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Black Holes: A Fictional Narrative

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Samuel had only just gotten inside when lightning flashed, thunder sounded, and the rain began to fall.

Already the air felt cooler. It had been one sweltering day and Samuel didn't want to speak more of it. His clothes were covered in a thin layer of dust, his feet were close to blistering in his boots, and his body ached like crazy.

He had to sit down on the floor to pry off his boots. Even when unlaced, they were still tricky to get off. Combined with arms very tired from holding heavy tools all day, Samuel was struggling.

Eventually they were off, with a resounding plop. Samuel revelled in his feet's new found freedom, wiggling his toes.

He didn't have much purpose downstairs. It was late now, the sun having set a few hours ago, …show more content…

He hadn't had the energy this morning to run up the stairs and he certainly didn't have it now. This day was marked to go down as one of the worst of the year.

He entered the bathroom and locked the door, even though Brandon was unlikely to disturb him. Just like the Barkers had a morning ritual, they had an evening one, too. And Samuel's started with him entering the house, locking the door, going upstairs and making it his first item of business to get clean.

Samuel twisted both taps so spurts of warm and cold water trickled into the bath. He was more than happy to strip off, pulling off the sweat-laden t-shirt and shorts, screwing them up into a ball and taking aim at the laundry …show more content…

He just wanted enough time to lean back on the ceramic, stretch out his legs, and close his eyes, letting the water soothe his aching muscles. Which was exactly what he did, until he felt the water level rising above his stomach, and then he leant forward to turn the taps off.

Shampoo and conditioner weren't something Samuel used. His father kept a bottle of each in the cupboard above the sink, but Samuel didn't touch them. Instead, he reached out for the bar of soap, lathering that on his hands instead and scrubbing at his hair. The soap left his hair dry and frizzy, obviously not good for washing hair, but Samuel wasn't able to tell that it left his hair slightly damaged after every use. It was cheaper to use than shampoo and conditioner, got rid of the dirt and grease from his hair, so why did Samuel care if it was the right thing to use or not?

Once he'd washed his hair, there wasn't much point lingering in the bathroom any more. If he wanted to rest, he could do that in the comfort of his own bed.

Samuel pulled the plug to drain the bathwater and stepped out, grabbing a towel which he'd conveniently left for himself on the toilet seat. He used it briefly to dry off his hair so it was now only damp before he wrapped it around his

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