The Astrometry

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The Astrometry- By Jennifer Gerry

It was something that she had always wondered about. Why the clouds floated by her window, she would dream about the world beyond her. She could lightly hear Ayumu fingering, whatever it was. Just another one of his endless supply of odds and ends that did something. Although at least this time she had a guess. At least she knew it was some kind of lens. After all, she had seen him take it off the telescope. She could hear the light noise of the polishing cloth, formerly his pocket square, as he wiped the spot from the lens. The mid afternoon sun was lowering in the sky and she saw the change in the wind. The clouds drifted over them now. The glass ceiling of the atrium loomed over them and above its high dome the clouds drifted even higher. She wondered. Ayumu patiently ignored her distant wandering as she shifted her arms on the back of the sofa. Despite his polished appearance, his collar was popped and the fact that he was using his pocket square to polish a lens lead one to think differently of his nature.

A quiet demure person at heart he found Amami’s useless wandering so be rather relaxing, despite her outlandish behavior sometimes. Still he didn't have the heart to right his collar, at least with her there anyways. The palms brushed against the walls of the atrium as the air conditioning came on. The many plants inside needed tender care. That duty fell to them, however it was not a task to be taken lightly. Although he often found her mind to be rather blank, he couldn't help but think that Amami was well suited for the caring sort of job. He was nearly done with the lens now, and soon it would be dark enough to use the telescope. And then they would part, return to there dorms, to return the next day once agin to care for the plants. it was a routine he had found himself comfortable with and although there were few things that could get a response out of him, Amami was one of them.

She sighed a bit and looked down at him as he finished wit the lens and placed it back into the end on the telescope. Getting it into place, he gracefully sat back down on the sofa, and listened as Amami returned to her little dreamworld. The mint green pillow she had leaned on slid down the back of the sofa and came to rest beside her. She pushed herself up on the back of the couch as he attempted to refold his pocket square. It was something he did frequently, yet, he always found it better when she helped. “ Ayumu? Do you think that we will change as much as the clouds. I know things are going to change, your graduating this year. Still I like things like this.” He looked back down to his lap, re-concerning himself with the pocket square. “ Yeah, your right. It will be fine.”And once again, she lost herself in the shifting clouds.

The stars would be out soon.