"I bet you a million trillon dollars if i jump high enough i can touch the moon!" the little girl screamed at her brother. "Cam, it's not possible.
Please be careful before you hurt yourself." the boy said stroking his hand through his curly, dark hair watching his little sister with fear in his eyes. "Agree." she said forcefully "Agree to the bet!" "Cami, neither of us will ever have at anytime a million trillion dollars."
he said with a sigh. She turned to look down at him on the ground from her place on the trampoline. "Scared?" she teased with a smile. "Nah.
I just don't feel like making bets that don't matter." she turned the puppy dog eyes on him "Please. For me?" she begged in a way only little sisters can. He let out a large breath. "Fine. But you've gotta prove that it's possible." he said glaring at her. "Deal!" she said as she stuck out her pinky and shoke pinkies with him. "Okay go!" he shouted and she started jumping. Higher and higher she got but with no more possibility of touching the moon than when she was on the ground. Eventually she got so high she was easily flipping in between the height of the jump and touching the trampoline. "Okay stop, stop!' he yelled trying to be dignified about it. She flopped down on the trampoline.
It had recently gotten warm and the two little Andersons loved it! Every day they ran home to climb the tree in their front yard or play on the trampoline. She stared up at the blue sky. "Blaine?" she called to him as he slipped out of his sneakers and climbed next to her where he sat "criss cross applesauce". "What?" he responded with a questioning glance at the little girl lying spread out on the trampoline next to him. "Why's the sky so blue and wonderful?" she asked with a small giggle. "Why? I don't know something about chemicals I think."was his baffled response. "That's not what I mean." she said flopping up to sit the same as him. "I mean WHY? Like why did god make it such the perfect shade of blue. It's referenced all the time. Sky blue. But it never, ever measures up. Does it?" "No. It doesn't." he agreed with a somewhat shocked look upon his face. "It's kinda like all those candels and shampoos mom has in her bathroom, isn't it?" "Whadda you mean?" he questioned looking confused. "Well. They all SAY ocean scented or beach scented and some claim to be just like the real thing. But they never are. The real beach is better than a candle that's beach scented. And you can't take the scent away because it gets stale, and smells bad. The sky's the same way. The pictures and remakes are never anywhere near as nice as the real thing." he smiled at her. She was so clever. No one else seemed to realize. She was getting tutored and they were considering holder her back a year already. Was it that others didn't understand her or did she not want others to know she was so intelligent. It didn't matter because he understood that she said meaningful things for a seven year old.
Like he didn't think he himself, who'd recently turned ten would have come to what she just had about the sky without her. She hopped of the trampoline and grabbed two little dandelion fuzz balls. "Make a wish." she said handing one to him. He shifted to the entrance to the trampoline and she sat next to him and they blew from there. Afterwards they both got back on the trampoline and continued to jump laughing and flopping down to the surface. After a while Blaine stayed in a sitting position as his sister jumped around him. "What'd you wish for?" he asked her suddenly. "I can't tell you. Then it won't come true." she said with a pout. "But what if i told you that for only this wish, I could tell you and you could tell me and we'd make the wishes together and they'd be stronger and come true more quickly." she turned to him with a large grin.
She's so gullible, he thought, though he did feel bad for making this up for her. "Really? That happens?" she squeled, obviously excited.
"Yeah. It'll work. What'd you wish for?" she smiled "Well, i wished for two things!" "Oh really? Me too!" he half said half laughed. "Well,
the first is that maybe someday, I'll be able to capture the blue of the sky. And the second is that we'll always be very best friends. Like now." she giggled here "No matter how many other friends we make, or what prince charming I marry or beautiful princess you marry" she had to be joking a little he thought to him self. "The seconds a long one. I also never, ever want to lose you. Because you're the best. Kay?"
"Okay" he responded with a kind smile. "Well? What're your two?" "Uhm...well, Cam I can't tell you." "Why not?" "Because then they won't come true" and with that she jumped up and started jumping "AH! What're you doing?" "Popcorn." she responded with a smile. "Try not to pop"
As she bounced him around all he could think about was the way that they essentially had the same second one. No matter who got in their way they'd never stray too far from that pinky promise. Ever.
Yeah it's cute...but personally I think it explains some things that happen in the future and how close they stay.