Annie woke up around five am. She was aware that her feet were freezing, and that she wasn't in her bed because someone else was. She sat up and felt the blood rush through her legs, and down to her toes; she had been sleeping in a tight ball all night. "Oh right," she thought, "Auggie's in my bed." After a pause it sunk in that her best friend was in fact, sleeping in her bed. And he was shirtless. For a moment she imagined how warm the bed must be, and then decided it would be better to find out, and not freeze to death. As soon as she crawled under the covers Annie could feel the heat coming from Auggie. She tucked the sheets under her chin and promptly fell asleep.
Auggie woke up at six am when something hit him in the face. Still groggy he didn't sit up or even move the thing that covered his mouth. A groan from the other side of the bed found his ears, he listened for a moment and hear the source of the noise roll over and start snoring softly. Auggie contemplated that he wasn't in his bed and the person next to him smelled like coconut. "Oh right," he thought, "I'm sleeping in Annie's bed, and so is she apparently." Auggie couldn't recall if Annie had been in bed when he'd fallen asleep, but he did remember that Anne had kissed him on the cheek, but it was still a kiss. He tried to imagine what she looked like when she was sleeping. Annie probably slept with her arms tucked into her chest; Auggie moved his foot toward her leg and determined that she slept with one leg on top of the other.
"Your feet are cold," Annie whispered from the other side of the bed. She rolled over and found herself looked straight into his chocolate brown eyes. His hair was a mess; several pieces fell over his forehead and into his eyelashes.
"Sorry," Auggie said, and then he smiled the smile only Annie could coax out of him. Not the I'm-totally-gonna-sleep with- you smile, but his genuine happy smile.
"It's okay, because I'm gonna get you back," Auggie could hear the smile in her voice. Suddenly a very cold foot was wedged against his very warm leg.
"God Annie, did you sleep with your feet in an ice bucket?"
Annie was still smiling, "No, but the air conditioning was still on when we fell asleep and I only had one blanket, so now I'm freezing."
As she spoke, Auggie could feel her slowly moving towards him. She never actually touched him, but he could feel the heat from her arms and chest. He felt the sudden impulse to close the distance and hold her against his chest, yet that could become very awkward very fast. Her soft, whispering voice, cut through his thoughts.
"Are you still tired? We can get up if you want," Although she said it, Annie didn't really feel like getting out of bed. It was nice to wake up with someone else in her bed, she could feel the warmth coming from his body and the thought of facing the cold outside of the covers made her frown.
"No, how about we just lay here for a moment?"
His words brought the smile back to her face, "That sounds nice. Plus, we don't have to go anywhere so we could lay here for longer than a moment." She moved her pillow so she could be close to Auggie and still be comfortable. In about two minutes they were asleep again.
Danielle decided to check on Annie when she slept past eight am. Annie had never been one for sleeping in, so Daniel decided that either her sister was dead or still on her business trip. Sometimes she would get caught at the airport when a flight was delayed or, one time, cancelled all together. When they were kids Mom would tell Danielle to check Annie's pulse if she slept past eight, it had always been their joke. But now, as Danielle entered the guest house she knew why her sister wasn't out and about. She also knew that Annie wasn't dead. What Danielle found when she walked into the guest house was her sister, wrapped in August Anderson's arms.
"Oh my gosh," Danielle thought. Of course her first idea was that they had finally gotten together, but the lack of clothes strewn around the room killed that theory. A shirt on the floor caught Danielle's eye and all she could do was wonder what the heck was going on between the two of them. She left them sleeping to finish making breakfast, and to make sure that Catia and Chloe wouldn't go running into the guest house to find Annie in bed with Auggie, their tour guide from the Smithsonian.
