I just had to look and my mind wandered

‘Sometimes you forget the little things’.

‘What are you talking about’ Sarah said

‘You know sometimes you forget to look, you’re so focused on where you are going and where you should be you forget…’

‘Oh be quiet… come on we have to get there before the shops shut’

‘You know sometimes the ugly things are the most interesting’

‘I think you are ugly… now come on’

There was a pause as the girls looked at each other, a playful frown growing across Jo’s face, then they laughed.

‘Not as ugly as you’ Jo replied and with one last look at the undergrowth they set off up the hill Jo looking over her shoulder only once at the purple flower she left behind.