100 – “Pick me up at 01:45″
I arrived at 02:00. Parked at the couriers’ lot—”Reserved 24hrs.” I wonder who’d come tow me away.
Anyways, phone’s charged; signal’s good. Now, I wait. Hopefully, it’d arrive before half past. I’ve yet to come across a flight from America that arrives on time. How do they get away with it? I mean, if I were as punctual as they are, I would’ve lost all my friends and business contacts!
The windows are fogging up. Tha e fuar! It’s summer isn’t it? Let’s go for a stroll. Hmm… can’t see the stars tonight. I don’t miss the summer stars anyway. Unlike the hunter, the twins, and the bull, who’s kept me company when I’m heading out and coming in, duckie usually shows up only when I’m turning in bed.
Heh, “Duckie,” that’s what she calls Cygnus. It’d be nice to have her back in town. Her first visit to the Big Apple should nae’ve been so horrible. Should’ve gone with her. I still remember that SOS phone call last week: The very frustration in her voice! Still, she wanted to be a good guest despite her crappy host. Good on her.
I wonder if I can grab a cuppa to warm up. Hmm…. Might keep me from my sleep later on though. What time is it? 03:32? You gotta be joking me! What’s going on???
Boards at the terminal says “Delayed.” At least it’s coming.
I need my bed. Let’s sing a song…. My voice is gone, fallen asleep without me.
Can’t she just take a cab? She’s got a whole house of people, bound by blood, yet she called on me (bound by Love. (Sigh…)).
Be strong. Be strong and stay awake! You’re the one she could depend on. It’s for moments like this that you’re alive. Look, patience is stretched, beneath you, like a safety net.
When kinship fails to deliver, Love steps in. 04:40.
Yay! She’s finally home safe and sound, and she bought me a fountain pen as well. I ought to be happy if I weren’t so knackered. “Goodnight” or “Good morning,” I can’t tell, but the hug is real. I felt that.
Once again alone in the car, having 41st all to myself, vanilla in my mirrors, and in front of me, periwinkle, my favourite.
“In your patience possess ye your souls.”