A rainy day

A week has passed since I resigned from the student council. It was a long and painful process. It might be over now, but, far from being free, by doing this, I had only tightened my shackles. I am back to being an ordinary student.

It's Friday after school, and ordinarily it would be time for me to head to the student council meeting. I had nothing going on today, and I didn't want to go home, so I seated myself on the steps leading out of school, facing the sun. It's warm, but only so slightly that it might have just been a kind illusion. I bathed in the soft glow and the cold wind.

It isn't comfortable – it is a bunch of cold steps in late autumn. Even the leaves had scurried off to wherever their home was. Time passed, and I couldn't have asked to pass any slower soon the only sigh of its passing, other than the wind, is the gathering clouds.

The sun passed over some wisps which became monstrous shadows of the buildings of the town. Then it became dark. Maybe it's time to leave? It probably isn't a good idea to get drenched. I headed out for the gates but turned back to the school as the four o'clock bell rang. There will be another wave of students coming out now, and among them will be Lilly and Steph. Why did my mind keep wandering to them?

For the past few days, I've been thinking about my decision to separate myself from the two of them, who had both got closer to me than anyone has before. Despite everything I thought at the time, perhaps staying with them even if it meant that I would be pulled around on a string would be less painful than the loneliness that I felt now. I had been alone before I met Lilly, but, back then, I never felt like this.

I turned on the first corner and headed back home in the route I had used this morning, and the moment I did, the rain began to pour down. I ran toward the alley way and as I approached it a figure came over the nearby fence startling me off my feet making fall words.

"Are you okay?" It hurt, but I could hear Rachel's voice. I could hear her concern, and it felt so warm after so much cold. I turned around and hugged her. She pulled me up. "Come on. Let me get you out of the rain."

She pulled me into a piggyback in the pouring rain and ran into the alleyway. As she ran, I sank down and rest my head against her shoulder. I'm so tired, and Rachel's skin is soft and warm against my cheek. Her sticky hair smells good. Is this heaven? I feel so sleepy, but I can't sleep now. I want to savour this moment. I wish I could make it last forever.