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A few light knocks on the door instantly woke Xander up. He looked over at his sleeping wife's face and saw the frown forming on it - she was waking up as well. Replacing himself with a pillow under her, he quickly tip-toed to the door and opened it, hoping that it was nothing serious and Joanne would get to sleep some more. She had some heavy medications these days, else she would have been the first one up and that too by the first knock.
"RISE AND SHINE!" Olivia sang, pushing a very surprised Xander aside. She was followed by a very cheery Wolverine who growled lowly at him - it was safe to say that the canine wasn't much of a fan of his mom's husband.
Joanne looked up squinting and then grinned, "Get in to bed, boy." That was all the invitation he
