Stephen stirred slightly in his sleep. His eyes blinked open once, twice, and then a third time, finally staying open as the mostly dark lit room absorbed his sight. Grace's face was pressed against his own, her eyes already wide with energy.

"I am now," he answered, briefly, closing his eyes once more.

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"Babe, look out the window. The sun is just rising," she said, excitedly, while nudging his side.

Stephen cracked an eye towards his window, where the blackness of the night was fading away into a dull purple, the first vestiges of light s.h.i.+ning through. Grace bounded up out of bed, still wrapped up in a blanket, and pressed her face against the window.

Taking a deep breath, Stephen sat upright, and immediately felt the soreness in several different parts of his body. The workout program that she had him on was showing progress, as he had woken up stiff and aching most days this week since they started on plan. Today, it was his back that was sore, particularly his lower back. He knew that blame went to the dead-lifts she had him do yesterday.

Padding across the carpet in his bare feet, Stephen sidled up next to Grace to look out the window. His window faced the main street, as well as having a good view of the other houses in the neighborhood. What was most impressive was that it received the eastern sun every morning, and without any trees in that direction, he always had a good view of the sunrise. It was just early enough that the bright orb was poking just above the horizon.

Grace pressed against him, letting her head fall against his chest. Stephen relished the feeling of her soft hair brus.h.i.+ng against him.

"So romantic," she whispered, still staring out the window. "I've always wanted to watch the sunrise."

"Good thing you woke up for it," Stephen chuckled. "Otherwise, I'd still be sleeping for another hour."

"It's just a good thing you have me then," she teased.

Stephen wrapped his arms around her and they continued to watch for the next half hour, while the sun came fully into view, illuminating the entire neighborhood. In the s.p.a.ce of that time, the dull purple of early dawn casually faded away into brilliant orange and then yellow as daylight finally awoke anew.