Through the café window I can see the gentle yet persistent rain which is engaged in a tireless and care free haranguing of the pavement, it's an on-going debate regarding the latter’s existence: the pavement’s position is relatively solid but will no doubt erode, in a matter time, due the conviction in, and persistence of, the rain’s argument. I would have been distracted by this elemental polemic for a while longer if you hadn’t stepped through the door; your long and beautiful blonde…

The weekend had been a good one, even if the occasional uncomfortable moment had made each other’s company a little jarring. He remembered that prior to this weekend they hadn’t seen each other in about a year and then thought that in coming here he’d probably been a bit rash, maybe even stupid.  He considered the fact that over the duration of the weekend they hadn’t really spoken much; there was so much he’d wanted to say, but the right moment never seemed to present itself. Perhaps always…