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My alarm chimed at exactly five a.m the next morning, and I sighed loudly as my eyes blinked open and adjusted to the dim light. Tiredly, I rubbed my aching forehead and remembered when the owner of the place had informed us that the lights automatically lowered in intensity at midnight. I started to get up when my ears picked up a soft whirring noise above me, and curiously I raised my head to look, but it instantly made contact with Cole's chin. He groaned loudly but just turned his head to the other side and continued to snore, while I gazed at our positions in surprise.

Somehow the pillows I had put to separate us were strewn across the floor and his hand was under my back, while mine was on his chest. I quickly withdrew it, as well as my legs which were thrown comfortably in top of his, but the force nearly threw me to the ground if not for the fact that my body was still pressed against his side, and his body heat already passing onto me.

I scooted towards the edge of the bed an