As Time Passes.... (bree and shimmer)

Sefora O'sett                                          District 4
                                                                         15 - Female

The little girl sits in a chair facing a window. Her mother works away happily, humming while she carefully pulls Sefora's hair into pigtails, tying them up with pink polka doted bows. Sefora swings her legs back and forth in the air. Watching impatiently out the window, she couldn't wait to run outside, out the door and toward the ocean. "Sefora, you should stop fidgeting. It's not ladylike and will just make this take longer." Her mother scolded. Sefora sighed and sat up as straight as she could and crossed her legs, forcing them to stop swinging. She couldn't wait to leave, she eyed her sandals by the door, pavement was hot on bare feet.

"There, I'm all done. Now you can leave, but you must be home before supper. So you should be back before the sun sinks below the houses." Sefora's mother told her, releasing her hair and starting to pull the chair back toward the table. Sefora leaped down from the chair, ran towards the door and slipped on her sandals. She opened the door with both hands, since it was a little big for her, then she stepped outside. A few seconds later she popped her head back in, "Bye Mom!" She said then closed the door and hopped down the steps.

Sefora took off running as soon as she hit the street. Her pigtails and rose pink sundress flew out behind her as she raced with herself, running through the neighborhood, turning corners and heading to her favorite beach. It was one she had recently discovered, with perfect blue waters and soft sand. It also wasn't very popular, so it wasn't crowded. Though, it was quite far away from her house.

Sefora sprinted all the way there. By the time she reached it she was out of breath and panting, but when she looked up and saw the sparkling water in front of her she quickly forgot about it. With a wide grin she removed her shoes and crawled up onto the rocks on the edge of the sandy part of the beach. Dancing and leaping around on them for a little while she then jumped off the stones and onto the sand. She hopped back and forth between her feet for a short time, before burying her feet further into the sand where it was cooler. She let out a soft giggle, then she pulled herself out of the sand that came up to her ankles and started heading toward the water. She saw a reddish haired boy, about her age, sitting by the beach with shells lined up neatly in front of him.

Sefora walked up to him, she was pretty sure shed seen him in school before. "Hi," She said tapping him lightly on the back, "Your... Caspian, right?" She asked it as a question though she was almost certain she was right, names were her thing. She leaned over his shoulder, "What are you doing?" She asked, referring to the shells.