Prompt #3: Sunset
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Chapter Three
Kurt's POV
One of the few things about Mom that I can still remember even somewhat clearly is that every single night during the summer she would go out and watch the sunset. Well she did as long as she could, anyways.
I loved watching it occur with her, watch all of the colors mix and separate and fade to black and somehow still work together. It was truly an amazing thing to behold at least it was from our backyard back in Lima.
Sometimes I still try to watch the sunset but it is much harder here in New York than it was in Lima. There are the skyscrapers that are in the way from seeing it plus it is hard to see it from a window instead of outside in a large open space.
Tonight I am going to go watch it from a coffee shop that is said to have an excellent view of the sunset and sunrise. I think it might just be rumors but I really do miss seeing it so much and I feel like I should continue to do it on this day at least.
I was walking down the steps to leave the loft humming under my breath to calm my nerves down. I needed to see it today of all days since it was Mom's birthday and she loved it so very much. I watched it with Dad every year on her birthday after she died.
I signaled for a taxi when I got down to the street corner. This place was over 2 miles away from the loft and no-where near a subway station and I didn't want to have to do a whole lot of walking.
The taxi pulled up to the curb a little bit after my signal but faster than they usually did, well it was later at night than when I had ridden in them before.
The ride was silent and I felt very sullen during it. It felt like some of the strength to watch the sunset on this day had faded the moment I had entered this car. I didn't think that I would be able to go and do this.
What in the world was I doing here? Was this place really going to have a view of the sunset? Was Dad going to be doing this in Lima? I wondered to myself as the taxi stopped near the coffee shop.
I walked in and bought myself a cookie and a coffee and sat at a table that would be near where the sunset would shine through. I knew that the food and drink had calories that were beyond what I normally had but it was a special occasion and I was only having one.
The window that the people had mentioned was big for a back facing wall, but was smaller than I had hoped for it to be. It was staring at a very small field surrounded by the skyscrapers that were everywhere in New York City. They covered the skyline and made it impossible to see the sunset.
It was unlikely but I sat and started to wait for the sunset. Waited and waited and the colors in the sky changed somewhat but none of the pretty colors like there were in Ohio, here they were just fading to black.
It was quite disappointing to not be able to see the sunset on my mother's birthday. I picked up my bag and phone and left the coffee house and rode the subway back to the loft.
I checked my phone when I was getting into bed and noticed some texts from Blaine and an email from my Dad. I should read the one from Dad first.
I clicked on it and it read, "Kiddo, hope you made the most possible of this hard day. I heard from your friends that their isn't much of a skyline in New York so I hope you can find the sunset or something else that will help you. -Dad"
I checked the time, it was earlier this afternoon before I had went out to the coffee shop. I should write him back later to tell him that I was fine. He sounded that he was a bit worried about me.
I checked the texts from Blaine next. "Kurt, Are you planning on watching the sunset like you did last year?" and an hour later was "Are you going to be able to find a place in New York." and the final one that he sent had a link embedded in it.
"Kurt, I understand that you have a lot going on and this is a hard day in a city for the first time. I don't know if you want the sunset like last year but I know that it will be different in New York so I took some pictures of the sunset from here." The text read.
I opened the files and the sunset that they were from was perfect and everything that I wanted from a sunset. I smiled and stared at the pictures that had been sent. This was what I had needed.
I sent a message of thanks for helping and sending those pictures to Blaine and I called Dad to talk to him about today and that I was fine but it was fine that he was worried.
I'm so glad that Blaine sent those pictures! I hadn't gotten to see the sunset myself from that coffee shop but at least I could still see it. I thought as I looked at all the pictures that Blaine had sent me and I smiled as I fell asleep peacefully as I stared at the pictures.
I knew from that day onward that I had a sunset on my phone for whenever I wanted or needed to see one. I would never have to worry about finding a place ever again. Those photographs would show a wonderful sunset when I needed one.