Yay, I may actually be able to do the monthly thing again! (though i wouldn't actually hold my breath for it... stupid life)
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It was disgustingly hot and humid and dad said the Hadley Summers were starting (whatever the hell that meant). All Eric knew was that he hated it and he hated having his sister clinging to his back as he biked them to school, getting all hot and sweaty and disgusting before the day even started. Stupid wandering weather pattern. Stupid slow Titan rotation. Stupid not-having-an-air-conditioned-minibus-like-Dani's-neighborhood-does.
Pausing at a stoplight, Eric shrugged Sara off his shoulders and draped himself over the handlebars, trying to unstick the shirt from his back. The bike's engine didn't generate much heat, but in this weather everything was too hot.
And everyone said that this was just a transitional year. It was going to only get worse.
Sitting upright suddenly, Eric twisted the handlebars, hovering the bike back into the air and swung it in a direction completely opposite of the school.
"Screw this," he told his sister, "we're going to the Kraken, it's too hot."
"Mom and Dad are gonna be mad."
"You want a gross day at school or a cool swim in the lake?"
Sara hugged his shoulders again and Eric didn't much mind. "Let's go to the lake."
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timeasmymeasure
Springer - 12
Date: 2009-09-05 05:19 pm (UTC)---
It was disgustingly hot and humid and dad said the Hadley Summers were starting (whatever the hell that meant). All Eric knew was that he hated it and he hated having his sister clinging to his back as he biked them to school, getting all hot and sweaty and disgusting before the day even started. Stupid wandering weather pattern. Stupid slow Titan rotation. Stupid not-having-an-air-conditioned-minibus-like-Dani's-neighborhood-does.
Pausing at a stoplight, Eric shrugged Sara off his shoulders and draped himself over the handlebars, trying to unstick the shirt from his back. The bike's engine didn't generate much heat, but in this weather everything was too hot.
And everyone said that this was just a transitional year. It was going to only get worse.
Sitting upright suddenly, Eric twisted the handlebars, hovering the bike back into the air and swung it in a direction completely opposite of the school.
"Screw this," he told his sister, "we're going to the Kraken, it's too hot."
"Mom and Dad are gonna be mad."
"You want a gross day at school or a cool swim in the lake?"
Sara hugged his shoulders again and Eric didn't much mind. "Let's go to the lake."