Caleo (Leech) by crawford james

Author:crawford, james [crawford, james]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-04-29T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

“Rise and shine.” Nolan shook Caleo. “It’s getting close to seven. Let’s go see how the day went.”

Caleo rolled over and looked out the opening of the cave, trying to gauge the time of day by the light coming in. Then he looked at Nolan, who was going through a pile of canned goods in the corner, shaking them. Caleo could only guess he was trying to find out what they had inside; being he couldn’t read the label.

“How do you know? I can’t see the sun from in here.” Caleo rolled over, then panicked that he might have said the wrong thing as he remembered Nolan couldn't see the sun. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean you can’t see ... ” he stopped, unable to think of a way out of the situation.

Nolan smiled and turned to Caleo. “Usually, when the sun goes down the moisture in the air cools, not always, but most of the time.”

“Really? I never noticed.”

“Neither have I. My watch just beeped seven times right before I woke you up, so I guess it's about seven o’clock now.” Nolan smiled and Caleo rolled his eyes. He couldn’t help but smile.

“You want some help?” Caleo walked up and picked a few cans out of the pile. “Beans, soup, hash, fruit, or tuna?” Caleo held each up in turn.

Nolan shrugged. “Soup or beans, your choice. You’re the one who has to stand next to me tonight.”

Caleo threw a can to Nolan. “Guess.”

Nolan snatched the can out of the air and shook it experimentally. “Beans?” Nolan said, making it sound more like a question then an answer.

“They are in moisture. Can’t you tell?”

“No. It’s an air tight can, I can’t feel any of the moisture in it and so I can’t see inside it.”

“I guess you’ll find out in a minute then.” Caleo grabbed a can of vegetable beef soup for himself and ran out of the cave.

As Caleo emerged from the cave he noticed Jack, sitting on a rock by the edge of the water, waving a greeting. He raised his hand to wave back, but everyone turned their attention to him as if waiting for a speech. Caleo awkwardly lowered his hand and turned back, just as Nolan walked past him and climbed down the rock face. Eager to get out of the spotlight Caleo followed and as soon as his feet touched the ground, Grandma was right behind him.

“You hungry?” she asked, grabbing the can from his hand. “Let me cook that for you, sweetie.” She went over and sat down beside a small camp fire no more than a foot in radius.

Caleo watched as she opened the can with a tool attached to a Swiss army knife, then put the can on a large flat rock and slid it close to the fire. Nolan walked up beside her and proceeded to open his own can.

Caleo went and sat down by Jack. “You okay?”

“Still sore, but I'll live. Miss Farns had some Tylenol in her diaper bag.

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