I close my eyes and a memory invades my senses. I can feel myself slipping easily and comfortably into it. I’m sitting high above the floor, on my stomach, with your hands around me, and your strong heartbeat throbbing underneath my left breast. The windows are opened wide, while the room is warm and nice, filled with the smells from the rain outside. Raindrops are hitting the metallic window frame, creating a soothing noise. It’s like there is nothing else out there but you and I in the warmth of the room, and the rain. The illusion of time simply disintegrates in front of my eyes, the idea of something before this or of something after is simply nonexistent. There is no space and there is no time, just the two of us happy to be here, now, together.
My eyes are closed, while the wind is tangling my hair, whisking away a lock that escaped my messy loop. The air is cold, it smells of rain and grass and green, while all around us the temperature is lowering, creating the illusion that we have slipped into a different world, where the air is fresh and the heat is welcomed. You are in the driver’s seat, with your 70’s glasses – to protect you from the light; and your white t-shirt – just in case it rains again. Music is filling my ears, the beat accelerating my heart, while the speed increases my adrenalin level. I know you feel it too, the anticipation, the suspense, the need to keep going. I know I could do this indefinitely, sitting in the car, while you drive, taking us somewhere, anywhere.
I open my eyes and the site that first greets me is of your hair, falling over your closed eyelids. You’re sleeping calmly on the other half of the pillow, with your right arm loosely around my middle. I can hear the noises outside, I can see the first glimpses of morning coming from the window, and still, I am reluctant to move, to go anywhere, to disturb our peace and quiet. Trying to blink the sleep away, I see you watching me and I realise that you have been awake for a while, waiting for me to open my eyes.
And I smile.
And you smile.
And it’s morning.
