1 Category: Fiction Word Count: 2,323 You’ll Let the Storm In A gust of wind blew around the outside of the house as Mike pried the bottle cap off his fourth beer with his teeth. It was a trick one of his old classmates had taught him—a trick he used to use to impress women in bars, but now, domesticated, he only used when he couldn’t find the bottle opener. The cap fell to the ground, and Mike pressed down on the ridges with the sole of his foot. He lifted his leg, retrieved the cap, and threw it in the trash. “I thought you said just one more beer tonight,” his wife said, framed by the doorway to the hall. “I’ve had a long day, Alice.” He noticed her eyes occasionally flicker to look over his shoulder, and realized she was looking …show more content…
“You know they tell you to stay away from windows in storms.” Alice immediately returned to her perch on the couch, the color drained from her face, and Mike regretted saying anything about the windows. Then there was a smaller crash near the front door—not a crash, Mike realized, but what sounded like one, solitary knock. Then there was another. He looked up to Alice, but she had her fingers on her ears again. 4 He got up and looked through the peephole on the door, a small portal into the danger, but the rain was pouring in so many different directions that he couldn’t make out the shape of a person. He felt Alice’s hand fall on his shoulder, and he told her he’d heard a knock. “It was probably another branch,” she said. “Don’t open the door. You’ll let the storm in.” There was another knock, this time more desperate, and without hesitation, Mike opened the door. A tall man stood on their front porch. He had on a dark brown fedora, a long coat, and he was carrying a briefcase. Under his coat, he was wearing a black suit and tie. “Do you mind if I come in?” the man said. Mike hesitated at the abrupt request and looked back to Alice, but she didn’t take her eyes off the guest. “Of course, of course,” Mike stepped to the side and extended his arm inward in
Suddenly a low noise came from outside the dorm startling Caroline causing her to hit her head on the fridge “Shit!” rubbing her head she decided to go check it out “probably some frat kids”
Seeing that nobody was there, he heard another commotion, yet this time it was from the earpiece. Overlooking everything , he shut the entryway.
He was confused to why he heard knocking if no one was there, and he began
From my room,I had smelt and sensed that rain was about to arrive and had scurried outside before the drops commenced.Sweet anticipation formed inside as I awaited the blissful raindrops to pelt me on my face and body.The wind rose higher and grew frighteningly violent,swirling throwing rocks and gravel into the air.The thin
“Whoa.” Rose muttered to herself looking out the window. Some people say that this might be the most powerful storm in that area for fifty years. Rose turned away from the window to grab her phone.
NIkki looked back, even more confident and still walking towards him. "Gram, I love you," she replied.
"What the..." he muttered. The window wasn't open and the heating was on full blast. He tried to ignore this, and walked out, and into
She hobbled a few steps closer to the door. "Ben came back after we had left." Her voice was soaked in concern. "He must have kicked in the front door." Her voice trembled with every spoken word, tears filled eyes illustrated her fear. "That means—." She moved closer to the door and cupped her mouth.
just looked at Steaks giving him an awkward smirk before saying, “What? If she didn’t want to see it, then she should have closed her eyes, my friend.”
“Uh, I think a storm is coming, we should go inside.” Julianna said, twisting her fingers.
“Katherine?” Angela didn’t see her anywhere in the room as she walked farther inside. “I don’t see
She put her ear on the door and, not hearing a sound, she decided to take a chance and slowly turn the handle, pushing the door open. Taking a glance, she saw Barry sitting on the bed’s cover, wide awake, his face pointing toward the door while it didn’t look like his eyes were seeing anything.
A harsh knock sounded on the thick wooden front door. I was quick to gather my bearings and approach the door. But who could that possibly be at this early hour, knocking upon the door as if they were invited for an afternoon tea. When I reached the door, I
Kyle stopped laughing and stared at her like she had a hole in her head. “That was two years ago. It’s just an old house; what harm would it cause for us to go inside?”
Caroline couldn’t see anything but the blinding headlights, but she heard a car door open and close, followed by heavy footsteps.