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He shouts down to her, “Better. They’re paintball guns.”
She takes one out and holds it up in the air. “These are so cool!”
“I bought three. Figured Jesse could join us, but since he’s not here, maybe Tara wants to join. The two of you against me.”
Cade eyes me with that twinkle in his eye. I roll my eyes at him.
“What? Too scared you’ll mess up your hair?” he chides.
I flippantly reply, “I just think it’s funny you find yourself to be so good that you can take us both on.”
“You think you two will beat me?”
“I know we’ll beat you. You have underestimated my competitiveness and desire to be the best at everything.”
I jog down the steps and over to the trunk, where Cade has the three guns and a box of paintballs.
This activity is right up my alley.Game on!
The three of us go inside to change our clothes into things we don’t mind ruining with paint. I make the added suggestion of wearing long sleeves despite the heat because gun pellets hurt when they hit your skin.
The three of us follow the instructions and get the guns filled with paint. We place our masks over our faces and go to war. The nearby woods are the perfect spot for our battle. We enter the wooded battlefield, and the scent of damp earth mingles with the faint smell of paint, setting the scene around us. Molly and I go on a covert operation, ensuring Cade has to hide from us as we zero in on his territory. We navigate the trees and natural obstacles, seeking the perfect vantage point. We find him hiding behind an oak. Paintballs fly through the air, creating vibrant bursts of color against the backdrop of greenery.
Molly gets hit first, but we made a five-shot rule so the game wouldn’t end too fast. We run from tree to tree and hide behind some brush. I shoot Cade in the ass after he gets Molly for a third time.
“Aren’t you supposed to let her win?” I ask him as I hide behind a tree.
“Would you?” he calls out in question as I jump out and try to shoot him.
I squeal when I get him in the leg.
“Never. If the kid wants to play a game, she has to play to win.”
“Great minds think alike.” He spins around and shoots Molly, who was trying to sneak up on him. “Next time, don’t make so much noise, squirt.”
She shoots him in the chest in retaliation.
I’m laughing like a fool, so Cade shoots me in the boob.
“Ow. That freaking hurts.”
He aims the gun again, so I aim my gun at his groin.
“You’d never.”
“You sure about that?” I tease.
Cade runs through the woods, and I chase after him. He’s laughing as he jumps over logs and sprints from side to side. There isn’t a ton of paint in these guns, so I don’t want to waste it unless I know I have a good shot. I hit him in the back twice.
He spins around and gets me in the arm, so I duck, running to the left.
Now, it’s his turn to chase me.
I’m not very graceful, so when I reach the edge of the woods, I fall on my face. Cade barrels out after me, shoots me in the back, and then falls to his knees, hysterical with how unladylike I just went down.
“That’s five. You’re out,” he says, his breathing rapid as he comes down from the physical exertion of the game.
“You killed me!” I mock cry.
