I opened my eyes and reached for the phone just as one of the quarters was falling off the bedside table. I was quite comfortable and in one of those well deserved "yesterday was exhausting and frustrating but I came home to the person laying next to me and everything just made sense" kind of sleeps. Ya know, the sleep thats so good you acutally feel rested in the morning mostly because of the warmth supplied by the naked person beside you? Yea, thats the type of sleep I was getting. Complete with my naked sleeping beauty beside me.
The vibrations from the phone had caused the stack of quarters on the table, to topple. By the time I reached the phone and silenced the vibrating alarm roughly a dollar seventy five in change had fallen to the floor. It was 7:15am, I had already pressed 'snooze' twice.
The room was still dark thanks to the drawn curtains but the sunlight was starting to peak through the open seams. I rolled over, sat up, carefully got out of bed, then walked towards the bathroom while stretching in the process. Quietly closing the door and without turning on the light, I relieved myself. Kinda funny how long you can pee in the mornings. lol. After the shake, came the flush, and since I slept naked, there was nothing else left to do but turn on the light and hop in the shower. I splashed some water on my face, washed up, rinsed off and got out. I then brushed my teeth, put on some deordorant, lotioned up, and clipped my fingernails. In leaving the bathroom I turned off the light before opening the door, quietly. The wall clock showed 7:35am. Back on schedule.
As I steped out of the bathroom I noticed that the slim figure in the bed has shifted and is now taking up more than half the bed. The sheets hide all of her body except a portion of her knee cap and her ankle with the tattoo. I move quickly into the closet to figure out exactly what I want to wear...hmm...as I pull garments from the various shelves I think to myself...'lets see, the brand new black jeans I "never wear" , the thermal with 'Love' scripted in blotted ink across the front, and the black/red/white lowtop jordans plus my black/gray knit hat, and...its supposed to be cold today so the official thick collar P coat {thats what I call it}'....'hmm, yea I'll go with this later, she likes it when I wear that shirt. For now though, the nike sweats, white socks, long sleeve under armor shirt, SU basketball shirt, blue yankee hat, the all white zip up hoody and the new pair of blue and white Kobe's [yea I actually found a pair in my size wthout ordering them offline]. I set the "evening outfit" on the shelf and got dressed. As I stepped out the closet I notice that once again, the figure in the bed has shifted, nothing is exposed now, all parts under the cover. I hear a murmur coming from the head region but its muffled and doesn't make sense, she's talkin in her sleep again.
Curiosity is getting the best of me, so as I put on my watch [displaying 750am] and phone clip, I lean in a bit and try to hear what she's saying, but it still muffled. I return to my side of the bed to retrieve my phone from the charger on the bed table and to clean up the the fallen change.
In picking up the last quarter [it actually did total $1.75], once again she shifts in the bed, this time a full roll so now she is facing her side of the bed as opposed to the middle. Again, she says something which this time I hear... 'damnit Mike, stop running it and throw'. I start laughing but catch myself before it wakes her. I think she's reliving last weeks football game, I'll ask her about it later. Back to the bathroom I go to dispose of some trash and for 1 last check in the mirror. Definitely getting a shape up today, big plans for this weekend.
Off goes the light and I'm back in the bedroom heading towards the french doors, but before leaving I stop, and instead make my way back towards the bed side where my sleeping beauty is. Surprisingly, she is still mumbling to herself from under the pillows and sheets. Knowing that sitting on the bed will definitely wake her, I kneel by her side and lean towards her head. Before getting any closer she speaks again, 'baby we scored a touch goal'...hmm? I paused again, trying to contain my laughter and whisper 'you mean down, a touchdown'...'silly girl'. Checking my watch I see its 757, time to go, I lean in and kiss her forehead. This triggers an immediate reaction of my sleeping beauty throwing her arms around me and attempting to pull me back into bed as if it was a well set trap. My body telling me to stay, but my mind telling me to go, I allow myself to fall into the bed. After a minute I whisper "you know I can lay in bed with you all day"...'then come back to bed' is her reply without opening an eye or making anouther move. I pause and say "We talked about this last night, I've got some errands to run, while you and the girls go do your girl things, I'll be back at 4". A few seconds go by as if she has fallen back asleep, I say "ok?" and she replies 'ok, but where are we going?', again without any other movement. I wait and before replying I kiss her on the forhead and say "its a secret, now go back to sleep". Before she replies I roll out of the bed while replacing my "place" with the full sized life like teddy bear that was purchased for situations like this (as well as for also keeping an eye my sleeping beauty). She's curls up to the bear (effectively named 'Rudy') and pulls it close, seconds go by without a word, oh yea she's back asleep. I leave the room.
I reach the bottom of the stairs and immediately cross the dinning room and into the kitchen. 1 filter and 2 scoops into the coffee maker, the timer set for 8:45 am, pepsi out the fridge, double check to make sure the alarm is set, actually set the alarm this time and I'm heading out the door. Only took 10 minutes, (I'm getting better at this). Its 8:15, running a little late.
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