The Fourth Temple

As a soft sigh the morning sea breeze caressed gently the white linen curtains that hardly covered the rising sun. Slowly the sun rays showered inside of a renaissance decorated room, revealing the delightful space to anyone who stared from the balcony.

A playful wind went inside the room making the curtains separate a little. The freshness barely reached the bed where three legs could be seen uncovered by the white cotton bed sheet, however another leg and the silhouette of two bodies had managed to stay hidden unlike the legs at the bottom and the cascade of brown hairs at the pillows.

Claire opened her eyes and kissed the sleeping lips beside her, once out of the bed her hands pulled her hair up and wrapped it in a ponytail, she then grabbed an oversize shirt and walked towards the balcony where stared at the sea not far away from where she was standing, she turned around and saw an even more dazzling scene before her eyes, her mind went on about all the things they've been through and her heart jumped when she realized what they had achieved together, the beautiful scene seemed hand painted before her eyes and gently covered by the morning sun and the ocean's freshness.

The canals of Venice were gracefully showered by the first rays of the sun and slowly the queen of the sea got all the color back into her buildings and all the joy and life that was characteristic of her were coming back into place, soon the vendors will start claiming St. Mark's square and the noise of the water taxis would mix with the people moving around inside the city. It wasn't that far away for the early tourists to start arriving and bring on all the gibberish mood to the city until sunset again, but for now the city remained still and quiet, majestic holding up high on the sea staring at the mighty sun rise from the wide seas as the sun itself will crown her ethereal beauty.

The cotton fabric felt fresh and soft against the skin and something warned out that there were eyes observing, so quickly after waking up and stretched out a pair of brown eyes started scanning the room to find the one that was supposed to be in bed, it didn't took long to meet the eyes of Claire who was holding a cup of coffee and looking back from the balcony as she slightly smiled. 

The smell of coffee and sea breeze inundated the whole room, for a moment the thought of just going back to bed seemed very appealing but it was time to get out for coffee and a pair of rose lips smiled back at Claire, not moving however out of the bed, after three deep breathes Isabelle grunt softly and slide off the bed, she went over to Claire's side.

After giving her a soft kiss, she snuggled by her side and stared at the Venetian morning and held Claire's hand. She was well aware that Claire was everything but perfect and yet all her imperfections seemed flawless and perfect into Isabelle's eyes, this wasn't going to last forever, and that made it so wonderful and magical that it could be marked into Isabelle's heart and soul and last through eternities, the deep happiness of being with Claire was simply delightful it was sharing life with all its imperfections together what made every little moment in life just perfect, wonderful and magical.

They stayed there resting at the door frame as both their souls went out dancing through St. Mark's square and running around joyfully through the bridges of Venice until they dove into the Adriatic sea and flowed together to eternity.