“There!” I yell, flinging my arm in the direction I’m
looking. “That’s where I want my stand!” Drifting over a small hill, my feet
seem to float off the ground. Feeling the crisp air twirl my hair around. I see
my dad venture to the spot I had selected, and he marked the tree with bright
green tape.
Driving down the old familiar highway, I notice that
nothing had changed except the leaves were still on the trees. The summer sun
was blazing down on my windshield. A metal stand followed my truck as I swerve
around the sharp curves.
“Hold this wall for me, Cassie. I need to nail it to
these to pieces together.” My dad tells me as I walk up to him.
“Okay but please hurry!” I say, straining to hold the
heavy wall up, so it doesn’t fall and crash on top of me.
“Okay mom! Don’t get your panties in a wad!” he replies
in a sarcastic voice, trying to hold in a smile.
As I hear my tires
crunch the gravel on the road, a heartwarming smile stretches across my
face.
“Don’t trip again!” My boyfriend yelled at me.
“No promises!” I reply back, laughing at the thought of
me tripping again.
Strolling through the
trees, listening to the rain start to slowly come down from the tree tops. As
we travel further into the trees, they get denser, making me closer to my
boyfriend. He reaches for my hand, my eyes happen to spot something off in the
distance and that’s shiny. Quickly, due
to my short attention span, our romantic walk through the woods turned into my
newest adventure.
“Here we go again.” He says, sighing as he starts to follow
me. I hear him say it, not knowing his mood or how he is feeling. I turn and grab
his hand, dragging him down a small hill with the rain steadily coming down.
Finally reaching the mystery object, I realize what it is.
“What’s
wrong?” he asks, with a concerned look on his face. “Are you okay?”
With the rain heavenly
flowing down, I look at my boyfriend in a daze.
“That’s my first stand.” I say, gazing at the rusted metal.
“Where’s the drill, daddy?” I scream in frustration.
“Look behind you, Cassie. You act like such a blonde
sometimes, I really worry about you!’ my dad says, shaking his head laughing.
I start laughing at the memory of me acting crazy. Getting
this really strange look from my boyfriend, I can’t help but laugh now. I pull
the two of us over the small hill listening to the newly fallen leaves crunch
beneath out feet.
