"Come on! Hurry up!"
"Phil, wait up. Where are we even going?"
"You'll see, come on"
We both laughed as we ran. We were currently in a huge field with such tall grass it was pretty much like a jungle. This, of course was because we were still so small. Dan panted as he caught up, grinning wildly at me.
"Where are we going?"
"You'll see" I repeated, returning the smile. I quickly took his hand in mine and gently tugged him in the direction of the small forest on the other side of the field. He gave me an unsure look as his gaze followed mine.
"The forest? We haven't been in there though. What if there's something scary"
I giggled softly as I began walking, basically pulling him with me
"Scary? Like what?"
"Like…um, a wolf!"
We both laughed at that one. Dan had realized his reasons for us not to go into the 'scary' place were pretty much useless.
Before long we were well into the forest, still walking hand in hand as we both looked around in amazement. It was kinda scary actually. For some reason it seemed so much darker in here. It was like on of those horror movies Dan made me watch with him, I tightened my grip on Dan's hand, keeping my eyes fixed on the pathway beneath our feet.
Then I heard it
A low growl
We both stopped dead in our tracks, glancing at each other. Dan's eyes widened as he began to look around our dark surroundings.
"Let's go home"
He urged, already trying to pull me in the direction we had just come. I just squeezed his hand tighter, giving him a reassuring smile.
"Come on, don't be scared. You're the one that's supposed to be brave" I replied softly, a small laugh passing my lips as I kept that smile on my face. He seemed to calm down a considerably amount at my words. He quickly squeezed my hand back and nodded. He was so cute when he was scared. I mean, normally I was the one that got scared at everything but here he was being terrified by a dark place.
We walked further in, the light seemed to decrease again. What was this place? Some sort of magical forest? Dan made a small whimpering noise as he heard another noise. A mix between a sort of growl and a wail. He gave me a look of pure panic before basically dragging me away.
We both ran
As fast as our tiny legs could carry us. By this point I was scared as well. What if we died right now? What if Dan was right about there being a big wolf that was going to kill us.
Then in the clearing
I saw it
I tugged Dan's hand towards the light and the object I had been looking for this whole time
A tree house
I ignored Dan's questioning looks and urged him to climb the ladder that led up to the large tree house. One we were both safely up there we looked down. Dan laughed loudly as he saw what had been following us.
A tiny dog.
The dog looked up at us and began to bark happily. We both dissolved into fits of laughter, practically rolling around the wooden floor.
"How could I have been scared of that?" he managed to get out as he attempted to stop laughing.
"You should have seen your face!" I added, trying to contain my giggles that were still currently trying to abrupt from me. He pushed my arm lightly and pouted at me "shudup" he grumbled, adverting his eyes to the ground. I only laughed more, nudging him so he'd look up at me. "I'm sorry, stop being moody and let's play, yeah?" those few words were enough to bring a huge grin to his face. His smile was soon replaced by another questioning look as he looked into my eyes.
"Wait, was this what you wanted to show me?" he asked, gesturing around him to the tree house.
"Yup"
"But how did you-"
"I heard some older boys talking about it when we were in the lunch room the other day and thought we should make it our new gang hut" I told him excitedly.
He grinned at me, suddenly pouncing on me and knocking me backwards so I was lying on my back with him lying on top of me. "It's awesome. We'll have the most fun ever here!"
I laughed lightly as I felt his arms come around me tightly. I mirrored his actions. Hugging him back with just as much force.
He slid off of me. Us both just lying there with our arms around each other looking at the blue sky through the tiny gaps in the roof. It was moments like this that I really loved. Just being able to sit with my best friend and watch the world go by. It was like only we existed in the world. Only two best friends in a huge world.
"Hey, Phil?"
"Yeah?"
"I love you"
I grinned. Dan was the best, best friend ever
"I love you too"
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We spent many afternoons like that. Sometimes even the whole day. Just the two of us lying there in each others arms as we looked up at the sky.
So peaceful
So beautiful
It didn't even occur to me that best friends weren't supposed to be that close. They were supposed to enjoy each others company, not lie in each others arms all day. But honestly, I didn't care. Dan and I had something special.
Something amazing
Something I had with no one else
I guess that's why he's my best friend