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they started to run over the bridge.
     
    “Just wanted to make sure,” he said as he pushed her over the side of the gravel road into the creek below.
     
    The loud splash shattered the quiet calm afternoon sending birds to the air and a couple squirrels scurrying for trees. Lucy came up sputtering, the water was freezing! Lucy could hear Michael’s laughter as she attempted to drag herself out of the water. The creek rocks were covered with moss and slicker than snot. She felt like she was on an ice skating rink as she tried to maneuver her way out. Lucy glanced up and noticed that Michael was already at the top of the hill. A scowl crossed her features right before her feet slipped from beneath her. Lucy tried to regain her balance, but it was useless. She landed on her butt and water flew up, drenching her once again.
     
    When Lucy was finally able to pull herself from the creek she felt like a wet, smelly dog. She wrung water from her ponytail as she waited for Michael.
     
    “It looks like I win, Luce,” he said as he jogged back down the hill.
     
    She stared at him for a moment before she bent over laughing.
     
    He looked at her with an inquisitive brow. “What’s so funny?”
     
    Lucy held up her finger, in a silent gesture for him to give her a minute as she tried to catch her breath. “You.”
     
     A look of innocence flashed across his face. “Me?”
     
    “Yeah, you,” I said as I pulled my hair out of the ponytail and twisted it to ring out the excess water. “So, what did you win?”
     
    “This,” Michael murmured as he took Lucy’s face in-between his hands and leaned down to kiss her.
     
    Shock ran through her as his lips covered hers. Her arms involuntarily wrapped around his neck and pulled him closer. His tongue invaded her mouth as she closed her eyes. The kiss was soft and inviting.
     
    Michael ended the kiss and looked into Lucy’s eyes. “I know this is gonna really sound like a line right now, but I’ve never felt like this with anyone,” he whispered as he laid his head on hers.
     
     “I hope that you’re not just playing games with me, Michael,” she whispered as she opened her eyes.
     
    Lucy noticed the orange tint that was starting to color the sky as the sun started to set. “I need to get home. I told my mom I’d be home by dark,” she told him as she hesitantly broke away from the warmth of his arms. Emotions seemed to bog her down as she began running back the way they’d come.
     
    Lucy looked behind her as she stopped running. Michael had started jogging towards her. Her body felt superb after the nice workout. The sweat trickled down her face and she wiped it off with her forearm. She rarely sweats, but the humidity was thick and sticking to her skin. Her wet clothes felt miserable as the water dripped down her legs.
     
    Lucy sighed and surveyed the area around her. It was so different from the tall buildings she was used to because in the city there was nowhere you could go and enjoy a quiet peaceful moment.
     
    In the small nearby field, a small white calf was staring at Lucy like she was some kind of an alien. His ears perked up and he stood perfectly still as Lucy moved forward. The calf mooed as Lucy neared and hurried off to find his momma. She smiled as he bounced across the field.  The other cows became riled up from the calf’s antics and ran off to the furthest end of the field as if the big bad wolf was right behind them.
     
    Lucy came up to a shed that was completely open on one side and was just enough of a building to cover the farm equipment sitting inside. She stopped in front of it to get a closer look at the weird looking metal contraptions. One of the pieces of equipment had ominous looking sharp objects pointing from one direction to the next. Another had a bunch of discs that looked like small plates that were attached to the frame. Lucy had never seen anything like it before.
     
    “What are those?” Lucy asked as Michael