Blue to Red
Day 7.
“This is such a series of serendipity,” Crystal said to her sister, Kayce, as she hosed down the lawn with a gas mask on.
Kayce looked ahead with a P2 mask on. The sky that was once brown, is now red.
“When will this end?”
Day 6.
Kayce and Crystal sat in their coastal family house while listening to the radio.
“Let’s leave our yellow bins out.”
Day 5.
The sky started to darken. Jackson, their neighbour, quickly took Arthur, Crystal’s son, and Millie, their family dog, in his car.
“Please let us know when you guys are safe, yeah? Our boys are in safer towns and I told them you are coming,” Kayce said.
“Yeah, of course. Don’t worry, I’ll keep them safe,” Jackson gave them a thumbs up, “Please be safe as well.”
“We’ll try,” Kayce tried to force a smile. Crystal was sobbing hard as she kissed Arthur goodbye and watched Jackson drive them away.
Day 4.
The smoke turned the sky from blue to brown. Kayce watched closely at the TV.
“We are now in a watch and act zone,” Kayce said to Crystal.
“Oh goodness,” Crystal held Arthur closer to her.
“If anything happens, take Arthur and Millie, yeah?”
“I am not going to leave you here.”
Day 3.
Someone knocked on their door. It was their neighbour.
“Oh hi! You are here for a retreat too, aye,” Crystal said.
“Yeah of course. Every year,” Jackson laughed, as he looked around, “where are the boys?”
“They are still sorting some stuff out. They’ll be here in the next day or two.”
“Ahh, well if you want some beer, knock on my door.”
“Yeah, of course,” Crystal laughed, and quickly closed the door as she started to smell a burning odour.
Day 2.
Kayce and Crystal sorted some boxes around the house as Arthur played with Millie.
“Look! Dad had some weird stuff, aye,” Crystal took out an old gas mask from a box.
“Haha, he was an interesting man, indeed.”
“Oh well, he loved this house. Honestly, me too. So many memories here,” Crystal looked around and laughed.
“Is there only one?”
“Yeah, sadly,” Crystal made a face at Kayce and Kayce laughed.
“Alright, alright, it is yours.”
“I found some P2 masks as well. You know, our dad loved doing woodworks,” Crystal laughed. “Sometimes even smoked while he did it.”
“Wait, what? Our father smoked?”
“Yeah. Was that supposed to be a secret? Oops.”
Day 1.
Kayce and Crystal arrived at the house.
“Is everything we need here?” Kayce asked.
“Yeah, I am pretty sure. If not, we can always go down to the shops.”
Kayce looked ahead and saw far away smoky clouds.
“Bushfire season, huh,” Kayce said.
“Yeah, every year. We should be fine here though,” Crystal smiled as she took out her bags to get in the house.
“Well, it is a beautiful day today, do you want to head down to the beach?”
“Of course.”
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©Yolanda Yip (Wintsarye)
“This is such a series of serendipity,” Crystal said to her sister, Kayce, as she hosed down the lawn with a gas mask on.
Kayce looked ahead with a P2 mask on. The sky that was once brown, is now red.
“When will this end?”
Day 6.
Kayce and Crystal sat in their coastal family house while listening to the radio.
“Let’s leave our yellow bins out.”
Day 5.
The sky started to darken. Jackson, their neighbour, quickly took Arthur, Crystal’s son, and Millie, their family dog, in his car.
“Please let us know when you guys are safe, yeah? Our boys are in safer towns and I told them you are coming,” Kayce said.
“Yeah, of course. Don’t worry, I’ll keep them safe,” Jackson gave them a thumbs up, “Please be safe as well.”
“We’ll try,” Kayce tried to force a smile. Crystal was sobbing hard as she kissed Arthur goodbye and watched Jackson drive them away.
Day 4.
The smoke turned the sky from blue to brown. Kayce watched closely at the TV.
“We are now in a watch and act zone,” Kayce said to Crystal.
“Oh goodness,” Crystal held Arthur closer to her.
“If anything happens, take Arthur and Millie, yeah?”
“I am not going to leave you here.”
Day 3.
Someone knocked on their door. It was their neighbour.
“Oh hi! You are here for a retreat too, aye,” Crystal said.
“Yeah of course. Every year,” Jackson laughed, as he looked around, “where are the boys?”
“They are still sorting some stuff out. They’ll be here in the next day or two.”
“Ahh, well if you want some beer, knock on my door.”
“Yeah, of course,” Crystal laughed, and quickly closed the door as she started to smell a burning odour.
Day 2.
Kayce and Crystal sorted some boxes around the house as Arthur played with Millie.
“Look! Dad had some weird stuff, aye,” Crystal took out an old gas mask from a box.
“Haha, he was an interesting man, indeed.”
“Oh well, he loved this house. Honestly, me too. So many memories here,” Crystal looked around and laughed.
“Is there only one?”
“Yeah, sadly,” Crystal made a face at Kayce and Kayce laughed.
“Alright, alright, it is yours.”
“I found some P2 masks as well. You know, our dad loved doing woodworks,” Crystal laughed. “Sometimes even smoked while he did it.”
“Wait, what? Our father smoked?”
“Yeah. Was that supposed to be a secret? Oops.”
Day 1.
Kayce and Crystal arrived at the house.
“Is everything we need here?” Kayce asked.
“Yeah, I am pretty sure. If not, we can always go down to the shops.”
Kayce looked ahead and saw far away smoky clouds.
“Bushfire season, huh,” Kayce said.
“Yeah, every year. We should be fine here though,” Crystal smiled as she took out her bags to get in the house.
“Well, it is a beautiful day today, do you want to head down to the beach?”
“Of course.”
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©Yolanda Yip (Wintsarye)
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