Forever - Johnny Cade

Chapter 13:

I woke up a hot mess.

Actually, more like a sweaty mess.

My stray hairs were adhered to my sweat layered face, my clothes sticking to my damp body.

At first I thought I was sick.

But when I pulled back the few sheets on the bed to cool off I realized it wasn't just me. It was the room.

The aftermath of removing the lightweight covers was very similar to the previous state I was in.

Hot.

Very hot.

My body felt gross from the slightly drying sweat, and I felt disgusting as I sat there in a boiling room.

I get up and change out of my soggy sleeping clothes and try to bask in the few slight seconds of brief coolness.

It went away quicker than it came.

I pull on a pair of jean shorts and a plain old grey shirt. 

 I brush my hair to get the rats nest out of it, and head out into the living room.

When I was walking to the living room, I noticed it was quite a bit cooler, and a slight buzzing sound was coming from it.

When I finally got to it I saw Soda, Steve, Johnny, and Pony sitting by and on the couches, a fan rotating cool air around the room.

"Hey Kinsley" Steve greets, his eyes closed, "hey Steve" I greet him back, "why aren't you guys at work?" I ask to both Steve and Soda.

"Because It's a damn heat wave, that's why" Soda says, his face glistening with sweat.

"They let us take the day off, and return back when it's cooled down later at night" Steve adds on, explaining it more in detail.

I nod my head and look at the window to see the bright light illuminating the sky.

"Is it any cooler outside, with the breeze?" I ask curiously, wanting to escape the heat, even if it wasn't by much.

Pony shakes his head side to side in an exhausted manor, "there is not an inch of wind coming from outside, just straight heat" he says rubbing the back of his palm across his forehead.

I let out a sight and walk over to the kitchen to get a glass of water, realizing just how thirsty I was.

The water wasn't even cold from the tap, it was warm, it felt disgusting going down my throat, and it took the entire glass to quench my thirst.

"How hot is it exactly?" I ask as I return to the living room.

"102 degrees" Soda says as he leans his head back.

My eyes widen. 

It felt extremely hot, but I had no idea it was this hot!

My whole body felt gross and fatigued from the heat, and I couldn't deal with it.

"I'm going to get ice cream, anyone wanna come?" I ask as I go to put on my shoes.

"I'm too tired to move" Pony groans, "same" Steve and Soda murmur at the same time.

"I'll go" Johnny says getting up and walking over to me.

I finish putting on my shoes, "great, now let's go get the ice cream before all of it melts" I tell him as I open the door.

We got to the closet ice cream spot, not surprised to see it already packed with people, a long line already formed..

"Looked like they had the same idea as us" I tell him as we walk towards the end of the lengthy line.