Adjustments. ((Open))

[benjaminjiroux]

"It's good for you’ she says, ‘It will be nice’, she says." The boy grumbled to himself as he kicked a bunch of leaves that were on the ground. "She just wants me to go get lost in the woods I swear." He had only taken about four steps in and he was already feeling pretty off course. “What sort of person goes an hangs out in the forest for fun? Hobos. Hobos do. Madre, do you want me to be a hobo?” She obviously could not hear him, but if he did not complain, he would probably explode. “I’m probably gonna get eaten by a bear or something. They don’t have bears in Seattle. Well. In the zoo they do, but NOT IN MY BACK FRIGGIN YARD.” He kicked another pile of leaves as he followed the not-so-clear-path. His brows furrowed and his mouth stretched to one big line across his mug.

Apparently during his rant he had found his way to a clearing. When he looked behind him he did not even see where he had come from. “FFFFFFFFF-FFFFUDGE DOODLES. I HATE THIS STUPID FORREST. I hate this stupid town. I want to go home, but nooooooo, no, no, no. Mom can’t commute, Mom, says I do nothing. And then she kicks me out and tells me to go for a hike.” To someone watching him it would look like he was putting on a play. He acted out almost everything he said. Throwing his arms in the air like a Muppet when he ‘almost cursed’, flailing his hands in front of him as the no chorus came along. Hopping from foot to foot as the rant came to an end and his voice toned down. He was livid. So he took a breath. “I miss the smog.” He was back to the grumbling now as he tried to find his way back to something that looked familiar.

[jennak]

Forests were not exactly Alexia's favorite thing. There were ticks, scary animals and worst of all...irrate residents of Seattle? Alexia peered up from her iPod turning her head to hear the sound. It sounded like a boy, but not like one of her brothers. See, she had been dragged on a "family" hiking trip for the day. And by "family" that meant her mother sat in the car and texted her best friend Sonja. Her father stomped around pointing out landmarks, and by landmarks he meant random trees that he swore had a story behind them. Her brothers liked the forest though, they could run through it all day if left to their own will.

Alexia, however, joined her "family" hike by wandering aimlessly around the forest scrolling through the songs on her iPod. What a fun family activity. Now her iPod was turned off, and she took the only ear piece she had in away from her ear and turned her head toward the sound of the grouchy individual who had just yelled, what was it, something about hobos?

The leaves crunched under her feet as she walked toward the sound and she found herself standing at the base of a clearing. Alexia looked about fifty yards from herself at the base of the clearing as well. Aha! It was the elusive screaming forest boy! "Hey, " Alexia yelled toward the boy in a friendly tone, she started toward him. "What are you yelling about? Did you see Bigfoot or something? " She joked lightly, approaching the boy with a smile on her face.