4th of July Tradition

[Toby Tucker Hecht]

They sat side by side on their lawn chairs, silent, waiting for the fireworks to begin. The hill was covered with blankets with families who brought picnic baskets and games for the children. The children ran up and down the hill playing tag or hitting one another with their glow sticks. Music from the 80s blared from a loudspeaker and everywhere the crowd was laughing, singing along with the music, or talking. They did not speak, but sat throughout the evening watching the others. It was a day for traditions, and over the years silence had become a tradition with them.

[Toby Tucker Hecht]

Silence could be a good or a bad thing.  It depends on the level of comfort for both of them.  But the thing here is that they are still sitting together after many years and observing the festivities even though they aren't participating.

[bolton carley]

it seems so simple and yet, the ending struck me with a whole new view of the situation.  i could totally picture it.

[Angela]

Toby, you left me with that ambivalent kind of open-to-interpretation thing that I frequently do to you.  I love it.  I just can't completely tell what is going on between the two of them, and feel like it is a combination of things that maybe they themselves do not totally understand.  Interesting six.

[Cita]

Well done. I could feel the bubble around the two.