Up against him

            “Let’s
go to my room and not tell them,” Mathew whispered in my ear.

            We were playing hide and seek
outside in the dark.  Mathew had pulled
me with him into a cramped space behind the pines and juniper.

            “Okay,” I answered quietly.

            I desperately wanted out of there.  I could imagine the
spiders and bugs that were in those bushes.  The only reason I stayed was that I was cramped
in that small space up against him.  I
could feel his heart beat as I waited in silence.




Lisa Loomis (Boy in a Band--a novel) Available on Amazon