Out of Bounds by Annie Bryant

Author:Annie Bryant
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2004-09-05T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

Rain, Rain, Go Away

It rained for the rest of the day. And it rained all the next day. The streets of Brookline were flooded.

Kristy B. reported a cold front coming in, which would explain the intermittent thunderstorms. Katani had counted three different storms so far, none of them knocking the lights out, but strong enough so that her mother told her to unplug her computer.

“I’m scared,” Kelley said. For someone who said she was scared, Kelley seemed brave enough. Every flash of lightning made her eyes go wide, but every peal of thunder made her giggle. Katani couldn’t tell if Kelley was really scared and it was nervous laughter, or whether her sister was enjoying the drama of the storm.

“Here, let’s count,” Katani said at the next flash of lightning.

They counted together, “One one thousand, two one thousand, three one thousand, four one thousand…”

They got to six before the thunder caught up. “I think that means that the storm is six miles away,” Katani said. It was something everyone did—the counting—although she didn’t know how scientific it was.

“It’s six thousand miles away,” Kelley said vehemently. There was no arguing with Kelley once she set her mind to something. Katani’s mom said it was part of Kelley’s autism. She could get pretty rigid about things.

Katani didn’t want to argue the logic with her sister, especially since she didn’t even know if her own logic was correct to begin with. “Anyway,” Katani said. “The thunderstorm is far enough away, so we don’t have to be scared of it.”

“I’m not scared of a thunderstorm,” Kelley said out the window. “I’m not scared of a silly old thunder-stupid-storm that’s six stupid thousand miles away. Ha!”

Katani had to laugh. Sometimes Kelley was the funniest person. As much as she wanted her own room, she knew she might miss the comfort of having her sister nearby…especially at times like these.

“Kelley,” whispered Katani.

“What?” Kelley whispered back.

“I love you.”

“I love you too, Miss Bossy,” and then for good measure Kelley added a big “Ha!”

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