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I opened my eyes. Today I wasn’t feeling as hot as yesterday morning, but hotter than I would have on my own. I laid on my back, probably because of my shoulder where I felt the blood pounding underneath the stitches. My neck too felt throbbing and sensitive. I turned my head to the right. Jake was lying on his stomach with his head turned towards me. His arm was kind of casually slung over my stomach. He was still asleep as it was only nine in the morning.
I didn’t think there was any more to stick around for, so we had to get ready and find out where to go next. After a few moments of hesitation, I poked him lightly on the shoulder, I wasn’t as shocked and uncomfortable to find him right next to me this time. “Jake?” I whispered. He began to move around, took a deep breath. I poked him again.
“Mh?” His eyes opened slowly, squinting a little.
“We should get up.”
“What time is it?” He took
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