Called Under by Nathan Haines

Author:Nathan Haines [Haines, Nathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nathan Haines
Published: 2019-06-22T22:00:00+00:00

Four

I dreamed I was underwater. The water was warm, pressing all around me, and I could feel a current flowing. It was day up above the surface, but down here everything was a cloudy green. I wasn’t wearing anything, and I saw shadows of high buildings out past where I could see. I saw Benji swim up to me with a smile on his face, and when he came up to me, he stopped and said, “We’re going to love it here, Joey. We can stay here forever!” Then he leaned back and started to swim away.

I woke up with a gasp. I squinted against the light coming in from the window, and looked around for my watch. I slid out of bed and grabbed it from the dresser. The LCD was faded and the segments that made up the numbers were kind of scrambled. I could see the water under the screen and sighed. I wondered if would dry or if it were ruined and I’d just need a new one.

My head hurt a little, and I felt kinda like the watch.

I stretched and shuffled towards the door. When I opened it I could hear Rudy and Angela playing in the rest of the cabin. The smell of pancakes filled the hall, and I hoped there were still some warm, since the cabin didn’t have a microwave. I went down the hallway and looked into the living room. They had Mouse Trap set up and it looked like they were about halfway through the game. I yawned loudly without meaning to, and they looked up.

“Joey!” Angela yelled and jumped up to run over to me. Rudy jumped up, too, and they both hugged me. I held on to the door frame to keep from getting knocked over.

“Hey,” I said, and patted both of them on the back. I looked over to Benji who was coming over a lot more slowly, and I didn’t blame him. He had bags under his eyes and looked more tired than I did. Benji came around Rudy and I leaned down and picked him up.

Benji hugged me and I kissed him on the cheek. He leaned back in my arms. “Everyone says you saved me. But I just wanted to visit the mermaids a bit.”

I sighed. “No more visits. You can’t breathe underwater.”

He hugged me again. “I’m glad you saved me. I’ll see them soon.” Then he straightened his legs, which meant he want down. I set him down and he went back to the board game.

“You were in the water for so long I didn’t know what to do,” Rudy said. I looked away from Benji and down at Rudy, and he looked really worried. I hugged him.

“You looked out for Angela and listened to me when I said to stay out of the water. That was the right thing to do. The lake is...” I looked between Angela and Rudy, then dropped my voice. “The lake is weird sometimes.” Angela hugged me again so I added her to the hug, too.

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