading him around a building. Danny's eyes got huge as he took in the sight before him. They were standing at the top of a small hill there were people everywhere, there must have been at least 30 of them running around in the pouring rain.

"Come on," she pulled him to the top of the hill.

"What's going-" was all he got out before Jackie flung herself down the hill dragging Danny with her. At the bottom he struggled to stand slipping in the wet grass and mud.

"Jack-" he was hit in the side of the face with a handful of mud. He turned to see Jackie sitting on the ground laughing, a smile spread across his face. Seeing his smile Jackie scrambled to get up turning to run, she got only a few steps before she slipped landing in the mud. At the same time she slipped Danny threw a handful of mud in her direction.

"Who was that?" A boy turned around, Danny's handful of mud on the back of his head. Jackie and Danny looked at each other and started laughing. The boy picked up some mud and heaved it toward Danny, missing and hitting a girl with blond hair.

"MUD FIGHT!" someone nearby yelled. At once everyone started flinging mud at one other.

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"What are you doing?" Jackie walked up to Danny, the rain had stopped.

"Making a mud castle."

"You're weird," She said sitting down across from him in the mud.

"So is this town," he said looking up from the lopsided pile of mud he calls a castle.

"Don't drink the water," she laughed.

"The mud really brings out the color of your eyes, you should wear it more often," Danny said in a serious voice. Jackie scooped up the mud he was making a castle from and smeared it in his face.

"You did not just do that," he said whipping it from his eyes.

"I think I did," she grinned.

"AAAAAHHHHH!" he lunged at her. Before he could get her she ran. Danny caught her by the arm a few seconds later she skidded and fell in the mud again.

"Need some help?" he smiled down at her sticking out his hand. Jackie took it and pulled him down next to her.

"This is gross…" Jackie said controlling her laughter.

"What is?"

"This is," she motioned to the mud covering her.

"Yeah, but it was fun." They got up and began to slowly make their way back to their houses trying not to slip.