Summer Breeze
“Natalie woke with a glaze of sweat on her skin. The heat pressed down on her eyelids, as if forcing her back into her swamp of sleep. She struggled to comprehend why she was so hot; the air-conditioning at Aunt Eleanor’s worked efficiently.…She wasn’t at Aunt Eleanor’s.She was in Ben’s bed.Her eyes flew open. All her senses flipped awake like flowers eager for rain. Next to her, Ben lay on his side, one arm over Natalie’s waist, as if to keep her from leaving, although he should know after last... night she had no intention of leaving. The warm gust of air ruffling the top of her head was Ben’s breath. She glanced down at his strong, tanned arm, each individual hair golden in the morning light. Perspiration glistened along his arm. His room was not air-conditioned. Why bother buying a window air conditioner? He was hardly ever here, he told her last night.Her eyes wandered the room, noticing what last night she’d been too occupied to see. Ben’s room was in an ordinary condominium—four square rooms, white walls, venetian blinds over the windows, an oatmeal-colored wall-to-wall carpet, commonplace moldings, hollow-core doors, basic.MoreLess
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