A Walk Between Raindrops by Amalie Jahn

Author:Amalie Jahn [Jahn, Amalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-06-26T16:00:00+00:00

After a full day in the park, I’m physically and emotionally spent, so instead of heading out to dinner with the others, Wylla and I turn in early. Despite our encouraging conversation earlier in the day, it’s all I can do to hold back tears as the shower steam clings to the surface of the bathroom mirror, blurring my face. There’s got to be a reason Wylla’s understanding didn’t bring the relief I expected, and as I stare at my hazy reflection pondering an explanation, the only thing I’m one hundred percent certain of is that she’s hiding something important from me.

In addition to the confusion surrounding Wylla, the strained situation with Seamus also weighs heavily on my heart. After running into the guys three times today, he never invited me to join them, and all I got from Travis and Mikal were sympathetic glances from across the midway.

I step into the shower, and as the water washes over me, I wait for it to carry the day’s disappointments down the drain. When the melancholy remains, however, I work to lather my hands with the minuscule bar of motel soap and scrub furiously at the sun-kissed skin on my shoulders and the back

of my neck. This morning, I was certain reconciling with Wylla would be the singular answer to my prayers, and that Seamus and I would continue our friendship even after we got back home.

Now, I’m not convinced either one of those things is true.

The water starts to go cold, so I turn it off, saving some heat for Wylla and Chloe. I towel dry and slip on my pajamas—an old band t-shirt and cotton shorts—before leaving the bathroom.

“It’s all yours,” I say to Wylla, who’s arranging her beauty products on the dresser the way she has every night.

“Thanks.” She zips her toiletry bag shut and glances over at me, nose scrunching when she sees my face. “Have you been crying?”

I open my mouth to deny it, but the softness of her voice is strangely reassuring. “Yeah. It’s nothing, though, really. Just me being stupid.”

“You’re upset about Seamus, aren’t you?”

I consider her, wondering how much I should confess. The truth is, over the past couple of days, I’d begun imagining a future where the two of us spent time together back home. Maybe we would use our season passes to meet up at Drury Park a couple of times. Or catch a movie together. Or go for coffee. But I wasn’t willing to let myself entertain the idea of anything more than that.

But spending today without him, knowing he was out there riding the Fury and the Intimidator and the Nighthawk without me, changed everything. I didn’t like the thought of him being without me.

Because I didn’t like being without him.

Unfortunately, now that I’m open to the idea of exploring something more with him, he’s probably never going to speak to me again, much less want to hold my hand.

I shrug. “Do you think he’s ever gonna talk to

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