Glowing

My computer mouse glowing in the dark office

And now for the "short story".

The mouse lies still, in the dark. It can hear the shuffling sound of feet. Somewhere...but from which direction? Ears pricked, it listens...

It hears the noise again. Might it be a cat?

It is unmistakable now. It can smell the cat...

Padding feet, coming closer...

And closer yet...

The cat will pounce soon, it knows.

~~~~~

The cat yowls and jumps off the table.

The mouse was glowing!

- Imagined scenario, if the computer mouse (above) were a real mouse...

This week's challenge: Near

Seems that I didn't need much time to get a photo after all. Here:


These are always near when I'm using my computer ^_^ (at home, I mean)

And I also got inspired in a different way...so I'm going to try to do this for future themes as well (no promises though, only if I get any ideas). I present you... *drumroll, please*... the MiniStory^TM!

Haha, okay, it's just a short story (really short). I wanted to do something like this on another blog, but it didn't work out too well... Now I'm wondering whether I should keep the MiniStories here or whether I should post them there. Hmm...anyway, I'll start them here.

She gazes out the window, listening to the raindrops as they hit the windowpane. She wishes it were Sunday, but it is only Friday.

She misses him terribly. A week without seeing him, that is just too much.

The rain continues to fall, and she recalls the lyrics of a song: We're under the same sky. Yes, they were under the same sky, weren't they? She wonders whether it is raining where he is now.

All these business trips...he assures her that without them, they wouldn't have enough to live on. She supposes it is true.

With a sigh, she turns out the light and goes to bed, wishing that she could sleep through the next day.

~~~

But she doesn't. The next morning awakes her, and she mopes around the house, not knowing what to do.

In the afternoon she can't bear it any longer. She decides to go out for a walk.

As she passes a hedge she remembers what he had said about the park behind it. Dark and gloomy, you don't want to go there. But she feels dark and gloomy. Maybe it is perfect for this moment, she thinks.

She walks around in the park. It isn't so dark and gloomy after all. Her spirits are actually lifted by the vast greenery around her.

She hears a child cry, "Daddy! Daddy!" She looks around and sees a little boy running towards a man. Oh, how the man resembles him, she thinks. Then with a shock, she realises that it is him.

She freezes in place, looking at the scene that seems so unreal, like from a movie. The man hugs the boy and they both walk off. It isn't until they are out of sight that she finds that she can move again.

As she walks home with tears in her eyes, all she could think of was, he was so near.

Written in 15 minutes (roughly). I hope you were entertained!