Eduardo Moya

A Loud, Roar, and Boom

A loud roar, then crack, and boom abruptly hoisted Ana's eyelids from their resting place. It was followed by Ana springing off the bed and getting quickly dressed in jeans and a hoodie. When she walked out of the small home she shared with her aunt it was morning twilight, and saw that most, if not all of her neighbors emerged from their homes awaken by what she assumed was the same disturbance. They walked towards each other, some of the men still in their underwear, and commiserated between their homes. Ana's next door neighbor, William, who had managed to put shorts on but nothing else, had come out of his home, stared directly at the weak sun and breathed heavily in then out, with a small puff of smoke quickly evaporating from his mouth. He looked over to Ana and smiled, then walked to a talking distance from her.