Never close our Eyes

Chapter 1

I stood in front of my window. It was cold and stormy outside, and the trees in the street were bowing because of the storm. Sometimes, people were running through the rain, and cutted the curtains of heavy raindrop.

A man with a colourful umbrella was running by. Suddenly, a breeze let his umbrella fly away. He didn't care, he just ran on.

The umbrella was flying on and on, a dot of colour, floating through the rain.

I couldn't move away from the window. It was so beautiful...and scary.

"Adam?" Suddenly a voice appeared close by my ear.

"Hey Sauli."

"It's getting late. Do you come?" His thick Finnish accent was hearable in every single word.

"Give me a few minutes." I heard his steps slowly moving away, and then the silence was here again.

I looked outside again. The street was empty, the rain has nearly stopped. The umbrella has vanished.

Pity.

I slowly turned around. My steps were so loud on the stonefloor. And suddenly, I felt alone. So alone...

As I finally laid down beneath Sauli, who was already sleeping, the feeling hasn't vanished.

And when I finally fell asleep, all my thoughts were dangeling around the man and the colorful umbrella.