Glancing over at it once more, she was startled by a large, shaggy, black dog sitting under it. Looking closer, she noticed that is was looking straight at her. Shivers worked their way down her spine, yet she couldn't make her eyes move.
"Becca, come on," Lucy called from across the playground. She turned her head to glance over at Lucy, but when she turned back to look at the dog, it was gone. Weird, she thought. Walking over to where Lucy and her friend Katie were standing. She glanced back over her shoulder apprehensively. Forcing a smile onto her face, she knelt down to look her little sister in the face. Lucy's long blonde hair was tied back in a neat braid that hung down her back. Her blue eyes mirrored the ocean with uncanny similarity. Her ears were pink from the cold wind and her cheeks were rosy. Katie, Lucy's best friend, had light, almost blonde hair and hazel eyes.
"Lucy, are you coming?" Alexa said. Alexa was another one of Lucy's friends. She had red hair that was cut slightly above her ears. She pushed her bangs out of her eyes as she walked over. Her brown eyes smiling at some hidden joke.
"You go on Lucy, I'll catch up," Becca said and before she could finish, Alexa had taken hold of Lucy and Katie's arms and was dragging them over towards the swings.
After playing for about two hours, Lucy was ready to go home. Gasping from running, Lucy walked over to where Becca stood and looked up at her. Smiling, they walked home, saying nothing. Their bond was strange, as though they were related by blood even though they weren't. It was as if they could read each other's emotions, but Cindy had never conquered this. Cindy could no more read her own daughter, then she could read Chinese.
While walking home, Becca saw, out of the corner of her eye, a large shaggy, black dog on the opposite side of the street. Picking Lucy up in a panic, she ran home, not daring to look back. After walking in the door, Lucy looked at Becca quizzically, before deciding not to ask any questions.