Mixed Signals

The floor creaked and immediately Nathan was awake. A deep sleeper, Nathan could sleep through anything except the presence of someone else in his room would easily wake him. Disoriented from sleep Nathan lifted his head and half opened his eyes. His window was open across the dark room and the thin curtains danced in the wild billowing into the room. Nathan grimaced. Pissed that he’d left the window open, even though he thought it hadn’t even been open.