The Thunder Rolls

Chapter 15

The clouds were very heavy and grey when Deans phone woke us up the next morning. No sun shun through the windows and i could hear the steady rain outside. I got up to let Roman out while he took the call. A few minutes later he came up behind me and kissed my cheek.

" good morning beautiful"

" Good morning." I purred turning into his kiss

"So that was Logan on the phone he wants to go get breakfast with us and Amanda in leesville, would you wanna do that? It's just at Cracker Barrel and it's all rainy and gloomy so it's not like getting fancy."

" yea that sounds fun."

" alright I'll text him and we can get ready and leave."

I threw my unwashed blonde hair up in a bun and only put mascara on. I put on a loose tee shirt and a pair of leggings then brushed my teeth. I looked over at Dean standing there in his joggers, about put his shirt on, smiling at me. I smiled at him, mouthed 'I love you' and walked out to wake up Stella.

"I love you, Harlow " he yelled throughout the house.

We all laughed. I put Stella in a pair of sweatpants and her guns and roses tee shirt, we put Roman in his cage and got in the truck and headed to leesville. Stella was excited to see Logan and Amanda again so soon, I was excited to eat, I was starving.

We arrived at Cracker Barrel and met Logan and Amanda, who already had a table, inside. We ate breakfast like we didn't just eat a huge meal the night before, then shopped around the tiny country store. Dean bought me a huge cozy blanket for the bed and a smaller one for Stella's room. Then we all hugged and said our goodbyes and headed our seperate ways.

The rain was coming down harder with no end in site. This rain was different than the storms we got at night, there was no lightning or thunder, it was just a steady downpour. It slowly puddled the roadways and ground and I could tell that if it continued it would cause problems. We headed home holding hands and talking about how we looked forward to getting back in bed and just hanging out. It was the perfect day to just relax and read or watch a movie in bed. We stopped by Dean and Logan's house and he picked up his game system to watch a movie if we wanted to. He grabbed some extra clothes for the rest of the week.

When we got home we weren't expecting anymore company for a while so we moved the tv into the bedroom. We moved my vanity to the wall facing the side of the bed and put the tv at the end of the bed, so we could pick a movie from the giant duffle bag he brought.

From the moment we had walked in the door Stella had been dragging her new blanket around like she was Linus. It hadn't left her hand. Roman was stepping all over it causing her to get caught up almost every step, he was very confused. He slowly figured out that it wasn't going anywhere anytime soon and she figured out he was starting to weigh more than her. So She grabbed more of it hicking it up closer to her and he Walked a little bit further behind her, they finally got it together.

I slid my leggings off and put some shorts on while Dean layed in bed in only his pajama pants smiling at me. I slipped under the covers and molded my body around his, his arm draped around my back.

"I love you. Days like this are by far my favorite. "

" Yea it's exactly how I like spending rainy days."

A few seconds later the dynamic duo came trudging into the bedroom and hopped into the bed.

"Now it's perfect " dean said.

"Yes it is "

"Movie momma, movie daddy" she yawned.

"So, um, can you get better than perfect cus I think that was" his arm tightened around me in a squeeze and he kissed my forehead.

"Yea. Well just call it us. My freakin heart is mush, use my phone I want a picture of us all. I have to remember this moment forever."

Dean took our picture and it was just as perfect as the moment felt. He got up and put in a movie and moments after it started we were all napping, with the rain steadily pouring outside.

The rain hadn't let up when we woke from our nap, but it had caused us to sleep much longer than we had expected. I looked over at my clock and saw that it was 4, we fell asleep around noon. Stella would probably never sleep tonight. I got up to let Roman out and the movement didn't wake eithe dean or Stella. When I walked to the door my eyes widened and I quickly grabbed Roman off the porch.

"DEAN! GET OUT HERE!" I yelled.

He jumped out of bed, I heard his feet hit the ground, then run down the hall way.

"What is wrong are you ok" his hands were feeling all over me to see what was wrong

Then he looked outside.

"Oh wow, we usually have rain at night but not every single night like this summer. It has been exceptionally wet season and now this rain today. I gotta move the trucks."

The water from the bayou at the end of the yard had crawled all the way to the tree with the tire swing. It was a good 15yards, but only another 15 and it would reach the house. Thankfully being built so close to the water the house was raised, not built on the ground, so we would have a while to worry about any damage to the house. Dean ran back from road leaving the trucks far away from the water, hidden in the woods.

" will your trailer get hurt?"

" nah, but if it keeps rising we're going to want some way to get out of the house so the boat is the best thing to have. Im going to call and check on Elle may."

" ok. I'm going to check on Stella she should have woke up by now."

He nodded and walked off to make his phone call.
When I walked in the bedroom I knew something was off. Roman was nudging her with his nose trying to wake her but she wasn't budging. Normally I wouldn't think anything of it since she sleeps like a log but Roman was acting strange with her, whining and looking backs and forth from me to her. I said her name and put my hand on her to jostle her and her skin was in flames. She was sick.