Chapter 37: When It Rains

The rain continued to pour for the third day straight as Spencer sat atop a lone chair near an open curtained window. The paddle paddle of rain drops on window, the clanking loud ringing of chimes, the whoosh of the cold wind, the light scrape of branches on the house and windows all brought peace to Spencer’s mind. She felt at ease with her mind because all night she had been worrying that something bad was about to happen. She had this gut feeling that everything was not ok. That something was off. So, she sat staring out the window looking at the happening of a literal storm as a figurative one was in production. Skies were greying in Spencer’s world. Greyed clouds carried mass loads of precipitation ready to drop and bring destruction on something so brilliant.

Little did Spencer know the storm happening outside the window, the storm she found so peaceful and amazingly beautiful held some meaning of a disastrous occurrence that was about to happen in her life. The cold bitter wind, the continuous rainfall, the roaring thunderous sounds, the flicker of lightning, the destruction of something beautiful, they all meant something beyond themsleves.

Spencer’s phone buzzed in her lap and she instantly smiled seeing the all to familiar number and goofy picture blinking on her screen. She pressed the talk button and brought the ear to her phone.

Spencer: "Hey Ash."

Ashley: "Hey babe. Why you up so early?"

Spencer: "I haven’t slept."

Ashley: "Why baby what’s wrong? Are you ok? Is something the matter? You can tell me I don’t care."

Spencer: "Ash, everything is fine, I just can’t sleep is all."

Ashley: "Oh. Ok. So do you want to hang out or something. I know it’s all ugly and rainy outside so I was thinking maybe something at my house. Like movies and pizza."

Spencer: "I would love that Ash. Just give me a couple of hours because my mom gets real suspicious when I’m gone before she’s left."

Ashley: "Ok. Maybe you should get some sleep beforehand."

Spencer: "I’ll try. I’ll call you later when crazy woman leaves."

Ashley: "Haha ok Spence. Bye."

Spencer: "Bye."

Spencer pressed the end button on her phone and set it back in her lap. She brought her eyes back to the rainy morning and sighed. What was wrong? She didn’t know but something was going to happen and she knew it and hoped she was prepared for whatever it was.