Enlightened by Barnaby J.P

Author:Barnaby, J.P. [Barnaby, J.P.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2013-06-22T16:00:00+00:00

IT HAD been a couple of weeks since I had stayed over at Jamie’s on a Saturday night. It would have looked suspicious for me to stay over every week, especially since he was dating Emma. So when he asked me over, I jumped at the chance. Even if we had to spend the time listening for his parents, at least we would be together without his little girlfriend. We needed it so much, or at least I felt like we did. Before his revelation of telling me he loved me, I had started to feel distanced from him, and I hated it. When I got to Jamie’s house early that afternoon, I was rather confused to find him trying to haul the inflatable mattress up the tree house ladder.

“What are you…?” I started, but he stopped me almost at once by jumping down from where he was perched halfway up the ladder, landing with a thud right in front of me.

“Help me get this up there,” he said, out of breath from the exertion. I climbed the ladder, throwing my backpack of clothes into a corner as I climbed up through the trapdoor. Then, lying flat on the floor, I reached down through the open door and grabbed the end of the mattress that Jamie was proffering from his position near the bottom of the ladder. Being exceedingly careful not to snag it on anything, I pulled the deflated mattress up through the door. Next, he handed me the pump and then disappeared into the house while I laid the mattress and the pump near the wall.

Then I realized that other items from Jamie’s room had somehow found their way into the tree house. His fan stood near one of the open windows, and his radio was on top of a crate. Again, I wondered what the hell was going on. Were we sleeping up here, or was this just to make things more comfortable when we spent time here? Whatever the reason, I was thankful for the fan, because even that early in June the heat in the tree house was staggering.

“Brian!” Jamie called up from under the window. I looked out to see him holding a long extension cord. “Catch!” He laughed and tossed one end up toward the window. It took three tries before I finally caught the damn thing and pulled it through into the tree house. Still chuckling at my abysmal attempts, he climbed up and closed the trapdoor behind him. He was in better spirits than I had seen him in a while. Flopping down on the floor next to where I was sitting, he leaned over and kissed me hello. When he pulled away, a brilliant smile lit up his face.

“I talked Mama into letting us camp out in the tree house whenever you stay over this summer,” he said, still slightly out of breath. “At first, I didn’t think she’d go for it because she thought we’d sneak girls up here.”

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