up in the air

There's that moment when the question dies, but the answer hasn't been born yet. A gap, a space, a moment of holding one's breath. A moment of bewilderment.

I love that moment, just as you know you have an answer, but it just hasn't come out yet, and the question is over. It's like throwing a ball into the air, and catching the moment when it's stopped rising, but hasn't begun to fall yet.