I snuggle against Ash, treasuring her warm skin against my own. Her golden blond hair splays over the pillow, catching the morning light in its strands. Mom, Dad, and Grandma went home to Hidden Springs a few weeks ago but we check in with them daily. Ari and Reamus also check in on us often since their house in only across town. Ash shifts in my arms and turns over to face me, smiling.

“Good morning.” She mutters.

“Good morning.” I reply with a kiss on her nose.

She giggles and moves her head up to kiss my lips. I kiss her back, enjoying every moment we have. She moves as the kiss grows, sliding her leg over my body, half way on top of me. I run my hands down her back, stopping as I reach her thighs. Just as I move my hand to the inside of her thigh a knock sounds at my door.

“Jay, let’s go! We have one hour before we’re supposed to be at the tournament!” Tilly yells.

I groan as Ash falls against me in a fit of giggles. Tilly always has the worst timing ever. “Gnome, Tilly. We’ll be on time! Just go make sure Fenris eats something!”

Ash slides off me and out of the bed, standing and stretching. I watch her with a lazy smile. She’s beautiful. I wish we had the whole day to enjoy each other. She rolls her eyes as she catches mine.

“Come on lazy man. If I don’t have you dressed and ready in under ten minutes Tilly will bust down that door.” She says, moving towards the dresser.

“Fine.” I grumble, getting out of bed and heading to Ash. I wrap my arms around her as I reach her and kiss her cheek.

“Here, wear these. You look so good in them.” She says, turning to me with clothes in her hand and a glint in her eye. “And you look even better in them when I’m taking them off you.”

I chuckle and throw the clothes on quickly before grabbing the bottle of product off my dresser and fixing my hair. Ash pulls on some of her clothes behind me and heads towards the door so she can go get her make-up ready in the bathroom. I follow Ash out but head towards the kitchen instead, finding Tilly and Fenris scarfing down their breakfast.

“Hurry. Traffic will be a bitch. It’ll take us 30 minutes just to get downtown.” Tilly says through a mouthful of food.

“Yea, yea. We’re hurrying.” I mutter, grabbing some food myself. As I do I hear a noise from the bathroom. “Ash, are you okay?” I call out.

After a moment the toilet flushes and the sink runs for a minute. Then Ash comes out, make-up done. “Yea babe, all good.” She smiles and comes over to the table.

“Okay, you’ll need to grab a smoothie to go or something, because Tilly is making us leave now I believe.” I say.

“I’ll be okay. I’m not hungry.” Ash smiles, heading towards the front door with Tilly.

I look at Ash for a moment. That woman eats more than I do. “Okay, if you say so.” I reply, following her out with Fenris. I’ll get whatever she was keeping from me later. Right now, I had an international Championship to win.