1. 24 hour YouTube Challenge Pt. 03


    Date: 5/26/2024, Categories: Interracial Love, Author: byFirsttimewriting 

    ... answered.

"Don't you roll your eyes down the phone at me," her mother snapped, somehow always possessed of a sixth sense when it came to her daughter showing any disrespect.

"Sorry Momma," Elli somehow already feeling better through the normality of her interaction with her mother.

"This is about those videos you posted right? No, don't answer that I am sure it is. Your Ahti is like your father, a shadow of him but still alike. As much as they might want the world to stop turning, for peoples tastes to remain unchanged, it still happens. You can't let their values dictate your own. Set your own course in life and if you mess up, just be sure to learn from it, that's what being young is all about. Making your own decisions, your own mistakes, your own memories. Not following Ahti's decisions, nor your fathers."

"Just yours," Elli quipped.

"Of course, mine, you should be thankful you've got a mother as wise and beautiful as you do."

"I thank God for it every day Momma," Elli said only half joking.

"Well, if you're feeling well enough to give me lip, then my job is done. Ok my dove, just a few more hours. See you soon and be safe."

"I will Momma, thanks, I love you!" Elli said.

"Love you too," her mother replied before ringing off.

Elli pushed the phone back in her pocket. Her hands were cold as she'd left her gloves in the van and the daylight was fading fast, the days brutally short this far north. Not wanting to be caught out in the woods in the ...
    ... dark, she began trudging back to the camper van.

Three PM to Four PM

Darkness had all but settled around her as Elli emerged from the wooded area to the sight of the camper van in the snow shrouded car park which gave her a sense of relief. The sight of Deke and Jay, resplendent in their outlandishly bright winter clothing, trudging through the snow towards her was unexpected. Elli didn't think either man, Jay in particular, could have been coaxed from the warmth and shelter of the van.

"Thank fuck for that!" Jay exclaimed when they saw Elli returning.

"You, okay? You had us worried," Deke then said, giving Jay a half push in reproof for his outburst.

"Yes, I am fine now. Where are you going?"

"Looking for you. Minute it started getting' dark, figured you needed savin' from polar bears or whatever the fuck else is livin' round here," Jay answered. This actually coaxed a smile from her, the idea of two city living American's thinking they were better able to navigate through a Finnish forest in the grip of winter than a local girl, familiar with both the area and the dangers... well it wasn't quite laughable but it was certainly worth a smile.

"Thank you for that but as you can see, no Bears, no wolves, no lynx's troubling me," Elli said, internally laughing at Jay's ignorance to assume a Polar bear was traipsing around central Finland. "Let's get back to the warmth, yes?"

"Hell yes!" Jay said, stomping his feet on the ground even though he'd only left ...
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