Daydream Believer

xlix. worrying too much and staring at the clouds

xlix. worrying too much and staring at the clouds

It had been a long time since I had taken the time to look at the clouds. They were especially pretty one morning in July. Noah and I were at Aaron's house again. Sometimes it felt like we lived at Aaron's. That would be better actually.

The grass was uncomfortably dry, since it was so hot that summer. That was the problem with Odiosis. The weather was baking in the summer and freezing in the winter. I liked Seattle a lot better, but it seemed like a distant memory now. My teacher last year said that Odiosis meant "boring" in Latin, which seemed about right. Anywhere was more interesting than Odiosis. But now I had spent half of my life here in Odiosis, and I just had to deal with it.

I stretched out onto the grass. Aaron lay down next to me. "The clouds are really pretty today," I observed.

"I guess so," Aaron said. He pointed to a cloud. "What do you think that one looks like?"

"A sock," I said.

"Well, now I know where the sock I lost went!" Aaron exclaimed. I laughed. "Really though, I think it looks more like a gummy worm."

I rolled my eyes. Aaron was obsessed with gummy worms. I didn't really understand why. Aaron's gummy worms weren't even that good.

I glanced up at the clouds again. What if I could go up there? Into the clouds? It would be like the treehouse, but better. I would be alone. I would be free.