Time: 18:55. Location: Red geranium avenue, Williams house.
7 days until the honey festival.
Stefan, lying on his back on the bedroom carpet, inhales the Lucky Star until he feels a bitter aftertaste in the throat, then blows a kiss into the air and spits out the smoke. Trails of ethereal grays and blues rise and swirl and then disappear, leaving a burnt stench as proof of their existence. Stefan reaches out and hands the cigarette to the girl lying next to him. Clarissa accepts the Lucky Star and takes a drag.
The only witnesses to the couple's sharing are old movie posters: Rocky, Terminator, Scarface, Predator... All scowling strong men with big guns in their hands. A cherry red guitar on the wall at the head of the bed. On the mattress rest the backpacks of both. On the desk of the PC is a fan turned on and pointed at the open window, so as to avoid the bedroom stinking of cheap cigarettes.
