Thunder crashed in the not-so-distant sea, and my heart echoed the sound. Rain started to drizzle on the sand and umbrella above us. My nerves were starting to fire, fear beginning to settle in.
“Do you want to go inside?” Logan asked.
I knew he would. He wouldn’t force me to stay here in the rain with the thunder making me jump with every boom.
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I was safe and couldn’t let the fear control me forever.
“No, let’s keep eating. I only have, like, twenty more minutes before a meeting I need to be at.”
When I opened my eyes, I saw Logan was watching me with a brightness in his eyes that hadn’t been there before. He was proud of me for choosing to stay and overcoming my fear of storms in the current moment. I was proud of me, too.
“It’s not like I’m gonna melt.” I stuck out my tongue at him, and we ate in silence for the rest of the time I had, listening to the thunder and the rain as it covered the sea before us.
