Bette felt a shiver run through her body as her eyes shot open. The brunette blinked a few times, her hazy eyes adjusting to the dark as she slowly sat up and looked around the room. Bette brought the sheets up to her neck as she suddenly processed the cold air that surrounded her. She reluctantly got out of bed and walked across the room to turn down the air con, quietly cursing as she banged her knee on the corner of the bed.

As Bette walked back to her side of the bed she gazed out the window, the sun was just beginning to come up. She glanced at the alarm clock on the cabinet, 5.52am.

"Great." The brunette muttered.

Bette’s thoughts were disrupted by a small sound coming from the bed. She had gotten so used to sleeping alone that she’d momentarily forgotten about the blonde lying there next to her.

Bette crept back under the sheets and took a closer look at Tina. The blonde had pushed the sheets almost completely off of her body and she appeared to be sweating, her hair slightly sticking to her face. Bette looked down at her girlfriend’s exposed abdomen and noticed the goose-bumps covering her skin. The brunette shivered as the cool air continued to surround them, and she couldn’t understand how Tina could be sweating in a room this cold.

Bette began to worry. What if Tina was ill? Maybe she had a fever. Maybe she should wake the blonde…

Tina slowly moved her legs and stretched her body across the bed, reaching her arms up and pushing against the headboard. Bette continued to watch the blonde intently, trying to decide whether to wake her or wait until the morning.

Tina let out a quiet moan and reached one of her hands down, clutching part of the sheet tightly in her fist.

Bette knew it was wrong but she was starting to become quite aroused by her girlfriend’s languid movements. Tina looked beyond sexy right now, her tight t-shirt clinging to her body as sweat dripped off her blonde hair and down her neck, dampening the sheets.

Bette decided she had to wake the blonde, for both their sakes. As she reached over to gently shake her girlfriend, she stopped in her tracks.