Luke's eyes opened to the darkness at exactly zero five hundred. He sat up with fervor and dressed quickly in exercise clothes. In the silence of pre-dawn, he could hear the muffled voice of Kess' alarm, but Kess didn't move.
Luke smiled at this. He knew that this was going to be the hard part: getting her up in the morning. While tending to the last button on his shirt, he went to her bedroom door and pressed the button.
The door beeped. It was locked.
Through the door, he could hear the alarm activate. He paused to see if she was going to rise. She didn't.
Luke grinned inwardly. Ah, the memories of Boot Camp.
He put his thoughts to the door lock and flicked it easily open. Luke stomped boldly into the woman's dark bedroom and snapped on the lights.
Kess groaned, shading her eyes wi
