I was speechless.
I just stared down at him, fully aware of the fact that I had just kissed a
stranger who seemed closer to me than anyone I had encountered since the world
crumbled.
“I have to
say, when I first saw you I didn’t expect this” he raised an eyebrow. His arm
was still lightly touching my back and I shrugged it off before leaning back on
my heels.
“Neither did
I” I agreed.
“I take it
then that this is the first time for you?” For a moment I thought he was asking
me if this was the first time I had ever kissed a stranger, but of course he
was referring to the fact that we both possessed the darkness.
“Yes.” I
looked away, scanning the horizon. The sun had almost set completely and it was
getting hard to see. He nodded in a thoughtful way and followed my gaze. The
view that greeted me now was completely different to the one I had become
accustomed to in the years that I had lived here. The Bolte Bridge had framed
the setting sun for as long as I could remember, but now water and sky met in
unobstructed harmony.