a/n: My first update in a while. Sorry about that, everyone! It's short and sweet...and hey it is summer break after all! I hope you all enjoy this oneshot..it was inspired by a little thunderstorm we had a couple of nights ago. Thanks and please review!
Disclaimer: I don't own freaking Covert Affairs. I'm pretty sure you have figured that out already, hm?
Splash
"Hmm?"
"What is it, Catie?"
"Why is the sky…crying?"
"It's not crying, baby girl," Auggie chuckled at his young daughter, "It's just rain."
"What's rain, Daddy?"
"Well. See, water condenses and . . .um, falls because it's denser than the air and uh, yeah," Auggie swallowed hard, "It's a little hard to explain."
Suddenly a crack of lightening shot across the sky, distracting Auggie until Catie jumped and buried her head in her father's sweater.
"What was that, Daddy!" Catie screamed.
"That's lightening, Catie. It sometimes happens when it rains. And the noise is called thunder."
"So it's not a monster?"
"Nope. See, look at the sky," Auggie motioned to the sky above their house. It was really coming down hard. Catie wandered across the backyard, staring at the wild lightening arcing across the dark grey sky.
Splash!
"Daddy...where did the baby lakes come from? They weren't in our yard yesterday."
"Those are puddles, kiddo. Lots of people like to jump in them and splash around," Auggie flashed back to a memory of his own childhood where he spend hours jumping in puddles in his yellow rain coat and his lime green froggy rain boots. His parents would sit on the covered porch and watch him, nursing a bottle of wine and listening to the radio floating outside through the open windows.
His memories were interrupted by a loud splash.
"Daddy, come jump in the puddles with me!" Catie giggled and jumped in her first puddle. Instantly a wave of cold water consumed her feet, making the blonde-haired girl shriek with surprise. Laughing, she pleaded with her father, "Peese, Daddy?"
Auggie sighed and admitted defeat. Call it a fault, but he couldn't say no to his daughter. Feeling foolish he walked around until he felt his several hundred dollar leather shoes sink into a sticky muddy rain puddle.
Splash!
"Daddy!" Catie shrieked again before running back at him. Soon they were jumping around as fast as they could, each trying to outdo the other with a bigger splash.
"Ooof!" Auggie slipped and landed on his rear with a laugh.
"I think we had better go inside, Daddy" Catie giggled and tried to pull her father to his feet. Auggie stood, trying desperately to brush the mud from the seat of his pants.
"We'll go inside and dry off," Auggie took his daughters hand and led her across the yard towards the house, "Your mother is going to be mad about all the laundry."
"That was fun, Daddy."
"Yes," Auggie smiled, "Yes, it was."
a/n: fluffy and cute. aw. care to review? thanks! I hope you guys enjoyed it!