The Colors of Faith (part 3)

Wednesday 8:35 a.m.

Lowell sleeps through his alarm and finds himself going straight to school. All the while he prays that she will be there after school.

"What is going on today, Lowell? You're acting weird." A fellow cross country team member says to him at lunch.

"I guess you could say it's a girl, Jim," Lowell replies with a small smile.

"A girl? Here at school?"

"No, I met her yesterday afternoon..." his voice trails off and he stares at nothing.

"Must be some girl," Jimmy says with a shake of his head. "At least tell me what she's like."

"She's...hard to explain."

"Try. Blonde or brunette?"

"Blonde." Lowell tosses his lunch sack into the garbage can. "She's different, Jim, really different."

Jimmy gives him a confused and disgusted sort of look.

"I do not understand...."

"It's like this: if she lived in our world she would love animals and dot her "I"s with hearts," Lowell responds. Then adds quietly: "But she's not from our world."

to be continued...