"Is that a suitcase?"

Kai had just joined the three person brotherhood. Nothing was really different being in the brotherhood beside weird handshakes and continually fighting about having a clubhouse. Kai really had not known Amanda before the day that he had stood in the rain joining the brotherhood but that was quickly changing. He found out about all the broken bones she had suffered; he had known she was clumsy but Amanda really took it to a new extreme. The year before she had dislocated her shoulder tripping over a box of polo shirts. And Kai also found out all about Brandon’s crazy adventures from high school and several camps he had gone to. Brandon told stories of paper fires in his locker that shut down his school for four days, playing night games with his chest painted with glow in the dark paint, and driving a go cart in his school’s old gym. Most of Kai’s stories were very average, crazy bike jumps, cliff jumping, and pulling all nighters hopped up on energy drinks and trampoline wrestling. But others were not average, jumping off the back of moving speed boats, winning a street fight, painting himself black while playing capture the flag, waking up with a pineapple beside his bed [oh wait that hadn’t happened yet], trying to do a remake of martial arts movies and falling from a hay loft and breaking a rib, and going on a slip-and-slide covered in pudding.
Kai and Amanda stood throwing stones into the lake as Brandon briskly walked up shaking with excitement.
“I’m thinking if we set up a couple of planks in the boathouse we could have a perfect hide out.” Brandon half shouted
“NO! we’re done talking about a hide out, that’s been our only topic of conversation since yesterday” Kai groaned, Amanda nodded.
“Fine, but I’m still going to look for a good spot.” Brandon sulked as he picked up a rock and threw it at the lake clipping the end of the dock with a thud. “Oops. Hey what were you guys talking about before I rudely tried to help out our brotherhood?”
“Oh we were just talking about potential members of the brotherhood.” Amanda said “So far we are thinking: Neil, Madison, Devin, Robert.” Amanda scrunched up her face as she itched her nose, “Oh and Dannaya”
“Ok, Neil is pretty cool, but I’m not sure he understands the essence of the brotherhood.” Brandon said puffing out his chest.
“Dude what even is our ’essence’? I don’t even know.” Kai said
“Awesomeness and being super extreme.” Brandon stammered, “We can talk to him but…” Brandon tilted his head back and closed his eyes. “Anyway, Neil is a maybe. Madison, is super awesome so yeah totally. Amanda you’re a girl can you talk to her?”
“Thanks for noticing I’m a female.” Amanda sarcastically said, “Yeah, I’ll talk to her at campfire meeting tonight.”
“Who else did you say?”
“Dannaya, Devin, and Robert.” Kai said
“No to all of them.” Brandon said starting to walk away.
“What?” Kai said following Brandon, Amanda ran to catch up after throwing a final stone. “Why? And where are you going?”
“I’m going back to my cabin to get ready for camp fire.” Brandon said continuing to walk, “And why, Devin is a great guy but he scares me with all the camera angle stuff and he’s awkward to talk to.”
“Hey Kai!” A voice yelled from behind them.
Kai turned to see Dannaya walking with Samantha from the archery range, she smiled and waved at him. “See you later!” She shouted, as the path she was on went behind a building.
“See ya!” Kai croaked his voice letting out a slight squeak his eyes wide.
“That’s why not to Dannaya, you would be even more obsessed with her than you are now. And who’s Robert?”
“The guy who hid in the garbage can for the game last night.” Amanda said.
“There’s you’re reason.” Brandon said, “Ok, meet in front of my cabin tonight after campfire.”
[That night, approx 10:32:07]
“Brandon, Kai” Amanda and Madison searched around the cabin Brandon, Kai, Mark, and Kyle stayed in. “ Where are you guys?”
“Right here” Kai said emerging from under the deck of the cabin dressed in all black including his face, Brandon crawled out as well wearing a helmet with plastic foliage glued to the top and sides. “Lets go!” Kai and Brandon ran zig-zags hiding behind trees with a floral suitcase on Brandon’s back. Amanda and Madison followed at a distance not being stealthy at all. Reaching a tree, Brandon and Kai climbed onto the lowest two limbs. Amanda and Madison walked up looking into the branches.
“Ok initiation Madi.” Brandon said leaning down from his perch in the tree. “You must take this suit case and tie it to one of the top limbs.”
“That’s it?” Madison said, “No water torture, or running with a brick across camp.”
“Don’t be stupid.” Kai said handing her the suitcase and some rope. Madison grabbed them and starting climbing. “Dude she thinks of way cooler initiations than us.”
“I know, right?” Brandon said turning to Kai then back to Madison ascending the tree. Approaching a large limb she called down to Kai to go to the tree across from the one she was in. After he had fought to the near top of the other tree, Madison tossed one end of the rope to him. Making a knot on the trunks of both trees, Madison lowered the loaded suitcase to the center of the rope and leaving it suspended twenty sum feet above the ground. Taking a final look at their new masterpiece the now four part brotherhood ran back to their perspective cabins.
[The next morning]
Jason drove his tractor towards the waterfront, humming with the beat of the motor. Stopping the tractor below a tree he climbed out looking straight up. “Is that a suitcase?”