/authors/thom-butler/Recent content in Thom Butler on Gromet's Plaza ArchiveHugoen-usSat, 21 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2013/12/21/sleep/Sat, 21 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2013/12/21/sleep/<p><strong>Part I</strong></p> <p>Lily didn’t wake up from her alarm, so she knew it must be the weekend (she treated her writing very much like a 9 to 5 job, and always woke promptly at 8 on weekdays). She did, however, come awake from the dull ache protruding from her nipples.</p> <p>It must still be nighttime, she thought as she opened her eyes and was only greeted by pitch black. I just need to stretch my arms and fall back asleep.</p>