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Sophie stared after Katie, thoughts racing through her head. "It wasn't fair of her to put you on the spot like that," she said to Aiden.

Aiden turned his head and looked at Sophie, "Are you mad at me?"

Sophie looked puzzled, "Why should I be mad at you?"

"Because I'm not answering your questions."

"I admit that I am curious, but if you don't want to tell us just yet, I'm content to wait," Sophie said.

Aiden rested his chin on his hands, "Oh."

The two were silent for a while. Then Sophie asked, "Do you want to get your violin out? We could play something together."

"No."

"Okay… What do you want to do then?"

Aiden was silent for a minute before responding, "I want Katie to not be mad at me anymore."

Sophie grinned, "Well, I'm afraid some things can't be helped."

The two were silent for a while and Katie came back. She ignored Aiden and said to Sophie, "Sophie, we should have brought more books, I've read this one three times now," Katie waved the book around. "I wish authors weren't so slow and would just hurry up with their sequels." Katie put the book back in Sophie's backpack.

The bark of a dog echoed across the field.

Aiden swore, getting up to his feet in a flash. "Someone's coming. I can't be found out by even more people," he said in a hushed voice.

Sophie stood too and grabbed her backpack. "Should we hide?" she asked Aiden.

Aiden nodded, picking up his violin case. Katie rolled up the picnic blanket and picked up Sophie's guitar. "Where?" she asked.

Aiden gestured to the oak tree, "We'll hide up there, and throw the stuff in that bush over there."

The girls complied, hurrying as fast as they could with their burdens to the bush they hid in last night and buried their possessions in it. Then they turned around and jogged back to the oak tree. "How high will we have to climb?" Sophie asked Aiden.

"As high as you can," he answered, walking towards the tree. "You go first," he said.

Katie began climbing, Sophie right behind her. Fear flooded Sophie; what if she couldn't climb fast or high enough? Aiden was strong, and helped push Sophie up to branches she otherwise couldn't reach. She suppressed her disgust at all the ants crawling on the tree as she climbed higher and higher. Katie was doing surprisingly well. She scooted out to the edge of a branch, leaving room for Sophie and Aiden to sit and wait until the dogs and their owners left. Sophie was the shortest of the three and couldn't reach the branch Katie was on. Katie put her hand out for Sophie to grab as Aiden gave her a boost from below. It was an odd sensation for Sophie; she was completely depending on Katie and Aiden for her wellbeing. Sophie grabbed hold of the branch, but she couldn't pull herself up to it. "Sophie, you went about it wrong. Let go and climb up a different way," Aiden whispered.

Sophie froze. Let go? She gulped.

"I'll catch you, don't worry."

"Can I trust you?"

"Do you have a choice?"

Sophie didn't dwell on that thought for long. She shut her eyes and let go of the branch.