Alice and the Fly by James Rice

Author:James Rice [Rice, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 2015-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

DATE UNKNOWN

So its the middle of the night and Im huddled in bed and from the weight of my head Im certain Im sleeping when suddenly a sound like taptaptap comes from the glass of my fireescape window and at first I try to ignore the sound try to keep my eyes shut try to pretend Im asleep but as the sound persists I cant help but wake cant help but sit up cant help but notice you out in the darkness your palm against the glass your breath white and shivering in the silver glaze of moonlight and at first Im confused and a little scared because it can be a little scary and confusing to wake in the night with someones face at the window but as you raise your hand and tap once more and fix those wideblue eyes upon me all my fear and confusion subsides and turns within my stomach and I see that smile that smile and all I want is to let you in to peel back that wall of doubleglazed glass between us and admit you into the safety of my room into the softwarmness of my bed however as I reach for my fireescape windowhandle I find the windowhandle hard and immovable and my fireescape window fixed and unopenable and lockeduptight and of course my fireescape window is lockeduptight my fireescape window has been lockeduptight for years my fireescape window has been lockeduptight ever since that incident with the paragliding one of THEM and so as I scramble out of bed to my videoshelf to retrieve the windowkey from my Brief Encounter videocase to peel back the wall of doubleglazed glass between us and admit you into the softwarmness of my bed you can imagine my shock and horror to find the videocase completely sealed in a prettymuchimpenetrable layer of crinkled brown parceltape my frustration when I cant seem to be able find any kind of seam from which I can peel back the parceltape my desperation as the taptaptapping resumes and I glance up and see you there still with those eyes fixed upon mine still with that smile that smile and all I can do is tell you that Im sorry Im sorry but not to worry not to worry Ill soon have the videocase open Ill soon have the windowkey Ill soon peel back that wall of doubleglazed glass between us and admit you into the softwarmness of my bed and everything will be OK everything will be OK everythingwillbeOK but to be honest Im not entirely sure everything will be OK in fact Im not entirely sure you can even hear me because afterall the windows doubleglazed and Im speaking fairly quietly so as not to wake any of my family and your face isnt showing any sign of having heard me and is still fixed in that same vacant smile and small white flakes of snow are now drifting through the darkness settling on your hair

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