He called almost as soon as the movie ended.
“Don’t you sleep yet?”
“No, I watched the movie and waited for you to call.”
“What is the film?”
“About love, it just ended. How are you?”
“There are issues, but we will solve them. Everything is fine in general.”
“Did you tire?”
“Your kiss would have quickly cured my fatigue.”
“Then come.”
“Not tonight, Sasha, although I wish you were here. Now go to sleep, sweet dreams. Tomorrow, as usual, I’ll pick you up.”
“And sweet dreams to you. I kiss you.”
“I do, too.”
It’s good that Arthur called me. He is the best! It’s a pity that he’s not coming. I looked at the table which was a tray of dishes from the dinner and the folder with the pictures – I took them with me and did nothing today. “How do I draw this logo? Now I couldn’t think about it. ‘The night brings counsel.’ I go to bed, and tomorrow we shall understand.”
I took the tray to the kitchen, washed the dishes, then bathed in the bathroom, brushed my teeth and went to bed.
Chapter 9. Sleep: Logo
The city with its narrow streets, I was here again. I went just a half a block down the street to the cafe Near You. Going into it, I saw the same interior, Alexa was sitting at the same table. I happily rushed to her.
“Hi, Alexa. I’ve missed you!”
“Hi, Alexandra. It seems that you have something to tell you” Alexa smiled at me warmly.
“Yes, so much has happened.”
The waitress came up to us, brought coffee.
“I don’t even know where to start. I fell in love.”
“The guy with the yellow bag?”
“Yes, this is he, Arthur. He’s cool. And I got a job as advertising specialist in his firm Absolute. This company is engaged in sale and installation of security systems. Today I received my first assignment. You know, I have to develop company logo. I still never came up with anything like this and don’t even know how I’ll handle it.”
“You need to start somewhere. We can ponder about this with you. The company name will include the logo?”
“Yes, Arthur and Maxim – it’s their firm, they want that.”
“What do they want else?”
“They want the logo to be recognizable and memorable. Arthur said that they had seen the logo that included the image of a tiger and the name of the company, written vertically. People will remember this. But we need not so much an animal, how to unite the name of the firm Absolute and security systems in one memorable image.”
“What may be in the logo, if not an animal?”
“They don’t know exactly. I assumed person. Maxim said that it could be both person and house, and the security system. But the security system will not fit in the logo; I drew the house and did not see it there, too.”
“So, you have: ‘Absolute,’ ‘unite,’ ‘security system,’ ‘image,’ ‘person.’”
“Somehow I imagined person and threads coming from him.”
“Well, let’s add ‘threads.’ And what is a security system?”
“I not quite yet figured that out, but the security system used to protect home, office; there are in it any sensors, video cameras for monitoring and tracking and much more.”
“Then the security system used to protect and control to none of the other people have not penetrated into some room unnoticed, right?”
“I think right.”
“Let’s see what you got now: ‘security system,’ ‘protection,’ ‘control,’ ‘thread,’ ‘person,’ ‘Absolute.’”
“You changed the word order.”
“Yes, you noticed right.”
“You know, I would paint ‘person,’ connected by ‘threads’ with ‘control’ and ‘protection’ that, allegedly, he has everything under control with the security system. I imagine two hands and from them ‘threads’ to ‘control’ and ‘protection.’ And on the side, I would write ‘Absolute’ as Arthur and Maxim saw vertically.”
“And where you will place ‘security system?’”
“Can be at the bottom, under ‘control’ and ‘protection.’”
“Now you need to draw all and see what how it looks. You will remove excess.”
“What if is there something wrong?”
“‘Creations’ always bear by that way. You create starting with something. Then you change and fix it more than once to get the optimal option. It may seem that there are the people who do that immediately. In fact, everyone goes through a lot of trial and error, creating or discovering something new.”
The outlines of the cafe together with Alexa began to disappear….
Chapter 10. Absolute. Love
The alarm clock rang – it was time to get up. I wanted to lie at least a couple of minutes to watch the dream… It seems I was dreaming a cafe. What was I doing there? The dream dissolved, and I no longer remembered it. The mood was good. I felt well rested and cheerful. Sitting on the bed, I was pulled with pleasure, wanted to turn on the music, which I did.
Dancing to the music, I went to the bathroom to wash up and take a shower. After a bath, I wanted to eat something special in the kitchen. I found ice cream in the freezer – just what I wanted. Thaw it in a microwave for a little bit, grate the chocolate on top, pour the nuts – mmm…, a pleasure. That’s all. I have left ice cream and started making coffee. Cream for it was not, they ended yesterday, but the coffee ice cream was even better.
I ate and savored every bite. All my senses are heightened – probably, love affects a man that way. I enjoyed every moment of this morning, every sip of coffee, a spoon of ice cream. It was a state of euphoria.
I washed the dishes after breakfast. Dancing again, I returned to the room and began to choose what to wear. Today I didn’t want to put on favorite jeans, which I usually dressed. The woman woke up in me, and, looking through my closet, I chose a dress of bright scarlet color. Is it too defiantly? I go to work, not to have fun, but I wanted it!
I remembered the expression “something is not allowed – one has a great wish – then it is allowed!” I had a chain with a pendant in the shape of a snake for this dress – I wore the dress and it. While I was drying my hair after a shower, I decided not to do the tail. I have left to tint the eyes, apply bright lipstick to match the dress and perfume.
When I finished, I liked my reflection in the mirror very much. Arthur called, he was already downstairs in the yard, and I still had to find shoes to the dress. I told him that I was going to him, and tried to remember where the kitten heel can be, and I also needed another bag. Yay! I found right shoes and bag. Donning my coat, I almost ran out of the house without a folder with pictures, leaving playing music. Quickly