"I can't believe you're leaving man" I said to Leo as we walked to his house "if you leave I'm going to be left here with Jordan!"
"Jo is your best friend, your better friends with him than you are with me." Leo replied.
"Well yeah" I admitted "but he doesn't cook, and I've had more free meals at your house than a homeless shelter, and I know I work at a homeless shelter."
"Daren if this is your long-winded way to say you'll miss me, I'm gonna miss you too."
"Awe thanks" I said with a smile "But seriously you already go to a different to a school then Jo and me, and now that your dad is getting this new job you're moving away from the neighborhood, I truly am going to miss your game collection, your big backyard, your trampoline, and your aforementioned cooking."
We laughed as we started up the driveway of his house. As we were walking up to his door his mother and sister were walking out His mother informed us that she and Leo's father were going to be out of town for the night, and his sister was planning on going back to be with her fiancé Leo would have the house to himself.
"Wooooooooooooohoooooooooooooo!" Leo exclaimed as his mother drove off. He started dancing around in joy.
"Wow you need dance lessons...bad." I pointed out as his dance continued.
"What you think you're a better dancer than me?" he asked as he pulled out some sloppy Michael Jackson moves.
"Did you forget that I am an actual dancer?" I wondered. He stopped to ponder my question.
"Oh yeah" Leo remembered "But that doesn't count I still have much better coordination and flexibility than you, you human bear"
I gave a fake cackle, because we both knew that even though I was definitely categorized as a bear cub; dark brown skin, big boned, and short curly hair pretty much everywhere, I was still far more flexible and coordinated than all of my friends combined especially Leo. I started my way toward his room in the back of his house through the kitchen "You wanna test that claim Little Leo?" I said knowing Leo hated that nickname. He couldn't stand that he was the shortest and youngest of us friends, he was also really scrawny, so the name stuck to him really fast.
"Bring it on Bear Boy" Leo joked as he followed me to his room,
"Well then" I started "I challenge you Leo Johnson to String Laser" I then mocked the sound of a large crowd as I entered his room. Leo then went and found a couple of rolls of yarn that he had for some reason, and kept for this game. He tossed me a roll and we started untangling it and throwing it onto the blades of his ceiling fan and around the entertainment station and through his bunkbed. When we were done we both stood on one side of his room with a web of yarn all throughout the rest.
"You wanna see if Jo want's to come play, or referee?" Leo asked as he looked out through the curtain out the window to Jordan's house. "Never mind, he's not home"
