9/29/2015

Dawn

The sound of rain against the waterproof fabric of the tent woke Morgan up. He turned around and found the other side of the portable matress empty. He checked his watch and saw that it was almost 6 am. He fished in his backpack for a jacket and a umbrella, put on his walking shoes, and got out to try to find Nereida. 

They had camped behind some dunes on the beach, he climbed the dunes, the hood of his jacket pulled over his head. The rain intensified, but the sky over the sea was clear showing the first lights of dawn, down on the beach there was a dark bulge that Morgan identified as Nereida. He walked down to her, opened the umbrella, and sat beside her. She was smiling, starig at the sea, the salty wind on her face, her hair wet from the rain. She was wrapped on a blanket, but it wasn't doing much, soaked as it was. 

-It's raining.- he said. 

-I know.- Nereida replied, her eyes still on the sea.- I wanted to see the sunrise, and the sea is so beautiful when it rains. 

She fell silent and the sound of the waves washing on the shore filled the void in the conversation. Rain kept falling while the sun rose on the sea, they watched in silence under the umbrella. Suddenly, Nereida stood up and started undressing. 

-What are you doing?- Morgan asked. 

-No ho entendries.- Nereida replied in her native Catalan. 

Indeed, Morgan wouldn't understand, he stared in disbelief at her as she jumped stark naked in the sea under the rising sun. 

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