LUKE's POV:
I open the main door as excitement surged me when the watery air sweeps my face.
"How are we..................." Her words are cut off by the strong gushes of the rain.
I search my pocket pulling my phone out, thirteen missed calls shoot the screen. I call back but my phone dies dead. Judi hands me an umbrella her brown eyes mirroring my concern.
I wait till she locks her door and we rush out, my shoes stamping the small puddles which formed the green pasture. She hugs the cake protecting it under her small white umbrella probably that belongs to her.
I open the door for her, she plops into the seat fidgeting with her umbrella. I grab it from her closing it and throwing our umbrella at the back seat.
I drive slowly the downpour blurring the glass vision. The wiper helplessly sweeps the rain out of the glass, but I find it annoyingly slow. Anger itches my brains, my blood abnormally flows through my veins my heart threatens to break through my rib-cage.
Judith sits quietly beside me, she seems puny under my car, the cake gently sits on her lap her arms enclosing it protectively. Her face plasters a soft concerned look. She notices me staring at her and offers me a weak smile.
A large spark of lightning hits an enormous tree a few yards from us. My foot forcibly pulls the breaks the rain causing the tires to slipper against the ground making it come closer to the swaying tree which got struck. It fell to the ground before us, its branches colliding with the front part of my car, the car immediately shuts off. Our eyes land on each other again, but this time we scream our lungs out. My car smokes out, the lightning creeps out again, fear engulfs me like a blanket.
"Ath the count of treee, run," I inform, my tongue shuttering out of fear.
She nods vigorously, her chest heaving heavily.
"One....two....three!" I yell running out of the car towards her side. Judi stays in the car, it's not that she wanted to but the door refused to open. She struggles with her breath forming a cloud on the inner side of the glass. I try to open it but it doesn't seem to obey, I try harder the rain seeping into my T-shirt. The soil dissolves under my soggy shoes, reducing the grip I need.
She turns crawling out of the driver's door running out of the rain. Her hand still gripped the cake as she runs for cover. I hold her free hand which trembles undermine. We run, run and run, the only command every cell in our body is screaming. Judi's house comes to my view, an unfamiliar car is stationed outside.
"My parents are home." She shouts clearing my thoughts.
She opens the main door scanning in for any traces of her parents.
"I guess they just came home, fresh footprints out there." She hisses.
"Remove your shoes and follow me. Tiptoeing." She instructs.
I remove my shoe water flows out like a river. I tiptoe following her, the dark floor marked wet footprints. We climb upstairs she peeps through the grills and sighs and actions me to go upstairs. Reaching her warm bedroom, I pull my drenched socks my anger refilling me.
Why does it have to rain today? Why should it rain so much? Ruining all my plans, the best I could arrange. I pluck my phone forcibly out of my pants, this stupid phone should get dead now! I stretch my hand out in an attempt to break it but the door creaks open revealing a shivering Judith. I pull my hand down before she notices and, she hands me a crisp dry towel and manly clothes. She picks up her own clothes and disappears behind the bathroom door. I take this opportunity to change into this stranger's clothes, the warm fussy feeling soothing me a little. I wipe my drenched hair preventing it to form wet spots on the stranger's clothes(probably her dad's).
I sip the warm liquid down my itchy throat, the sweetness tendering it. My nose fears catching the flu as Judi sneezes a few times.
"Excuse me." She mutters under her soft handkerchief. She places the warm mug on the sides of her nose.
"I'm sorry." She whispers, "It's not your fault."
"Fate plays terribly in my life," I state dryly.
"I know you worked really hard for this." I could taste the concern in her voice.
"Yes Judi, I worked so hard......even though I was never satisfied. I prepared so many things all ruined, everything ruined. This rain, the lightning, my phone, the tree, the car, my parents........... Everything, everything ruined, my life is such a mess!!!!" I banged my clenched palm several times harshly on the table which was vaguely audible against the downpour, the pain somehow radiating my agony away. I stop when two tiny hands hold my arm.
"It's fine, it's fine..........today was just not your day."She assures.
Her palm spreads peace down my veins as she strokes them gently. I stare at her hands overlapping mine a feeling of comfort assuring me.
"I don't know how you feel, I don't know what happened to your parents, I don't know what caused you to become like this, I don't know and I don't deserve to know. But I'm your friend Luke, and I can't let the sun go down on your wrath." Her eyes begged for answers disagreeing with her words. She deserves to know the truth, the truth that haunts me, burdens me, and enslaves me. Everyone has abandoned me but I thought I got a second chance to live a new life, but now it's made me come back to the starting point.
After a long internal debate, I speak out.
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"I AM
THE LORD,
AND THERE IS
NONE ELSE,
THERE IS NO GOD
BESIDE ME."
Isaiah 45:5
AUTHOR's NOTE;
It's literally more than 1000 words guys. I enjoyed writing this chapter. I hope you had the same feeling reading it too. WARNING: Next chapter is gonna belong.Thank you for your patience, guys.
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The Guy Through My Window
Spiritual{Completed} Judith Williams a Christian girl is been forced to help Luke Marshall the football lout in knowing her best friend Hannah his crush. He learns that the only way to get to know her is to become a Christian. Will he stand true strong to hi...
