A Jump In The Leaves

[Drew Thornton]

"Oh, you are SO paying for it now!" Drew called out, leaping on top of her and attacking her ticklish spots. If he kept her giggling hard enough, there was little chance of her poking him back.

[arianna]

"NO NO NO!" Arianna squealed and giggled even louder. Her whole body wiggled in its attempt to get away from Drew's fingers. Unfortunate for her, her ticklish spots were everywhere. If he missed one, he was bound to hit another. It was just not fair.

[Drew Thornton]

"I'M KING OF THE WORLD!" Drew shouted out, taking just enough time away from the tickling to throw another handful of leaves on top of Arianna. He continued poking at her sides awhile until he figured she was going to stop breathing if he continued. Plus, it was wearing him out as well. With an exhausted sigh, he slumped back into the pile of leaves and gave her a chance to catch her breath.

[arianna]

As soon as Drew had stopped poking her, Arianna sat up, sending orange and gold everywhere once more, and plopped herself onto the boy's stomach.

"And I am the queen!" she exclaimed breathlessly as she stretched out, legs dangling over Drew's right side while the rest of her body angled to the ground on his right.

[Drew Thornton]

Drew gave a large "OOF" when she landed on his stomach and proceeded to cover her head with more leaves. Every once in a while, he took the time to place one carefully into her hair so that pretty soon she had a number of leaves sticking everywhich way, making it look a bit like her hair was on fire.

[arianna]

Arianna closed her eyes, letting Drew mess her hair however he wanted and enjoying the warm sun and all the other good feelings had at the moment.

"So King Shorty," she reached out with a finger and poked at his ribs. "What shall we do today? Hunt unicorns? Wrestle trolls? Sail in our yacht?"

[Drew Thornton]

"Yacht, huh?" Drew answered as he dropped more leaves on her. He had come outside just to goof off for a while and hand't really planned to do anything. "Since when did we get a yacht?"

[arianna]

"Since we became King and Queen," Arianna replied, her tone indicating how obvious the answer should have been. Pointing her finger at a lonely leaf, she watched as it floated slowly up and then stuck to Drew's forehead.

"And, look!" she exclaimed, grinning wide. "You now have a golden crown. Every king needs one."

[Drew Thornton]

"King and Queen?" Drew asked, raising an eyebrow at her. He didn't bother to brush off the leaf that had stuck to his forehead. "And exactly what are we King and Queen of?"

[arianna]

"Didn't you say 'of the world'?" Arianna asked. Finding an acorn with her outstretched fingers, she picked it up and tossed it into the air.

[Drew Thornton]

"Yeah, me..." Drew grinned back at her, already forgotten he had said that. "But what are you queen of?" He raised an eyebrow at her, letting her know he was teasing.

[arianna]

In reply, Arianna reached down and gave him another poke, remembering the acorn she had just tossed only when it came back down and hit her in the head. Fortunately it was too small to hurt and caused her only to giggle.

[Drew Thornton]

"Queen of poking?" Drew asked, flinching from her fingers. He smiled siodeways at her as he shoved another bunch of leaves in her direction. "Not really something I'd go bragging about actually... but if it makes you happy, then I won't argue."

[arianna]

"Noooo," Arianna shook her head and continued reaching for Drew's ribs. "Well, it's ONE of the things I rule over. I mean, how easy was it for me to find your one ticklish spot? It can take others forever, but me...one poke."

[Drew Thornton]

"One poke? It took you a good part of a year to find it!" Drew argued, pushing her hands away to keep them off of his midsection. Now that she knew the spot, she could find it with deadly accuracy.