Shimmer

The air was chilly as usual, with the beautiful meadow lying before him, only traceable through the dewy shine at the brim of the grass, glistening under the slight light cracking through the bidding darkness. The air was chilly again today and the sight of his smoke rings piercing the fog to fill the air aroused a tingling sensation in him. As he sat against the railing of the balcony with the heat of his cigar filling his mouth and body, he looked far across the meadows ending in thick ascending woods to once again realize how overwhelmingly stirred the balcony had made him feel, not just that night but almost every night, for the past seven years. He had came there night after night, sitting on the cold tiled floor doing nothing but gazing over the beautiful meadow covered in the bliss of moonlight. All he did was sit there and gaze and then slowly indulge in thoughts of solace until the sweet slumber embraced him with the cool soothing breeze.

He was again doing the same, but the slowly emerging light had started to smear over the grass leaves and the little stars he was gazing at were scared away by the light's advent, he sighed slowly and just was about to spring up from the floor that he heard a stamping sound from inside the house that made him jump and turn to the windows. The house which was not inhabited certainly had no curtains, he covered his sight with his palms on both side across the window's glass that he noticed was somehow clean and peeped inside, the usually dark, grand hallway had a dim light and to his surprise there was someone inside, a female figure, the sudden sight of which made his heart skip a beat with an obvious panick, but on realising that it was someone exercising he calmed his senses down with embarrassment and looked with curiosity. While looking, the thought that he was invading someone's privacy hit him, so he moved farther from the window, but unexpectedly the person inside seemed to walk towards him. "Fuck" he whispered in panick, held his cigarette between his lips, quickly grabbed his coat from the floor and made a swift jump on the sunshade below. The door towards the balcony opened and someone came out. He moved softly hiding himself within the sunshade and on reaching its edge caught hold of the slab of the wall adjacent to the house and sprung over it to the otherside. As he grabbed the wall he turned to look over the sunshade, in the balcony there was a girl, he couldn't get a clear view in the rush of the moment all he could say was that she was young. She just stood by the door and looked towards the meadow. Then she slowly moved towards the railing and grabbed it, inhaled the air with a smile and...her expression changed, she slightly lifted her head all perplexed, there came a sound of a jump from the other side, she turned to look, the light was not enough but at the neighbouring garden a guy stood up just after a jump, holding a cigarette between his lips, he turned and all she was greeted with was a cold gaze then with no further care or explaination he slowly trudged towards the house from the garden while helping himself with the coat. She kept her sight fixed for a moment then she turned to look at the meadow before her, the smell of the smoke had fainted, the air was chilly and the cooling sweat on her body was adding to it, she had another look at the neighbouring house then she walked in and closed the door.

to be continued....