Remember when we were kids and you and I had that cool way of sending signals to each other at night? One candle in the window meant "Don't come, I'm in trouble," two candles meant, "Come on over if you want," and three meant "Come over right away, it's important?" We always lit three candles in the window even if it wasn't important. That one night, though, you had three candles lit, and I came over, and you had that crazy idea of putting on our swimsuits and going for a swim in the creek in the middle of the night because your parents wouldn't let you go swimming that day? Well, it was like, two o'clock in the morning and no sooner had we started splashing in the creek than it started raining, and then that raccoon showed up and scared the living daylights out of you. We ran screaming back to my house and got in all kinds of trouble. Which was okay for you, because you just stayed home all day and picked on Sister Girl. I, on the other hand, wasn't allowed to see you for a week, and they found out about the candles, so that was the end of that.
But the great thing I always remember about that night was how amazing it was, splashing around in the creek in the night when it was cool and having a great friend there to giggle with. Before it started raining, I mean. Then it just got really cold. And the raccoon really scared you.
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Date: 2005-12-03 08:34 pm (UTC)But the great thing I always remember about that night was how amazing it was, splashing around in the creek in the night when it was cool and having a great friend there to giggle with. Before it started raining, I mean. Then it just got really cold. And the raccoon really scared you.