3, 2, 1 BOOM – Chapter 4
After dinner was finished, both cleared the used dishes and Grace volunteered to wash them, since Eli did most of the cooking.
Eli stood there in the kitchen for a while, just watching her do that "Actually I'm beginning to get a little worried myself, it's starting to get late and I think the storm is only getting worse."
"Did you try calling them on the cell phone before?"
"Of course, that's the first thing I did when it started raining so hard, it just says 'no service at the moment'" Grace answered a little annoyed. Then, after about a minute Grace asked in a sad tone "Do you think they're safe?"
"I hope they are Gracie" Eli answered and approached closer to her "I hope they are…"
"What do you say, maybe we'll go watch a little T.V., they might show a weather report or something…" Grace suggested as they exchanged worried looks with each other.
"Come on" Eli agreed and took her hand as they went into the living room.
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They sat on the couch, each curled on opposite side, pondering the situation in their heads as the news reporter announced a special weather report next after some commercials. "Are they kidding, can't they just start already, it's more important than some stupid dog food right now..." Grace burst in tears.
Eli didn't know what to say, he too was very worried by now and he felt nothing he could say would sound very comforting or believable, so he just scooted closer to Grace and offered her a silent hug. They both sat there dreadfully waiting for the report to start, taking comfort in each other's warmth.
"…And now for some breaking weather news…as you're probably already aware of, in the last few hours a storm had been created over the area. …we advise all to stay indoors and refrain from driving, since there's a serious lightning warning at the moment… We also advise taking pets indoors… some roads have been blocked… there's also a possibility of power breaks due to the storm, so please take notice and prepare for it…"
"Thank you Jen, this was our breaking weather report, we'll update twice each hour about the new developments…"
They were still hugging. "At least they didn't say anything about accidents…" Eli commented quietly.
"Maybe we should prepare some things in case there's a power break…" Grace said trying very hard not to sound shaky.
"Yes, we probably should" Eli agreed but didn't move yet. It felt good being close to her.
"Eli…"
"Oh, right. Let's go"
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They decided to prepare a few candles and matches, a flashlight, and to stay in the living room by the T.V. for further updates on the weather. As Grace went down with the flashlight, she noticed Eli brought his guitar and some notes with him from his garage room.
He looked at her and saw her noticing the guitar and explained "I thought if we have to stay here and be worried, I can try and play you my new song and it's also better if I brought my guitar here with all the water in my room…"
"Oh, I almost forgot about it, how's the leak in your room? That bad?" Grace asked
"It's not pretty…"
"Maybe we should take all your notes so they won't get wet" Grace suggested
"Yeah, you might be right, can you help me?"
"Of course" Grace said
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Help!! I need to find the right song for Eli to play for Grace later this evening and I'd really appreciate your help, since I can't seem to find the right one…
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LitJunkie