Apparently I cannot for the life of me count. I did the math so many times yet I still ended up with too many kids. I Dunno how I don't know why.

(O I should note there are some differences from the Game and the fic. I dunno these things were added or taken away or something. Or you just didn't see them in the game cause you were running for your life. IDK)

Sun had to go prepare snacks for snack time, but he'd promised to help Harriette add more to her spider booklet later if she wanted. She nodded, excitedly. She'd taken to watching the other kids play, she was used to doing that a recess since no one wanted to play with her. At first it was because of Dudley. By the end of the year it was just a habit, a lot of other kids had taken to being cruel to Harriette since no one would stand up for her. So she'd taken to just playing alone or watching the other kids. Right now she's doing the latter.

There was a particular group of red hair children, the girl had been coloring at the table before Harriette had gotten in. Harriette guessed that they were related. She watched the girl for a while, since she'd been coloring with her. Wondering what it would be like to be amongst them. The group had taken to doing some sort of race game, it looked like a lot of fun, but Harriette didn't dare to even dream of joining the kids herself. The red haired girl won, and she and one of the other kids came over with her, before sitting down the two got themselves some water. Harriette noted that she was allowed to just get herself water at any time. Harriette got up as the two started over and headed toward the water station. She got herself a cup and turned to watch the two had seated themselves down across from Harriette's drawing, the boy had taken some of the bright blue construction paper. Harriette headed over trying not to panic at the sight of them so close to her booklet. She was so proud of it, and she really did want to keep it. She didn't want another kid to ruin it. People didn't like spiders. Harriette made it back to the table, heart in her throat as she collected her book and put it into her backpack. She carefully put it between two of her other books, not wanting it to get crinkled. Once it was safely stowed Harriette grabbed another piece of paper and tried to think about what she wanted to draw. She decided to sip at the water she grabbed. She spotted what the older boy was drawing. It was a wobbly first place ribbon. The boy finished the last touches, and then got a pair of scissors. The girl had started drawing, but Harriette couldn't tell what specifically it was supposed to be. A very fat cat maybe? The boy came back and cut out the ribbon, putting a bit of tape on the back. Before sticking it to the front of the girl's dress.

"What-?" the girl started.

"You won, so you get a first place ribbon," the boy said, before taking off. Laughing as he went. Harriette thought it was very sweet. The girl looked down at the ribbon confusion in her little face. She was super young actually. Maybe she didn't know how ribbons worked. Harriette remembered not knowing at first.

"It's a prize for winning," Harriette said. "It tells others that you won something." Harriette explained.

"Oh," the girl said. "So, it's good?" She was very hesitant.

"Uh-huh," Harriette said. The girl mumbled something, a little red in the face, but she was smiling so Harriette figured it was a good thing. The girl went back to coloring and Harriette figured out what she wanted to draw. She remembered thinking she wanted to draw something specifically for Mr. Sun. She may have given the others too him as he was the only one who'd even want them but she wanted to make it specifically for Mr. Sun. So she made her decision and got to work She was so happy that she didn't even realize she'd started humming.

"Hey, Genni wanna play with me?" a girl with dark brown hair said.

"Yeah," the red haired girl said.

"Do you wanna play with us too?" the girl said, turning to Harriette with a grin. Harriette had never been invited to play with anyone before. Harriette looked around to make sure the girl was talking to her before responding. She really did want to play.

"Are you talking to me?" Harriette asked. The girl nodded.

"You don't have to if you don't want to," the girl said, shrugging.

"No! I wa-" Harriette stopped shyness overtaking her. "I really want to…" Harriette said much softer. The girl leaned forward and waited. After a moment of Harriette trying to finish.

"But…" the girl asked.

"I- well, it's- N-, I want t- but, are you sure you want me?" Harriette was clutching her new plushie. She really liked it. She'd been really grateful when her cousin had passed it to her. It was the… Harriette didn't know what word she should use. It was soft and squishy and smelled new. Harriette had never gotten anything cloth that didn't need a good washing, and wasn't very very stained.

"I'm Emelia!" the girl introduced. She practically threw her hand toward Harriette and Harriette had flinched before recovering.

"Harriette," Harriette answered back. She did not take the girl's hand. Clutching her Moon Plush to her chest even tighter.

"Let's go!" Emelia said, taking Harriette's hand and leading her away toward the play structures. Genni taking her other hand and skipping along after them. Emelia started skipping two, and with some encouragement Harriette started skipping too.

"Ah! What are we playing?" Genni asked.

"Oh yeah, Harriette," Emelia pointed to her. "What kinds of games do you like to play?"

"Ugh, I've only ever played the games that the teachers made at school," Harriette said. "I don't have any friends so I never had anyone to play with."

"What?" Emelia said. "What about your parents' didn't they have any friends? Didn't they have kids?"

"Why would that matter?" Harriette asked.

"Because," Emelia took a deep breath before continuing. "Parents invite their friends over and those people have kids and usually those kids are about the same age."

"Oh," Harriette said.

"Do your parents not have any friends?" Emelia asked. "Or do they not have any kids."

"I don't know," Harriette said.

"How can you not know?"

"I've never met any of my parents' friends," Harriette answered.

"What do you mean?" Emelia asked. "Did they never invite their friends over or… How is that even possible!"

"My parents are dead," Harriette said.

"Oh," Emilia and Genni said together. Genni had stayed silent watching the two older girls talk.

"I'm sorry," Emelia said. Genni sniffled.

"That's really sad," Genni informed.

"I dunno, I was only a baby when it happened," Harriette said, shifting, she was messing around with the oversized shirt she was wearing. It was honestly long enough to be a dress, but Uncle Vernon had nearly gone purple with rage when Harriette had tried to wear it that way. She wasn't even sure this was one of Dudley's old shirts, now that she thought about it.

"That doesn't make it, I'm sorry," Emelia said.

"Why? You didn't kill them," Harriette said.

"No but I did push the subject in that direction," Emelia stated.

"But you didn't know that either," Harriette said, looking down. "Like I said it happened when I was a baby. I don't even remember them. I don't even know what they looked like." Harriette shuffled, her new soft doll was almost falling out of her hand. Tears pricked her eyes, she sniffled. Readjusting her grip. "It doesn't even matter. My aunt and uncle said they were bad people, so they probably didn't have friends."

"My mom says that even bad people have friends," Emilia said. "What was even bad about them? If it's okay to ask. Oh, I guess you might not know huh.." She was muttering to herself for a moment. Emelia was shifting and her face was a little bit red, and she was waving her hands in front of her. Harriette figured she must be embarrassed.

"I do actually, and like I said it's not that big a deal," Harriette said.

"Oh, so.."

"Yeah, what was wrong with them?"

"Oh, they were al-alcoholics," Harriette said. "They drank a lot. That's what my Uncle said."

"That's not bad!" Emelia said.

"It-it's not," Harriette asked.

"No," Emelia said the word really slowly, like she was trying to figure it out. Then she said, "My parents said that people turn to alcohol when they've got something wrong with their lives and aren't getting the help they need." Emelia said, folding her arms over her chest. "People who drink or do drugs are sick! Like having cancer or the flu, a persons not bad for having cancer or the flu are they."
"I don't know what cancer is?" Harriette said.

"Me neither," Genni added.

"It's a - ahhhh," Emelia thought. "That's actually a really hard question. But it's bad, my uncle died from it!"

"Oh?" Harriette said. "I'm sorry."

"Why? you didn't give him cancer," Emelia joked, giving Harriette's arm a light nudge with her fist. Harriette smiled, before frowning.

"Still, I'm sorry I made you talk about it," Harriette said.

"Oh, it's okay, it's not the same as losing your parents," Emelia said. "And I got to know him, and we said good-bye before he went." Emelia looked sad, but also happy. Harriette didn't think that was a feeling you could experience.

"Anyway," Emelia shook her head. "Let's get back to deciding what game to play! You're new so you aren't familiar with the play structures yet, right?" Harriette nodded looking up at the towering indoor playground. Harriette had never seen one before, let alone been close to one. It didn't look the same as an outdoor playground but similar enough. "Alright, then~," Emelia elongated the word then. "Do you wanna explore it first? We can decide what to play afterwards." Harriette nodded.

"Um, do you wanna put your backpack in one of the cubbies first," Genni asked. Harriette looked over her shoulder to her bag, before feeling her face get really hot.

"I- uh," Harriette said.

"You don't have too," Emelia said. "There's a kid at school who hates putting his backpack away, and he's got a special file that says he can keep it on him and it won't distract him in class." Harriette shrugged her backpack further onto her shoulders.

"I- I didn't think anyone would want to play with me," Harriette said.

"Oh, well, we can show you where the cubbies are if you do wanna put it away," Emelia said. "You don't have to if you don't want to though." Emelia pointed as if it somehow made her thoughts more clear. Harriette nodded.

"I can put it away," Harriette said. "No one is going to steal it." Harriette said.

"Well, duh, Mr. Sunny doesn't allow stealing, and he knows everything that goes on in the daycare!" Emelia said, Genni nodding to this. They both smiled like this was some sort of inside joke. Harriette shrugged it off, letting the other girls lead her back toward the tables, and then past them. The cubbies lined one of the back walls, like in school, Harriette chose an empty one, leaving her backpack and then the girls were skipping off toward the play structures. The play structures took up the largest portion of the daycare, and they seemed to be divided into sections, connected by bridges and tubes rather then one large play structure. The drawing tables were actually tucked under one of the longer, and wider bridges. Harriette had heard kids moving overhead, but growing up under the stairs had made it normal. Though Harriette could see another child looking up after another kid bolted across the bridge. There were a few castle like towers, and a playhouse. Harriette that their were few cardboard and pillow building lined up with them, and a large group of children were playing in them. There was a sectioned off area the walls lined with several shelves with toys and games on them. There was another sectioned off area for books, it had puffy things that Emelia explained were for sitting on. Everything was bright and colorful, and there were so many kids running around. Harriette thought there was at least a classroom's worth of kids all around her.

"C'mon!" Emelia said. "This area is set up for climbing." Genni nodded excitedly, starting to clamber up the complex pattern of bars and platforms. "You've climbed before haven't you?" Emelia asked when Harriette hesitated.

"Yeah," Harriette said. "Just now much."

"It's okay, I'll show you how, and you can always ask for a hand," Emelia said. Harriette smile was nervous, but she followed the other girl to the front of the climbing structure. Harriette watched as Emelia started to climb. "We're mountaineers climbing the tallest mountain in the world!" Emelia said, settling onto the bars, holding her arms in a muscle pose. "Harriette, are you okay? Oh! I forgot to teach you! Right?" She started back down.

"No, that's not-! You don't have to come back down," Harriette said, tucking her soft doll into her shirt collar. It actually made it fit a little better. Then Harriette started climbing the bars. She passed Emelia quietly and Emelia continued climbing up.

"Race you to you top!" Emelia said, she sped up her climbing efforts and Harriette also sped up. Finding foot and hand holds in something made for climbing was a lot different then what Harriette was used to, but it was a lot easier. Soon she'd even passed Genni who'd had quiet the head start. Harriette, sat at the edge of the climbing structure waiting for the other two girls nervously. Maybe she should have let Emelia or Genni win.

"I thought you said you'd-" Emelia pulled herself up onto one of the platforms. "Climbed before!"

"No she didn't!" Genni stated, a little breathless. "She said she hadn't climbed much! Which is still a lie!"

"I didn't think I'd climbed that much more then normal!" Harriette called back. "I'd never climbed something made for it before, so it was just a lot easier then what I'm used to climbing!" Harriette tried to justify.

"Well, your really good at climbing!" Genni said, finally fully caught up. She sat next to Harriette and patted her back and they waited for Emelia to catch up.

"Alright!" Emelia said, a little breathless. "I wanted to show you the- the view but you already beat me up so I guess I won't be able.." she trailed off panting.

"What view?" Harriette asked.

"The view," Emelia said, flopping onto her back on the platform they were on, you can see the whole daycare from here. Gosh you two are good climbers."

"Thanks," Genni said. But Harriette barely heard her over her own amazement. She'd looked to see what Emelia meant. You really could see the whole daycare. The walls were painted with clouds, and large stars were sticking out of the walls. Harriette could see the drawing tables, and the playhouses, and the tops of the lower two towers. She could make out most of the kids playing. She smiled.

"It really is great," Harriette said, smiling back at Emelia. "Thanks for showing me."

"No problem," Emelia said, very seriously. Genni laid back next to her. Harriette decided to join. The three laid their for a moment enjoying the sounds of the daycare, looking at the sealing. "Mr. Moon uses those beams to get around," Emelia said conversationally.

"Oh?" Harriette said after a moment. She new that her Plushie was based off a night time design, and Mr. Sun was designed to look like the sun, so Mr. Moon must be his partner, which made perfect sense. He probably only came out at naptime and night, since the moon was out at night and the night was when you slept. It was a very neat idea, and their designs were super cool too.

"Yeah, Mr. Moon has a thick rope that drops down," Emelia said. "He'll hook himself to it and it'll take him up, up, up into those bars. He can either climb around on them or use the rope to make himself fly. I think Mr. Sunny can do it too but he only uses it to do jumps and stuff." Harriette nodded, then looked to the other girl. She wore a soft happy smile. Her darker skin was giving a golden kind of glow, her brown eyes had sparkly lighter brown bits in it now that Harriette was comfortable meeting her face. She was wearing a blue shirt with a dog on it and jean shorts, with a black belt with butterflies decorating it. Harriette noticed she was wearing weird things on her knees that weren't socks. Just when Harriette was deciding whether to ask Emelia reached toward the ceiling. "I wonder what it would be like to fly, even just like that." Harriette looked up to her hand she was pointing, but then she flattened her hand as if there was some sort of glass, Harriette noticed she had a small thin scar like a scratch on the back part where her tomb fit attached to the rest of her hand. Maybe her knee things were like that too, you weren't supposed to ask how people about scars, even if they were your scars. Harriette was suddenly aware of the scar that marked her forehead.

"Yeah, I wonder," Harriette said, looking back up at the ceiling.
"It's pretty cool, but it's better if you're flying yourself," Genni said. Emelia giggled, Genni giggled too. Emelia snorted into full laughter.

"What?" Genni giggled back.

"You talk like you've done it!" Emelia said.

"I have, I fly with my mommy and daddy all the time," Genni said, proudly. Emelia laughed. "What?" Genni laughed back. Harriette couldn't help but laugh too. Genni must be talking about airplanes, but the way she phrased it was funny.

"You just phrased it weird," Harriette said. "I think it's great your parents take you with them on flights."

"Right!" Genni said. "Maybe someday I'll be able to do it all by myself! I've done it before, but only once. It was fantastic." Emelia and Harriette and Genni laughed.

"Alright, let's go over there next, I'll show you the spot that Mr. Sun uses for hiding scavenger hunt stuff!" Emelia said. "C'mon, let's go." Emelia kept talking as they made their way further toward the back. She showed them the slide that would take them down, and once Harriette and Genni were with her she started talking more. Harriette was able to learn a bit from Emelia's chatter. Her favorite color was blue, and she liked dogs, and she was the same age as Harriette. She skipped around while talking. When she smiled, which she did a lot, Harriette learned she had lost a tooth, and had little dips in her cheeks.

"Alright here's the best play structure for hide and seek and that means it's also got the best scavenger hunting spots." Emelia informed. "C'mon!" She said clambering up a ramp with with cushions on it. Genni started crawling up, but Harriette hesitated. "C'mon," Emelia said. Harriette swallowed and started up the ramp and found the pads the make the effort harder as she suspected. Harriette ended up stumbling. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I just-" Harriette paused, trying not to feel embarrassed and disheartened.

"Here!" Emelia said, offering her hand to Harriette. Harriette stared at it for a moment before taking it. Emelia helped her keep her balance as she made her way up the weird squishy ramp. "It's okay, it's supposed to be harder to climb." Emelia explained. "Lots of kids like to have an extra challenge but plenty find some of the obstacles frustrating."

"C'mon, this way," Genni called. "I'll show you my favorite spot! Then we can look for hiding spots!" Genni called. She'd gotten pretty far ahead of them. They caught up and it was apparently Genni's turn to do most of the talking as they made their way to her favorite spot. She mostly talked about her favorite spot but Harriette did manage to learn something else about Genni.

"Roxanne wolf is so cool, she goes by Roxi and plays the keytar. I didn't even know what that was until I saw her for the first time! Isn't she so cool." She held out her dress. "Her picture is on the spot and there's this turny thing that goes woosh, and you can sit in it and make it spin faster and faster. It's just like Roxi's raceway, except safer for younger kids like me!" Genni said, bouncing backward for a moment. "It's just over here." They came through a hole in one of the walls and found themselves in a mostly purple round room, the middle almost entirely taken up by a small round platform that seemed like it was a different part then the rest of the room. Genni stepped up onto the platform and gestured to the table like thing and the chairs around it. "C'mon, c'mon, c'mon. It's so cool! I'll show you!" She grabbed Harriette and Emelia's hands and tugged them along. Harriette looked to Emelia who just looked amused, and when she noticed Harriette's stare she gave her a wink, and a bright smile, showing off her missing tooth.

"Alright, settle in, use the seatbelts," Genni said. "You gotta buckle or it won't spin." The seats had small thin cushions on then and little buckles that looked like the ones in carts but a little thicker.

"Okay," Emelia said. She made sure Harriette knew how to do it, as she buckled her own belt. Once they were all strapped in around the table and buckled in, Emelia and Genni grabbed the table. After only a few seconds of checking how they were holding it Harriette copied.

"Alright now you gotta push so it goes around," Genni said, then she pointed. "This way."
"Clockwise!" Emelia said, proudly, Harriette noted it would be the way a clock would turn.

"Yeah" Genni said. "We all gotta push it the same way so it'll go!" She said. "Now start pushing." Emelia and Genni started the motion slowly, showing Harriette how to do it. Harriette following along nervously. The thing slowly spinning. Once the girls had a rhythm they started pushing it faster, faster, faster till they were going so fast that everything that wasn't on the table was just a blur of purple. Their hair blowing in the wind, their hair wasn't the only thing that tickled them as they spun. They laughed as they spun around, and around, and around again. Till they were so dizzy that even after they stopped the spinning didn't go away. They laughed, as they stumbled off the thing the ground under them. They had to use each other as support, pulling each other this way and that, and giggling. Harriette felt a happy, bubbling warmth in her chest.

"C'mon I'll show you the best hiding spots now," Emelia tried to step ahead but wobbled and knocked her own foot out from under her. The three girls flopped onto the ground in a giggling head.

"Alright little superstar!" Mr. Sun called. "It's time for snacks, then we'll play a game all together!" Harriette stomach growled at the mention of food and as if to agree Emelia then Genni's stomach also growled. Causing to the three to burst into a fit of more giggled. Harriette was the first to sober as she realised that her head was still spinning.

"What are we going to do?" Harriette sat up, panic making the spinning in her head no long feel like fun. "We're going to miss snack!" Harriette felt tears prick her eyes.

"Don't worry," Emelia gave her a reassuring pat, then used her shoulder to get herself to her feet. "Mr. Sun won't deny a hungry kid food. No matter how late they are." Emelia seemed to have gained balance a lot faster than Harriette or Genni, and she offered her hand to the other two. "I'll show you a short cut though, if that'll make you feel better." Harriette nodded. Emelia pointed over her shoulder. "C'mon. There's rarely a slide far from anywhere in the daycare." Emelia showed them the way, Genni getting her balance back, while Harriette was still feeling occasional spinning, and her feet just didn't want to work right. Genni and Emeilia both took her hands to help her through to the slide. "Fortunately this one doesn't come out on a ball pit, I don't think you'd be able to make it out." Emelia jokes. Harriette was starting to feel sick from the spinning. "You don't do well after spinning huh?" Emelia said conversationally. "We can color for a while after Mr. Sun's done."

"But didn't he say we were playing a game?" Harriette asked.

"None of the games are comp-oil-sary," Emelia said, sounding proud. "Comp-oil-sary means you have to do it." Emelia said.

"Aaah," Harriette and Genni said together.

"But even if you did have ta, Mr. Sun usually picks something less vigorous. Says it's good to rest after eating for a few so you don't accidentally make yourself sick. He made it an almost rule after one of the other kids threw up in one of the slides. Almost rules aren't actually rules, but instead your strongly encouraged" Emelia said. "And you should tell Mr. Sun that spinning made you dizzy sick and he'll let you take your snack after you feel less dizzy sick."

"Dizzy sick?" Harriette asked.

"That's what Mr. Sun calls it," Emelia said. "He says that since our bodies have grown sometimes we'll get some sort of playing sick." Emelia said thoughtfully, leading them down the last turn they could all see the slide she'd mentioned earlier. "It means that sometimes your body isn't used to doing something and so it makes it want to throw up or it makes you're real sleepy or something. It depends on why you're playing sick. You want to throw up cause you're not used to spinning, so you're dizzy sick." Harriette nodded, she thought that was very smart and wished that the gym teacher had thought of it since she'd gotten into trouble her first day for throwing up. "Anyway this is it," Emelia said. "You want me to go first and let Mr. Sun know. Since the slide might make you more sick. "Mr. Sun can even come up and get you!" Genni got into the slide before they were even done talking and slid down. "Hey!" Emelia complained, but turned back to Harriette. "So, do you want me to?"

"It's fine, Mr. Sun's busy," Harriette said. "Though I might stay up here for a bit. Are you sure he'll hold snacks for me?" Harriette asked. She really wanted to believe Emelia but she also knew there were a lot of kids.

"I'll make sure he does!" Emelia said. "He usually has some veggies and fruits, do you like anything specific?" Harriette shook her head as a way of answer, but regretted it immediately. Emelia must have noticed because she stepped away from the slide and helped Harriette sit down on a small bench nearby. Then she slid down the slide and disappeared, Harriette could hear her giggling and couldn't help but smile.

Harriette sat, breathing for a little while. The tube that led to the slide platform was wide and yellow, with flowers pressing outward on the walls. Or was it inward since Harriette was on the inside. The bench was a comfortable place to sit, Harriette was a little tired so she closed her eyes.

"Hello, Sunshine," Mr. Sun's voice woke Harriette, causing her to flinch. She rubbed her eyes turning to pout at Mr. Sun, then turned away because your not supposed to pout at adults. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you." Harriette looked back at him. He was clinging to the outside of the play structure on some thick metal bars. Harriette couldn't help but giggle.

"I came up on the outside to avoid scaring you," Mr. Sun said. She giggled even more. "So, are you ready to come down?" Harriette gave a giggly, yawn and a nod as a way of answer. "I'll see you at the bottom then." Harriette nodded. Harriette realized pretty quickly that Emelia was right about the slide, possibly making her more sick. There were a lot of fast pace spins. It made her a little dizzy, but she landed and stumbled forward a bit. Mr. Sun caught her settling her back on her feet. He patted her on her arms. She was led toward the tables. Several of the kids were already doing something on one of the other tables. Mr. Sun told her the rules of the game while passing her food. Emelia was right about the type of foods Mr. Sun liked to hand out. She munched on carot sticks and bell pepper slices while the kids who were already done eating started.

"We're playing a guessing game," Mr. Sun explained. "Someone from each team draws a picture and then everyone else on the team guesses. The team with the most point get's a prize. I though it'd be fun since most of the kids are older or siblings. You can guess while you eat. You're on team two." Harriette nodded. Team two gathered quickly, Emelia was in team two too, but Genni was on the other team.

"Arlight, when it's your turn to draw you'll only have so long to draw your picture so keep that in mind when drawing. This is what it sounds like when it goes off." He set the time for a second and it did in fact go off. Making a really distinct sound, letting them all know what sound the alarm would make. Harriette nodded. She'd never known there were drawing games. She was really excited. The kids in her group discussed who would go first, Harriette offered to go last since she was eating anyway.

Harriette watched as they decided who would go first. Mr. Sun offering to step in if they couldn't pick one. Which ended up being necessary for both teams. Once each group their order the first kid was called up. Mr. Sun had positioned a pair of easels with paper pads on them and pens in the cups.

"Elison, and Maddie are up," Mr. Sun called. "Alright, you'll draw on these pads of paper, now I'll set the alarm!"

"Kay!" Elison and Maddie said together.

"Start!" Sun said, and the two were drawing. Both drew circles, Elison drew little spots on it, and Maddie dress a circle inside the other one, and then drew a smiley face. Looking smug.

"You know your teams supposed to be able to guess what you drew?" the boy asked.

"What? Nu-uh!" Maddie stomped her foot in protest. "We're supposed to be tricking each others teams!"

"How would that even work?!" The boy shouted back. "The first team that guesses get the point! I'm the only one who could possibly guess what you just drew!"

"Na-uh!"

"Actually, Elison is right," Mr. Sun said.

"What?!" Maddie pouted, that's when the alarm went off. "That's not fair, I demand to get a second chance! The instructions weren't clear enough!"

"How were the instructions unclear?!" Elison shouted. "Each team draws a picture and then the two teams guess what they drew and then the next person draws! Team with the most points wins! You get points by guessing right!"

"They were unclear!"

"A cookie," Harriette guessed. Remembering a time she'd seen a set decorated with smiley faces. That would also explain why the brother had drawn a circle with really small circles in it.

"See!" Maddie shouted.

"She guessed that based off my drawing!"

"Na-uh!" Maddie said. "She's on my team so she's guessing from my drawing!"

"Alright, alright," Sun said. "How about we have each team draw a different thing? That way no one can guess based off another persons drawing."

"No! Who's drawing were you guessing from?" Maddison pointed. Harriette strongly regretted answering.

"Well, to be fair I did see cookies with smiley faces drawn on them, bu~t," Harriette hesitated. "I probably wouldn't have thought about that if it wasn't for his drawing." the girl stomped her foot.

"Fine," Maddie grumbled. "But I still think I should have gotten to do a re-draw."

"Well, the problems solved so lets move on," Mr. Sun said.

"No!" the boy complained. "She guessed from my drawing so- so it's cheating!"

"Ah, you are right, how about this, that round didn't count, and you two will get a uh- reward for helping demonstrate."

"Fine," Both children only seemed barely nullified.

"Alright," Sun sighed. The next two kids were called. The next two drew different things. The kid from team one drew a funny looking car, and the kid from team two drew a lopsided apple. Emelia answered from team two but got it wrong, and other kids started giving answers. Team two's kid was looking disheartened. Team one guessed a car. Harriette wrote down the answer. Keeping track of who was winning.

The next one was a wonky looking bird with its wings out and a fish. Nobody could figure it out, so Mr. Sun allowed them to add something else to their drawings. The fish got bubbles, and the bird got a weird looking branch. Still no one was guessing it. Harriette raised her hand.

"You don't have to raise your hands Harriette," Mr. Sun said. Harriette had seen the other kids calling out their answers but she didn't have the courage to just shout out an answer like they were. Harriette shook her head.

"Is it a fish?" Harriette asked.

"Yeah!" the kid from team two shouted, running over, his hand was raised the whole time. Harriette flinched wondering why he was going to hit her. After the boy's hand hit the table she was on she kept her eyes closed for a few more seconds, then opened her eyes cautiously when nothing happened. She looked up and the boy was still holding his hand up. Emelia waved her hands to get Harriette's attention. When Harriette was looking she put her hand up similarly to how the boy's was and then used her other hand to gently hit the first hand. Then she pointed and did it again, and then thumbs upped her. Harriette hesitantly put her hand against the boys. Who seemed to accept it. The next two were already up and drawing. One was drawing a cat, two was drawing a dog. They both looked really funky, but still very clearly a dog and cat.

Or apparently not, it took even longer for anyone to guess what either were. Eventually someone on team one guess cat. The next was team 1's pizza against team 2's ice cream cone. Pizza won. Team One got into the lead. Then her team would get into the lead. Finally it was Harriette's turn to go.

"The teams are neck and neck, never before have I seen such incredible displays of talent, sportsmanship, and determination in one bunch!" Mr. Sun said, pretending to talk in a microphone. The kids all giggled, except Harriette, she was focused. She had to make sure her team could guess this. It was the last thing. She didn't disappoint her teammates. They were counting on her. She pulled out her thing, and blinked.

The card read; helicopter. Harriette didn't know if she'd be able to get that on the paper before the timer ran out. She chewed her lip as she went over to the pad she'd be drawing on. She'd only ever seen a helicopter once on TV, when Dudley and Harriette had stayed up late and Dudley had broke her out so they could watch an old action movie on his phone in the hallway. Harriette pulled up the fuzzy memory. There'd been so much happening on screen.

"On your marks," Mr. Sun's voice sounded very far away. The screen had been so small.

"Get set," Mr. Sun continued. Harriette's heart hammered. The Helecopter had been so far away.
"Go!" Mr. Sun said, and Harriette started drawing.

"Balloon!" Team one shouted.

"Hot air balloon!" Shouted another.

"Bubble!" Another shouted.

"Harriette Hurry!" Emelia shouted, but Harriette just continued drawing.

"Cloud!" Team one continued.

"We already had clouds!" Someone shouted.

"Ice cream!"

"That too!"

"Boat?"

Harriette was almost finished, just a bit more and…the alarm went off, just as she was done. She stepped aside.

"No fair!" Shouted a girl on team one.

"Helicopter!" Shouted team two at once.

"Oh!" Mr. Sun called. "That's really good?" Harriette was breathless from her high speed efforts, but looked at her handy work with pride.

"Alright, time to pass out the prize!" Sun said. He gave each of team one a small bag of gummy worms. Harriette stuffed it into her pants pocket to save for later.

"Alright, you can return to free time!" Sun said. "You've all spent plenty of time digesting so you won't get a tummy ache," Kids split off into groups and individuals. Harriette got a drink of water. Emelia and Genni came up to her.

"That was no fair, I want you on my team next time," Genni complained.

"I'm glad we were on the same team this time!" Emelia said. "You're really good at drawing."

"Oh, I-" Harriette swallowed another mouthful. "Thank you," Harriette said. She didn't think it had been that good until her whole team had shouted helicopter at the same time. Now Harriette was filled with a warm sense of pride.