The phone interrupted me before I could think of a quip to throw back at her.
"Yes?" Mom answered in the other room.
"Hi. Oh. But... oh, okay. Yeah..." I heard her respond. It seemed to be bad news, so I got up from the couch and walked back to the other room.
"You've already talked to them? Yes, I understand. No it's fine, really. Nick is here, yes. Okay." She handed the phone to me.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Hi Nick," aunt Jen greeted. "I was just talking with your mother. It seems there is a storm coming in and our flight has been canceled. I don't think we're going to make it there for Christmas."
"Oh..."
"I've called the others and they're in a similar situation, the roads are just too unsafe with the storm coming in." I looked outside and saw that, indeed, the weather had gotten w
