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"Except it’s dayti soht is fairly low"

Oren scratched his scruff a second before saying, "My friend’s faame, but they would thump the roof of the car whenever they saw a yellow car"

"I like slapping arested, "Let’s do red cars"

A second later, three different hands attacked my poor short-sleeve-covered arm

"Padiddle," they said in unison "Red car"

"What the fuck!" I liftedaway froled his eyebrows "Weakest link"

"Oh, what the hell ever" Spotting a red truck, I swung out with both hands, catching Oren and Colton Brandt was saved that time only because he was the farthest away "Padiddle"

And so the war began

It had to be the stupidest, silliest ga by the ti a hted from Oren’s truck

Aspen and Noel pausedblankets and baskets full of lunch Noel scowled at us--probably for being so happy--and his glower fixated itself on Oren

Ignoring my crabby brother, Oren skipped toward Aspen "Here, Shakespeare Let me carry that for you" As he swept the laden basket frolower only darkened

After filling his own ar his heels "Hey, asshole Don’t you dare try going through her to get to lance back "Wouldn’t drea our picnic spot for us as he set the basket down

Noel huffed but dropped the sleeping bags He faced off with Oren "I don’t knohat you’re playing at with this nice-guy act, but it’s not fooling azed at him blankly for a moment "Hmm," he finally said "Good to know" Then he dropped to his knees and unrolled each sleeping bag for the entire family to sit

My overly suspicious brother set his hands on his hips and watched without assisting I knelt down to silently help hian to chase each other across the grass, playing their own ga-padiddle, with squirrels now When Aspen ca up with one last Tupperware container, Noel was stillout the blankets