ent his knees connected with the rocky terrace of the sea cliff. He wailed in pain as lit
e watched camper after camper waddle passed
forced to go by his dad. Still, he wished someone would show him a
is knees still burning, but he was surprised to
dged that he indeed existed. When he did, the immense beauty was more than his little nine year
r admirable brown pools. Her eyes flickered to his knee for a quick second, as her smile immediately transformed into a f
ike any eight year old, but it did something to him. It took a while be
heard him clearly. She quickly perked up at his
t before him, slightly pushing up his shorts so
lightly wincing when she ran her ind
lf to death when he thought he had just scared her off. Howeve
gain" She i
ha
yes glistening even more. For the first time in for
she squealed at it. He didn't understand he
ter bottle from her bag pack to wash the dirt
ously looked around her as if checking to see if anyone was around,
iven her a proper scolding if she heard what she had just said, but Tami had waited so long to use the word a
eyes flickered to his knee, where he saw that she had wrapped her large ribbon tha
dn't believe it had to do with the wound being man
until we get back to camp to a p
right smile on his face."I can
ss. "Tami Knowles" She outstretched her hand while he took it
el De
th her strides after their laughter died down, and he suddenly felt anxious
the way she said his name. "What brings
y of starting conversation. She wasn't running off to be with her friends, nor was
me to camp because he had to leave for a meeting. But it's not like he cares if I starved at home a
fter mentioning his dad, and she felt guilty for asking in
the attempts to make him feel better went downwards when his f
, lonely house back home. "I guess so. Will you be here every camp? Maybe we can see each other at camps?" A little
at accident and my mom wants him to get special care there. So I wont go be back at
she always enjoyed being there with the won
end he have ever gained. But before he could fall deeper in his grief, Tami laced her thin fi
n what will happen after camp. Let's ju
cally nodded as she spun to walk back
h! Wait you speak Spanish right? Oh my gosh is it rude of me to just assume to speak Sp
girl at camp. His smile told her all the answers to her questions without even having to say a word. He quick
She laughed at how weird she sounded trying to say his nam
e, Tami