"Can we talk about this?" she asked. "I know we said we weren't, but we should." And she needed to be more awake for this conversation and not sitting in her bed.

She got up, coffee mug in one hand and rubbing her eyes with the other. God, she felt worse now than she had before she laid down. Waking up from a hard sleep would do that to you. It was almost as bad as a hangover.