Steam filled the bathroom as the shower door opened and the water turned off. An arm reached out grabbing a towel off a hook. As her leg slid out of the shower the cotton towel glided across her smooth skin. Her body brushed dry, she stepped out into the steamy room wiping the fog from the mirror. Looking back at her was her blue eyed, under her light brown haired reflection. Pushing the hair from her face she looked at herself and all she could think of was her lover thousands of miles away. Closing her eyes she flipped her head to the side fallowed by her body heading for the bathroom door. Pulling her red silk robe off the hook and slipping it on, she opened the door. The steam escaped the room and poured out into the hallway fallowing her as she moved to her room.
Entering her room she looked around for a moment. Her bed was made up the light of the moon seeping through the open balcony doors. The curtains fluttered with a soft cool breeze. Shadows dance about the room from the flam in the fireplace. In front of the fire was a chair awaiting her.
The bed had gone unused as of late, most nights she would sit in front of the fire with a book, dreaming of what could be and drift off to sleep. As she glided across the room from the door to her chair, her robe let loose exposing her delicate skin to the cold chill entering via the balcony’s open door. She shook with a slight shiver and placed another log onto the fire. Grabbing a glass of wine, she had poured for herself just before her shower, off the mantle along with her book she sat back in her chair facing the flames. Reaching beside her she picked up her glasses. Placing them on her face the flames reflected off the lenses as she read her book and sipped her wine.
“…and as Roxanne placed her quivering hand upon Bryson’s massive chest…” she read aloud and dropped her book to her breast, closing her eyes. “Mark!” she sighed and a tear rolled down her cheek. Placing the book down and dropping her now empty glass to the carpet below, her eyes fluttered rapidly as images flashed through her brain. A strong gust of wind blew through the opened doors and across the room. The curtains danced wildly in the wind and the fire extinguished.
“I miss you,” she cried out with more tears rolling down her cheeks. In the cold air a warm sensation hit her as a pair of hands landed atop her shoulders and caressed her working their way to her neck. Again something warm, this time on her forehead, a pair of lips as they kissed from her forehead to her nose. She did not however open her eyes for she knew exactly who it was, her lover whom she had dreamt about every night since their first meeting.