"Hurry up, Ash!" He called out once more.
I now opened the door and went out. I ran the short pathway in our garden towards the gate and opened it, and saw them on their bikes.
I was acting strange, I just stood there smiling at them without saying anything, secretly examining Brian's stunning appearance. Yes, I was romanticizing about him again, y'all could say that. His blond hair had a perfect glow of gold as the sun shone on it. I could see his beautiful hairstyle again, that curtain hair which is parted in the left side, his averagely long bangs swept to the other side, slightly covering his right eye. The cool and refreshing autumn air blew and it brushed his bangs away from his face, exposing his features more, and now giving me a clearer look of him this time. Was it just me, or his aqua-blue eyes seemed to glitter brightly as they met with my eyes? They were so perfect. He then flashed a smile, I thought I just melted. With the sun, his teeth seemed to shine and the silver stone pierced on his left ear stood out too. I was so lost in his eyes, I barely noticed that he just stood up from his bike and put it on stand for a while. I was unaware that he was approaching me now, as his face seemed to get nearer and nearer.
"Hey, CUZ!" He exclaimed and enveloped me into a bearhug.
Now I think you know by now what the problem is. Heard what he called me? "CUZ"... - short for COUSIN. We're freakin' cousins, dang it.
I didn't understand that feeling but for a moment I kinda felt down as I felt like he kinda emphasized "cuz" right there. For a split-second, I was numb to feel his tight hug. Sad thoughts quickly came in again. But I tried to get rid of them and paid attention to him that time. I hugged back and I was back to being glad again. It felt so relaxing when his arms were around me.
"Hey." I replied softly as we pulled away from the hug.
"Hey, Ash!" Seth greeted casually and I smiled at him.
"That looks familiar!" Brian smiled pointing at the jersey he gave me, which I was wearing.
"It's a little too big!" I laughed.
"Nahh, I think it's just fine. That's what anorexic girls wear so that's okay! Haha!" Brian mocked ang laughed, I softly slapped his chest.
"Hey guys let's go!" Seth jumped in.
Brian got on his bike and signaled me to ride already. I sat on the seat extension behind him, placed my feet on the improvised feet rest of his bike and held on to his shoulders for support, to keep me from falling. We got going and sped down the street and made our way to Brian's house. Yes! I would be entering their big, and mansion-like house again.
In no time, we got there already. It looked just as majestic as it was the last time I was there. We ran to their backyard to play catch. Their backyard was the biggest one I had ever seen so far. It had a vast field of olive green grass, a pool, and a fairly big basketball court. The three of us had spent each time playing catch there, and that was another fun day to spend.
We positioned ourselves in a triangle-form on the grassfield. I threw the tennis ball to Seth and he caught it. He threw it back and I caught it.
"Hey Bri! Take this!" I challenged Brian playfully and threw the ball fairly hard but he was too good and caught it perfectly.
"Ha! What do you think about that?! Beat that anorexic girl!" He mocked back and threw the ball back at me and I caught it, my hands fully clasped around the ball onto my stomach. We just remained mocking and challenging each other like idiots, throwing the ball back and forth, when he suddenly had this idea of 'playing games with' me.
"Here, Seth!" Brian tossed the ball over Seth. Seth caught it, and smiled, kind of figuring out what Brian wanted to do. He threw it back and Brian caught it. They both looked at me with devilish grins on their faces, and Brian threw the ball to Seth, he caught it and threw back at Brian, they threw and caught it back and forth at each other, purposely not letting me play anymore.
"YOU'RE NO FAIR, GIVE ME THE BALL!" I shouted at them and stomped my feet a bit furiously.
"HAHAHA! We won't!" Brian laughed as they continued playing. Seth stuck his tongue out to me.
"Brian! Throw it over here, c'mon now!" I yelled at Brian. He didn't listen and went on to tease me some more, I was starting to get mad but I was also, somehow enjoying it. He tossed it back at Seth.
"Hahaha! Baby girl!" Brian laughed.
"I'm not a baby!" I replied.
We were exchanging mocking words with each other, making fun of each other and all, and I didn't notice that Seth was finally pitching the ball to me. I hadn't paid attention.
"Hey Ashley take this!!!!!" Seth had shouted and he threw the ball too hard. I was too late to notice. When I looked towards Seth's direction the ball had flied already and it was now only a few inches away from where I was standing, I wasn't capable of making any move no more and before I could react, the ball had powerfully bounced against my chest. I grabbed my chest and screamed in pain. The ball wasn't heavy at all to make you fall or something, but the impact was just really brutal that I had to fall down on my knees while handling the pain.
"Ashley!" I heard Brian scream and even though my eyes were closed in pain I could sense they were running towards me. As they approached I heard him scolding Seth for something like being careless about the ball that it had to hurt me and stuff.
"I'm so sorry!" Seth anxiously said. I could hardly look at him because of the pain, but I did see him with his hands on his head, he must be feeling bad that he had hurt me even though it was unintentional.
"No--no, it's--o--ka--ayy" I replied between stutters, the pain was really bad I felt like I ate my words each time I tried to speak.
"C'mon.." Brian helped me get up, my left hand extended to him as he held it while my other hand still clutched my chest, I was still kneeling down.
The ball was like on fire when it had hit me, and it almost shot through my heart. But just with Brian there being so concerned and helping me, I could just forget about the pain.
"I think we should stop right there. Let's go inside for a while." Brian said. We went inside, my arm linked to Brian's arm as we walked, Seth was behind us.
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