Teens

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"Can I have my sunglasses and hat back now?"

"No, Lucas." 

...

"Please?" 

"Only if you tell me your name." 

"Fine." 

He shrugged and stood up. 

"Where are you going?!" 

"Wait a few moments, please." 

He went out into the house, leaving her sitting on the front lawn. A few minutes later he emerged with a new baseball hat and sunglasses. He sad next to her and resumed drinking his apple juice.

"Ta daa."

...

"You do everything the hard way." She said, taking off the hat.

"I like to call it the complicated way."