Sometimes It Happens Here by K S Thomas

Author:K S Thomas
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Never Did Point North Publishing
Published: 2019-12-12T23:00:00+00:00

Bodhi

AFTER TEA AROUND THE fire, everyone is ready to brace the snow and chilly temperatures beyond the cabin and its cozy warmth. With Hannah officially entertaining ideas of her and Teran, my brother is pulling out all the stops to win her over. In other words, they’re nowhere to be seen while the rest of us trek through the snow, go tubing down the mountain and make snow angels every chance we get.

It’s not until lunchtime, that the two reappear, both bizarrely giddy and whispering non-stop as if they formed a secret club set to only two members in the time they were gone. I’d find it annoying if he wasn’t my brother. And she wasn’t one of my best friends. And they weren’t so obviously happy about their new secret club for two.

While I manage to maintain some decorum and bite back every comment that springs to mind regarding their new union, the women in our party are far less willing to watch their budding new romance unfold in silence.

With our bellies full and our bodies properly warmed again, we head back outside. It’s snowing and Mona proceeds to dance through the falling flakes, looking every bit the winter fairy with her bouncing curls and rosy cheeks.

It’s only when I mention the snowman we’ve been wanting to build, that she slows down and joins me. Meanwhile, Lilan and Kaleaha take it upon themselves to search for the perfect Christmas tree, leaving Dinah to supervise us kids (Lilan’s words. I’ve chosen not to take offense. There’s no shame in being in touch with your inner child, nor do I find it insulting to be youthful).

Sometime around adding the finishing touches to Larry’s (our snowman) face, the group collects again, just in time to watch the sun set over the mountains behind the cabin. It’s without doubt, one of the more amazing sights I’ve seen in my life. Lilan’s stunning silhouette against the fiery sky and shadowed mountains takes my breath away and it’s all I can do to keep staring until the dusk leaves us and we find ourselves drenched in pitch black.

For dinner, Dinah serves a lentil stew she started in the slow cooker at some point when no one was looking, or maybe just too busy looking at other things. Like me. Looking at Lilan. I find I do that more and more as the day goes on. Won’t take much and I’ll stop caring whether she turns around to catch me or not.

It’s much like the night before, all of us sitting around the table, talking and laughing, only now there’s less conjuring up of the past to find the scraps that have pieced us together all these years even before we knew it, and more talking about the present. The experiences we’re having right now. With each other.

“You’re really going to have tea with s’mores?” I ask, bringing the last of the dishes into the kitchen, where Lilan is already busy lining up another round of mugs on the counter.

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