Based on an anonymous story I read online. I don't own orange is the new black. I'm just trying to have fun.
It's raining. Me and my best friend Nicky are playing inside my tree house, well technically, our tree house. It was built by my father on our backyard and it has been our hide out ever since.
"I need to go Alex, my Mom is expecting me to be home early today."
"But we need to finish the game! You just want to go because you're losing." We have been playing Jenga while waiting for the rain to stop and she was able to crash it three times in a row.
"You know I hate this game." She says while trying to concentrate. Using both her hands, she slowly retracts a piece. I swear she even tries to stop breathing just to keep her body steady.
"Yes!" Nicky shouts in victory as she successfully removes her target piece. But as she was laying the block on top of the tower, the whole thing collapses.
"Haha, you lose again!"
"Ok I give up. You're the Jenga master." She sounds defeated.
"Come on Nicky, don't be a sore loser. Besides, this has been the highest we've had so far, you're improving." I try to convince her to stay longer.
"Yeah but the rain stopped and I really need to go. My Mom won't let me be here tomorrow for our sleep over if I don't get home on time for dinner."
"Alright, see you then!"
We're both excited about tomorrow because it's the last day of school before summer break. This means we can be up more late than usual. We are planning to see the latest Star Wars movie. I know my parents won't ever understand why ten year old girls like us loves to watch inter galactic Jedi and monsters fighting with glowing swords, but we're glad enough that they let us.
As I was about to go down from the tree house, I see this moving truck. I watch it approaching and notice the new neighbors moving in. I observe the family as they enter their new house. I am about to glance away when I see a little girl. She might be eight years old, I think. She have these long blonde hair that almost reach to her waist. She is simply the loveliest girl I've ever seen.
I'm stunned at how graceful she looks and excitement is evident in her. Normally cute little blonde girls wearing pink dresses, that might be having tea parties occasionally, does not interest me but there is something about her.
She is very pretty.
All of a sudden she looks up and sees me gawking at them from the tree house window. I am about to duck and hide when she smiles and waves her hand at me. Her smile is very contagious that I am now smiling at her too. I wave back at her and then I watch in amazement as I see her running towards my direction.
"Would you like to come up?" I offer her.
"May I?" I nod and help her climb up. I can't stop looking at her eyes. They are so blue. Like the ocean, or the sky? Like turquoise maybe? I don't know, I just feel so lost looking at them. I can't remember if I've seen anything like it before. It's like her eyes are full of magic.
She is very pretty.
"By the way, my name's Piper, what's yours?" I hear her say and it snap me back to where I am. Her name is peculiar but I like it.
"I'm Alex."
"Well, I like your name. Can I call you Al?" She says with a smile.
"Hmm, sure?" I tell her as I push my glasses up my nose. I guess we're close now since she gave me a nickname.
I guide her and I let her see the inside of the tree house. She keeps on smiling. I can definitely spend many hours just looking at her.
She is very pretty.
"Hey, your tree house is neat!"
"Thanks. My dad made it for me and my best friend Nicky. We come here a lot. We play games here all the time. It's like our secret hide out." I say to her proudly while I observe her scanning the place. I show her some of our games and books.
"Can I come here too and play with you guys?"
"I think I need to talk to Nicky about it first but I'm sure she will be cool with it."
"Awesome!" She's full of glee as she leaps and hugs me. We have a huge height difference so she's standing on her toes as she wrap her arms around me. A huger indeed. She smells so good. Strawberry-like kind of scent. I suddenly have a craving for an ice cream or a candy right now. How can hugging her makes me wanna eat something sweet?
She slowly releases me from her bone crashing hug and we just look at each other for a moment. Is she trying to peak into my soul?
She is very pretty.
We are both startled hearing her Mom calling from below. "Piper, baby let's go. Your brothers are looking for you and it's almost time for dinner. You can come back tomorrow and get to know more about your new friend, she's not going anywhere." She says while giving me a sweet smile.
"Bye Al, see you tomorrow." She complies but she seems upset. Her Mom helps her go down the tree house. I suddenly miss her smile.
"Bye Piper!" I wave at her looking like an idiot but I'm glad that my simple gesture made her smile. It felt good saying her name.
My sight follows them as they walk away and went inside their house. It's gonna be a very fun summer with my new friend, Piper. I don't know why it excites me to be around her. How can a little girl give me a lot of inner questions all of a sudden. Weird.
I have been staring at their closed door for I don't know how long when I finally decided to go home too. It's already dark but I can still see her bright blue eyes. And that sweet smell, It feels like it lingered on me.
She is very pretty.