It was late afternoon in Radiant Garden. People were moving out and about in the beautiful town. All the children were running around, playing and laughing…all except for one. A little boy, who was playing alone today. His best friend was home, sick with a terrible cold. So, here he was, walking around with nothing to do. He was on his way home, when he heard someone go 'Ow!'. He stopped and turned to the direction the noise came from, surveying the area, when he heard more shouting.
"Miko, get down from there!" A little girl shouted, sounding impatient. The boy went down to where the noise was coming from, and saw a little girl who seemed to be about the age of 9, the same age as him, her hands on her hips, staring up at the roof of a house. There, sitting on top of the roof, was a black and white cat.
"Miko! GET DOWN!" she shouted again. The cat did not budge. "You stupid cat! Don't make me come up there!" She warned, and the little boy couldn't help but laugh. The little girl turned around to see who dared to laugh at her situation. When she saw the boy, she frowned slightly, before turning her attention back to her cat. She put a hand to her chin in thought thinking of ways to get the cat off from the roof top. She knew she couldn't climb up there without getting her clothes dirty, which her mother had specifically asked her not to, and she couldn't call the cat down, for it was too stubborn. Her last option seemed like a good enough plan. She turned to the boy that had been laughing at her earlier.
"If you think it's so funny, why don't you get him down then, hm?" She put her hands on her hips while she faced him, a smirk on her face.
The boy, who's name is Lea, looked at her for a second, before smirking back at her.
"Fine. I will." She didn't believe him, until she saw him actually climb on top of the roof, and grab her cat. Carefully, Lea jumped down, the cat in his arms.
"Mew." the kitten mewed, looking up at its owner with a cute expression.
"Here." Lea said, placing the kitten in the awaiting girls arms.
The little girl looked at the kitten carefully before looking back up at Lea, and then back down at Miko. She looked between the two, before looking back up at Lea with a beaming smile.
"Thank you!" She said, hugging the little kitten close to her chest. "My names Hope! What's yours?" the little girl asked, looking up at Lea, expecting him to answer.
He watched as she readjusted the little kitten in her arms before answering. "I'm Lea." Just as he was about to walk away, Hope grabbed his hand, and began to drag him off. "H-hey!" He tried to pull away, but man, was she strong!
"For helping to get my kitty down, I am going to take you to get a cookie from my house!" She stopped in front of little house, opening the door, and running inside to the little kitchen, and to the table, grabbing a two cookies for her new friend, and running back outside to Lea. "Here! Two, freshly baked homemade chocolate chip cookies." she placed the two cookies into his hand, a smile on her little face.
"Thanks. See 'ya around." With a small wave, Lea began to walk off, and towards his own home, eating his cookie along the way. He decided to save the other one for his friend that had the cold.
And the entire way home, he could only think one thing:
'These are really good cookies.'
"So, your saying this girl has a cat that is stubborn, and she gives out free cookies?" Isa asked as Lea dragged him along. The next day, Lea had taken the other cookie to Isa, who had fully recovered from his cold, and had very much enjoyed the chocolate chip cookie that his friend had brought him.
"Pretty much, yeah. This is her house." The two stopped in front of the same house that Lea had been dragged to yesterday. It was a little blue house, that was average size. In the front, was a little flower garden, and mailbox.
"Well…are you just gonna stand there, or go up and knock?" Isa asked, growing impatient.
"Huh? Oh, yea!" Lea walked up to the front door of the house, and knocked on the door, standing back and waiting.
The door opened, and revealed an older woman, who shared similar features to the little girl, Hope. She smiled down at the two boys.
"Can I help you?" She asked, looking between the two.
Isa nudged Lea in the side when he didn't answer. "Oh, um, is Hope here?"
The woman smiled at the two before turning back. "Hope, there are two boys here to see you!"
"Comin!" Hope called, running towards the front door two see who had called her. When she poked her head around her mother and outside the door, she saw Lea and another boy that she didn't know. "Lea!" Hope squealed in excitement, smiling joyously before running out and onto the porch to stand in front of the boy she had met the day before.
"Can you come play?" Lea asked.
Hope turned around to look at her mother, seeing what she would say. Mrs. Daniels smiled at her daughter, giving her an approving nod that said she could go. Hope squealed in excitement before turning back at the two.
"Let's go!" Hope shouted as she dashed off the porch, stopping and waiting for the other two to follow after her. As soon as they got to her, she stopped and tugged on Isa's sleeve.
"Hmm?"
"What's your name?" Hope asked, hands clasped behind her back, waiting patiently for the boy to answer.
"Isa. What's yours?"
She smiled brightly at him. "I'm Hope."
"C'mon! I want my ice-cream before the store closes!" Lea shouted, taking off and dashing off.
"Hey, wait!" Isa shouted, dashing off after him.
"Wait up!" Hope shouted as she ran after the two, quickly passing Isa, and running alongside Lea, thinking only one thing as she ran with the two boys.
'I finally have someone to call my friends.'
A/N: I probably should be focusing on other stories, rather than starting on another one, but I'll manage! So, did you guys like it? Review then!