A Slice of Life

 

A Slice of Life

Grabbing my phone from the lock-off closet, I knew I had exactly forty-three hours of free time and nothing to do. After wasting seven minutes checking every social media account I had, I went to talk to Sam.

What do you want to do?

I don’t know, what do you want to do?

Are we really going to Jungle Book this?

Sam laughed. Mike walked up.

What do you guys want to do today?

Sam and I looked at each other and awaited the inevitable second round of Jungle Book-ing.

We don’t know.

Good. I’m going to hike Mount Yona with Rachel. Care to join us?

What time are you leaving?

Four. We’re spending the night up there. Bring stuff.

Sam and I nodded. Both of us had some camping stuff, but not enough. We headed to Walmart and bought a pocketknife, a flint and steel, eight water bottles, some canvas, and a spool of good rope. We went back to campus. To save money on food, we raided the leftover Chick-fil-a catering bags. It was 3:45.

We checked the weather. Only a 6% chance of a thunderstorm. Too bad 6% didn’t mean impossible.

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