rain in the valley, 2nd installment

when it was raining again the streets looked slimy and dirty. tara and i sat in our apartment with the windows open, smelling the rain. we ordered thai food, vegetarian pad thai with tofu, extra spicy, and watched the x-files. the rain made the air smell clean. it washed away all the dirt of the city. the dirt on the streets, and in the air. while it was raining everything was clean, but once it stopped the whole place was dirty again.

"i like the rain. it makes everything clean." i told tara.

"yeah, but it never lasts."

"but it reminds me of home."

tara didn't miss home like i did. she missed her mom, and free food, and her cats. i missed all those things too, but i missed the place as well. tara didn't miss the place. i envied her for that. she was able to be detached from it. i always felt like i was a permanent visitor, but tara, i could tell tara really lived here.