Chapter Eight
One Month Anniversary
The travel alarm Alex had brought woke Kimberly with its light beeping, but she remained very still, snuggled against him. As if on a mattress of eggshells, Alex tried to scoot out from his sheet-ties without disturbing her. She had hours before her first class, and the early awakening only let her enjoy her opportunity for sleeping in more, but she scrunched her face and twisted in somnolent irritation. As she stirred, Alex held completely still. A flutter filled Kimberly’s belly, and she had to turn onto her other side, afraid she would give her ruse away by grinning.
Alex made incremental light movements whenever she was still and froze again when she stirred. Finally, he made it off the bed. He moved to the other side, and bending toward her, plac
