the basket she asked him, “What do you think about?”
“A little bit of everything. Usually just about life, and when I am having a bad day I come here and it almost makes things easier to deal with,” he replied.
After pulling everything out of the basket Katie grabbed the bread and handed two pieces to Jack.
“Two pieces of bread, that’s all I get for lunch? Remind me never to bring you anywhere without telling you where again,” he replied with a sarcastic tone.
Trying hard to stifle a laugh Katie replied, “Yeah well you don’t pick the best places at all to have a picnic.”
“Oh really? Like you would have picked a better place?”
“As a matter of fact I would have,” Katie said as she handed him the bowl with the condiments.
Opening up the container, Jack started smiling. “I’m not sure that you have ever been on a picnic before,” he said holding up the bread in one hand and the condiments in the other.
Laughing Katie shook her head and replied, “I did not know what you liked on your sandwiches so I decided to put everything on the side. This way I was safe with not making something you wouldn’t eat.”
“If there is a picnic offered, and I do not have to make the food, then I will eat anything put in front of me. As long as there are not any sardines,” he said with a scrunched up face.
“Well I will keep that in mind next time,” she said as she handed him the knife so that he could put mayo and mustard on his sandwich.
Katie started fixing her sandwich. She too applied mayo and mustard to her sandwich. After adding the lettuce and tomato, she took the knife and cut it into four triangles.
Jack started laughing as he watched her cut her sandwich. Katie knew what he was laughing at and ignored him. Instead she opened the basket to pull out the thermoses that were inside. She handed the Spiderman thermos to Jack.
Jack laughed as he took it from her. He opened it and took a drink without looking at what was in it. He was pleasantly surprised when he found that there was milk in it.
They ate their lunch in silence just looking at absolutely nothing. Katie wanted to ask Jack a question, but she did not want to come off as nosey. She just knew that she didn’t know a lot about him.
As she sat and thought about how to ask him without pushing too much, Jack could see that she was thinking about something. While he wasn’t positive exactly what it was, he knew there was a chance that he was going to have to explain what he came out here to think about.
Catching Katie a little off guard Jack started talking about his childhood. He told her about how he grew up in the suburbs of Denver. He talked about the house and his friends, and his school. As he talked she could hear the sadness in his voice. It was like he was talking about something he lost many years ago, not something he lost just this last year.
Katie listened intently and nodded when appropriate. When Jack stopped talking Katie said, “It sounds like you miss your old home.”
“I do, but it was not always happy times there. I lost someone very close to me and it has caused a lot of stress on my life in the last year.”
She figured he was talking about a friend or even a girlfriend. She wasn’t going to pry she told herself. Before she could say anything Jack lay back on his elbows, with his legs stretched out in front of him. He looked out into the distance and started telling Katie the story that changed his life.
“About a year ago, my parents went out on their weekly date night. I was at home, watching television, plotting out how I was going to get my parents to let me go on the trip to Mexico that my friends were planning for the summer. I was watching the news, but at the same time I was falling asleep. I guess I fell asleep for a little while, and a knock at the door woke me up. I went to answer the door, and when I opened it up, my Aunt was standing there.” With his eyes watering, and a look of sadness
“A little bit of everything. Usually just about life, and when I am having a bad day I come here and it almost makes things easier to deal with,” he replied.
After pulling everything out of the basket Katie grabbed the bread and handed two pieces to Jack.
“Two pieces of bread, that’s all I get for lunch? Remind me never to bring you anywhere without telling you where again,” he replied with a sarcastic tone.
Trying hard to stifle a laugh Katie replied, “Yeah well you don’t pick the best places at all to have a picnic.”
“Oh really? Like you would have picked a better place?”
“As a matter of fact I would have,” Katie said as she handed him the bowl with the condiments.
Opening up the container, Jack started smiling. “I’m not sure that you have ever been on a picnic before,” he said holding up the bread in one hand and the condiments in the other.
Laughing Katie shook her head and replied, “I did not know what you liked on your sandwiches so I decided to put everything on the side. This way I was safe with not making something you wouldn’t eat.”
“If there is a picnic offered, and I do not have to make the food, then I will eat anything put in front of me. As long as there are not any sardines,” he said with a scrunched up face.
“Well I will keep that in mind next time,” she said as she handed him the knife so that he could put mayo and mustard on his sandwich.
Katie started fixing her sandwich. She too applied mayo and mustard to her sandwich. After adding the lettuce and tomato, she took the knife and cut it into four triangles.
Jack started laughing as he watched her cut her sandwich. Katie knew what he was laughing at and ignored him. Instead she opened the basket to pull out the thermoses that were inside. She handed the Spiderman thermos to Jack.
Jack laughed as he took it from her. He opened it and took a drink without looking at what was in it. He was pleasantly surprised when he found that there was milk in it.
They ate their lunch in silence just looking at absolutely nothing. Katie wanted to ask Jack a question, but she did not want to come off as nosey. She just knew that she didn’t know a lot about him.
As she sat and thought about how to ask him without pushing too much, Jack could see that she was thinking about something. While he wasn’t positive exactly what it was, he knew there was a chance that he was going to have to explain what he came out here to think about.
Catching Katie a little off guard Jack started talking about his childhood. He told her about how he grew up in the suburbs of Denver. He talked about the house and his friends, and his school. As he talked she could hear the sadness in his voice. It was like he was talking about something he lost many years ago, not something he lost just this last year.
Katie listened intently and nodded when appropriate. When Jack stopped talking Katie said, “It sounds like you miss your old home.”
“I do, but it was not always happy times there. I lost someone very close to me and it has caused a lot of stress on my life in the last year.”
She figured he was talking about a friend or even a girlfriend. She wasn’t going to pry she told herself. Before she could say anything Jack lay back on his elbows, with his legs stretched out in front of him. He looked out into the distance and started telling Katie the story that changed his life.
“About a year ago, my parents went out on their weekly date night. I was at home, watching television, plotting out how I was going to get my parents to let me go on the trip to Mexico that my friends were planning for the summer. I was watching the news, but at the same time I was falling asleep. I guess I fell asleep for a little while, and a knock at the door woke me up. I went to answer the door, and when I opened it up, my Aunt was standing there.” With his eyes watering, and a look of sadness
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