Matt awoke the next morning more content than he had ever been. Emily was still asleep with her head resting on his chest. One arm strung over him with her hand on his shoulder and the other arm hiding under their pillow. She had her top leg laying on his body and her other one pressed up against his. Matt in turn had one arm wrapped around her and the other one resting on her thigh. He gently began caressing it trying to arouse her from her slumber. He knew the alarm hadn't went off, but he couldn't wait to tell her how much he loved her and how happy she made him by agreeing to move in with him.
"Matt." Emily pleaded groggily rubbing her hand over his bare chest. "The alarm hasn't gone off yet has it?"
"No sweetheart. I just, I just needed to tell you something." Matt responded with love in his voice while his hand continued to rub her leg. This got Emily's attention. She looked up at him, the lack of sleep from the night before showing through with the bags under her eyes.
"What? What's wrong?" Emily asked with concern in her voice.
"Nothing's wrong Em. I just wanted you to know how much it means to me that you're going to move in here with me." Matt said, shyness suddenly overtaking him.
"Oh. It means a lot to me too Matt." Emily replied wanting him to understand that this was a big step for her.
"I love you Emily." Matt sealed his words with a kiss. Emily broke the kiss briefly to respond with, "I love you too Matthew." They continued kissing the remaining minutes of their time in bed away, hands freely roaming the bodies they knew so well.
Beep! Beep! Beep!! The alarm clock rudely interrupted the couple's activities reminding them that they had to leave the comfort and warmth of their bed today to face their reality. Matt groaned as he reached over and smacked the snooze button a little harder than necessary causing Emily to giggle. Emily kissed him and got up from the bed pulling the sheet with her. Matt smiled knowing what she was insinuating with her actions and followed her into the bathroom. An hour and a half later the couple arrived at work only 15 minutes late much to their surprise.
"Matt, Emily! My office now!" Cheryl shouted immediately after seeing them come into the office. The pair shared a look as they walked into the office and sat down. Cheryl closed the door and took a seat behind her desk. She looked at the pair in front of her and knew something had changed. Instead of thinking of excuse Matt was sitting there looking at Emily and she wasn't pacing the room trying to avoid the fact that they were late.
"Cheryl, we know we were late and we're sorry. We will try not to let it happen again." Emily said as she smiled at Matt, who smiled back wishing he could give her hand a squeeze.
"Yeah Cheryl. We're sorry. It was a late night." Matt stated shrugging his shoulders as if that explained everything. His comment earned him a glare from Emily who definitely did not want last night's activities told to their boss, well the ones after she agreed to move in with him anyway.
"I don't want the details. As long as you two don't make a habit of being late I'll let is go this time. Emily you're never late, and Matt, since you two have been together you haven't been late. I was hoping Emily would change that in you not the other way around." Cheryl lectured, a small smile forming on her lips.
"What's going on with you two? It's none of my business, but you're both way too calm about this. I know something changed." She continued hoping they would tell her something.
Matt grinned at Emily who nodded her approval to him. Matt took her hand and turned back to Cheryl.
"Well you get to be the first to know, Emily is moving in with me." Matt said, his happiness showing through his voice. Emily's smile was almost as big even though she was biting her lip wanting Cheryl's approval but not wanting to admit it.
"It's about time. Now maybe you both can figure out how to get an alarm clock to work. Congratulations, now get to work." Cheryl opened her door and followed the couple out of her office. She knew Frank would enjoy this bit of information and wanted to be there when he found out.
Matt looked at Emily as they walked to their shared cubicle. He waited for her to sit down and slid his blue chair closer to hers as they worked on paperwork together. He couldn't get enough of this woman beside him. Emily loved being close to him too. She could smell his cologne and it distracted her. They kept stealing glances at each other before starting a game of footsie under their desk.
Matt leaned in close and whispered, "One down, three more to go." Emily giggled as their pagers went off. Cheryl came out of her office with the address and the pair rushed off to the latest crisis. The others would have to wait until later to find out about the couples new living arrangement right now there was work to be done.