"It is okay," Keith said, remembering that. The clouds did look pretty scary back then. They were almost black, and it looked like people were burning tires. "But don't you remember the rainbow?" He said. "It came out around the time we made it about halfway home, and the sun began to come out."
Keith stared into the sky ahead of them as they walked. It didn't look like they were going to taste any rainbows today. He kept his camcorder running, nevertheless. He could always edit it down if he liked. The neighborhood, despite looking deserted, was already feeling more familiar. Like home, in some way, but the worst part of it was that it wasn't home at the very same time. He took Sophie's hand, walking along the sidewalk while the wind swept up her hair. After sharing a quiet moment walking with her, it began to sprinkle. Tiny pins of moisture began pricking the back of his neck. Keith wrapped an arm around her waist to pull her in closer.
They neared the corner of Birchwood and Cedar, passing the crack on the sidewalk. They were almost there. The walk didn't seem that far, now that he thought of it, but when they were kids, it did feel like it took forever. They then passed the house that used to be guarded by the Rottweiler. Like a reflex, Keith suddenly walked around Sophie and accompanied her on the opposite side.
Soon, they came to the corner with the large, oak tree. Beside the wide, thick trunk that kids and scurrying cats liked to climb, there was a wall of bushes that bent around the corner of a fence, providing for a good place to hide or hold a secret meeting of some sort. The neighborhood watch wanted to shear half of it away, since they were getting reports of teenagers using it to do drugs or lose their virginity there. Despite their efforts, the bush remained, legendary, and...similarly deserted as the rest of the neighborhood. The branches of the oak tree stretched over the bush, providing some cover from the rain.
He stopped her before the tree. He turned the camcorder on again. "Remember that tree?" He asked. "This was the place where we first kissed...or actually, where I first tried to kiss you. You didn't take it very well."
The rain began to pick up, falling in heavier drops.