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
weather," I said with thinly disguised disgust.
"I know. I'm sorry." There was a short pause before she continued. "Hey, since we're both stuck at home, let's get stuck at home together. Want to come over here?"
"Who's there?"
"Just me."
Her words caused me to stir
there
. My imagination ran wild with ideas of what could happen with the two of us alone together. I was young and horny. There was only one answer to her question.
"I'll be right over."
In no time at all, I was dashing through the rain and down the street to Carrie's house. She only lived four doors away, but it was raining hard enough that my clothes were soaked before I was out of my own yard. Carrie was waiting at the door with a towel for me. I was trying to dry myself as best as I could so I wouldn't drip on her floor and she was watching me. She had a look on her face... I guess it was indecision, or maybe even concern about how I would react. I stopped toweling my hair and looked at her expectantly, forcing her to just say it.
"You're going to get chilled with your clothes that wet. How aboutβ¦" she faded off.