Rainy Day Hopes and Dreams

Rating: PG


Nick had always wanted to be kissed in the rain. Call it a girlish fantasy, but it was his fantasy none the less. He was standing at the door to Lilly’s apartment trying to fill the awkward silence with compliments, getting wetter and wetter by the second.
“I had fun tonight.”
“Me too,” she said shifting her feet.
“You looked really pretty,” he quickly said.
“Thanks.” There was more awkward silence. The two of them were getting pretty wet.
“Your hair looked nice too,” he said looking at what it used to be.
“Yeah, well it’s all wet now. You know, since we ran out of money for the cab.”
“I said I’m sorry for that,” he said looking into her eyes.
“I know, I’m sorry I snapped.” He continued to look into her eyes, but this time he moved in a little closer to her.
“I can’t ask you to come upstairs, you know that.”
“Yeah, I know.” He said finally breaking his gaze to look sadly at the ground.
“So, since we’re getting pretty wet, we should say good night now.”
“Yeah, good night,” he said and leaned in to kiss her good night. However, she had already opened her door and slipped inside. Her head was still poking out of the doorway, and she said a final good night before closing her door,
“I’ll call you!” he called back through the door and, when he got no response, he started trudging his way home. He may have not fulfilled his fantasy of being kissed in the rain, but he remained optimistic. He knew he would fins another girl and he definitely knew that it would rain again. After all, it was England.