The Current Path: A Nat and Alyssa Story - Part Six FINAL The time passed quickly. Nat knew she was eager to get back to that list. However, she didn’t bring it up. Because she was so good about it, he didn’t bring Alicia into the conversation. By the end of the second evening, Alyssa was sitting co...

The Current Path: A Nat and Alyssa Story – Part Five “Go ahead and let your arms drop down,” Alyssa heard Nat say. Gingerly, she moved her arms to the front of her. Her muscles felt sore. She waited a moment before moving them around. They were stiff, but that was to be expected. She was still dangl...

The Current Path: A Nat and Alyssa Story – Part Four The next morning, he woke early. Nat needed the coffee, but he also needed the time to think. Going downstairs he started to heat the water on the stove. Once it was boiling he poured it through the funnel-like coffee apparatus. It was functional ...

The Current Path: A Nat and Alyssa Story – Part Three “You have not been given permission to stop,” Nat informed her. He hated telling her that. But, he knew the hard tactic was necessary. He watched her carefully. She didn’t move for a moment. Then, she raised her head, glared at him, and stood up ...

The Current Path: A Nat and Alyssa Story – Part Two “I knew I should have burned that damn thing,” Alyssa remarked, spotting the wooden spatula on her chair. Nat raised his eyebrows. He could tell when she realized what had come out of her mouth. She turned to him with a look of guilt plastered all ...

The Current Path: A Nat and Alyssa Story – Part One This story about Nat and Alyssa follows the twelve part series titled “Paved with Good Intentions.” When Alyssa woke up, the sun was coming in through the window. It took her a moment to figure out where she was. She was in bed. By itself, that was...

Paved with Good Intentions: A Nat and Alyssa Story – Part Twelve FINAL Nat knew she was frightened, and he was proud that she didn’t dawdle. Within five minutes she’s changed into a new set of pajamas and had come back out to meet him. They walked downstairs together, neither of them speaking. Once ...

Paved with Good Intentions: A Nat and Alyssa Story – Part Eleven Nat rolled his eyes. Only his Alyssa would do this. “Alyssa,” he called to her. She didn’t move. “Alyssa,” he tried again. He sighed and walked over to the kitchen area. “Alyssa, enough of this,” he said. She ignored him. Nat pushed al...

Paved with Good Intentions: A Nat and Alyssa Story – Part Ten As Alyssa slept, Nat kept an eye on her from the kitchen table. He copied the list onto a separate piece of paper and began making notes and attempting to develop a plan of how to do things. After reading through the list a few times, he ...

Paved with Good Intentions: A Nat and Alyssa Story – Part Nine “15 A,” Nat said, reaching out and attempting to rub some of the tension out of Alyssa’s shoulders. He saw that she’d written it down on the notepad. Now or never, he thought to himself. “Going beyond the one hour that you were allowed t...