The Road to Amazing
“After we dried off, we joined the others in the main room.
"It's really coming down," I said.
"It is," Vernie said, sitting in a chair by the window with her Kindle.
"D-four," Ruby said. She and Nate were playing Battleship at the dining room table.
"Miss," Nate said.
I looked around the room. I didn't know if it was the rain outside or what, but everyone exuded calmness. Min joined them, taking a seat and starting to read her phone.
Kevin stood watch by the glass door out to the deck, staring at the rain. I crossed over to him.
Outside, the raindrops made little explosions against the wood.
"H-eight," Nate said, over at the table.
"Oh," Ruby said. "Hit." "Really?" he said.
"Yeah." "Ripper, you little!" Ripper, you little?
Nate's Australian slang made no sense whatsoever.
To Kevin, I said, "I still say weather forecasts are mostly quackery, but I guess they were right this one time." He nodded, but didn't smile. He kept watching the rain.
"It'll be okay," I said. "We'll just move ever...ything inside tomorrow.MoreLess
"It's really coming down," I said.
"It is," Vernie said, sitting in a chair by the window with her Kindle.
"D-four," Ruby said. She and Nate were playing Battleship at the dining room table.
"Miss," Nate said.
I looked around the room. I didn't know if it was the rain outside or what, but everyone exuded calmness. Min joined them, taking a seat and starting to read her phone.
Kevin stood watch by the glass door out to the deck, staring at the rain. I crossed over to him.
Outside, the raindrops made little explosions against the wood.
"H-eight," Nate said, over at the table.
"Oh," Ruby said. "Hit." "Really?" he said.
"Yeah." "Ripper, you little!" Ripper, you little?
Nate's Australian slang made no sense whatsoever.
To Kevin, I said, "I still say weather forecasts are mostly quackery, but I guess they were right this one time." He nodded, but didn't smile. He kept watching the rain.
"It'll be okay," I said. "We'll just move ever...ything inside tomorrow.MoreLess
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