Raise The Roof Novels & Stories

“And live in that whilst renovations are underway. It would be watertight, at least.” “Might be a good idea. Let’s start with fixing the roof and gutters so we can clean out that room and use it,” Heath set his coffee cup down. “Hold the ladder for me.” Rhett and Cameron both grabbed a side of the ladder, and Cameron finished his coffee, squinting up at the roof as Heath climbed nimbly up. Once he was up, Cameron set down his coffee cup and moved a couple of galvanized sheets closer and strapped on his tool belt, before starting up the ladder.

I lower my shoulder and slam into it with the force of a battering ram. The metal buckles. The hinges scream and snap. The door flies outward, clattering down the concrete steps. I leap onto the landing. "Move to the roof!" The shout echoes from above. "Extraction Bird is two minutes out! Move!" They’re going up. I take the stairs four at a time, my hands scrambling on the railings, hauling myself up with a speed that seems superhuman. Level 5. Level 6. Roof Access. The door to the roof is open, flapping violently in the gale-force wind. Rain lashes inside, soaking the concrete.

“Hope you aren’t afraid of heights.” “Who?” Knight counters, shoving me out of the way and beginning to climb. “Just keep up.” Rolling my eyes, I watch as he disappears onto the roof above. He truly was still a cocky pup, and it looked like I was going to have to remind him of how he should treat his elders. Grabbing the metal, I begin to move and then launch myself over so that I can see Knight standing at the edge of the roof, taking in the city from above.

Hearing the crazy voice of shareholders approaching from afar, Lavie Sue ran towards the roof in a panic, regardless of whether there was a way to go. The roof is a half arc, built around half of the building. There are only two stairway passages, both of which are blocked. She turned her head and looked behind her. The guardrail on the roof was only half a person high. She bit her teeth and walked slowly. When she looked down, the toy sized vehicles below kept coming and going with pedestrians, and her head was dazed and dizzy.

"We didn't just build a roof. We built a sky we can all share." Evening arrived, and the "Rafter-Raising" concluded with the traditional "Topping-Out" ceremony. A small pine sapling from Oakhaven was lashed to the highest point of the cedar frame—a symbol of life continuing in the heart of the city. Anya arrived, her tablet showing the "Thermal Health" of the Hub. The building was already starting to glow with the residual heat of the day’s labor. "The Northern Settlement is celebrating, too," Anya told Sophia. "They’ve lit fires along the ridge so we can see them from the roof. They’re saying that if the Hub can hold the cedar, the woods can hold the peace."

I worked for the entire night. I had just fallen asleep right before dawn broke on the horizon when I was jolted awake. Ethan slapped me hard across the face and exclaimed, "Mom and Dad want to throw a party for me to celebrate that I'm furthering my studies. I want you to head over to the villa on the mountaintop and start decorating right now." I wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth. I was just about to speak when Ethan suddenly raised his voice and screamed, "Mom! Dad! Matt doesn't want to go with me! I bet he thinks that I don't deserve to further my studies!"

“What the…?” Sarah exclaimed when she saw Luke levitating in the entrance hall just above the door. “You can fly?” “I’m a bird!” Luke laughed. “Of course I can fly. Though, without my wings out, it’s barely levitation.” He said, not turning around or stopping what he was doing up there, so Sarah came closer to see what he was busy with, only to be completely shocked with the sight she encountered. “What are you doing?” she gulped.

He quickly raises a hand and pushed the water back out using his magic. He looked at Skyr and lets out a nervous laugh. “General, I think the pressure valve needs some tinkering as well...and so does this roof.”

I said raising my card Christopher grinned winking at me. "Five hundred and five housand" the pest besidee raise his board and bid. "six hundred" I raised again. "six hundred and five thousand" he raised his avrd again and I grown even more angry "one million" I said and he raised his boards up. "one million one hundred thousand" he raised his card "Two million" I raised my card getting more visibly upset but that seemed to make him even more happy. The little shit that he was.

"They're on the roof." Everyone looked. Sure enough...Every hammer, chisel and measuring rod rested neatly along the ridge of the villa's roof. Lucien closed his eyes. "I've decided not to ask." "You probably shouldn't." Kael groaned. "How?" Elysia shrugged. "I climbed." Ragnar stared at the roof. Then at Elysia. Then back at the roof. "...You climbed that?" "Yes." "...Without falling?" "Also yes." He rubbed his forehead. "We need taller fences."