Fairgrounds

Mark stepped of the Bus and looked across the fields at the fairground. It looked unreal almost as if everything had been set up for a photo. The tall trees boarding the field were just touched by autumn. Here and there a red maple leaf stirred in the light breeze  Slight fog covered the valley tents and pavilions rising out. The sun, barely sitting above the trees, gave off a soft bright light that bathed everything in a warm glow. It looked as if everything was ready for and just waiting for the click of the camera.

Mark turned to grin maniacally at his brother getting off the bus after him. Ben was just putting his phone back in his pocket muttering something about there not being any wifi before looking at his brothers smirking face.

“You do remember that I really wasn’t against coming on this field trip?” Ben said.

“Oh I know.” Mark said his grin starting to get wider. “I just can’t wait to see you try petting one of the animals”

“Hahaha, you would jerk!” Ben replied punching his brother in the arm.

It was hard to mistake Ben and Mark for being anything but brother’s .Being twin’s kind of has that effect. Being very similar in appearance they were very deferent from each other. Two sides of the same coin. Mark being slightly shorter but having more muscle was more of the jock type being most comfortable in the metal shop class. Ben, although very athletic, liked to mess around with circuit boards instead of hit things with a hammer. What they shared was bright red hair and blue eyes that let them stand out wherever they went.

“Besides.”  Ben continued. “I’m not the one who really wanted to see the animals.”

“Ya, where is….”

“Aren’t you guys sooo excited!” A moment later an arm was thrown around each brother’s neck and a slim girl with the same red hair as them only slightly brighter was swinging between them. Her feet dangling a few inches from the ground. “I can’t believe you guys came with me! This is going to be amazing!”

“Speak of the devil” Ben began as Mark said “Well it wasn’t that hard of a choice for me anyway. It was either this or cut open a frog for bio.”

“Ugg, you know I tried getting them to stop doing that. No one actually learns from cutting up those poor frogs. So in the end all you get is a bunch of dead frogs.”

“Ya we know Holly. Remember we’re the ones that helped you with your ‘save the frogs campaign’.”

“More like we were coerced into helping.” Ben added “She had me up all night helping her make that poster. Just because I know how to make a computer doesn’t mean I’m good with Photoshop.”

“What do you mean Ben, that poster was amazing. You know I couldn’t have done it without you guys. Well maybe I could have but it wouldn’t have been as fun or easy.”

“And in the end I still had to cut up a frog for biology” Mark said shaking his head.

“You just said you got out of that so stop being such a big baby about helping Mark.” Holly looked out over the Fairgrounds her green eyes seeming to sparkle in the morning light. “Oh, wow that is so pretty. Okay so we only have a couple of hours before we have to help volunteer so let’s use it.”