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“Like an arcade?”
“Something like that. I mean, everyone’s going to want to come over here to hang out. We’re the only cool ones. Everyone else is running off having babies and having all that grown-up shit people put in their houses. We could take that room,” he said, pointing to the large room to the left of the entrance, “and we can make that a game room of some kind.”
“I don’t know,” I grimaced. “You really want people to come over here? It’ll kind of ruin the appeal of having a man cave.”
“The whole fucking house is a man cave. And we don’t have to let everyone over, but wouldn’t it be nice to have other things for people to do so that if we want to play pool, we don’t have to share?”
He had a good point. It was natural that the other guys would gravitate to where all the action was. They wouldn’t always want to be with their wives, and our house was the likely choice.
“Alright, but then we need a dart board too.”
“And a foosball table,” Brock added.
“Ooh, and one of those air hockey tables. I love those.”
“We should go shopping now.”
“Let me grab my keys,” I said excitedly. I snatched them off the counter and headed for the door, slipping through the space between the couch and the doorframe. This was going to be so awesome.
“I’ll see you at the store.”
“First one there gets to pick out the pool table!”
I got in my truck, but it wouldn’t start right away, giving him the head start that I desperately wanted. Damnit, he was going to win the first round.
The gravel kicked up under my tires as I hit the gas, trying to catch up to Brock. If I was lucky, I would be able to cut him off by taking thealley across to Main Street. But just as we were heading down the long driveway, the sirens went off in town.
“Seriously?”
My phone started ringing, interrupting my day off. I didn’t want to deal with this shit, not when the fate of our pool table was at stake. I grabbed the phone and passed Brock as he pulled over. “Yeah?”
“Tornado sirens are going off. Everyone in the bunker,” Rae demanded.
“Screw that! I don’t see anything. Besides, I’ve got a pool table on the line!”
“Dash, don’t be a fucking moron. It’s a big one.”
“They always say that, and then it turns out to be nothing.”
“Fine, get yourself sucked up by a tornado. What the fuck do I care?”
Geez, talk about a nag. The moment she hung up, I started to have second thoughts, though. The dark clouds moving over the town didn’t exactly screamcalm weather. But I couldn’t go back now. I was in too deep. If I walked into the building, I’d never hear the end of it.
I hit the gas and tore out of the driveway, trying to see the best way to get around the tornado. It looked like it was moving west. Or maybe south. Hell, it was hard to tell since it was just one gigantic cloud.
“It’s fine,” I said to myself. “It’s just a cloud. What’s the worst that could happen?” I chuckled, knowing this was probably one of those times that the tornado would look all mean and horrible, but then pass right over the town and move on to some other area of Kansas.
The wind started picking up and debris was tossed across the road. Okay, it was a little worse than I imagined, but still…it was no worse than a snowstorm. I drove a little faster, refusing to acknowledge how sweaty my hands were. I was almost to town. Just a little bit further and I’d finally be at the store. I could slip inside the warehouse and ignore whatever was happening outside.
“Holy shit!” I shouted when the metal roof of the hardware store in town was ripped from the building and tossed across the road not far from me. I hit the brakes, thinking now was a good time to reassess the situation and return with my tail between my legs.
I shifted into reverse and hit the gas, ready to return the same way Icame. But a large tree swooped down across the road, lifting my truck off the ground. I screamed like a girl as I was spun around and then tossed into the ditch. The back of my truck rocked from the force of the storm. I held on for dear life, praying I didn’t die this way. They’d laugh about it at my funeral.
4
LAURA
With my hair soaked,I pumped the shampoo into my hand, swinging my hips to the song playing in my head. I should be moving faster, getting my ass in gear since Andrew would be here any minute, but the water was warm and felt way too good.
