caleb snorted, rolling his eyes at the girl’s voice, laced with pure sarcasm. “ i resent you and your sarcastic ass, syd. “ nodding in agreement, he continued, “ you right, you right–i mean, you’d be lame, at least. it’s literally impossible for me to be anything but dope. sorry about your luck. “ quickly analyzing the space between them and the swings, about a quarter of a mile he estimated, he looked over at sydney as she spoke. “ you know, i’d run but… i’m just so tired, “ he eyed sydney with a smirk, before running and getting a significant head start. he knew he was a jerk for it, and laughed when sydney caught up to him. suddenly he slowed to a jog as the girl continued running, a few feet from the swings now as he held his stomach in feigned pain. “ syd, i’m dying, go on without me ! “ caleb chuckled as he walked over to where she was, intentionally taking shallow breaths to keep up his tired act until he could lean against one of the poles of the swing. caleb’s eyes were beaming, filled to the brim with a sense of enjoyment he only felt when he was with sydney. “ just get on the freaking swing so that i can push you, dork. “ he spoke a little bit louder now, his words matching the pg-13 quality of sydney’s own, knowing she’d end up scolding him if a kid walked up to them and heard him using his usual diction.
sydney laughed, starting to feel better than she did before leaving the house. “ oh come on, bub ! you love me ! i know it, you know it and ‘m pretty sure everyone knows it ! “ letting out a gasp, as she listened to him speak, “ excuse me ! the fact that you just used the word dopemeans you are the one out of luck. like come on now, the only thing i’d describe you as is a teddy bear. not dope, anything but dope.” as he took his head start, sydney let out a huff “ you butt head ! “ she shouted after caleb, before sprinting after him. the smaller of the two let out a laugh as she finally passed him even thought she knew that he was faking it because there was no way she’d be able to pass him if he was actually putting effort into it. “ alright, alright pushy much?” she teased ,hopping on the swing. “ i’m ready for take off captain!”













