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~Violet's POV

Run.

That's the only thing going through my head right now is just fucking run.

I need to get away. I don't want to lose. My win streak is too high to stop now!

I quickly ducked into a new spot closer to my goal and tried to calm my rapid heartbeat. My breathing was starting to get erratic. I could hear footsteps getting closer and closer. Then the sounds stopped. I could feel myself panicking internally.

Suddenly, I felt someone grab my arm; I was so shocked I couldn't help screaming.

"Ha! I found you!"

"Ah shit! I thought I had a great hiding place!"

Klaus helped me stand up and I brushed grass off my skirt. "Your spot sucks by the way," He said.

"Oh yeah like you're one to talk, you hid under a slide when I was it."

"And you took 20 extra minutes to find me."

"Oh, shut up and I'll help you find the others."

We had the day off from classes at Whitmore so we decided to spend the day outside since the weather was rather nice. Kit and Dewey asked us to babysit little Beatrice today and she and Sunny were playing on the young kids' playground nearby. (We asked a guy friend from school named Keane to keep an eye on them as they played while we did our own thing.) So, us six teenagers, me at 15, Klaus at 13, Fiona at 16, Duncan, Quigley, and Isadora at 14 are playing a game of Hide and Seek at the local park today. As pathetic as that sounds, it was actually quite fun and we were all enjoying it.

I followed Klaus on his search for the others. The rule was if you find someone they have to help you search for everyone else, since Klaus was the seeker right now I had to help. I glanced over at the little kids' playground and nodded in satisfaction that Keane was helping Sunny and Beatrice build a sand castle in the sand pit.

For the record, Klaus hadn't originally wanted to play because he wanted to read his book... then Isadora may or may not have batted her eyelashes at him and convinced him to play because she wanted him to join us.

"Poor Klaus can't resist his lady's charms," I thought with a smirk, "But I can tell he's actually enjoying himself too."

"So where should we look first," Klaus asked, while pushing his glasses up his nose.

I put my hand to my chin in thought as I looked out at the rest of the park. "Let's split up, I know Isadora would probably be happier if you find her instead. Though I'd love to have the opportunity to make fun of her hiding place, it'd be better if you found her. I'll look for Duncan and if I find him then we'll work on getting Quigley and Fiona."

Klaus nodded and took a quick look a misshapen tree we'd labeled "Home Base." Nobody was there so we were in the clear for now, so the two of us went off in separate directions.

~Klaus' POV

Now if I were Isadora where would I hide?

I looked damn near everywhere on this side of the park. For minutes upon minutes even. I guess since she was small she is better at hiding. (Not that I mind; personally I like that she's shorter than me cause she's so cute... focus!) But eventually I did find her hiding in a cluster of bushes by a gazebo. Thankfully, she didn't notice me and appeared too busy admiring flowers around her, probably thinking of couplets about them.

Since I may or may not have wanted to get back at her for, ahem, talking me into playing this game in the first place I got down low to the ground and very slowly crept up behind her. Once I was a close enough distance I proceeded with my rather obvious attack.

I positioned my hands on both sides of her and attacked her with tickles. Isadora squealed and started giggling. She managed to squirm away from me and I simply smirked at her as she pouted at me.

"Found you," I said while chuckling.

She muttered something under her breath that I couldn't hear and crossed her arms grumpily, "Not funny."

"Yeah it was actually," I said, "That's what you get for convincing me to do things by flirting."

"It's more fun when all of us play," She smiled slyly at me, "You can't tell me you're not having fun..."

I rolled my eyes, "I guess it's fun, but I'd still rather be reading my book."

I stood and brushed some dirt off my pants and reached down to help her up, "I already found Violet and she's working on finding Duncan."

"Alright let's go then. I'm sure Quigley and Fiona are probably hiding together or something."

Isadora then stood on her toes and gave me a soft kiss, "That's for agreeing to play."

I blushed; Isadora was such an affectionate girlfriend... though sometimes I think she activates my flustered side on purpose. She winked at me and led me out of the bushes while pulling me along by the hand. We then got the idea to go protect "Home Base" together while waiting for the others to be found.

Not that I wanted some alone time with her or anything... and it's not like we went behind the misshapen tree and started making out or anything...

~Violet's POV

After minutes of searching I found Duncan hiding behind a tree near a jungle gym. I felt like messing with him a little so I very carefully crept up behind him. He wasn't paying attention he had his gaze fixated on "Home Base" and I could tell he was about to make a break for it.

"And he thinks he's going to win; well I can't let that happen!"

Right as I got close enough, I pounced on him and we both fell to the ground with me on top of him.

"Found you!"

"Aw man, Violet! You scared me!" Poor Duncan was clutching his chest from shock.

I started laughing, "Sorry honey, I just wanted to surprise you."

He took a deep breath before looking me over a bit and smirking about our position. "Are you sure you didn't just want an excuse to get on top of me?"

I blushed heavily, "No you pervert!"

Nonetheless I leaned down and gave him a soft kiss before getting up. "I don't need an excuse to get on top of you..." I added.

"Now help me find your brother and his girlfriend before they reach the tree and win."

I helped him up and he looked back at our Home Base tree and smirked. "I highly doubt that Quigley or Fiona want to go near the tree now."

I looked in the direction he pointed and snickered at the sight of Klaus and Isadora now making out against the tree. "Yeah it's safe for now, but that just means we have to do the rest of the work. Did you see where they might have gone?"

"I think they went this way." Duncan grabbed my hand and started leading me in a certain direction.

We walked for some time trying to find wherever they were hiding. And after about 20 minutes of searching we actually did find them... Though I kind of wish we hadn't.

Duncan and I leaned over the park bandstand area and saw Quigley and Fiona making out behind it. We both snickered quietly.

"Guess they got distracted," Duncan whispered.

"Yeah, so how are we going to get them?"

"Hmm..." Duncan whispered the plan in my ear and I nodded.

We separated and moved to different positions behind each of them; Duncan was behind Quigley and I was behind Fiona. The two of us ever so slowly crept up behind the distracted couple. Once we were close enough, Duncan grabbed Quigley's shoulder and I grabbed Fiona's free arm. The two actually screamed in surprise and gave us unamused looks as we laughed at them.

"We got you both," Duncan said between giggles.

"That's what you get for not paying attention to the game!"

Quigley tried to fix his now even more mussed hair and Fiona adjusted her crooked glasses and smoothed out her own hair before the two stood up.

"So Klaus found you guys too," Fiona asked.

"Yeah, we should probably go stop him and Isadora from making out," Duncan said.

Quigley got a little mad about that sentence but Fiona calmed him down by grabbing his arm, "Let them have their fun, Quiggles."

Duncan and I both snickered at the pet name. Quigley went red with embarrassment while Fiona just smirked triumphantly from stopping her boyfriend from murdering my brother.

We did eventually have to stop my brother and best friend to simply tell them that it was time to end the game for the day. Of course Duncan and I teased them about it. After that we all went and got ice cream, and I made sure to buy one for Sunny too even though she prefers to just eat the cone. (Beatrice wasn't old enough for ice cream yet.)

As pathetic as it may sound, seven rounds of playing Hide and Seek was actually a really fun way to spend our Saturday.

~The End!

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