3, 2, 1 BOOM – Chapter 7
An explosion outside made Eli stir in his sleep, but he managed to ignore it and fell back to his warm and cozy slumber. About a minute later, another huge explosion occurred, followed by an awfully long chain of lightening. No way could he ignore this one.
He opened his eyes only to find himself wrapped in complete darkness and surrounded with death silent. It was kind of freaking Eli out, he felt disoriented and was still sleepy, and there was a nagging voice in his head that kept thinking something bad was going to happen in this damn silence. He could feel the temperature dropped down significantly, and then it hit him, 'the storm- it's probably a power break' and then he remembered the family has yet to contact them.
'Grace…'
He listened carefully and was able to hear her deep breaths as she was sound asleep not far from him on the couch, under the same blanket actually, he suddenly became aware and could feel the warmth radiating from her body. Eli cautiously got out of the blanket and gently secured it around Grace's form so she won't be cold and made his way blindly through the living room to find the emergency supply they had luckily prepared beforehand.
Eli finally felt something that seemed to be the flash light and lit it up. 'I should try the phone again' he tried calling the cell again, but just got the same annoying message. Eli checked his watch, it was already 23:30.
Meanwhile, Grace woke up too, for some reason. The first thing she noticed was that she was alone. It was dark, cold and there's no Eli beside her.
"Eli… Eli…" Grace called, feeling pretty spooked being there all alone.
As soon as he heard her voice Eli ran towards her with the flashlight "I'm right here Gracie".
"I'm right here".
"What happened Eli? Why is it dark and so cold?" A still half asleep Grace asked.
"It's just a power break, don't worry, it's ok, I'm here. You know, it happened to me too when I woke up into this complete darkness, I totally freaked…" Eli smiled at Grace.
"I'm sorry I got so scared, it's just that I was afraid when I didn't finds you near me" Grace apologized "I thought for a moment that something bad happened to you…"
"I'm right here" Eli sat on the couch beside Grace, his arm touching hers. "I just went to try and call them again, there's still no service." Eli said in a worried tone.
"I also noticed the temperature dropped quite a bit, I think we should go and change into something warmer and maybe also bring some more blankets over here." Eli added.
"You're right, but would you come with me to my room, Eli?"
"Sure, what did you think, I'll let you leave me here all alone in the darkness?" Eli joked and they got up and went upstairs to Grace's room with the help of the flashlight.
"I have a small radio that works on batteries, we'll grab it from my room after you'll change into something warmer"
They reached Grace's room and after she picked some warm sweat pants and a long sleeved sweat shirt and a warmer sweater, she turned to Eli and asked him shyly if he would agree to hold the flashlight for her to be able to dress and look away.
"Oh…, Sure" Eli turned around holding the flashlight behind his back and waited as Grace changed. It felt really weird for him to think about her taking her cloths off just behind his back… and he couldn't help but try and imagine what she would look like…
"I'm done, you can turn around now" Grace said awkwardly.
Eli quickly cleared his mind of his not so innocent thoughts and gave her a smile "Come on". Grace grabbed her blanked and another jacket and they headed down.
"Ok, let's go bring the radio from my room and I'll change too"
They opened the door leading into Eli's room and found its floor to be totally flooded by then.
"Wow, Grace I'm so happy you offered we'll bring my notes into the house, you're a genius." Eli smiled appreciatively at her
He took his shoes off and got into the wet room and collected a few cloths and the small radio.
As they reached back into the living room Grace lit up a few candles and turned around while Eli changed into some warmer cloths and a dry pair of socks.
"You can look now" Eli announced. In Grace's head, unbeknown to her, went pretty similar thoughts as in Eli's back in her room and as she turned around, a light blush colored her face.
Eli saw her face but successfully covered up his little smirk with a cough. "I'll go get some batteries from the kitchen and we'll be able to listen to the radio for updates…" Eli went and was back in a minute with the now working radio in his hand. He tuned it to the local news station.
"…A balanced, healthy formula will keep your puppy strong and happy…" rambled on the radio. "What is it with these dog food commercials today?" Grace laughed lightly, making Eli smile as well. Just as the commercial ended and the news signal was heard, the phone suddenly began to ring.
In less than two seconds Grace was answering it.
"Hello?"
"Hello?"
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