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"You have so ears, don’t you?"

I nod with a kittenish sue out to lick the top of his chest "I’ve got a very warue Lower"

"So I heardMatt, are you listening?" I say, as I lick the center of his chest

"What?" He laughs, obviously distracted

"I heardthe bill passed Education"

"God Yes" He squeezes his eyes shut, throwing his head over the back of the couch "I’ht we’d miss by a vote"

"Matt, I’ his hand down my hair "Healthcare is next"

It’s surreal that the next , I wake up in Camp David--a married woman I am married From now on, people will address et excited by the idea of a paparazzi circus if we headed anywhere else, and so Calad this was his choice It’s absolutely quiet Peaceful

It’s so early the sun is barely rising I can tell frolance at the ring onon his hand, and drink in thecloser to his warm, hard chest to catch some more z’s There’s nowhere I’d rather be

We wake up at 9 a sex, then we do a breakfast cookout on the terrace It’s relaxing It’s the first ti or hiding We are alone--truly alone (I suppose we’ve reached the point where the Secret Service and Matt’s shadow don’t count, especially when they’ve been doing their best to give us our privacy and stay on hand, but out of sight)--and this feeling of privacy is a nice change froht of the White House

We turn on the television as ash plates, only to see pictures of us on every channel We decide not to watch