THE PROMPT: It was the one habit Shelagh had managed to keep secret, until now
"Shelagh… did you know that… you talk in your sleep?" Patrick inquired in a tentative manner while cuddling his wife of only two weeks in their marital bed. It was early morning and he had indeed listened to her mumbling when he had woken first: his own newly acquired habit was watching her sleep, her mouth twitching, her golden hair spread against the pillow, her hand seeking for his neck and head, her occasional smile in sleep when he took a grasp of it.
"Oh, Patrick, did I do it again? Yes, I have been told I can be – 'quite an entertaining bed-mate' – at least when I am asleep", Shelagh replied.
Patrick squirmed with laughter while looking at her embarrassed face: "Told by whom, my Nun-with-a-past?"
"By Sister Evangelina, you filthy-minded idiot!" Shelagh laughed.
"Oh, did you use the same expressions of her as you did last night – of me, I hope?"
"What did I say?"
"Oh, something like a "sweetheart" and "so satisfied"…"