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Elizabeth and Robert were asleep in bed. The radio alarm went off and they both stirred.

Robert hit the snooze alarm on the clock. Elizabeth yawned and moved towards him. "Good morning," she said.

"Good morning," he said. "That clock seemed to go off way too early."

"I know," she said. She stretched a little. "Oh, I don't want to get up."

"Don't get up," he said.

"I won't," she said. She snuggled against him and he pulled her close and they kissed. She ran her hands down his shoulders and leaned against him. She kissed him and lowered her body onto his.

The door opened. Robert turned and saw Rachel standing in the doorway. "Hi Rachel!" he said, trying to sound casual.

"Hi," Rachel said.

Elizabeth quickly extracted her body from Robert's. "Rachel!" she said. She laughed uneasily. "You really should knock before coming in here."

"Sorry," Rachel said. "I heard Ella crying and I didn't know if you were going in there to check."

Elizabeth looked at Robert and picked up the baby monitor. "I didn't hear anything," she said, puzzled. She shook the monitor. "Maybe the batteries? But I just changed them recently. They should last longer than that."

"Yeah, we'll check it out," Robert said casually. He started to get out of bed. "I'll go see what Ella's up to."

"I can go in," Rachel said. "I mean, if you want."

"Well, all right," Elizabeth said. "Thank you, Rachel."

"No problem," Rachel said and closed the door.

Elizabeth looked at Robert.

"Okay!" he said. "That was fun."

She lay down on the bed and pulled the covers over her head. "God!"

"Hey, she's a teenager," he said. "It's nothing she hasn't seen before."

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Robert came out of the bathroom after his shower. He walked into Elizabeth's bedroom and closed the door. Elizabeth was wearing a lacy black bra and jeans. She was looking through her closet.

"I like that outfit," Robert said.

She laughed. "I was looking for a sweater to wear. I wasn't trying to be seductive."

"That's what makes it so good," he said running his hands over her breasts. "Call me crazy, but I think this look works for you. Where did you get this bra?"

"Wouldn't you like to know," she said teasingly. They kissed and he slipped his hand inside of the bra.

"Elizabeth?"

Elizabeth and Robert turned to look at Rachel. "Rachel!" Robert said heartily. "Hello."

"We were just-" Elizabeth started. "Well. I didn't hear you knock. What is it, Rachel?"

"I thought I would give Ella a bottle," Rachel said. "But I didn't know if you wanted to feed her right now."

"Oh, you can give her the bottle," Elizabeth said. "I'll be down there in a few minutes. Thank you."

Rachel walked out of the room.

Elizabeth sighed. "We need a lock for this door."

"She'd pick it open," he said.

"She really needs to learn to knock," Elizabeth said, and sighed again. She grabbed a sweater from her closet and slipped it over her head. "I guess I really should get dressed. It's almost 9:00 already."

"I'd better hurry up too," he said. "I have to get to the hospital." He ran his hand through her hair.

"Sorry," she whispered.

"I want to see that bra again later," he said.

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Rachel picked up her Motorola cell phone. The one present her mother had given her lately that she could actually use. She hated most of the gifts that Jen bought for her. Like clothes from Casual Corner. Rachel liked Abercrombie & Fitch or Urban Outfitters. Clothes that her friends wore.

She dialed a friend's number. "Stacy? Hey, what's up?"

Robert walked down the hall past the bedroom. He couldn't find one of his jackets, and thought maybe he had left it in the study. He saw it on the couch in there and grabbed it. As he walked out, he noticed that Rachel's door was closed and she was talking on the phone, not particularly quietly. He started to walk away.

"Elizabeth's got a new boyfriend," he heard her say as he was passing the room. He stopped for a minute to hear the rest of this. "You wouldn't even believe it, he's this total jerk who my dad used to bitch about all the time." There was a pause. "All right, I guess. Not my type. Elizabeth sure loves those bald doctors." Robert decided not to listen to the rest of this. He went downstairs and into the kitchen.

"I'm making the coffee," Elizabeth said. "I really need it today, with this rain." She noticed he had a funny look on his face. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," he said wryly. "Rachel's on the phone. The walls are thin around here, that's all I can say."

Elizabeth laughed. "Was she complaining about my not having enough cable channels?"

"Something like that."

"Oh well," she said, rubbing his shoulder. "She'll be gone in a few days."

"Oh, I don't care," he shrugged. "She can stay if you want."

"I kind of like our having some privacy," Elizabeth said. "I don't want to lose that."

"I don't want to lose that either," he said. He looked at the clock on the wall. "I'd better go."

"What about breakfast?"

"I'll grab something later. I have a lot going on today. There's a meeting with the board later."

"Oh, that," she sighed. "You should probably eat first. You might not be able to keep it down later."