I awoke again, as we were turning into the long gravel driveway, which winds its way up to Joey’s house. The sun was still just under the horizon causing the sky to look as though it was on fire.
“Is this it? Are we there?” I said, going from groggy to exuberantly energized, in less than a millisecond.
Nothing seemed the same as it had been before. Nearly all of the trees were bare and the grown, once vibrantly green, was now covered with shades of gold and brown from all the fallen leaves. Though there was no sign of it now, I later found out that they had already seen their first snow. I was a little saddened that there were no traces of it left.
“Yep, we’re here.” Mom said, and I noticed for the first time, that Mom was sitting behind the wheel and John was sitting in the passenger seat. I wanted to ask when we had stopped for them to switch places, but I decided I’d be better off not poking that fire.
As the car bounced down the gravel drive, I became aware of yet another surprise. I was no longer wearing pants.
“Hey! Where are my pants?” I said with alarm.