Sybil stretched her toes down towards the end of the bed, finding the coolest parts of the sheets. She slowly opened her eyes to find that the warmth she was feeling was coming from the morning sun streaming through the windows, landing beautifully on her sleeping form. It was the one thing she had always wanted when she was growing up – a south facing room. Her childhood bedroom faced away from the sun, as did all of her rooms when she was living at university. But now that she was living with her boyfriend, Tom, she was able to choose whichever room she wanted. It wasn't actually the largest bedroom in the flat, but it was the south facing one, which was all she cared about.
Mornings like this, waking up to the sun shining on her, weren't common, but they were very much appreciated when they did come around.
As her eyes adjusted to the bright light, she sat up in bed and saw Tom entering the room with two mugs of tea.
"Mornin'," he said in the strong, loving Irish accent that Sybil had fallen in love with so long ago.
"Morning," Sybil mumbled. "How come you're up so early?"
"It's ten o'clock, Syb," he said.
Sybil snapped her gaze from Tom to the alarm clock on her bedside table. It was incredibly rare for Sybil to sleep in so late, but she was having a week off work and had practically no plans for the week. Her only plan was to relax and not worry about anything.
"I've been for an hour-long run and had a shower and set off a load of washing already," he said, handing Sybil one of the mugs.
Sybil smiled at him as he sat on the edge of the bed and sipped his own tea.
"I don't deserve you," Sybil said.
"I don't know about that," Tom said. "I think we're pretty good together."
"We're great together," Sybil said with a small laugh. "Have we got a plan for today?"
"It's a gorgeous day," Tom said, "so I was thinking we could just go for a walk around the city and see where the day takes us."
"Sound perfect," Sybil said.
That was how Sybil and Tom's relationship had started. They had known each other as friends for a while, but their first date consisted of them walking around for hours, doing nothing but talking and getting to know each other better. For the two of them, walking and talking would always mean a lot. And today, just like every other day Sybil spent with Tom, she would fall more in love with him and she would become even more certain that she wanted to spend the rest of her life with him.