Chapter 9: Midnight

Nothing extraordinary happening in my life. Just everyday workout, life, leisure and then again workout. Chill out on weekend then again regular weekdays. Now a days, I am feeling sympathetic nervousness which is resulting to empathize on myself. I am a single man living in my office apartment. I have to praise for the location they have chosen for my apartment. I can see the river and a small jetty from here where few private boats are floating over the water. It's not a place for any fisher man their place is near the fish market. It's easier for them from there.

It's a middle of the night, I am on my balcony, staring the moon over the river where it's reflecting the mirage of the moon at its best. The shining moon on the river smearing lights like a sparkling glitter. It's stunningly beautiful. The moon is trying to hide it's face behind the white splitting clouds and I am the only lover of them watching with my gay eyes enjoying the hide and seek of the moon. The night is good, so as the weather, the soft breeze gently going over me. I can't think of anything but the lonely night itself. Life is beautiful woman for me. It can't be handled by clumsy hands or can't leave with negligence. Have to take good care of it.

The boats are all standing there over the water. I can ride it if I like to. Those boats are for us who are living here by our own companies. It's an area of all special management staffs. It's 12.30 a.m. I was sleeping till I woke up and end up in here on my balcony. Should I take a ride to the river where moon and water complimenting each other? Why not. It's not 2.00 a.m. Night is still young.

I took a package of cigarette, chocolate, cheese and chips that I love and a can of soda, not interested to get drunk now, feeling bit of a picnic mood by myself.

In a slow pace of my walk, I get down to the jetty, taken the boat which is red in colour and a colour that I love. It gives me a sense of romanticism and something to like about. After a few rows, I am there where I want to be but the gazing moonlight just telling me to go more further in deep to meet their sacred hideout where no human can see with their naked eyes. At some point, I stop my rowing and lay down on the soft cushions of the boat which were under the seat of the boat. They kept cushions, blankets, glasses, water bottle and a bag to keep the waste if there is any. I don't know what into me that makes me middle of the night rowing boat to see with my own eyes the beauty of the nature. I am not hoping any company right now but I feel presence. Can't tell what it is but I jumped on the boat when someone caressing my hair very gently and lightly. It is too jumped in the deep water. My heart is pounding like a racing horse now. Can't believe what just happened. I think I was alone. Who can it be in the middle of the night spying on me. Human? At this hour. It takes few more minutes to adhere the situation I am in right now. Then I can understand that it's my own inner anxiety that made me feels like that. I am relax now, started my own picnic with my loving couple then again I heard splash of water from behind and realised that I am not alone, it tried to grab me from behind like a hug. When it just happened? It left me wet with it's hand print. Atleast I can calm down with the thought that it is a human. But what on earth it's scaring hell out of me. It's he or she? I can't encourage myself to scream or yell on it especially in the middle of the night under the beautiful moon like that. Still I am not interested to run away from it. Now I want to see who it is? I wrapped up my things and lay down on the boat with blanket and a dark glass over my eyes so I can fool it. After a few moments of calmness, it appears over me slowly, gently and very calmly so I can't understand. It's a beautiful woman with long shining hair. The moonlight making her look stunning gorgeous. Her every bit of the wet body shinning like a diamond, I can see her glowing curves but only her upper body. For some reason she is not completely out of the water. I am just holding my breath so she can't understand that I am seeing her. I am wanting her to believe that I am sleeping. She staring me with her deep dark eyes like she is very glad to see me as if she was waiting for me. The softness of her eyes I can see even with my glasses that makes me forget to grab her to catch. Then very lightly she bend over me giving me kisses on my forehead, nose tip and on lips . I can't move when I realized what just happening with me. I can't believe what I am experiencing right now. Just like that she gone before I grab her.

I can't move for few minutes, I am just feeling better to know that a careless man like me have someone who loves to see me. Who knows from where she is, who she is but I am going to remember her, don't know if anyone can replace her but it's certain that I am not going to forget her.

After a while I row back to my apartment and fall asleep. The next day I am totally in a busy schedule, can't manage to have a time to think what happened last night. Is it a dream or real? When my office hours end and I am driving back to my apartment then again I come to remember about her which seems to me now a beautiful dream that I was looking for so long for myself on my personal lonely hours when everything is going in orders.