Half Awake (standard:other, 0 words)
Author: AJ	Added: May 31 2001	Views/Reads: 3979/2362	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Two friends bond in a time of crisis.

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“He had surgery?” 

“Yes, on his leg.” 

“Oh.  He’s going to be okay, right?” 

“Yes.” 

“Did I tell you we saw Will Smith?” 

“You told me yesterday.” 

“Oh.  It was so cool.” 

“How’s Ceetee?  How are you two getting along?” 

“Fine.” 

“Are you eating healthy foods?” 

“Yes.” 

“Are you learning a lot at Ski School.” 

“Yes.” 

“We’re coming home on Monday.” 

“You are?  This Monday?” 

“Yes.  We’re bringing Kevin.” 

“Oh.  Okay.” 

Ceetee and I swam in the pool and jacuzzied every day, loving the feel
of snowflakes falling on us while we sat in the hot hot water.  We 
built snow forts, and wrote KEEP OUT on them with a charcoal briquette 
we snagged from a neighbor’s grill.  We ate pounds of ramen noodles, 
and watched The Princess Bride over and over. 

On Sunday, Ceetee and I cleaned the house from top to bottom, retrieving
dishes from dusty corners, and scrubbing the counters.  We opened all 
the windows to let out the smell of smoke and pounded the smell out of 
the couch cushions.  We filled the air with Cucumber Melon body splash, 
and folded our clothes.  We threw all the leftover junk food into our 
neighbors trash can, and bought healthy things like milk and broccoli, 
grinding up half of each vegetable in the disposal so it would look 
like we’d eaten it.  We ate all the Ben & Jerry’s, wincing at the 
severe cases of freeze head, and stocked the freezer with frozen 
lasagna and chicken-pot-pie. 

We stayed up all night Sunday night, and watched the hot air balloons
rising over the mountains with the sun. 


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