The Storm

It was a wintry day in Pine land, the weather was changing vigorously, the clear sky was covered by dark heavy clouds in a couple of seconds.

I am Jack Harts, a boy of 17. Getting bored with my two best friends Cassie and Marto in school, it's recess. We were just pacing around the playground and nothing much was there to do. The winds were cold and strong. Cassie folded her arms tight and said '' I bet, a big storm is soon gonna hit the Pine land.'' '' I wish it did not'', I stated. R-R-R-I-I-I-N-N-N-G-G. The bell rang. Everyone rushed into their classes like a large herd of sheep getting in their pen.

Very soon there were no children to be found in the ground. We also struggled to reach our class. It is our science class which is taken by Mr Charles. He is an old fat guy who has barely 3 or 4 hairs left on his head. But his beard is still covered with dense black hairs. Everyone hated this guy, not because of his looks but because he takes loads of surprise tests and neither he liked any of us, especially Marto, they both argue every single day.

Mr Charles entered the class with huge quick steps as he did not want to waste even any seconds of his class. As he reached to his desk, he opened his mouth,

''Antonio get out of the class noooww!!''. All of us were shocked and at the same time flattered too by watching the scene because Antonio was a total nerd in our class. ''But what have I done, sir?'' complained Antonio. Mr. Charles frowned, ''what have you done?? You exactly know what you have done, you were chatting with that pupil''. I couldn't control my laugh as he said the Last word. Antonio complained, ''What?? But I just opened my mouth!''. I could see how a line of irritation highlighted on Mr Charles' forehead, ''Look kid, I have an experience of 25 years in here, I know what a kid is going to do by their expressions, so don't waste my time and get out''. Antonio just rolled his eyes and walked out, he understood that he was arguing for nothing.

''So students-'' Mr Charles started again in a startling voice, ''today I'll-''

''you will take surprise test, isn't it?'' uttered Marto. I chuckled, Marto winked at me.

''No, Mr Granger, today I'm going to teach you about chemical reactions. But if you want to give the test then I can help you with that too'', Mr. Charles hissed.

''No thank you, sir'', Marto snapped.

Marto has curly blonde hairs and eyes of black, he's a little skinny and has height longer than Mr. Charles, or we can say Mr. Charles has shorter height than him. As far as I am concerned Marto is only best at one thing, that is talking and talking and talking. I have never seen him quite for more than 5 minutes, he always makes me laugh...no matter how worst the situation is.

On the other side, Cassie has straight black hairs, her eyes are icy blue with large eyelashes and she has dense freckles on her cheeks which makes her cute. Her height is too small to be of 17, she is almost dwarf. She is opposite of both of us. I mean she's smart and intelligent and good in everything. Well, she's not perfect 'cause she keeps arguing with everyone but I know she is never gonna accept that.

''Whatever-'' Mr. Charles said,'' let's start the lesson now''. The class was suddenly quiet. I already started planning my evening plan. ''Hey, Cassie!'' I called her, she was in my front bench. ''Clear? When carbon combines with...'' Mr. Charles already began. Cassie didn't hear me. She was listening to our science teacher so blissfully that she muted my voice. '' CASSIE!! '' I shouted again. She got startled and turned back '' what's wrong?!'' She said.

''Wanna hang out this evening?'' I asked her.

''Not really''

''What? Why not?''

''I've got some homework to do at home''

''Come on, can you please ignore your stupid stuff for one day and...''

''Say that again and you are dead!!''

As we were talking, Mr. Charles caught us, '' CASSIE and JACK, could you please share your conversation with us.''. Cassie stood up suddenly, making some of her stuff fall down. ''Sir, we were just discussing chemical reactions, Jack had some doubts, isn't it Jack''. Cassie turned around to face me and started lip sing weirdly which I didn't understand, ''Hey, you had doubts okay.'' I shouted, actually louder than I should have. Cassie gave me the most terrifying look I've ever seen.

''Both of you get out of the class'', Mr. Charles hissed. We just walked out, not messing up with him.

''Are you being for real or what?'' Cassie started yelling as we reached the corridor. '' Can't you just pretend a little?!''.

''You can say, I didn't want to''- I said, '' And by the way, this is much better than those 'chemical reactions' Isn't it'.

''You are a real jerk Jack....oh look this name suits you so good ' Mr. Jerk Jack ' I'll call you this'' she teased me...yeah she did.

''Your sense of humor is zero Cassie'' I said.

The day was getting darker and darker, colder and colder. We could feel the winds till the corridor. We could see from the large glass window that how the trees were struggling to stay firmly and the unwanted things flying along with the winds, along with this we could hear Mr. Charles bickering with Marto inside. Antonio, who was standing nearby, started to revise the lessons so loud that it was getting into my nerves.

After a while, it was as quiet as woods, I could no longer hear Mr. Charles, no shouting of students but the strong winds. Maybe Mr. Charles started one of his boring surprise tests, if my guess is true then we three standing here are the luckiest person in the world, perhaps not Antonio. At the same time, we heard an announcement,

'Dear students and teachers, we've got a notice from the mayor that our city is soon going to hit by a storm. Maybe today, tomorrow or the following days. So, we are ending our today's classes here and further information will be given to you very soon. Students are requested to head back directly to their home, no need to panic, we all will be safe and no running on corridors. Children's parents will be informed about this, thank you'.

As soon as the announcement ended, all the children shouted so hard that, my ears started aching. They didn't care about the storm, they were just happy to finally get rid of the school.

When me, Cassie and Marto were on our way back home, Marto said '' You know what, chatting in science class was quite daring''.

Cassie rolled her eyes and said, ''We were punished for the freakiest situation in the world''.

I laughed.

''I don't think it was funny, Jack'' Cassie grunted.

''It wasn't?'' I teased her, '' I already told you, your sense of humour is zero''.

''Shut the fuck up'', Cassie screamed.

''Hey hey hey, calm down you both, stop fighting''. Marto said.

Then, from nowhere a flying cycle passed by from just above our heads. '' Did you too see what I saw??'' I said.

''I don't think this is usual, is it?''

Cassie made a weird face and barked, ''Don't act stupid, we need to get home as soon as possible, otherwise we'll face a stormy death''.

We started running towards our homes in our fastest speed but the strong winds forced us backwards. Especially Marto, the poor soul was struggling to keep his feet on the land because he is so skinny. I thought he could have reached home by flying.

Finally, I reached home, don't know about others. And the absence of rain was filled.

''My timing is so perfect'' I said. I entered inside hurriedly.

''Mom, I'm home'', I bawled.

Before I could finish my whole sentence, my mother darted towards me and said, '' Jack! Help me fetch the clothes from the lawn, quick, quick''.

''Not again!'' I stomped on the floor. We rushed to the lawn and grabbed all the clothes, but we were late. They all were already half wet. ''What now?! They are all wet'', I asked mom struggling for breath. Mom looked at those clumsy clothes which were lying on the floor. ''It's okay honey, I'll manage these, thanks anyway''. I nodded.

I was so tired now that I couldn't even stand, I just wanted to go to my room and have a nice nap. But before that..... G-G-G-R-R-R My stomach rumbled. I grinned . Mom chuckled and said, ''You starving? snacks are on the table, go and eat something''. I crawled towards the kitchen and found that dad was reading newspaper on the dining table.

He took a look on me and says, ''Jack, what are you doing on the floor?''.

I crawled up to the chair to sit comfortably and explained, ''I can't walk, I had a rough day''.

Dad thought for a while and then said, '' hmm, I have a strange type of kid. By the way, we got a message from your school.''

I took a waffle from the table and said, '' yeah, they cancelled our school because of the storm''.

A blinding lightning flashed outside. ''I don't think it will end sooner''.

''Yeah maybe'' I said and left the kitchen. I struggled to walk towards my room, opened the door and hugged my bed. The whole day passed by, nothing special happened, sometimes the thunder roared so loud that I even fell from the bed. But the next day was quite freaky, something was wrong with the weather. The whole Pineland was covered with SNOW.