Chapter One
The wind is unusually strong today. The clouds are starting to move in.
"I hope it rains," I say to myself.
Rainy days make my dorm extra cozy, and having my own dorm made these kind of days even better. The smell of the rain starts to tint the dirt smell of this boring farm town. I smile to myself as I watch the rain fall. There are three dainty knocks at my door breaking my thoughts.
"Who is it?" I ask
"Nettie!"
I get up from my comfy armchair and open the door.
"Hey Linds, I was wondering if you wanted to head over to Cee's room with me to work on that essay for English?"
I contemplate for a second,"Uh, yeah sure. I have nothing else to do. Let me get my shoes and backpack."
Nettie nods and waits for me to get my things. We walk outside and the wind is very stong I have to hold my hood to prevent it from falling. The sky looks darker than it did when I was in my room. We walk across the small court-yard to Williams Hall. We yank open the heavy door and walk through the lobby, down the smelly hallway and into Cee's room.
"Hi Cee," I say.
"Hey Linds what you up to?" He asks without taking his eyes off his iPad screen.
"Cee are we still going to work on the essay together?" Nettie asks.
Cee stops scrolling on his iPad and looks up at her,"Oh yeah, I already did mine."
Nettie takes a half step back and shakes her head slightly as if someone threatened to hit her,"Wait, What? What do you mean?"
"I already did mine," he says again.
"Then why did you make me come all the way over here, I could be taking a nap right now!"
"I just wanted you to come over here and so you could braid my hair," he says touching his small afro.
"Then why didn't you just say that over the phone?" Nettie says frustrated.
"Because," he says with a smirk,"I like fucking with you."
He laughs at her as she shakes her head and I stand on the side with an awkward smile. I put my backpack down, and take a seat on a chair.
"Well let me go get a comb for you and I will be right back," Nettie says. Just as she walks out of the room Paris walks in.
"Hi Paris," I say.
"Hey guys whats up?"
"Just chillin," Cee says.
We sit in Cee's room for a good ten minutes making small talk.
"Man, I'm Hungry. I just ran out of snacks in my room," Paris says,"I think I might walk over to Family Dollar, you wanna come Lindsay?" She asks.
"Yeah, let's go," I stand up and head for the door.
"Okay we'll be back Cee."
"Okay," his eyes are still glued to his iPad.
We run into Nettie just as we are about to go outside.
"Hey where you guys going?" she asks.
"Family Dollar," Paris says.
"Well someone just told me that there is a Tornado warning for Sterling, Colorado. It might not be a good idea to go out now," she warns.
"Damn," Paris says disappointed.
I look outside,"I don't think it will be that bad. Family Dollar isn't too far." I say.
"Yeah it's not too far. We'll make it," Paris agrees.
"Okay, just be careful guys," Nettie says.
We head out the heavy metal doors and into the wind.