| Rain and Steam Part 1 I was walking down the street on a chilly September afternoon. It was cloudy but far from dreary. The air seemed to sparkle as it sometimes does after it rains. At least that�s how it was to me. Anyway, back to that afternoon. School was out and I was walking home. Coming up behind me was a boy in my class. His name was Ryan. I had a major crush on him for a long time but after a while I decided to get a hold of myself. Even so, when I see him my knees buckle. He was just walking up beside me as anxious to get home as I was. �Hi, Ryan.� �Hey Mackenzie.� �Nice day, huh?� �Sure if you say so.� �What do you mean?� �Well, it�s too cloudy for my taste.� �Oh well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.� �Huh?� �Oh see, to you this day may seem too gray and dreary but to me, the world is more alive right now.� �Whoa, that�s deep.� �No, just an opinion.� �Where are you headed?� �Home. I�m too tired to go anywhere else. How �bout you?� �I don�t know. Maybe I�ll just walk around for awhile.� Just then, it started to rain. �I guess you won�t be walking for too long.� �Yeah, and it�s coming down harder.� It began to rain so hard that it was as if a monsoon was coming. We started to run looking for shelter. We knew we weren�t going to make it home. Ryan and I finally came upon an old abandoned house. We ran in to get away from the rain. The place was dirty but warmer than outside. I looked around and found a bunch of blankets. I handed him one. He looked at me curiously. �What�s this?� �Well, Ryan, it�s called a blanket and it�s for keeping you warm.� �Ha, ha, ha.� I started to peel off my sweater when he stopped me. �What the HELL are you doing?� �I�m taking off my clothes so they can dry.� �What?!� �I don�t want to get sick so I�m taking off my wet clothes and wrapping myself in the blanket. I suggest you do the same.� �No way! I�m keeping my clothes on.� �Ok, no one�s forcing you. All I�m saying is that you�ll get sick if you don�t.� �Alright, but you have to go to the other room.� �You�re shy!� �No I�m not!� �Yes you are. I can see it on your face.� �Just go ok!� �Ok, ok.� Trying to hold back laughter, I went into the other room. |