42nd Country Road

Popcorn

It was about seven and we were all downstairs watching a movie. The sun was still up because it was the middle of august and hot as hell.

"I'm going to make some popcorn," I said standing up and walking into the kitchen.

"Could you make one with butter?" Jack called after me.

"Sure, do you want me to make two bowls or just one?" I asked peeping my head out of the kitchen door.

"Two, and make the other one salt," Mark said

"Salt?" I replied "Just salt?"

"Have you never had just salted popcorn?" He said

"I have it's just not my preference," I said in return

"Could you just make the popcorn?"

"Yes," I giggled and popped my head in the kitchen again. I started humming and I grabbed popcorn seeds out of the cabinet, and through them into the pan of hot oil. I started humming while I waited. I looking out the window. We drove 4 hours to get here. It took forever. I was thinking about how far away we were from civilization. 250 miles to be precise. I started thinking of how we would get food and supplies like toilet paper and napkins. Water really wasn't an issue, they had a well a few feet from the house and there was plenty of running water in the house.

The pop of the popcorn snapped me out of my train of thought. I finished the popcorn and walked into the living room setting the bowls down on the coffee table.

"So I was just thinking, How are we going to get food?" I asked

" Oh she had a food plan where people come over and drop food off for her. Like a whole month's worth of food, and since she passed away last month, and we now live here we have the food plan to," Mark said

" So when do they deliver next," Jack asked

"Next week, on the..." He looked at his phone," 22nd"

"Okay, just checking, cause I'm not really feeling driving 4 hours to the grocery store," I replied

"Ya, same," Said Jack

It was a few more hours until the movie finished and we all headed up to go to bed. Jack worked online so he usually stayed up until 12 or 1 in the morning, he went to his room and kept the lights on, Mark however, worked during 6 to 9 in the morning, so he went to bed. So, that left me. I usually slept in till 8 woke up and went for a run, came back, made everyone breakfast, cleaned the house, then made everyone lunch, dinner was a free for all. I thought I had the hardest job of either of them.

Anyway, I went into my room and took a shower. I came out wearing some leggings, and an old t-shirt covered in paint and memories. I crawled into bed. I turned off my lamp and fell asleep.