Thursday, August 31, 2006
Mice

I watched the tiny mouse as it scampered its way in and out of the stacked pallets at the bar. "How cute," I thought, and tried to follow its path from one side of the bar to the other. It was very small, and darted cheekily out of holes and between legs. No one saw the little thing but me, and I let it amuse me while I waited.

Later on that night, after a very enjoyable three course meal at the kind of restaurant that serves up wagyu beef, "smashed" salads, jerusalem artichoke crème brûlée and waiters who bow and use the phrase "very good Sir" when a wine is selected from the menu, I heard a small sound coming from the floor of my bedroom.

"What was that?" I whispered, peering over the side of the bed to try and see in the dark.

"I didn't hear anything," he replied, and I decided I was imagining things.

Another sound. Small things being knocked over. Scrabbling.

"What the fuck is that sound! There's something in here..."

"Probably not..." he said, but this time didn't look so convinced.

The blinds moved suddenly and rattled against the window.

"That's just the wind," he said.

"But I closed the window before!"

"Are you sure?"

"Positive."

We sat in the dark and waited. The blinds moved again and suddenly, at the corner of the window where they didn't quite reach, something appeared.

"There! There!" I whispered frantically. "In the corner! Did you see it?"

"Yes! It's a little mouse."

"It looked huge to me...was it outside or inside? I really hope it was outside the window..."

"Inside," he laughed quietly and kept watching the corner, his eyes bright.

"What are you doing?" I asked as he sat, still staring.

"Waiting for it to come into the corner again,"

"How did a mouse get inside my bedroom? And I can't sleep in here! What if it climbs up the blanket into my bed while I'm sleeping!"

"Shhh."

We waited, and then all of a sudden it appeared in the corner again. It tried to run up the wall at the side of the window before falling down and running back the other way behind the blinds again. It made it about half a metre up the wall, and it didn't look very small to me. More rat than mouse. I'm not sure if he noticed I had retreated towards the back of the bed, farthest from the window. My previous thoughts of mice being cute were nowhere to be found.

"It's getting late, I really need to go home," he said as the rodent still made all manner of noise wandering around my bedroom.

"I know. There's no way I'm sleeping in here tonight. Should we turn on the light? I'm slightly scared to..."

"No, leave it off."

"Where are my jeans? They were here somewhere."

"You were wearing a skirt today,"

"I know, but my jeans are somewhere around here. I have to turn the light on."

The room lit up, but we saw no mouse. He went to examine behind the blinds, inside my wardrobe and behind my chest of drawers, but found nothing.

"Just so you know, my room has never attracted vermin before..." I said, laughing.

"I believe you," he returned the laugh. "I'm guessing you'll be tidying your room tomorrow."

We walked to the door, and I kissed him goodbye.

"Enjoy your sleep on the couch," he smiled.
posted by Erica 8/31/2006 10:59:00 AM
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