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“Come on, Aaron! Run faster—!” Alex yelled from over his shoulder as he sprinted away into the dark, “You’re gonna get left behind—!”
Panting and throbbing in the flickering lights of the streets; Aaron gasped for air as his legs ached from the excercise, Hercules carrying Lafayette on his shoulders. Aaron collapsed onto the cool asphalt, carnival lights straining against the woods in the background.
“I—I can’t—run...anymore—!”
John let out a groan at the nine-year old behind him; running back to pull him up.
“Come on, Aaron—! We’re almost there!”
Out of all the running Aaron has done this summer; It would have to be this! God, was he running a marathon or something...?
“Just jog, Little Burr!” John encouraged from his side, “It’ll be easier—WHOA!”
As the small town of Princeton came closer and closer into view; So did the multiple flashing lights and bright colors. And my, what a sight it was!
Stalls and stands stood perfectly row to row as laughter and giggles of children rose above into the summer night; Rides and rollercoasters spinning and turning as screams echoed past, smells of popcorn and salt overflowing the entire carnival as a mid-summer madness seemed to take over it all. The boys all squealed with excitement, giddiness in their stomachs. They all spoke at once.
“This is amazing!”
“Whats that smell—?”
“Look at that roller coaster! Jiminy crickets, ITS HUGE!”
“They really went all out this year—!”
“What should we do first?”
“Im hungry!”
“I want to do that ride first—!”
But before any of the four boys could make a decision, Alex whistled and beckoned the four to follow his lead.
“We can’t do anything yet until we find Eliza and Angelica...” He shuttered at the last name.
“She’s gonna blow up at me...!”
At this realization the boys all agreed to help Alex find Eliza and Angelica; The task not being too hard to solve.
“ALEXANDER HAMILTON—!”
Alex turned to notice a small crowd of children surrounding one of the clowns from the circus; Angelica stomping out with a crying Eliza at her side. Alex stared in terror.
“Uh Oh...”
Attempting to apologize for being late, Angelica ignored Alex’s words and instead punched him in the gut; The nine-year old girl raging at the boy.
“YOU BLOCK-HEAD! YOU MADE MY SISTER CRY!”
As Angelica gave Alex another punch; something hot a rancid grew inside the depths of Aaron’s stomach...His anger releasing onto the smaller girl.
“STOP HURTING HIM YOU LITTLE—“
Aaron panted deeply, a curse he overheard his mother leaving his lips.
“BITCH!”
As the other children gasped in horror, Aaron growled and pushed Angelica to the ground; her eyes as wide as moons at what he said. She seethed as her fingers curled into the ground.
“I’LL WOUND YOU—!”
Lunging at Aaron with open hands; Angelica wrestled him to the ground and the two resorted to kicking and biting each other. Yet as Angelica sat on Aaron’s chest (Whom has had zero experience in playground fighting) and made it difficult for him to breath; The small boy cried out for help as he choked on air.
So, Eliza and the boys pulled the two children apart; Angelica still kicking and huffing like a bull. Eliza snapped at her sister.
“Apologize!” She demanded from her. Angelica wiped her sleeve across her face, Aaron glaring.
“Not until he takes back what he called me—“
John looked to Aaron; Alex staring at Aaron in an admiring love-struck way. John gripped Aaron’s shoulder.
“Take it back then, Aaron.”
Aaron shook his head.
“No.”
Hercules huffed from above him.
“Why not!?”
Aaron quoted a saying his mother taught him since he was born:
“I meant what I said and I said what I meant; An elephants faithful...”
He looked over his bruised shoulder
smiling at Alex.
“One-hundred percent.”