The storm had been going since sometime during the night.
Amber woke up before her alarm to the sound of rain beating against her bedroom window. It wasn't the soft kind of rain that could put somebody back to sleep. This rain was heavy, loud and constant. Every few minutes, thunder rolled through the sky, making the windows shake slightly.
Amber opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling.
She reached for her phone and squinted at the screen.
5:17 a.m.
"Man, ain't no way," she whispered.
She pulled the blanket over her head and tried to close her eyes again, but another loud c***k of thunder made her sit up.
There was no way she was going back to sleep.
After lying there for another few minutes, Amber grabbed her phone and opened the group chat with her best friends. She hadn't talk
