Sleeping in the Shadow of Secrets

The sun had barely peeked over the horizon when I threw my blankets aside and rose, shivering. My room was cold, but the chill wasn’t what had awakened me. I glanced at the other side of my bed and saw no one there, which disappointed me, for I’d been having the most amazing dream.

I sat up against the headboard and stared into space for a few minutes, trying to recall my mind’s eye picture of my dream lover. It was so hard to recollect sometimes; it was always like this. I closed my eyes and pictured him again. The broad shoulders, the strong chin, the piercing blue eyes…

Oh goodness. What had I done?

I glanced at the foot of my bed and saw his clothes neatly folded and waiting for him. He must be in the kitchen making breakfast. I rubbed my face with both hands as I thought about how furious he would be at me if he knew that I dreamed of him while awake, too. He didn’t like it when others looked at him with lust in their eyes. He never spoke of it directly to me, never said anything about it at all actually, but he did tell me once that his mother had told him that men were beasts who could not help themselves when women showed an interest in them.

I would have to ask him about this later today; perhaps he would even share more about his childhood with me sometime soon so that we could get to know each other better. It seemed strange though; I’d known him for years now and yet still knew so little about his life before he came here to live with us.

I got out of bed and quickly went through my morning routine, then wrapped myself in a robe before quietly heading downstairs to find him. I took a deep breath as I walked down the steps; it was so strange knowing that it would be just us two in the house today because everyone else was away on vacation somewhere near Mount Stromboli or something like that.

The house seemed quiet as I descended down into the living room and approached the kitchen door. There was no sound coming from inside so I decided to crack open the door a bit and peer inside before announcing myself, just in case he was naked or something like that. *He is often naked when he first wakes up.* My cheeks lit up slightly as I thought about this; yes! Today was going to be a very good day! If only because of this whole unexpected situation!