Ether – A Short Story
*** Ether *** “Aren’t you gonna tell me what’s wrong?” She said it in a warm voice with a playful smile while rolling towards his side. He looked at her acting indifferent while taking his head away from the pillow. She raised her head and further opened her eyes contracting her forehead. He could now notice her neck wrinkles more than ever. Then she poked his chest a few times with her index and repeated: “Tell me tell me tell me. What’s wrong?” She was caressing his shoulder and his back with her silky palms, while gazing steadily at his troubled eyes. He tried to look as indifferent as he could, but his eyes betrayed him, they looked overwhelmed by sadness. “I just remembered something miserable, that’s all.”, he said. “So?” “So what?” “Aren’t you gonna tell me what did you remember? Come on! OMG you’re unbearable.” She said that and rolled to the other side giving him her back in frustration. He did not want to make her feel sad, he cannot be sure if he