Summer Once again I woke up alone and tucked like a baby within the blanket. I turned my head, looked at the sky outside the window and slumped on my back as I sighed out loud. The day before yesterday after playing chess and then him actually answering my questions, he had taken my hand and announced that I needed to sleep because it was getting late. But as I got ready to point out that I wasn’t a child like he was treating me, a yawn took over. And the smirk he gave me told me that he knew what was going inside my mind, as he had asked, “Have something else in mind?” I hadn't replied, simply ignored the urge to stomp my foot and made my way upstairs to the bedroom. We hadn't said anything else after that. And I knew it wasn’t because we didn’t have anything to talk to but for a time