Objects
of inspiration
A Rock
On Sunday morning Laurie was woken up at eight am by her alarm
clock blasting her favorite song into her ear. ‘Ugh. Just four more weeks, just
four.’ She whined when she got out of bed. After a quick shower, the girl got
dressed and, having no time for a proper breakfast, just grabbed an apple
before running out the door.
She rode her bike to the corner of Holland street and waited
for Frank to get there. Why does this
always happen to me? I run around like a crazy woman and that guy just takes
his time.. Finally after a good fifteen minutes her workmate was in sight.
Laurie got back on her bike and started going the opposite direction from where
her friend came.
‘Hey! Hold on!’ Frank yelled, trying to catch up with her. ‘Not
so fast!’ Well maybe you should get up
earlier and not make me wait this long Laurie thought. ‘Could you just not
once come on time? I have been waiting since forever for you!’ She told him as
soon as he was in hearing distance. ‘Yeah yeah. Jeez Laur, relax. We’ll get
there in time. I don’t care anyway.’ Frank said, brushing the issue off. ‘No
actually, we are going to be late again and I don’t want to be the girl that is
always late! Just get your act together because I do care.’ Frank looked at his
friend with a blanc expression before saying: ‘Whatever’ and stopped talking to
Laurie.
At work it was hot, being a coast guard was not the easiest
job she ever had but it was fun and she was able to get a tan at the same time
so she was not complaining. The only thing bugging her was Frank being a
complete jerk to her this morning. What
is wrong with that guy?.. She stared at the ocean, not really taking in
what was really going on. Suddenly she felt someone knocking on one of the legs
of her chair. She looked down and saw a sunburned Frank standing there with his
hand on his forehead, trying to shield his eyes from the sun.
‘Well, are you going to come down here or not?’ he looked at
her questioningly. She let out a sigh but decided to climb down. ‘What is
wrong?’ she said rolling her eyes, making clear she was annoyed with him. ‘Nothing
is wrong. I just wanted to show you something.’ Frank held out his hand and
waited for her to take it. ‘Okay fine but make it quick.’ Laurie gave in. The
two of them walked for just two minutes and then he started climbing some huge
rocks. He turned around, held his hands out again and helped Laurie get up too.
‘What do you want to show me, Frank? Why are you making all this effort?’ His response
was simple: ‘Just turn around and you will see..’ So she did and she saw a
heart shaped rock laying on the ground. She just stared at it for a bit and
then whispered a small ‘thank you’ to Frank. He spoke up: ‘I am sorry for being
such a jerk lately. I know I should keep myself in check. I won’t be late again
and next time lunch is on me.’ Laurie smiled: ‘Apologies accepted, Franklin.’ And
gave him a soft punch to his forearm. They both started laughing, Frank because
she would be the only person allowed to ever call him Franklin and Laurie
because she got her best friend back…