dated to the morning of January 7

[island_anne]

Anne didn't expect the morning to bring anything special, no more than every morning was special when she got to wake up with Ariel beside her, but she turned out to be very, very wrong about that. The first thing she noticed was how warm she was, warm to the point of perspiration. She pushed the top quilt away and opened her eyes only to realise

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[sickof_swimming]

"Mmm?" Ariel replied, slowly opening her eyes. She rolled over to face Anne, clearly still half asleep. She absently rubbed at an eye and pushed some hair from his face. "Something wrong with the fireplace?"

[island_anne]

"There's no fireplace," Anne told her, pressing her lips nearly against Ariel's ear as she spoke, a little bit disappointed by the fact but a little bit excited, too. "There's no snow anymore."

[sickof_swimming]

Ariel looked a little puzzled at first, and then she smiled in surprise and sat up straight away. "We can go swimming again," she declared.

[island_anne]

Anne giggled softly, then sat up with her to give her a fond kiss. "That would be the first thing you thought of," she said. It was only when she was sitting up that she noticed there were a couple of additions to their household, right there at the end of the bed. "Oh! What could those be?"