“Hey! Wake up Sleeping Beauty!” Caris woke with a start as Anna shook his shoulder. “I’m up, I’m up!” Caris looked around him to get his bearings. He sat on the floor of Zip n’ Sip’s storage room with miles of snacks, sodas, and old skates in every direction. “Hurry up! I want to go home! The storm is over and I want some pancakes.” Caris stood up and walked out of the storage closet. The Zip n’ Sip employees who had gotten stuck with them had already started to sweep up leaves that had blown in through a broken window. “Hey! You kids be safe out there. You know where you’re going?” The man who had made their milkshakes the day before walked over to them and handed the kids two raincoats he had found in the lost and found. They were both hot pink which Anna didn’t mind and Caris guessed he didn’t either. He was too tired and too cold to care. The two kids thanked everyone and stepped outside. Immediately, the dirty slush soaked through Caris’s shoes and socks. As t...
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