Kivi sticks out his lip. “I hope there’s a tornado. And a tsunami”

Eli: Shlomo thought his new bike was awesome! And we were having a great time!

Nellie: Yeah, until we argued again and Eli ran off into the woods without me… I don’t care! I’ll just go home by myself.

Squizzle: Uh-oh, there’s a hurricane coming… is this really the time???

Nellie shivers and wraps her coat tightly around her, attempting to brush her hair out of her face with her shoulder. Where is Eli when she needs him? She took a wrong turn, and it’s getting dark. She just wants to be home already! But at the same time, she’s still mad at him.  He ruined yet another good day.

Maybe this one had been a little bit her fault. She probably shouldn’t have called him nasty, even if that’s how he’s been acting. But she didn’t call him boring! She called his ideas boring!

The wind blows against her face like it’s trying to knock her down, and she feels raindrops as she finally emerges from the woods into her backyard. Kivi is sitting on the floor next to the back door when she comes in. “I’m waiting for the hurricane,” he says.

“We’re not getting an actual hurricane, just the edge of it. It’s not going to be very exciting.”

Kivi sticks out his lip. “I hope there’s a tornado. And a tsunami.”

“Those… aren’t the same things.” Nellie shakes her head, giving up on trying to talk sense into Kivi. “Look, have you seen Eli?”

“Yup. Maybe we’ll lose power,” Kivi says hopefully. Nellie notices that he’s holding a flashlight on his lap. “Tatty says that we have to be prepared.”