Loving Her Body

winter morning

POV: Haelyn

"Elise...Elise, wake up."

"What?" I grumble, rubbing my eyes of sleep as Selene softly whispers in my ear and carefully shakes me awake.

I've gotten much quicker at responding to Elise's name as my own though it still feels odd. I just don't know how to bring it up to Selene to call me a different name.

Selene has been waking me up early almost everyday for a few weeks now to go to work but I thought today was one of my days off. Even so, she's woken me up early and the sun doesn't even look like it's risen.

"Look outside," she cheerfully whispers, though I can’t share her excitement.

"I thought today was my day off," I whine, covering my face with the sheets, curling up as she tries to convince me to get out of bed.

"Don't you want to go out somewhere today?" She asks, far too joyful for how early in the morning it is.

All I can do is grumble and try to hide further under the covers before Selene yanks them off me, exposing me to the cold morning air. I shiver but refuse to get up no matter what Selene does.

The bed lurches as she sits on it, gently rubbing my arm as she tries to get me up. As I remain unresponsive, she leans in and begins kissing my neck, her lips curling into a smile as I quietly moan.

Selene has been getting a lot closer with me and had been shockingly gentle and patient with me. The most she's done is kiss me and hug me a lot. I don’t mind it, though a few days ago was a bit too touchy for my liking.

(A few nights before)

Selene is taking quite a bit of time to come upstairs and to bed.

I'd thought she'd be eager to tease me and try to kiss me more but she hasn't come up to bed and I'm starting to get worried.

I know that she has more going on than just me but being away this late when I know she's in the house. I've gotten used to her coming up and at least telling me goodnight even if she had other work to do. It doesn’t feel right going to sleep before I've seen her.

Since when have I been so needy for her?

This is ridiculous. I can go to bed without her saying goodnight to me. I know I can. All I have to do is lay down and close my eyes and go to sleep and bit worry about where she is or what's taking her so long.

Should be simple.

Even as I lay in bed for what feels like hours, as soon as I look at the clock I see it's only been a few minutes. Why is time going so slow?

I toss and turn but I can’t find any comfortable position. Since when have I needed Selene to go to sleep? Surely I don't need her that much.

I whine to myself as I still can’t sleep, shuffling under the covers hoping the warmth with soothe me and help me fall asleep. Nothing wants to work though but I'm still tired and want to sleep.

"Aww, struggling to sleep without me, baby girl," Selene teasingly mutters from beside me.

I hadn’t even noticed her come in, let alone get so close to me that I could hear her breathing beside me. Her hand rubs my back and slowly pulls the covers down from my face so that she can caress my cheek that flushes under her touch.