Thunderstorm

Mine and Aff's word challenge #1

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It was strange to think that not only a few hours ago the sun had been shining and looking out the window he was now placed infront of their was the site of kids playing on the park. Laughing and playfully beating each other up while parents watched them from the corners of eyes as they had much more important things to discuss with each other such as 'oh Mary-anne where did you get that sweater' and 'oh didn't you hear? Apparently Mr. Stevens hasn't been coming home on time. Rumour goes that he's sleeping with his secretary but no-one has the heart to tell his wife.' Obviously very important matters.

Now as he looked out on the park, Rose could see nothing more than the desserted play area and an utter downpour; rain coming down in such heavy waves it was as if the sky was falling. He had been planning to go out aswell but as the metal frames were highlighted with a bright flash of thunder accompanied with a deep rumble it seemed obvious that anywhere other than the pleasant apartment was out of the question. The groceries would have to wait it seemed; they had enough to last it was just luxuries that would have been nice. Of course, if it had stopped by the time he finished work Flip would be able to grab some.

Thinking about it though, the young blonde really did want a nice strawberry tart and he was running low on tea. The decision was made; he would use a home-delivery service. Him going out in the thunderstorm was out of the question but there were people out there who got paid to deliver things to his doorstep and in all honesty, who was he to deny them a job? Justifying it that way, denim clad legs stretched down from the windowsill he had been perched upon, almost finding it hard to pull his gaze away from the mesmerizing rainfall, nimble finger moved across the large living room, picking up laptop that was sat lonely on a table and almost falling into the cream sofa, legs automatically curling to the side of him to get himself comfortable as he opened up the computer, finely manicured nail carefully turning it on to a light hum filling the room. There was another sound though, a less reassuring noice. It sounded like, whimpering?

'Claudia?' Nothing seemed to change in the room rather than the sound of that whimpering mewl getting louder and it seemed to be coming from right beneath him. As eyebrow furrowed trying to work out where the noise was coming from it wasn't until laptop had been closed and placed on the side that he managed to hear it properly. A sigh and soft shake of his head later and Rose was crouched on the floor, fingers tapping the floor softly in order to try and get the owner of bright green eyes from beneath the sofa. He had to have been there for atleast 5 minutes until the shadowed figure finally began to etch out from beneath the furniture, beginning with a pair of grey paws peeking out as if testing the ground. Having recieved a reassuring stroke these were soon followed by the rest of the siamese kitten, quivering with fear from the loud rumbles of thunder and soon curling up close to her owner. 'Honestly, I can't take you anywhere!' Offering the kitten a light kiss on the top of the head fingers stroked lovingly behind pink collar, settling back down on the sofa. Now, about that tea...