Best Friends

"So, do you want to be best friends?" Kenna asked in her sweet twelve year old voice. She held onto Ash's dark wrist as if about to take him away on an adventure any second. The boy looked down at the serious expression on Kenna's face despite her bright smile. The hope and confidence in her eyes caused him to laugh and she frowned at him in confusion.

"What's in it for me, girly?" He asked playfully, resisting the urge to ruffle the girl's chin length blonde hair. She smiled at him and put her small hands on her hips.

"You get the privilege and pure joy of having me as a best friend. What more could you even ask for?" Kenna spoke with bold clarity in her voice and smiled even brighter at Ash for good measure, knowing he couldn't turn down such an offer. He only scoffed and shook his head.

"Try harder."

"Fine then! You get to have me as a best friend AND you can come over to my house anytime and eat cinnamon toast with milk. Oh, and you get to hang out with my Grandma anytime you want without having to knock on the door. How's that?" Kenna asked, trying her best to up her game and convince Ash this would be an amazing opportunity for him. Ash laughed and moved his hand in the girl's grip so that he was holding her smaller hand in his.

"Okay, deal. But why would you want to be best friends with me? I see that I have a lot of good things in this deal, but what about you?" Ash asked playfully, keeping the banter going.

"Well, I get to come over to your house without knocking too, of course! And I love your parents, they are super nice," Kenna explained with fervor. Ash held tighter to her hand and pulled her along towards the park near their street.

"Okay, then. So it's a win win situation."

"Yep! It totally works out all around! Now I get to tell everyone at school that I finally have a best friend!"

"Why. Were they asking?" Ash asked in confusion. Kenna shrugged in response and took a seat on one of the swings near them.

"Noel mentioned that she and I are basically best friends and I told her that I'm actually closer to you so that doesn't really make sense. She just rolled her eyes and said I'm weird," Kenna spoke as she swung, and her voice swooped along with the rush of the swing. Ash moved slowly side to side on his own swing and nodded at his new best friend's words. Kenna noticed how slow he was going and hopped off her swing, landing softly on the green grass.

"Here, let me help. This doesn't look like any fun," Kenna said before running behind Ash and pushing his swing forward with all her strength. Ash flew into the air and laughed along with Kenna's cute giggles.