~Christine’s POV~

The morning chill air swept around the room freezing my nose, waking me minutes before the alarm clock was set to go off. Sitting up allowing the covers to slowly fall off my upper body instantly the cool air set the hairs on my skin standing and my nipples hardened. Blinking my eyes I stared around the room and realized it was so quiet; usually when the alarm goes off so does one of the kids but right now everything is silent.

Yawning I glanced over to the woman of dreams lying in the bed next to me, her blonde hair sweeping across the pillow and her soft features relaxed, she’d been up all night studying for a medical exam her teacher was giving out in a few days. Leaning over I placed a soft kiss upon her cold cheek than crawled out of bed, slipping my robe over my pajamas I padded over the chilly floor to the thermostat turning it up from sixty five degrees to seventy.

Another yawn escaped my mouth as I wiped sleep out of my eyes and made my way into the kitchen. It was mostly stainless steal, colors black and red littered the room as well as the entire house. Paula loved those colors and said it would make things look better, cleaner and they were neutral for the kids.

Flipping the switch to the coffee maker which was set to go off in five minutes, when the clock hit six o’clock. The familiar sound of grinding coffee getting liquefied into a deliciousness of blackness that was to coat two very needy adults soon. Rubbing the back of my neck before going to the cabinet to get to mugs.

Leaning against the counter I sighed, it was nearly Christmas and I still didn’t know what to get Paula, she was always so hard to shop for, saying it was the amount of time spent on her that counted. We still had to run to the toy shop for the girls, smiling at the fact that they were still little enough that a few things seemed like a big deal, Santa wasn’t cheap but he sure as hell didn’t have all the money in the world either.