The house had been silent on a dewy Friday afternoon--the house empty except for one individual. It had been quite some time since Jerry had left home--and with it being summer vacation, Summer had taken time away from home to spend it with friends. Beth's father had been nowhere to be found, same for her son and perhaps that's what put the thorn in her side. . .Nonetheless, Beth had been fixing a pot of coffee for herself, her mind questioning what her Friday would entail. Surely she could go grocery shopping, but it just seemed so. . .mundane. Everything had at this point. Never had she spoken of it, but life began to damper her mood, loneliness seemed to flourish the older she had become and once more her world was wrapped in silence, only the sound of slight bubbling from the coffee machine filled the room. Once it had been done, she poured it into a mug, her shoulder meeting the counter, the black coffee meeting her lips as she watched raindrops fall. She had hoped for excitement of some kind, or perhaps just a bit of attention. . .something other than another gloomy day in.