I can't believe this is happening to me is all he could think. He thought back and remembered:

He remembered going to dinner at Willie G's on the 16th street mall. How they would talk and enjoy each other's company. He remembered the last time they. . . and then the crash of thunder and the rain came down in sheets.

He hid in a hole in one of the bigger rocks. Part of the rock protruded out over the opening and sheltered him from the rain. It was warm inside the rock for some reason. He laid down. As he closed his eyes he saw their faces. He wanted to go back to be with them but the choices he had made would not allow that, for now.

It was comfortable in the hole in the rock. The drone of the rain was hypnotic. He listened to the rain as it seemed to become more and more muffled. He was completely in the dark. There was no change in the light when he closed his eyes. He had nothing but he was warm. He realized it didn't show up today but the girl did. He thought of the girl and a feeling of hope came over him as the rain lulled him gently to sleep.