Enjoy going barefoot

by Sharleen (Lynn) WL Author's note: This is a short story that I originally posted on Reddit . I have rewritten it in the first person. ***** It was a dark and stormy night, and it was still raining the following day into the afternoon. I had just finished eating lunch and was sitting cross-legged on the couch watching TV. Schools were closed as many of the roads and buildings were flooded. It was a week before Halloween, my favorite holiday. Normally, it would be an exciting time, but today I was getting a little bored and kind of tired of the rain. I actually loved the rain, especially dark and stormy nights. I would curl up in bed under the covers and read a ghost story book, and that's exactly what I did the night before. I loved being scared. Well, not too much, though. After all, I was only 9. But this weather had been a little too much even for me. I wished the sun had been out so I could go play outside with my friends again. I looked at my soles. They we...