He found Pete in his chair on the back porch with a can of beer in one hand.
“I went for a run the other morning.”
“You saw the lights?”
Storm jumped onto the porch. “Sure did. I ran to the welcome sign outside town and watched them from there.”
“That'd be a good place to see them. It’s dark.”
Storm looked down at his shoes and coughed. “It got so light I thought I'd made a mistake about the time I left the house. I thought I was looking at the sunrise.”
Pete stared at him. “They were that bright?”
“Something was. After a while, it became dark again. Then I saw two bright lights.”
“The pale orbs...”
“Yeah, they were big. I thought at least one of them was the moon. It could have been I suppose.”
“Nah. It couldn't. There’s been a crescent …show more content…
It was weird.”
“Weird is right.”
Pete took a sip of his beer. “You want one? They're on the table.”
Storm walked into the kitchen and took a can from the carton. He looked around. Pete had been to the liquor shop, but he hadn't bought any groceries from the look of the empty kitchen. He peered into near-empty refrigerator.
“You need more food in your fridge, Dad,” he called out. He sat on the empty plastic fruit crate, leaned back against the wall and pulled the tab.
Pete stared at his garden. “I've got some potatoes and carrots to pull for dinner. I should leave them in the ground a bit longer but since you’re here, let’s eat some of them.” He glanced over at Storm with a grin.
Storm could never figure why Pete bothered with the veggie garden when he only ever ate carrots, potatoes, peas, cabbage and beans. They were cheap enough to buy. “I'll get us some meat from the supermarket. I didn't see any in the fridge.”
“No. I'm okay. It’s healthy to go without meat for a while.” Pete looked over his shoulder. “Pull the crate up next to me. You know, I’ve seen a star or a planet right next to the sun. I heard about it and one day I looked and I saw it. Fair
“I went for a run the other morning.”
“You saw the lights?”
Storm jumped onto the porch. “Sure did. I ran to the welcome sign outside town and watched them from there.”
“That'd be a good place to see them. It’s dark.”
Storm looked down at his shoes and coughed. “It got so light I thought I'd made a mistake about the time I left the house. I thought I was looking at the sunrise.”
Pete stared at him. “They were that bright?”
“Something was. After a while, it became dark again. Then I saw two bright lights.”
“The pale orbs...”
“Yeah, they were big. I thought at least one of them was the moon. It could have been I suppose.”
“Nah. It couldn't. There’s been a crescent …show more content…
It was weird.”
“Weird is right.”
Pete took a sip of his beer. “You want one? They're on the table.”
Storm walked into the kitchen and took a can from the carton. He looked around. Pete had been to the liquor shop, but he hadn't bought any groceries from the look of the empty kitchen. He peered into near-empty refrigerator.
“You need more food in your fridge, Dad,” he called out. He sat on the empty plastic fruit crate, leaned back against the wall and pulled the tab.
Pete stared at his garden. “I've got some potatoes and carrots to pull for dinner. I should leave them in the ground a bit longer but since you’re here, let’s eat some of them.” He glanced over at Storm with a grin.
Storm could never figure why Pete bothered with the veggie garden when he only ever ate carrots, potatoes, peas, cabbage and beans. They were cheap enough to buy. “I'll get us some meat from the supermarket. I didn't see any in the fridge.”
“No. I'm okay. It’s healthy to go without meat for a while.” Pete looked over his shoulder. “Pull the crate up next to me. You know, I’ve seen a star or a planet right next to the sun. I heard about it and one day I looked and I saw it. Fair