<div style="text-align: justify;">Alannah always thought she slept better in the cool water than in her bed. She had rarely woken up in a better mood as she had when Dimitri kissed her, though t barely even classified as a kiss. Just a careful brush of his lips against hers. Alannah yawned and swept her hair out of the way as she glanced upwards. Judging by the sun, it was almost midday. Had he been down here the whole time? She propped herself up on one elbow and rubbed her eyes with the base of her hand.<br/><br/><span style="color: #4080FF">"'morning, Dim,"</span> she told him with another yawn. <span style="color: #4080FF">"Did ya sleep well? Sand not too hard on ya? No wayward waves carried ya away while ya were out?"</span> Had she really been unconscious for nearly twelve hours? Guilt washed over her. What a great trip he must be having. Sleeping and swimming. She resolved to take him somewhere; show him the city she was so proud of. <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #4080FF">Ya really thinking about dates already? Girl, calm down.</span></span> Besides, she had work tomorrow, and she had to get home first. Her stomach chose that exact moment to growl loudly in protest of her not really having eaten for about a day and a half. Color flooded Alannah's cheeks. <span style="color: #4080FF">"Sorry,"</span> she mumbled. There wasn't even any possibility for food in the next few hours, and she just knew she was going to get crabby.<br/><br/><span style="color: #4080FF">"My shift down here is ovah latah in the aftahnoon,"</span> she told him as she reached for his hand. "And I have work again tomorrow morning and - I really wanna get home, ya know?" She smiled apologetically. <span style="color: #4080FF">"Not because I don't wanna hang out with ya, I just need a bit of peace and quiet outside the ocean, ya know? Can we maybe meet up latah? Where did ya say ya were staying?"</span> She couldn't remember asking him, yet she thought she vaguely remembered that he'd said he didn't stay anywhere. She supposed that would work, too, if all he had to do was go for a quick dive to recharge.</div>