Almost Love, Then Everything - Chapter 13: Chapter 13
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("There are silences that hurt.
And then there are silences that heal.
This one was the second kind.")
The rain came unexpectedly that afternoon—thick and slow, not loud, but steady. The kind of rain that makes people stay home, cancel plans, and sit by their windows with warm drinks and quiet thoughts.
Leah had been halfway to Jade’s when it started. She’d thought about turning back. But she didn’t.
Maybe part of her hoped Jade would let her in even if she showed up dripping wet and a little out of breath.
She did.
The door swung open and there Jade stood—paint on her hands, socked feet, and hair pulled into a messy twist. She looked like she belonged to the rain and to the softness of the day.
“Did you forget what umbrellas are for?” Jade teased gently, stepping aside.
Leah gave a crooked smile, soaked to the knees. “No. Just underestimated the clouds.”
“Come in before you catch something.”
The power cut out twenty minutes later.
No warning. Just the low hum of electricity vanishing and the room going still. The only sound left was the rain tapping against the windows, patient and constant.
“Well,” Jade said after a pause, holding a candle she’d just lit, “guess we’re back in the 1800s.”
Leah laughed, settling onto the couch wrapped in one of Jade’s soft blankets. Her soaked clothes were gone, replaced by—of course—Jade’s hoodie again and a pair of drawstring sweatpants that pooled at her ankles.
It wasn’t cute. But Jade looked at her like it was.
They sat like that for a long time.
No music. No lights. No distractions.
And then there are silences that heal.
This one was the second kind.")
The rain came unexpectedly that afternoon—thick and slow, not loud, but steady. The kind of rain that makes people stay home, cancel plans, and sit by their windows with warm drinks and quiet thoughts.
Leah had been halfway to Jade’s when it started. She’d thought about turning back. But she didn’t.
Maybe part of her hoped Jade would let her in even if she showed up dripping wet and a little out of breath.
She did.
The door swung open and there Jade stood—paint on her hands, socked feet, and hair pulled into a messy twist. She looked like she belonged to the rain and to the softness of the day.
“Did you forget what umbrellas are for?” Jade teased gently, stepping aside.
Leah gave a crooked smile, soaked to the knees. “No. Just underestimated the clouds.”
“Come in before you catch something.”
The power cut out twenty minutes later.
No warning. Just the low hum of electricity vanishing and the room going still. The only sound left was the rain tapping against the windows, patient and constant.
“Well,” Jade said after a pause, holding a candle she’d just lit, “guess we’re back in the 1800s.”
Leah laughed, settling onto the couch wrapped in one of Jade’s soft blankets. Her soaked clothes were gone, replaced by—of course—Jade’s hoodie again and a pair of drawstring sweatpants that pooled at her ankles.
It wasn’t cute. But Jade looked at her like it was.
They sat like that for a long time.
No music. No lights. No distractions.
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