Candle
A mile of mahogany stretched between us, the blue, velvet table runner cutting through it like a river. The room was too dark and the music too loud.
I think he meant for it to be romantic, but it's quite difficult to look alluring when you're eating a salad that you can barely see.
Still, I kept smiling even though I knew he couldn't tell.
When I looked up at him, I could only see was the glow of the candles illuminating the center of the table and that shadow that was his face just outside the halo of light.
I think he meant for it to be romantic, but it's quite difficult to look alluring when you're eating a salad that you can barely see.
Still, I kept smiling even though I knew he couldn't tell.
When I looked up at him, I could only see was the glow of the candles illuminating the center of the table and that shadow that was his face just outside the halo of light.