SENT: 3:01PM will do they plan to leave around 5 she just asked if your mom would be okay to have me and kara over for dinner?
[ Her father's risen from his place on the couch and he and her mother are right outside the den, talking in hushed tones. Her dad doesn't have contacts in California, but the monster is big enough that Washington State is just a hop and a skip if it decides to change it's course upward instead of inland. Her mother has friends there. Her dad has extended family.
On screen, the correspondent announces that they've just gotten word that the United Kingdom has mobilized their Air Force in an effort to help. There are clip shots from what appears to be a helicopter that show people running through the streets.
It's too unreal. Behind her, Kara comes out to slump wordlessly into one of the dining room chairs and even without saying a thing, Naomi knows that it's either very good news or very bad news that has her sister in shock.
Naomi stands at that point, lamely gestures to the general direction of the Becket household to her mom and walks out towards the street where the line of houses that she's grown up knowing are quiet.
It makes sense. California is miles and miles away. But she wonders all the same if any of this is real because outside of her own family and Raleigh, no one else seems to be reacting. ]
[ In the ten minutes it takes for Naomi to come over, Raleigh gets up from the floor once, and only to exchange a few words with his mother. Yancy's arm around his shoulder is an enormous comfort, grounding him in reality and reassuring him that this isn't a dream, and there isn't a current incentive big enough for Raleigh to want to wriggle away from his brother like he would under normal circumstances.
The monster hits the Bridge, finally, and that's around the time Naomi rings the doorbell.
Raleigh ducks out from under Yancy's arm in a hurry, scrambling away from the television.
Naomi, when Raleigh opens the door for her, doesn't look too bad. He can tell she hasn't been crying like Jazmine has, so that comes as a minor relief. Raleigh nods at her, moving out of the way to let her inside. ] Hey, Meems. Mom said you and Kara can stay over tonight, if your folks need some time.
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[ Her father's risen from his place on the couch and he and her mother are right outside the den, talking in hushed tones. Her dad doesn't have contacts in California, but the monster is big enough that Washington State is just a hop and a skip if it decides to change it's course upward instead of inland. Her mother has friends there. Her dad has extended family.
On screen, the correspondent announces that they've just gotten word that the United Kingdom has mobilized their Air Force in an effort to help. There are clip shots from what appears to be a helicopter that show people running through the streets.
It's too unreal. Behind her, Kara comes out to slump wordlessly into one of the dining room chairs and even without saying a thing, Naomi knows that it's either very good news or very bad news that has her sister in shock.
Naomi stands at that point, lamely gestures to the general direction of the Becket household to her mom and walks out towards the street where the line of houses that she's grown up knowing are quiet.
It makes sense. California is miles and miles away. But she wonders all the same if any of this is real because outside of her own family and Raleigh, no one else seems to be reacting. ]
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The monster hits the Bridge, finally, and that's around the time Naomi rings the doorbell.
Raleigh ducks out from under Yancy's arm in a hurry, scrambling away from the television.
Naomi, when Raleigh opens the door for her, doesn't look too bad. He can tell she hasn't been crying like Jazmine has, so that comes as a minor relief. Raleigh nods at her, moving out of the way to let her inside. ] Hey, Meems. Mom said you and Kara can stay over tonight, if your folks need some time.