It was the weekend, finally! I walked downstairs to get some breakfast, well I guess it would be lunch now since it's 12:00.

"Sammykins make sure you are ready by 4:00, ok?" My mother asked.

Of course she had forgotten to tell me about plans as per usual.

"What? What are we doing? You haven't said anything to me about anything" I said sleepily.

"We were graciously invited to the Mayors for dinner, as we are one of the wealthiest and most influential families in town now. It takes about an hour to drive up and i expect you to look very nice and on your best behavior. Now I could pick out a few dresses that you could pick from or you can pick but it has to be nice."

The mayor? She is letting me pick out what I want to wear so this must be really important. I forgot that mayors were actually a thing.

"O-*yawn*kay"

As I was eating breakfast my phone buzzed, it was a text from Danny

'Hey Tucker and I are going to the park wanna meet us there? Val might join later'

'Sure, what time?'

'ehhhhh when ever I guess 12:30/1:00?'

'sure, i just gotta get dressed, kinda woke up like 20 minutes ago'

'I would have slept late except Tucker had to come over at 10:00 and yell in my ear to wake me up just because he was bored :p'

I smiled to myself

':( aww poor Danny'

'I know it's terrible :'('

I went upstairs and put on some jeans a sweatshirt.

"MOM! I'M GOING OUT I WILL BE BACK BEFORE THE DINNER THINGY" I yelled to the house unsure where my mother was in it.

"OKAY SWEETIE JUST GET BACK AT THE VERY LATEST 3:30 SO YOU CAN GET READY!" I heard her shout back from somewhere.

I got outside and decided to walk there since it was about 12:30 and I wasn't sure if they would get there exactly at 12:30 or more towards 1:00 and it was about a 15 minute walk.

When I got there no one was there so I sat down on the swings. After a few minutes passed I started swinging higher and higher, I felt like a kid it was so fun.

"I DARE YOU TO JUMP OFF!" I heard Danny say as he walked from behind the swing set to in front of me.

I had slowed down a bit but continued to swing.

"Fine! Catch me!" I said while letting go and pushing off.

"SAM!" He yelled as I fell, he somehow turned sideways to catch me bridal style and even though he caught me we both fell.

We were both laughing with me laying horizontally across Danny when Tucker came up to us and just said plainly,

"You two are crazy"

Once we calmed down, Danny and I went back onto the swings, Tucker sat on the roof of the slide.

Danny and I were swinging in unison when Valerie joined us.

"Hey you two lovebirds"

What?

We both paused then in unison said,

"We are not lovebirds"

"Uhh yea you are, have you never heard that term before? When two people are swinging on swings and going at the same pace, lovebirds?"

Danny and I slowed down looking at each other then back to Valerie.

"Hmph maybe it was just a thing some of the girls did in elementary school."

"Hey Danny" Tucker said

"You remember that game we would play in elementary school? What was it called with the people on the playground and the one person with their eyes closed that had to go on the playground and tag someone or call GRAVEL! That's it Gravel!"

"Oh yea! Wanna play?" Danny asked Valerie and me excitedly.

"Sure" we responded.

"Tucker basically just described most of it, if your it you can have your eyes open on the ground but not on the playground and if you're not it, you just avoid whomever is it so they don't tag you, but if you are on the gravel when the person who is it calls gravel you're it."

"I say Danny's it since I'm already on the playground and since you two are new to it."

"Fine!" Danny counted to ten giving us time to get on the playground, Tucker was still on the roof of the slide, Valerie was waiting in the middle to see where Danny would go and I was by the other slide.

"GRAVEL!" Danny shouted as he ran onto the playground with his eyes closed, Valerie quickly jumped onto the sliding pole and held on as Danny passed her, Danny started to come right towards me and I started to giggle nervously. I went down the slide halfway, Danny right behind me, then jumped onto the side of the playground and climbed my way back up.

I had the biggest smile on my face when Danny was at the bottom of the slide and was on the gravel again so he could open his eyes there.

He made eye contact with me and stated,

"I'm gonna get you."

He ran back up the playground faster than before and got on the side and he was getting closer and I just couldn't hold in my giggles. I was hanging off the side of the playground when he was right next to me and tagged me from above the playground.

"You're it!"

I had never felt so happy and like a kid it, it was so much fun.

On my turn I got Tucker, who was not the best but eventually got Valerie who then got me, who then got Tucker again. It was fun climbing around the playground, I felt like Spider-Man almost. We played a few more rounds and went on the swings more.

I was having so much fun until my phone rang, it was 3:31 of course my mother would call one minute after I had to be home. I should have been home though I really needed to take a shower. I answered my phone,

"I'm on my way, I'm almost home" I lied to my mom so she would think I'm not as far as I was.

"Hurry up Samantha this is an important Dinner!" She scolded me and hung up.

"I gotta go, my mom wanted me home at 3:30" I sighed.

"want us to walk with you?" Valerie asked.

"No, no its fine I'm probably going to just run anyways but thanks!

I guess I will see you all later, this was really fun"

I smiled at Danny who gave a small pout then returned the smile.

I started to run back with an even bigger smile on my face. After I got a bit away from them I changed into my ghost form and flew the rest of the way home.

I took a quick shower and dried my hair and decided to humor my mother I would wear something that wasn't black, just very very dark purple.

It was a V-neck with one inch straps, it was tight up top and at the waist it poofed out to above my knees. I put on one of my nicer necklaces that my grandma got for me for my birthday last year.

I walked down stairs and my mom gave me an actual smile, not her fake smile that she wears all the time but a real one.

"Darling you look beautiful!" For once I actually smiled back at her.

What's this? I think I am actually starting to have some sort of plot maybe? Thanks to everyone who follows and favorites and reviews it encourages me to write even though I lack some skills but I enjoy writing this and its great to hear that you all like to read it!

Also I hope I was able to describe the game Gravel accurately, people also call it wood chips I think as well. Also I remembered when I was a kid on the swings if you were in time with someone else you were lovebirds and I was like ayyyyy hehehehe lovebirds