Better than the Park by Strickland83
Better than the Park
by Strickland83
Copyright© 2007 by Strickland83. All rights reserved.
With a crash, the thunder rattled the windowpane. As that noise faded, the patter of raindrops again took the stage. The rain wasn’t going to break any time soon and I accepted that Saturday in the park with Carrie wasn’t going to happen. That really sucked because we had gone to separate colleges after high school and it was the first weekend that we were both back for the summer. I was still sitting at the window, watching the rain fall, when the ringing of the phone made me jump. I reached for it without looking, mesmerized by the rain.
“Hello?” I said.
“Ben! I was hoping you would be home.”
My heart leapt when I heard Carrie’s voice. I could imagine what she must look like, sitting at the window watching the rain and wearing what she was going to wear to the park with me.
“Yeah. Not like I’m going anywhere in this