Rising_1

It had been raining all spring. It seemed everyday I found myself at one point at the window looking outside and with a sigh I'd go off and try to find something to occupy my time. I enjoyed reading but it was the sitting still for long periods of time that got to me. It was during one of these moments that a moving truck pulled up and a couple of a guys got out wearing their parkas and began to unload. I thought wow, what a bummer to have to move all that stuff in the rain. They had to cover almost everything with big sheets of plastic and it was very muddy and therefore very slippery. Another vehicle followed. It was an older red Jeep Cherokee with rust stains on the side. A man and a girl quickly got out and sprinted inside. I didn't get a good look at the man but the girl...Well, she briefly looked my way as she ran in. I don't think she saw me but I saw her alright..and those big blue eyes. I stood there for another moment watching the movers and then the rain and then back again to the men in parkas. I walked away looking for something to do but my thoughts kept wandering back to my new neighbor. What was it that struck me about her? I've known pretty girls before and I've felt twitterpated a time or two. No, this was different. I think it was something I saw in her eyes, something deeper. I think I saw fear. Now I was curious and I was just going to have to find out more. Besides, what else was there to do until this rain stops?