The Lake House_(0)

The sun starts to set on the lake. The fireflies are starting to come out and you can hear a frog start to croak in the distance. The lake is quiet and the water is still. There’s no noise except for the wind through the trees and the water lightly lapping against the shoreline. It’s so peaceful that I jump a little bit when you come up behind me on the dock and tap my shoulder. I almost fall in, and you laugh at me for getting so scared that easily.

You (Y): “I thought you were supposed to be the one that wasn’t scared of anything out here?? That was what made me agree to come out here with you alone!”

Me (M): “Sorry, I just wasn’t expecting it. Plus I zoned out for a little bit there.”

Y: “Have you been smoking or something? I told you I didn’t want you doing that while we were out here since it’s just you and me.”

M: “No! I told you I didn’t even bring any with me. I want to spend time with you.”

Y: “Good. I don’t know why you do that stuff anyway. It messes with your head and you can’t think straight when you’re on it.”

M: “I’m not having this conversation with you again. We’ve already talked about it and we’ve agreed that we just have a difference of opinion on it. Nothing’s going to change that so there’s no use arguing about it.”

Y: “I know, I’m sorry I just can’t help it. I just wish you would stop it altogether and then we wouldn’t have to worry about it ever again.”

M: “Or you could stop nagging..”

Y: “I’m not nagging! I’m jus-“

M: “Yes you are.”

And with that, you turn around and storm away from me, heated.

M: “Babe, wait I didn’t mean it like that!!”

But you were already gone. Into the house with the door slammed loudly behind you. I sigh and go back to looking at the lake. The sun has descended behind the hills on the other side of the lake now but there’s still enough light for me to make out the details of the surroundings. I love the way that the air smells.. So fresh, so clean. I wish that I could just sit out here and never have to go back to society and worry about the trivial stuff of every day life.. I wish that I could just spend the rest of my life here in peace, with you by my side. I wish that you and I could grow old together in this paradise.

Once it’s almost too dark to see my way back to the house, I start to leave the dock using my phone as a light.