Dead of Night

Lindsey felt her life had become dull. When was the last time she felt the thrill of anything? Every day was the same, wake up, go for a walk, eat breakfast, work, lunch more work, supper, attempt one of her many hobbies bed, repeat, over and over. Sure she and her roommate did fun things on the weekend, but even that felt dull now.

Was this just adulthood? Would life always be this grey? What happened to the colour of childhood? The spark of teenagehood? Surely she couldn't have spent the last two decades, wanting to grow up just for her to see grey!

She'd done what everyone said, she went to school, got the job, the apartment, everything was safe, and sure was it boring! She wanted to get her colour back. But she drew a blank, what could she do?

She was an adult now, she could do anything she wanted, and maybe that was the problem. There was nothing risky in doing whatever she wanted, no risk no reward.

So she'd create her own risk... She would sneak out and watch the sunrise! She always wanted to try that as a teen. She would see if she could sneak out without her roommate finding out. This was her most ridiculous idea. But why not? Who was it going to hurt?

Friday night came and to her surprise, her roommate passed out during the movie. Rather than risking it, Lindsey paused the movie and headed to bed. Setting her alarm for some ridiculous hour.

To her surprise, she got up with ease. She found' her comfiest sweater, and carefully slipped out of her room. The apartment was still dark, except for the glow of the TV, her roommate hadn't woken up. This added a level of difficulty.

Lindsey listened – her roommate was snoring, good she was still in deep sleep, slowly moving across the living room, before Lindsey made it to the entryway, "I'd better steal a blanket." she whispered.

Carefully she made her way to the basket, grabbed her favourite one and made her way quietly to the coat closet. She tip-toed around all the shoes trying not to trip she made it out the door.

Walking through the quiet apartment building she could feel her excitement growing. She raced to her car in the cold, she should have used her command start, cranking the heat she headed out.

Soon she pulled into the parking lot of her favourite coffee shop, she didn't even know they were open this early. She got a hot chocolate and a fresh donut. She headed to her favourite spot by the river and sat on the hood of her car and watched the sun come up. She inhaled deeply and watched as the sky filled with colours and suddenly the world no longer felt so dull. She sat there till her body went stiff. She climbed back into her car and headed home.

When she walked in the door she smelled bacon, "Where were you? I woke up on the couch and the house was too quiet." Her roommate offered her a plate.

"I went out!' she smirked, "Don't worry about it."