RAINDROPS

Chapter 11

There's sound all around me, just like he said. However I don't focus on that, I try to feel the opposite. Silence. Nothing. I don't know what I'm doing exactly. So I'm kind of just winging it.

As I already know my ability to control the weather is connected to my emotions, I think about happy memories to try and bring out the sun, or rather make the clouds dissapear. I don't know how long I try, but then I hear Nick laugh beside me. For a second I think he might me mocking me, but when I open my eyes to scold him I notice it.

The sun is shining brightly and there's a smile plastered on his face. Not a mocking smile at all, but a happy one. A hopeful one.

'You did it!' Nick practically yells in my face, making me smile in return too. 'You actually did it, Al!'

In the heat of the moment he grabs my face and plasters a kiss on my forehead. A second later he realises what he did and steps back quickly, his face down, the smile gone. 

'I- I'm sorry.' he stutters. Nick is so confusing, I swear his moods change so quickly. One moment he is completely guarded and the next he is like a cheery kid who shows all his emotion. Honestly I can't even explain it that well, it is awfully hard to get a read on.

'Don't worry about it.' I tell him. That is the last thing I want him or me to worry about. Inside I'm kind of making a little happy dance. Not because of the kiss, but because I finally did it. I finally changed the weather, me. I did it, not my emotions. It's so amazing. And maybe a bit because of the kiss too. It was just so sweet, my heart is getting all warm.

He smiles back at me. 'Want to try making it rain this time?' he asks me. 'You seem to love rain.' I know it's probably supposed to be a joke, but he's right I do love the rain. It's always so calm and peaceful. It always seems to make me feel a bit better. 

It only takes a couple of minutes before it softly begins to rain. The raindrops soaking into our clothes. I have a smile on my face that reaches from ear to ear. This is so much better and more fun than anything I've ever done before. It feels like I've finally found a part of myself that was missing. 

'Well, this is fun.' Nick says with a sarcastic note in his voice. Now it is my turn to laugh at him and his annoyed attitude. This makes him look at me differently, but still gifting me one of his brilliant glares. 'What?' he asks, trying to sound angry. He's not succeeding in the best way, I can tell he's just curious.

'Don't you ever just let loose? Live in the moment?' I ask him. He seems to be so serious all the time.

'Well I'd rather spend this moment inside, I'm getting wet.' he says, still with this annoyed tone in his voice. The smile on his face tells me differently again. The Nick before me is so different from how he normally acts. It's like he's starting to trust me, or is more comfortable around me. Either way, I like this version of Nick.

'Then you'd be missing out on something.' I tell him, while I look up. It is so beautiful when you look at it this way. The rain is streaming down my face onto my clothes, but I don't care. Somehow being out in the rain like this makes me feel good. It makes me feel more alive.

'Can't you see how beautiful the rain is?' I ask. The raindrops falling down look amazing, I could stare at it for hours. If only they wouldn't get in my eyes this much.

When he doesn't answer I look back at him. The annoyed look is completely gone now, instead I find him staring at me. He's smiling softly and he looks curious again somehow. 

'What?' I ask him, afraid there's something weird going on on my face or something.

'You're beautiful.' he says in such a soft whisper I almost think I imagined it.