Sarah walked the dark street slowly, lingering on each step. Her twenty first birthday had brought surprises and a bit too much wine. Sarah would not say she was drunk, but she was pleasantly humming. Yes, she liked the sound of that - pleasantly humming. She closed her eyes and remembered each dance with the men at the club. Most of them had been happy to dance with her. One, however had stayed in the shadows, just out of her line of vision. He'd made her body hum with excitement, the way she knew he was staring at her. She made sure that when she danced a slow sexy dance, she'd been turned toward him, dipping to show off her cleavage, then spinning away from his corner of the bar to grab onto a willing dance partner. It had been fun, she'd had fun for the first time in forever.
It's only forever, not long at all...
She giggled at the stray thought that had formed in her mind. Forever not long at all? That made no sense, but then again, not too much did lately. She'd finished college like the good girl her father always said she was, dated a few men to please Irene's need to tell her friends that no, Sarah was not anti social. But tonight was different. She could feel the night breezes pick up and caress her. Like a gloved hand just waiting for her to acknowledge it.
She looked to the sky, but there was nothing there. No strange owl staring back at her, no glittery figure standing in the mid air against the full moon. No, just stars and sky and a sense of longing that had been growing all night. She thought about the man at the bar again. He'd never come close enough for her to see him, but she had noticed platinum blond hair that framed his face in a familiar way. Almost like a dream she'd had, years ago.
As she entered her apartment, she managed to get out of her tight dress and into a soft flannel set of pajamas. Easing into her bed, she sighed. She'd tell Hoggle and the others that she had a good birthday when she talked to them, but she'd rather have been with them, to see them again.
To see him again, a voice floated into her mind. She smiled, fading off to sleep. To see him again.