Alpha Loren
she asked.
Dark charcoal clouds had rolled across the sky, smothering the moon with their thick mask. The large droplets landing on the ledge now chinked against the glass, and the light breeze sent spinning fleets of leaves into the air.
“Maybe,” I said.
“I love storms,” she said, leaning her elbows on the windowsill.
“You do?”
She gazed at the rain, her fingers following the droplets as they branched and diverged on the window.
“It’s nature’s way,” she said, “The sky can’t always be the same. Storms have to come, but they don’t stay forever. And in the morning, when the clouds go away and the sun comes back, she looks even brighter than before.”