[ IP ] Rain on Waves

Summer days as a teenager were always been best spent at the cottage. The day had started as most days do. Up in the mid morning for a late breakfast of tomato and bacon on toast, then down to the lake, where my family was already swimming. It was a hot July, though the lake was always deep and cold, and we rotated between floating on large inflatable toys, and dunking into the water. To stop the baking, we'd joke, already tanned from a summer of bikinis and swimming. 
 
 When we got hungry, we hiked back up the hill to the cottage, for sandwiches and reading on the deck, while towels and swim suits dried on the railings. The sun moves quickly across the deck, and darts behind nearby trees, making for an endless game of shuffling to follow the patches of sun and shade as they drift over the stained wood. That might be why we did n't notice the clouds roll in until the first drops of rain started hitting the books. 
 
 As always, this set of a flurry of motion. Got to bring in the cushions, the books, the towels and swim suits, and make sure the shore is clean. I volunteered to run down the hill and secure anything that might blow off. 
 
 The rain was a light drizzle by the time everything was secured. One last toy to bring up to the basement, a large inflatable pink disk, affectionately known as Jigglypuff. As I looked out on the lake, I heard the familiar rush of wind, and the sounds of rain on the forest picked up a notch. I plunked the toy on my head like a sombero to shield me from the rain, just as the sky opened up above me. I stood and watched the lake as the rain flowed across it in waves for several minutes, before heading back up the hill with my makeshift umbrella.
