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"Come on Jeff."
"It might be dangerous."
Lee rolled his eyes. "Duh. Maybe you're just scared."
"I'm not scared. It's just we're not supposed to go up there in the dark."
"That was when we were kids. And it's not dark."
True. "We're twelve."
"We're not kids."
Logical, and Jeff did appreciate the logic. And he really wanted to go.
"Fine, we go to the Outcrop."
"Yes!"
The Outcrop was a twenty-minute walk from Lee's house. Well, it took twenty minutes to get to the Track. The Track was a ten-minute walk up that got steeper the closer you got to the top. The boys had made the climb plenty of times before, so it posed them no problem despite the amount of gear and snacks they'd brought with them. They reached the top, dumped the bags and stared at the fiery sky and the landscape way below.
"Who's going to put up the tent?"
"I'm not."
"Well, I'm not."
"I'm not."
"Rock, paper, scissors?"
Lee considered. "Okay."
"Rock, paper, scissors!"
Both scissors. They stared at their hands.
"Uh…best of three?"
"Arm wrestle?"
Lee won. Jeff accused him of cheating. There was a short scuffle during which a torch fell over the edge. They both put up the tent.
They'd demolished half of the snacks by the time the sun had set. And as the sky darkened to a deep velvety black, stars started to streak across the sky. The moon hung bright in the sky, it almost seemed close enough to touch. Jeff smiled, entranced by it.
"Hey, did you see that one?"
"Hm?"
"We've got the best seats for one of the best lightshows on earth and you're staring at the moon."
"What can I say? She's beautiful."
Lee laughed. "Look at the meteors, you can look at the moon for every other day of the year."
"Yeah, but they'll come back next year."
"But the moon will be there tomorrow."
"I guess," Jeff turned away and watched for another shower of silver. "What d'you think it'll be like when they land there again?"
Lee shrugged. "Pretty much the same as it was last time. Awesome though."
"We're going to get up there one day."
"I know. Bet I get there first."
"How much?"
"Gloating rights."
Oooooooh. That made things interesting.
"You're on." Jeff opened another packet of popcorn. "Bet I get to Mars first though."