Rage of Envy Rewrite Project

RoE D4 Pt9b

RoE D4 Pt9b



“Alright, let’s go relax,” said Kristin.

Darrel led the way over to the shop next door. This time when the lights went on, Kristin heard birds and frogs.

Kristin always wore a bathing suit under her clothes, finding it more comfortable than conventional underwear. Darrel went to the shower to change. Kristin slid into the warm water. Darrel came out in jean cut off shorts and slid into the water next to her.

Kristin and Darrel had kissed before, but not like this. This time Kristin slid into his lap and kissed him deeply, letting herself fall into it.

“You may not like where this leads,” said Darrel.

Kristin kissed him again. Darrel let his hands travel down until they cupped her buttocks. He squeezed and Kristin tensed up.

“See what I mean?” said Darrel.

“But I know this is what you want.”

“Since when do you know what I want? I told you that when we were ready, we would both know.”

“How do you know that isn’t right now?”

“I just know that it doesn’t feel right in the middle of all this mess.”

Kristin and Darrel hugged. Over Darrel’s shoulder, Kristin saw a short figure with a red hoodie outside the dirty window.

“Darrel it’s him.”

“What?”

“It’s him. The red hoodie.”

Darrel looked but the figure was gone. He climbed out of the hot tub.

“I know there was something I forgot. Our towels are still in the bedroom.”

“Then we’ll have to go get them.” Kristin punched Darrel’s arm. “Tag, you’re it!”

“No fair. I have to lock up.”

“Your loss.”

Darrel almost caught Kristin at the door to the house but he slid and she shut the door on him. Darrel caught her in the room, tackling her on the bed tickling her sides. Kristin could barely breathe. Darrel stopped when she turned red. They settled down cuddling.

The lights flickered with a popping sound, then went out. After a minute they came back on. Darrel and Kristin went to the living room. Dean and Shawn were watching TV. They could hear Mitch and Tyrel setting up the computer in the spare room.

Mitch came in. “We’re ready to surf the net. I hooked it up as a company computer so be careful about what you do with it. It should be alright to access the news.”