Part 1

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I remember we had the same teacher. We had a free day to paint and to play around. Of course the minute we were free to play I ran over to Sam. He said he wanted to play hide and go seek. I wanted to paint, but since I was nice I told him we can play hide and go seek first. I mean, I knew we couldnt do that the whole day so I'd eventually get what I wanted too.
As we played I closed my eyes and began counting to twenty while he went to go hide.
I never took it into account that he was so small and could easily hide anywhere. So finding him was a struggle.
As time went by I got more and more frustrated. I mean, its a first grade classroom, there are only so many places he could be.
I probably looked for him for an entire hour. I dont know how he did it, but he must have been determined to hide from me the best he could. If I was the one hiding, I would have given up after like 10 minutes.
Anyway, I was so mad that I stopped looking for him and quit right where I was. I sat down and  being the stubborn kid I was, I refused to move until he showed himself to me.
Soon enough he got up from wherever he was and hugged me from behind saying "you found me!"
I can still hear his laugh. It was like music to my ears.