Chapter 8

I am awoken by my alarm clock blaring out an annoying ringtone. I reach over and turn off the alarm before I stretch my arms over my head. As I go to put my arms down a pair of arms tighten around my waist which causes my breath to hitch in surprise. I slowly look up only to see Charlotte's relaxed facial features. Oh, that's right. She slept over. Wait a second... She didn't wake up in the middle of the night screaming from a nightmare. That's a first. I try to gently pry her arms off of me so that I can shower which ends up failing since she ends up tightening her arms. I'm surprised I can still breathe since she's squeezing me really hard. "Charlotte, let go. I need to take a shower" I say in a whiny voice since I'm becoming frustrated It's seven in the morning and I haven't had coffee yet. She's lucky that I'm not yelling at her right now. "Five more minutes" She grunts out before she rolls onto her back which causes me to end up straddling her waist as my head rests in