I
checked the watch. 1:30 PM. Trees danced along the road. The sky brewed
up a darkness that fell across the heated pavement like a bridge. I
crossed.
I checked the watch again on the other side. 5:30 PM. My feet slid off the dewy grass. Golden light drew down the mountains as the last cloud blew away. Had I missed the storm? Had I missed the day?
I set off down the slope past the road. I checked the watch at the bottom, just as the cloak of night settled over me. 11 PM. Every step cost a little more time. I watched the stars pass overhead, charging through the heavens in a firefly stampede. Would my partner wait for me? Would my parents see me home?
The grass leveled off as I came to the trailhead a hundred yards from the road. The sun peeked out around the edges of the Earth. I checked the watch. 7 AM. I sighed and started up the path.
Only five miles to go.
I checked the watch again on the other side. 5:30 PM. My feet slid off the dewy grass. Golden light drew down the mountains as the last cloud blew away. Had I missed the storm? Had I missed the day?
I set off down the slope past the road. I checked the watch at the bottom, just as the cloak of night settled over me. 11 PM. Every step cost a little more time. I watched the stars pass overhead, charging through the heavens in a firefly stampede. Would my partner wait for me? Would my parents see me home?
The grass leveled off as I came to the trailhead a hundred yards from the road. The sun peeked out around the edges of the Earth. I checked the watch. 7 AM. I sighed and started up the path.
Only five miles to go.
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