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TRACK 10

CANYON MOON
3:10

_______Realisation_______

Harry, Liam, and Peter landed at Sedona Airport about half an hour ago. It's too fucking hot for Harry here. His British roots are screaming and quickly melting inside of him. His forehead is covered in sweat, not to mention his whole body feels like it was in the water recently. The clothes are stuck on his body and that makes Harry very irritated already. He just wishes to be in the house and jump into the coldest shower.

He silently sits in the car of a lovely man named Kid while Liam excitedly talks about things that happened during his study year in LA. Harry discovers this is actually Liam's home town, and Kid with his wife are family friends. Harry is a little lost why is Liam visiting family friends rather than the family itself, but he won't ask about it now, maybe later.

After a ride through the whole town, Harry finds himself looking at a road ahead that goes somewhere far away from the town. Right before the sign that says they are about to leave Sedona, the car turns to the small dusty path that ends with a big house.

Everyone gets out of the car and Harry swears he is going to die here because of the Sun. He quickly takes his luggage and quickly moves into the house. Just then, he realises how rude it may seem so he just sighs, and runs the hem of his t-shirt around his face to get rid of the droplets all around his face. He absolutely hates this weather, he is probably going to be here half-naked all the time just to survive.

"Mate, you are literally melting," Peter comments on Harry's appearance, and Harry just stares at him deadly. Peter is originally from LA, he is used to this kind of weather, just like Liam.

"He is not wrong, I would think you Californians are used to this Sun. Is there also hot, right?" Kid asks and locks the car.

"Oh we absolutely are, but here Harry is actually from England, he moved to LA. His totally parched corpse may be laying somewhere here at some point of our visit," Liam jokes and Harry just rolls his eyes.

"Oh, I see, well then you will appreciate the air condition in the house," Kid pats Harry's shoulder.

"Mum! Fox took my pencils I had for school!" he hears suddenly from the house.

"Let's go meet my family," Kid says.

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After a good cold shower, Harry is feeling much better. He is sitting on the terrace facing the huge garden. It has a small pool, just enough for the kids to have fun in the water during these hot days. There is no grass around, just rocks and small bushes with trees. Further, the garden Harry could see stalls with horses and cows, just like Liam told him. But what Liam didn't mention were chickens and pigs. It is a small farm and Harry kind of likes it.

But what took his breath out is the view. It is utterly stunning. It is the big red rocky mountain to his left. He cannot believe he is about to spend the summer here. The red rocks are standing tall and proud, in the highlight of the Sun that is shining high above. Harry just can't wait to see it during the sunset and go on a hike. It reminds him of those very old wild wild west movies where all the cowboys run with their horses to the sunset and act like carefree kids with no responsibilities. He really wants to be like a cowboy.

"It's pretty, right?" Kid pats Harry's shoulder and starts to walk to the stalls. Harry quickly recovers from the first shock of Kid's rough touch and follows the man immediately.

"Are you going on a horse? Can I come with you? And can I get a hat like yours, please?" Harry showers the man with questions, really desperate to experience the carefree feeling.