88. “Let’s stay in bed all day”
Here you go! Sorry it took me so long!
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Leslie woke up around 5. It was maybe an hour or so later than usual, so she felt a little disorientated.
She turned to her side, looking at the reason why she’d stayed in bed so late this morning. Ben. He was curled up to her side, hair wild and sticking up at all angles. He looked so peaceful, and unlike Leslie, clearly wasn’t ready in getting up any time soon.
As much as Leslie would have loved to stay in bed with him, she wanted to get on with her usual morning routine. Shower, check emails, do a load of laundry, make breakfast, go for a walk. It felt strange having this routine interrupted.
It had been a while since she woke up with man in her bed. The last being Justin, and he, surprisingly was usually up before her, having to drive back to Indianapolis early in the mornings for work. She assumed that Ben might like to sleep in for as late as possible in the mornings, so she carefully peeled away from his grasp. She could slip quickly into the shower and then go downstairs to not disturb him.
As she moved, she heard a sleep grunt from next to her. Crap. She tried so hard not to wake Ben, but as she looked over her shoulder, she could see Ben slowly sitting up and opening a bleary eye.
“What’chu doing?” Ben asked, his voice slightly hoarse and squinting at her.
“I was going to get up and have a shower,” Leslie explained. “Don’t worry, you can stay here for as long as you want, I just get up early. I always have.”
She gave a small defected shrug and laughed. Ben smirked, but looked at her empty pillow.
“Don’t get up,” he mumbled, reaching over and tugging at her arm. “Come back to bed, let’s stay here all day.”
Leslie looked at her sleepy companion. That was such a hard thing to say no to. After the whirlwind that was last night, from the kissing in Ben’s office, to driving home in separate cars, and Ben being extra cautious and taking a longer route to not be detected from anyone from City Hall, and of course, the night long sex-fest they had, she thought that it might be reasonable to stay with him in bed for a little longer.
She smiled at him and lifted back up the covers, climbing next to him again. Ben grinned and lay back down, playing with a couple strands of Leslie’s hair.
“This is nice,” he mumbled, eyes closing again.
Leslie had to agree. Work would be there in a few hours, anyway.
