Chapter 10: Sleepwalkers' dream. Part I.

He woke up as usual, early riser by nature he stretched still in bed and sighed, but a content sigh into the morning.

He strolled towards the bathroom, showered, brushed his teeth, shaved and went to the room to get dressed. He approved himself in the mirror nearby and went toward the kitchen, made his breakfast, ate, and grabbed his keys and headed to the door.

He decided to walk that day to work, it was a gorgeous day outside, so he decided to make most of it. It was not far from his apartment, a plus in this day and age.

As he got into the building he waved 'hello' to the number of workers as he made his way toward his floor and office. Grabbing the elevator, pushed his number and whistled the way through.

When the elevators' doors opened, he found the usual chaos, Yevgeny cursing at some code on his computer, Joe Armand on the phone and on his mobile, picking girls with one and working with the other. Richard fighting with a copy machine, his secretary doing something else, and Witold reviewing some written documents.

But he saw that there was not Nessa to be found...'where was Nessa?' he would think.

He strolled to her office, but saw no one, papers everywhere on her desk, CDs, DVDs, headphones, action figures on the shelves along with manuals and tutorials. It looked busy, but it was silent.

-"She will be back...(He heard someone said beside him, but it was someone he was surpirsed to see. It was Charles Daniel, in the flesh, clad in a white suit) what, no hug?" He asked seeing his face, clearly in shock.


He awoke with shudder almost screaming. He looked around to see himself in his room and on his bed. He got out of the bed and walked toward the kitchen to get something to drink. He saw the clock on the wall that read the wee hours of the night. He turned and saw some suitcases on his living room, his heart sank a little, reality kicked him.

-"You can't sleep?" Said Alexei that came out from the other room on the apartment.

-"Not much..." Aleksandr said sitting on a nearby kitchen chair.

-"Sorry I chrashed your place, I didn't feel like staying home...too...silent" The child said as he sat on the other chair of the set.

-"Want something?"

-"Milk please...Nessa would give me milk when I couldn't sleep"

-"Sure thing..." He said going towards the fridge and proceded to serve the drink.

-"She'll be back, won't she?" The child asked suddenly.

-"She will be back..." Said Aleksandr said remembering Charles Daniel from his dream, a few moments ago.

He remembered her smile as she left, her smile as she leapt from the building and then it was darkness.