Are We All We Are?

Chapter 10

2020

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Dottie burrowed deeper into her covers, trying to stay warm. She felt her wife pull her tighter against her and felt her breath on the back of her neck. It was freezing the night before. It warmed up slightly, but not by much than when she woke up less than thirty minutes earlier.

Peggy grabbed their thick red and blue comforter, pulling it over herself and Dottie. She tangled their legs together, and Dottie flushed even though that's happened what felt like a thousand times already.

"Damn, it's still cold in here. And I don't feel like getting out from under these covers. If I get out for whatever reason, you'll freeze your cute little booty off. Neither of those sound good to me." Peggy shivered a little, wishing that winter would just go the fuck away already. Even though they're in Australia, it was still pretty cold in the winter.

"I know what you mean. I can't wait for winter to be over so that we can go to our favorite beach. Remember that red bikini I bought a couple of months ago? Well, I want to show it off to you. I know you'll look gorgeous as hell in yours. I mean you're always beautiful, so that's no surprise there." Dottie felt Peggy blush as her wife started nuzzling her neck.

"Thank you. That means a lot. Dottie, you're the sexiest, sweetest woman I've ever met or known. I've said it before and I'll say it again; I love you." Tears began to fall from her eyes, she quickly wiped them away. Peggy didn't want to cry today. Not that there's anything wrong with crying. Crying was good for the soul. At least that's what Angie tells her, anyway.

"Peg, I love you too. You're my number one priority. You know that. But there is one thing I'm curious about.... is the heater even on right now? Because it certainly doesn't feel like it. I could have sworn that I turned it on before we went to bed last night?"

"You did. I saw you do it. It must have shut off. I'll go take a look at it, see if I can fix the damn thing." Peggy carefully got out from under the covers, walking over to their closet, pulling a pair of shorts and a t-shirt. She left the bedroom, strolling into the living room where the thermostat was on the wall near the door that led to the kitchen.

Peggy saw that the temperature currently sat at 74°F. That wasn't nearly hot enough. Not even close. She turned it up to 79°F. She rushed back to the bedroom, taking off her clothes before climbing under the covers to spoon Dottie once more.

"I put the temperature at 79 degrees. It should start warming up here pretty soon. At least I hope so, anyway. I'm getting hungry. What about you?" Peggy didn't eat much the previous day because of how busy work had been, so she was currently starving for something quite substantial.

"I guess I could eat. I'd like to stay in bed for a while longer to cuddle up with my very naked, very beautiful wife. Besides, we both could use two more hours of sleep. We need it." Dottie yawned, feeling tired all over again. She closed her eyes for a few seconds and she was asleep.

Peggy chuckled softly as she brought the blonde closer to her, careful as to not wake her up. She let a smile form on her lips as she also fell asleep. Their lives were a little chaotic, but neither of them would ever complain because they had each other and that's all that mattered.