Romancing Moon

Playing Detective & Restless Night

It was close to midnight, tonight was a full moon. The otherwise dark room was warmly bathed in the moonlight near the open window. As the breeze blew in, making the curtains flutter lightly, it carried the faint fragrance of jasmine.

While most of the people had gone to sleep, Amaris was still up. Tonight for some reason sleep eluded her. She could not keep her finger on exactly what was bothering her. She was resting on her stomach, looking at the open window, mesmerized by the silver beams of moonlight.

As the scent of jasmine tickled her nostrils the corner of her mouth upturned. It was an unconscious movement. She was not even aware of the subtle smile that graced her lips. It was relaxing but at the same time, the underlying tension was making her a bit anxious.

Was this feeling of something and nothing is what people describe as intuition? Amaris mused.

As she lay in her bed drowning herself in random worries to figure out the main reason behind her restlessness she heard the door of her room open.

Startled, she lifted her upper body up, turned, and stretched her neck towards the source of the sound. The faint light from the hallway filled the small opening for a second, as the person stepped out, shut the door, and left, once again leaving the room was shrouded in the darkness.

'Who left?' Amaris muttered to herself.

The room was shared by four persons in total, Sara, Raine, Misty, and her. The girls were best of friends and lived in harmony.

Thinking for a while Amaris slowly got down the bunk bed. She made sure to keep her moments light and avoided making any kind of noise. She slipped on her slippers and quietly like a mouse made her way to the door.

But unexpectedly, as she was about to open the door the lights were turned on.

Stunned by the bright light, Amaris turn with her right arm covering her eyes. When she hears someone clearing their throat she lowers her arm and looks at the duo feeling embarrassed. But then she realizes that she was behaving like a thief who got caught red-handed, which was wrong!

She was not the one who did something behind their back, so as she reasoned with herself, Amaris straightened her back and then bravely faced them.

It turned out that the missing person was Sara.

'Spill!' Raine said with hands folded under her chest and looking at her with a suspicious-filled gaze.

'There is nothing, really.' Amaris said but then she continued when she saw that Raine was not buying it.

'Ahh...' Aamris groaned but continued. 'I was not feeling sleepy and then I heard the door of our room open and got curious. I did not want to disturb you guys so I was careful with my moments. That's it.' Amaris raised her left hand to swear by her statement.

'By the way, where is Sara?' Misty asked when she finally noticed that the missing person was Sara. Earlier she was sleeping soundly and what she heard was still muddled by sleep. But now she was wide awake.

'We will find out in a while. Follow me.' Raine said and then the trio left the room.

'Do you know something?' Amaris asked Raine. Raine was the Sherlock of their little group. While the duty of Watson shuffled between Amaris and Misty, Sara could not play Watson, definitely, not her cup of tea.

'I have noticed that for the past few weeks, Sara would go exploring at the night every Tuesday and Friday. Last time I almost found her but at the last minute she escaped.' Raine frowned. She did not like losing, especially, not while playing detective.