05-14-2022, 02:38 AM
Yes, dear, Father Brennan said.
Dear, he called her. Dear. Dear. Dear. Oh, that did something to her heart. Or was it her stomach? Or her eyes? She couldn't tell - everything felt like it was breaking, or falling, or tearing up.
No time to dwell on that, though. Father Brennan's hands were so much larger than hers. Mable has never held hand's so big before. She squeezed them once.
"Thank you," she said, meaning it more than she thought she would.
Pausing only to take and hold her breath, Mable surged forward until she hit the man's chest, and then kept going. Her arms wrapped around his waist and she held on tight. For a moment, she felt weightless and warm.
The feeling ended abruptly as frigid water hit her arms, and then encompassed her body like a blanket. No matter how many times she would let herself fall into water like this, she would never get used to it. It was such a shock to her system, and it was horrible, but only for a second.
After two, the sound of the water curling around its new obstacles blended in with her laughter.
Three, and more splashing as he released the poor man below her and sat back as best she could given the circumstances.
Four and five, and her laughter faded as she waited nervously to see the Father's reaction.
Dear, he called her. Dear. Dear. Dear. Oh, that did something to her heart. Or was it her stomach? Or her eyes? She couldn't tell - everything felt like it was breaking, or falling, or tearing up.
No time to dwell on that, though. Father Brennan's hands were so much larger than hers. Mable has never held hand's so big before. She squeezed them once.
"Thank you," she said, meaning it more than she thought she would.
Pausing only to take and hold her breath, Mable surged forward until she hit the man's chest, and then kept going. Her arms wrapped around his waist and she held on tight. For a moment, she felt weightless and warm.
The feeling ended abruptly as frigid water hit her arms, and then encompassed her body like a blanket. No matter how many times she would let herself fall into water like this, she would never get used to it. It was such a shock to her system, and it was horrible, but only for a second.
After two, the sound of the water curling around its new obstacles blended in with her laughter.
Three, and more splashing as he released the poor man below her and sat back as best she could given the circumstances.
Four and five, and her laughter faded as she waited nervously to see the Father's reaction.
