My First Swim of the Summer

The night was dark, cold and dreary. Rain was pounding on my window. The incessant noise kept me awake for hours while I clenched my teeth hoping the precipitation would let up soon. My eyes started to get heavy when suddenly there was a hard knock at the door. I looked at my clock seeing the numbers that read 3:00 am blaze a green hue across my room. I wondered who could possibly be at our door at this hour? I heard heavy footsteps and the low, deep voice of my dad as he walked to the front door and opened it. I heard murmurings against the constant waves of rain falling against the wind. The conversation ended and the door closed.

I groggily walked out of my room to see my dad waiting for me in the doorway. I asked him who was at the door and he responded by telling me that the police were sent to tell us to leave our house as soon as possible. We were being ordered to evacuate our house due to flooding in the area. I immediately ran to the window and was shocked to see a wave of water turn the corner and come rushing down our street. I looked at my dad again but he was already stomping back to bed. This must just be a crazy dream, I thought to myself. With that, I too slumped back to bed while the pounding rain lulled me to sleep.

I was awoken to the bright light of the morning sun. I took a deep breath and inhaled the sweet smell of... wet dog? I sniffed again. Definitely wet dog and mud. I stretched my arms and legs out taking my time getting out of bed until I recognized the sound of rushing water. I quickly jumped out of bed and ran to the living room only to see muddy water flowing into our house from the doorway. The backyard was full of water! I ran to the window and saw the street flowing like a river with muddy water. This was definitely not a dream anymore. I ran to my dads' room and shook him until he awoke. I told him what I had seen and he told me to grab my things. We quickly packed our bags and threw on our bathing suits. Once we were ready to go we opened the front door and dived in. The water was freezing cold to the point where I couldn't feel my toes. I was looking forward to finally getting to go swimming this summer but I would have never guessed that this would be the case.

We continued to swim holding our bags high above our heads. We swam by cars floating beside us and entire tree trunks also being dragged down the street. I looked into the distance, at the end of the road, I could see dry land and on it were two policeman watching us swim towards them while they shook their heads laughing.