"No way."

"Yeah, so way."

"No, nooo, there's no way."

Bree quirked an eyebrow,(I still haven't been able to master that yet! :O) and it was then I knew it was on. Like one famous and very smart person said, it was on like white on rice!

"Hey, Lexa! Count us off," I called to Lexa who was trying to hide her snickers. Haha, she was failing ridiculously.

"You guys, this is SO not going to end well-"

I gave her a look, the one that said I really respect your opinion but right now I just want you to shut your trap.

"Yeeah, okay, fine, but no whining when you lose miserably!" Lexa said before rolling her eyes and starting the countdown.

I gave my best game face to Bree and I saw her doing the same. Only her game face kind of made her look kind of constipated and I'm sure that's how my face looked and honestly, I tried to keep a straight face. I really did.

"You guys ready? 3-"

"HAHAHAHA!"

"BWAHAHAH!"

I'm not exactly sure which one of us burst out laughing first but we ended up on the concrete sidewalk in fits of giggles with Lexa staring at us like we were insane...did I mention she does that a lot?

I shook off the giggles and pushed Bree in the shoulder. She poked my forehead. No, no, now it was really on like time on a clock. Hehe, that was lame but whatever!

So this time, for real, we got into ready position and this time we made sure to not bother with the "game faces" but I couldn't help but glance slyly at her out of the corner of my eye. I stifled a snicker, which came out sort of halfway making me sound like I was choking.

Trust me, she looked ridiculous, but in a good way...her tongue was sticking out and she was really concentrating, like she was trying to deactivate a bomb that would blow up the entire universe and she had exactly 10 seconds to do so. Seriously, a race to the stop sign was not as serious as she was making it out to be.

"Ready, guys? This time, try, seriously!" Lexa called giving us another one of her disapproving looks, gosh she looked just like my mom right then, "Ready...set...."

Long pause that was completely unncessecary that caused both Bree and I to look back to see what's with the holdup.

Lexa was smirking, "Go."

Dang, so I took off.

Or at least that's what I intended to do. I tripped. Fell flat on my face and literally kissed the sidewalk and let me tell you, sidewalk tastes nasty!

I looked up and saw Bree's short brown hair fluttering in the wind like a banner. The little cheater tripped me!

"Hey! Get back here! You cheated!!!"

She didn't stop.

So I gave chase.

"Cheater! Cheater! Pumpkin eater! I demand a rematch!"

Lexa now had caught up to us and was high-fiving Bree. Not cool, you're not suppose to applaud cheating!

"Hey! Are you guys listening?! Rematch!"

They looked at me with mischievous smiles and a twinkle in their eye.

"Why Lexa, I think Rayne needs a lesson in humility."

"Yes, she needs to learn to be a gracious, LOSER!"

They burst into laughter and even though I lost, which I totally wouldn't have if the race was fair, I joined in because they were my best friends and it was really kind of funny. Gosh friends were the greatest.

Thanks God, for blessing me with these friends who are probably more like my sisters than anything. :)