Part 62

The Panchot household was a well oiled machine. Sam was up before the rest making lunches and setting up for breakfast. Sarah was next. Having to catch the bus around 7 AM. Followed by Charlotte's dad, George, whose morning focus was getting the coffee on. Then Jenny and Lovie, who insisted on being snuggled while still in bed. The unknowns, and Charlotte was okay not to be running the show, were Charlotte and her mom; more so her mom. The women would rise when their bodies released them from sleep. Some mornings Charlotte was up with Sam, drinking coffee with her dad. Others, she was still fast asleep until right before the bus tooted from Lovie and Jenny. What she liked best was getting up with her husband. With him back to work, there was very little time for just the two of them.

So this morning when she was flirting with the line between her world of dreams and consciousness she crossed over with a smile on her face. When Sam walked into their bedroom with nothing on but a towel around his middle age waist, she was ready for him.

"Care to be late for work?"

Searching for a shirt in their closet, Sam chuckled. "Need me to change a light bulb or take the garbage out?"

"Oh, no. I have my dad around for that. No, I have a very special task for you."

There was an edge to her voice. It was the first time his wife had suggested anything intimate since coming home from the hospital. It was obvious, by the drape of his towel, that Sam was interested and up for a bit of play. "Are you sure? Should you check with the doctor?"

Charlotte reached for the phone by her bedside, "Should you wake him, or me?"

The towel drooped. "Hasn't he said anything about sex during the 100 appointments you've had since getting out of the hospital?"

"Yes." Charlotte slid over towards the middle of their bed and lifted off the covers, exposing her flesh to the cold morning air.

Sam dropped his towel, and slide back under the covers next to his wife. And as they became reacquainted with each other's attributes Charlotte wondered how their little morning meeting would effect the rest of the schedule.

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