Rain

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Doreen had gotten into the back seat already when she got to the car. And she was already strapped in. Sophia moved to open the back seat but Daniel gestured towards the front passenger seat.

The drive was far from a silent one as they drove to the ice cream shop. Doreen and Daniel went on singing to songs blaring from the speakers. Sitting in silence, she looked out the window at the moving clouds that ran across the moon. Her thoughts drifted back to the recurrent dream she always had. Always about that man and woman. Bits and pieces of the dream came now and then. She could now see the room they were in except their faces were still dark. The room was painted white and had gold curtains, whatever they were talking about seemed very important but she couldn't hear exactly what they were saying. She rubbed her temple feeling the headache come back. It always made itself apparent whenever she started thinking of the dream or tried to remember her past. Somehow it made her feel as though the pain was there specifically to prevent her from remembering.

"Are you okay?" Daniel interrupted her thoughts.

She looked at him, "I'm fine. Why do you ask?"

"Why do I ask if you are alright?" He sounded angry.

"I didn't mean anything by that"

He snorted, "Oh really, I wasn't the one who asked that question so I wouldn't know"

"Why do you have to get angry by my question?" Surprisingly her voice was calm.

He didn't respond but only pulled over so quickly it threw her forward. She braced herself against the dashboard.

"We are here, we are here" Doreen chanted at the back.

Looking around, she saw that they were right in front of the ice cream shop. "Creamy Bites" it read on the sign board in bright colours.

Without a word, Daniel got out of the car slamming the door. He opened the back door and got Doreen out. Without a glance at her, he walked into the shop with Doreen.

Refusing to let him ruin the night, more for Doreen than herself, she got out of the car and entered the shop.

Daniel stood at the counter with Doreen. She stopped just beside him.

"What will you take?" Daniel asked yet didn't wait for an answer from her because as she opened her mouth he ordered chocolate for her.

He handed a strawberry ice cone to Doreen and turned to hand her her chocolate ice cone but mistakenly bumped into her as he turned making it smear on his shirt.

"You..." he started but stopped when Doreen started laughing at him.

"I'll go clean this up. Will be back soon. You guys shouldn't move from here" He said and left for the washroom dropping the remnants of the ice cream cone into the dustbin on his way.

"Uncle will get you another ice cream Sophia. Tell him you want Strawberry flavour. Its the best" Doreen said turning her attention to her ice cream.

Sophia folded her arms smiling at her. "I think I will, you look like you are really enjoying yourself"

"I am" she said busy with her cone.

The door opened and a family of about eight entered. They were loud, with smiles on their faces as they laughed about something that the man who looked to be a dad was saying. Just before the glass doors closed behind them, something caught her eye. A symbol.

She moved towards the door to get a good look. It seemed familiar to her but yet again she couldn't remember where she had seen it. It looked like a ladder with the sun on top of it in a squared figure. It was on a black pick up truck which was driving by. She stared at it till it drove away from sight.