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The pair of them in the dark still huddled on the couch covered up with a blanket. He hadn’t even realized that he had drifted off the TV was still on it was now later and some new station was on broadcasting and showing pictures of her car and saying it was an isolated incident. That there had been no major fatalities. He was coming aware that she was awake too, and she was staring at him. Without even thinking he was rubbing her back in a slow circular motion. He was waiting to find out if she had figured out her dream. He was also waiting to find out which dream she had actually had. He didn’t have to wait very long.