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Sat, 28 July 2012 18:52

Tikatu
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Sunday, March 25, 2068, 10:15 p.m., Tracy Island

Jeff hobbled into the master bedroom. He had spent some time after dinner and debriefing going over some of the training assignments with Scott, Virgil, and Gordon, making up a schedule for the new recruits. Dianne had gone off to their room, disk in hand, telling him that she was finally going to see who won in the ice dancing finals.

He could hear the televid going, see the light flickering across the darkened sitting room. What he couldn't see what his wife, sitting on the sofa, yelling or clapping or doing any of the other demonstrative things she did when the final results were announced. He got far enough into the room to see that the winners were standing on the platform, waving to the audience. For the life of him, he couldn't tell which couple came from which country, and truthfully, he could care less. He was more concerned with the fact that his wife wasn't jumping up and down in excitement or cursing the TV and shouting, to no one in particular, how unfair things were.

Instead, he found Dianne sitting slumped on the sofa, one arm draped over the edge, the remote held loosely in that hand, fast asleep. He chuckled; even the excitement of figure skating couldn't win over the exhaustion brought on by the rescue.

Sitting on the large square ottoman, he reached out and gently removed the remote from her fingers, turning off the televid. The resultant darkness took him by surprise, and he waited for his eyes to adjust to the lack of light. Then he moved over to the sofa, sitting down next to his wife. Leaning in, he kissed her on her cheek, smelling the lavendar vanilla scent she had used in the bath.

"C'mon, sleepy head," he murmured in her ear. "You'll get a crick in your neck sleeping out here."

Dianne stirred, blinking bleary eyes at him. "What...?"

"It's late and you're tired, love. Time for bed," Jeff said, rising from the sofa with the aid of his crutches. He offered her a hand, but she waved it away as she staggered to her feet, rubbing her eyes. She followed him automatically into the bedroom, kicking off her slippers and lying down on the bed, fully dressed. He shook his head as he pulled the covers up over her then hobbled around to his side of the bed to join her in slumberland.

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